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and your own sense of taste will convince you fresh fgom the gasdeas red house mystery b aamilne o ta p cuucn coapjity begin jikki v the liy of th3 neerdowell bro th i- robert ablett vis found on the fitor of the locked office of the ked lese and fear ablett bachelor pro- pvieioi- or toe country estate was no- wrierc to be founu in the eyes of inspector lirch it was clear that i ari had shot robert articularfy cj everyone knew that iiark leirn- i with drsgust and annoyance of kob- urn from his 15ycar stay in australia jut tlio circumstances were niyster- u j 1he shot was hear two minutes aito- eofaerts arrival and when an- t y ihiinghain a gentleman adven- t entered the house to visit guest bill beverley he found 1 cayley marks constant compan- ending on th locked door and riinj admittance the two men through a window and found i jy how could mark have lock- r 2 uoor if the keys were on he puzzled antony he discusses i th mysterious clues with bill ko on with the story o thats rather hopeless isnt bl thought again welt he i reluctantly suppose mark eon- is that hed murdered his bro- ats better bill dont be afraid g away from the accident when then your new theory is mark confesses to cayley that ct robert on purpose and cayley s even at the risk of commit- perjury and getting into trouble c to help mark to escape is il nodded then i want to ask you two il considered this carefully and then nodded slowly again yes my simplo explanation is a washout he said now lets have yours antony did not answer him he had begun to think about something quito different chapter ix whats tho matter said bill sharply antony looked round at him with raised eyebrows yonve thought of something sud denly said bill what is it antony laughed my dear watson lie said you arent supposed to he as clever as this well i was wondering about this ghost of youis bill this is where sho appeared isnt it yes how how how do ghosts appear i dont know they just appear but how did miss norris appear suddenly over five hundred yards of bare park bill looked at antony with open mouth i dont know he stammered wo never thought of that you would havo seen her long be fore wouldnt you if she had come the way we came of course wo should and that would havo spoilt it rather you would have had time to recognize her walk she couldnt have been hiding in the ditch feat ho was in the office all the time tad that roberts death was acci dental reduced ready for consumer in 1lb hands for smoking and chewing burley special 25c lb burlcy 1st grade 20c lb burley nd grade 15c lb also in 251b bales prepaid 25c per lb gnarantoed smooth smoking sweet and mild smokers formulas on request cooper plantation tobacco co limited 426 queen st e toronto ont phono wavorloy 7315 k2b5b53 no she couldnt betty and i first is it possible as i walked round a bit we should have osrorc dinner that any man scen her ccrmit such an idiotic murder i then she must have been hiding rfei- that puts the ropo so very i in tho 0r d vou cal1 tne v round his neck secondly if summerhouse v is prepared to perjure himself i lla1 to eo there for the bowls ark as he has to anyway now i course sho couldnt have been nt it be simpler for him to say there 1 oh its dashed funny said bill after an interval of thought but it doesnt matter does it it has nothing to do with robert hasnt it i say has it said bill getting excited again j i dont know we dont know what i has or what hasnt but it has got something to do with miss norris and miss norris ho broke off suddenly what about her antony knocked out his pipe and got up slowly well then lets find tho way from the house by which miss norris camo bill jumped up eagerly by jovol do you mean theres a secret passage a secluded passage anyway there must be i say what funl i love secret passages and this afternoon 1 was playing golf just like an ordinary merchant what n life secret pas- sagos they mado their way down into the ditch if an opening was to bo found which led to tho 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you buy remember this the blue package ayes silk or wool only the white package will dye every kind of goods including silk and woo your dealer lias both packages diamond baes easy to use perfect results idffe jvtalldbco stoiic8 50 ably be on the house side of the green and on the outside of tho ditch the most obvious place at which to begin tho search was the shod where the bowls were kept there were two j boxes of croquet things one of them with tho lid open antony tapped the wall at tho back of the shed this is where the passage ought to begin i it neednt begin here at all need it said bill walking round with bent head and tapping the other walls hej was just too tall to stand upright in tho shed theres only one reasoi why it should and that is that it would savo us tho trouble of looking anywhere else for it antony began to feel in his pockets for his pipe and tobacco and then suddenly stopped and stiffened to at tention for a moment ho stood listen ing