Murder at Bayside by Raymond Robins

Author:Raymond Robins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phocion Publishing
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Although it was late when I returned to Bayside, I lost no time in presenting my notes to John Patrick. When we had been over the whole ground, he nodded a gratified approval.

“You did very much better than I expected, Bob, but I must warn you again that you have been entirely too reckless. That business in the restaurant was bad—and I don’t begin to understand it. Perhaps it wasn’t your fault, but you could have been more careful at the garage. Both the doorman and the boy saw your car, and that little import of yours would serve to identify you to any one curious enough to inquire. You are being foolhardy when you leave such a wide-open trail.”

“You think we may alarm our quarry?” I asked, much pleased with the idea that we might be so close on his track.

“My concern is not wholly on that account,” John Patrick replied gravely. “We are dealing with a murderer, a man so dangerous that only a fool would trifle with him. Remember, Bob, he is an outlaw, a murderer—and, well, you would be wise to carry a gun.”

I laughed a trifle uneasily for, while I could not bring myself to share my chief’s apprehension, his words carried conviction.

“I’ll never carry a gun,” I answered. “I can’t forget how, when the police suspected me, the first thing they did was to look for my gun. What would they think now if I went to them for a permit?”

“They’d probably commend your judgment, if they knew what you have been up to.” I shook my head decisively. “Well,” sighed John Patrick, “if you won’t, you won’t, and that is all there is to it; but I hope you come to your senses before something happens to convince you of the necessity for more discretion.”

I gave him my promise to be careful, although I secretly thought he was being unduly nervous. At the time I could not see the ghastly pattern actually before us, nor did I understand the devilish ingenuity of the killer.

John Patrick realized how far I was from the proper comprehension of the whole affair, but he dropped all mention of the subject and returned to the matter at hand, going on with his discussion of the report I had brought him.

“Now about Edwin’s movements, you have unquestionably uncovered something important there. I rather doubt if he has been getting this extra money from his uncle, but the first thing to do is to make sure on that point. I’ll look through Cyrus’ personal checking account and, if necessary, I can go up to town and try my hand at eliciting information from the bank.”

“What do you think of the curious time factor in Edwin’s trading? He entered the market between the fifteenth and twentieth of every month and, if he lost then, he stayed away from the brokers until the like date the next month. Do you think he was consulting an astrologist or fortune-teller of some sort?”

John Patrick laughed heartily.

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