The Argosy, October 1906 — page 117: what you’re looking at

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aw ¢ Clay winked hard and opened “his -- mouth twice without speaking. Then his wandering eye caught at a straw. * “The bed!” he whispered. ‘‘ Don’t you see it hasn’t been slept in?” ‘It’s so!’ admitted Borrow, saa Sees ing at him- “My Ged is _ gasped Clay. don’t think— “T don’t Pow what to think Have you called anybody?” “TI just found it out. It made me sick. I don’t know what to do.” “Send for a doctor—first.” * “Oh! Dr. Simonsby. = ‘Clay ran to the telephone. He knew where to find the family physician in whom old Mr. Borrow had put such trust. = _ He rang up the medical man and asked him to come to the Amboyne a as quickly | as possible. _ ‘‘ Some—something terrible ina hap- pened to Mr. Borrow! Y he said. -* “Then he came back. to the bedroom. Young Borrow was sitting in a chair and looking thoughtfully upon the corpse. - It was evident that he had already ex- amined the rifled desk. S “Robbery,” he said, without. looking. at Clay.~ “ Are you the person * who wrote me sos ~: : “T am.’ . “ My uncle had money here, then?” “ Nearly two thousand dollars.” ‘ _ “You knew all about it, did you?.” and the query was accompanied this time by a sudden sharp look. “T did. Otherwise I should not have written you,what I did.” “Humph!” grunted the ‘Then he added, in a different tone: -you see that line about his neck? was strangled with a cord.”” ‘“Do you believe it? It doesn’t seem anybody would be so cruel.” “Bah! if the robber was discovered at his work of course he’d do for. the old man.’ _“ Horrible!” crime Clay. ‘When do you suppose it was done? I did not leave here until near eight o’clock.” _“T suppose you can prove that?” sug: gested. Borrow sharply. . ad's Clay flushed and then “paleds. - “T can,” he said coldly. “1 spoke to nephew. “ Do He = the clerk as. S went out, giving eee an ee CUE FROM « You -any Suspicion,’ x : “CHANCE. te sh p Ae va aC eS Ae ATA OME MIRE aM? ok Be if ' yr : » 56 f ‘ Grder for Mr. Bolan He will rement- a = ber.” A= = ‘Lucky your. skirts seem - clear, then,” —— muttered Borrow. Then he ‘added: <= “And he was alive at nine o'clock, = know.” <= “ How do you tn 2 =e “ Because I called here,” admitted the fellow coolly, see It was Clay’s turn to look strangely at ee! him. He could not speak for a minute., G Then Borrow added: 3 ‘I called to try to see him. They rele 2 phoned. up-stairs here for me. He re- See fused to see me. That was at nine : o'clock.” * ; = “ Then—then we are both cleared of = * stammered Clay. | E “Tt seems so,” returned the other, and =— at the moment the bell at the door rang ee : “Dr. Simonsby lived only a few steps | froth the Amboyne. He had come right — ‘up in the elevator without having his name telephoned:from the office. ees A single glance he gave Clay as he Saee entered ; by it he seemed to read what had ms happened and turned quickly to shut out : the curious people in the hall before saying a word. The boy at the switch- . board down-stairs had undoubtedly cir- : culated the report that Mr. Borrow was ill. Ss The doctor went into the-bedroom and without uttering a word examined the body as it lay on the floor. Clay followed him on fiptoe. Young Borrow still sat ‘there as though entranced. “ He’s dead. He’s been dead for a long time. Who discovered this?” asked the doctor, in a shaking voice. ‘This fellow,” Borrow said, indicat- ing Clay. na But the doctor did not notice the — nephew. His question had been ad- ee dressed to Clay. “I came in just before eight o’clock. » Mr. Borrow called a few moments later.” “Whom have you told? Do the police know?” — “No, sir,” said Clay, in answer to the last question. “They should be told! they should be told!” exclaimed George Borrow, — jumping up. “I'll telephone.” = . “You'll do nothing of the sort, “2 com-— manded Dr. Simonsby shortly. Then to ey, Yee A Madge 4 .e oO a com NEnee Ks on