with his head on ono side holding up a fincr to bid bill listen too what is it whispered bill antony waved him to silence and remained listening very quietly he went down on his knees and listened again then lie pnt his car to the floor he got up and dusted himself quickly walked across to bill and whispered in his car footsteps somebody coining when i begin to talk back me up bill nodded antony gave him an encouraging pat on tho baek and stepped firmly across to tho box of bowls whistling loudly to himselfi ho took the howls out dropped one with j loud bang on the floor said ih hang and went on i say bill i dont think i want to play bowls after all weil why did you say you did grumbled bill antony flashed r smile of appre ciation at him well i wanted to when i said 1 did and now i dont want to then what do you want to do theres a seat on the lawn lets go over there and bring these things along in case we want to play as they went across the lawn an tony dropped the bowls and took out his pipe got a match ho said loudly as he bent his head over the match he whispered therell bo somebody listening to us yoi take the cayley view they walked over to the seat and sat down what a heavenly night said an tony ripping i wonder where that poor devil mark is now its a rum business you agree with cayley that it was an accident yes you see i know mark hm antony produced a pencil and a piece of paper and began to write on his knee but while he wrote ho talked ho said that he thought mark had siiot his brother in a fit of anger and that cayley knew or any how guessed this and had tri to give his cousin a chance of getting away mind you i think hes right i think its what any of us would do i shant give it away of course but somehow there are one or two little things which make nwi think that mark really did shoot his broth w i mean other than accidentally murdered him well manslaughteicd him any way i may bo wrong anyway ils not my business but why do you think so be- causo of tho keys oh the keys are a washout still it was a brilliant idea of mine wasnt it ho had finished his writing and now passed the paper over to bill in tho clear moonlight the carefully printed letters could easily be read go on talking as if i were here after a minute or two turn round as if i were sitting on the grass behind you but go on talking i know you dont agree with me antony went on as bill read but youll see that im right bill looked up and nodded eagerly ho had forgotten golf and betty and all tho other things which had mode up iris world lately this was the real thing this was life well ho began deliberately the whole point is that i know mark now mark but antony was off tho seat and let ting himself gently down into the ditch his intention was to crawl round it until tho shod camo in sight tho footsteps which ho had heard seemed to bo underneath tho shed probnbly thero was a trapdoor of some kind in the floor whoever it was would have heard their voices and would probably think it worth while to listen to what they were sny- he walked quickly but very silently along the halflength of the bowling- green to the first corner passed cau tiously round and then went oven tnoie carefully along tho width of it to the second corner he ceuld hear bill hard at it and ho smiled appreciative ly to himself bill was a great con spirator worth a hundred watsons as ho approached the second corner ho slowed down and did the last few yards on hands and knees then ly ing at full length inch by inch his head went round the corner tho shed was two or three yards to his left on tho opposite side of the ditch from where he lay ho could see almost entirely ineide it every thing seemed to be as th6y left it the bowlsbox the lawnmower tho roller the open croquetbox tho standard of quality- for over 50 years make better home made by jove said antony to him self thats neat tho lid of the other croquelbox was open too bill was turning round now his voice becamo more difficult to hear you see what i mean ho was say ing if cayley and out of the second croquetbox camo cayley s black head to bo continued inch by inch his head went round tho corner minards liniment for coughs colds the agony column j tho agony column want ads of the london timea carries many curious and affecting ads the follow ing are some every so often all who seek to peer into the heart ot tho english must scan the famed agony column j of tho london times last week in j a slnglo issue on a single page oc- j curred the following revealing and sig nificant ads each smacking inimitably of old england will anyone lend lady 50 pounds for 12 months 10 per cent write bo- t 1218 the times ec 4 girl 19 suffering from rheuma toid arthritis one hope of cure warm climate noiy will some good samaritan offer financial help to make this possible mother widow earnestly appeals write box t 1219 the times bc 4 will someone help gentleman 30 exscrvico no income 111 severe neurasthenia with cost ot treatment write bex d 1761 tho times ec 4 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