Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-11-10

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/ them. ft was aN he could DO st Aaa4 90
I drag himself round TIE corner of TIE
/ honBe. and. unseen. stare through the
I uneuFtained kitchen window.
\ AzrS WAGE was doing something by
I the lartier door. He searched her face.
4 There seemed 10 be nothing on Il but
pre0ccupaki0n with what she was doing
/ was Il possible that she had not heard
the shot after alls
I He walked quickly round 20 the front
Of the house and went into his living
room.
From q cupboard on the wan he took
a whisky bottle. pulled the cork and
put the mouth Of 1t 10 his lips, glllpiug
down the neat spirit IN thirsty haste.
Almost Immediately the stuff did him
good He waited moment. while the
heartening glow steadied his limbs
Then he walked firmly into the kit
chen.
AIRS. WAGE was Just going out through
the back door. She stopped when she
saw him, and It seemed to Cayley That
she looked ct him uueerly.
Cayley's fingers frightened round the
revolver in his pocket as he searched
her face.
~Ah, back. are your" said MRS. WAGE
comfortably.
CayIey breathed with relief. His fin
gers relaxed on the revolver. The next
instant they frightened again.
'sBack2 haven't been away. I've
been sitting IN the garden, smoking "
well, there's no accounting for
tastes" observed MRS. WAGE Indifferent
". Good night, Mr. Cayley."
Good night, Mrs. WAGE"
Cayley went back to his living room.
his knees weak with relief. II Mrs. |
Waco had heard anything or voiced any
suspicion, ne would have shot her dead.
He knew he would
Instantly the same feeling came 10
him as In the shed. Rose was not dead
at all. She had only been stunned.
She would come 10 II he gave her some
whisky. he caught up the bottle and
hurried with IL down the garden
through the dark.
Outside the door Of the shed he
stopped. He could not go in; he just
could not 90 inside. Suppose after all
that
'sRosel" he called shakily. "Rosel"
1t took fun minute, and another
swig at the bottle, before he could get
a grip on himself again.
Rose was lying just as he had left
her. She was quite dead.
What fool he had beenl Every
thing had gone splendidly. All he had
to do now was to proceed with his plan.
It was good plan.
To her mistress IN Merchester and 30
her only living relative, an elderly aunt
living in Streatham, Rose had written,
on Cayley's instructions, that she was
going out to Canada TO be married II
Rose really had believed that Cayley
Was going out to Canada to open q
branch there for his firm.
Over her luggage Cayley had been
equally clever Rose was to have left
Merchester that afternoon for London,
and deposited her trunk at Liverpool ,
Street Station. Cayley would be able
to claim the trunk later with the check :
that would be in Roses handbag, and
dispose Of 1t at his leisure. :
Rose had made objections, Of course.
When. In Merchester, she was only half 4
a dozen miles from Cayley's cottage,
why travel all the way up to London {
and come back to Stanford But Cay :
ley had been able to convince her He
was not leaving for Canada TIL the
next day. 1t was essential that Rose
should not be seen coming to the cot
5age. II she we're, her good name
would be lost. even though they were !,
getting married in London the next
morning before sailing The argument r
mad gone home, for Rose was always
Yery careful about what people would !,
say." So, though she had demlnredI :
It the expense, for she had parsimon-
GUS mind, Rose had in the end con- =
ented !
Suppose Rose had not brought the Z
heck for the trunk with her after ALL :
I she had not, and he were unable 10 :,
lain the trunk, everything would mis- :,
AIRY. In that case the trunk would
ooner or later he opened, and then It !,
you'd be known that Rose had disap- =, !,
'eared. and then 4
Cayley shivered with fear.
Roses handbag lay on the floor, half
Underneath her. Cayley pushed her :,
lody roughly aside to snatch It ND. His :.
myers shock so much that he could =
IaraIy open It. :.
The next moment he uttered sob OF - :.
eIief. The check was there. zone i
runk The words danced be- :.
ore his eyes. he was safe, and now r
e must proceed, quite calmly, with the =
est OF his plan. e
Cayley would never have believed z.
nat Rose was SO heavy. It had seemed =
nipple, tn advance, 10 put her into the
Idecar, prop her there 70 look natural, ~
nd drive with her 20 the disused quar- = 4.
q where her grave was already pre- n
AIRED, and the spade waiting to fill 1t =
But now that Il had come to the -
clint, It was dreadful to have to pick -
er up and stagger with her through !.
he darkness, like q sack of potatoes In -
b arms. Cayley was gaspiug for
reath by tine time he reached the eide =.
". -
Before he set out for the quarry, - -
ayIey went back 70 the shed. The =.
indie hAd 70 be put out. and he want =
! TO have a good Jock round TO make N