The entire room gasped. No one spoke. The coroner looked all around. "Has anybody here seen Kelly?" he asked.
There was no answer.
The coroner repeated the question.
No one moved.
"Mr. Coroner," said the attorney, "it is my opinion that if Peter Kelly is found the mystery is fathomed."
Ten minutes later the jury returned a verdict of murder against a person or persons unknown, adding that they would bet a dollar that Kelly did it.
The coroner ordered the butler to be released, and directed the issue of a warrant for the arrest of Peter Kelly.
CHAPTER VI
SHOW ME THE MAN WHO WORE THOSE BOOTS
The remains of the unhappy club man were buried on the following day as reverently as those of a club man can be. None followed him to the grave except a few morbid curiosity-seekers, who rode on top of the hearse.