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'V-. 1 « ♦ I. ■ ^ I- ■ ■' <r N- V Vi ' I / Hie Clinton Chronicle. Ointon. S. C.. Thnrsday, March 29, 1934 A j- \» THE ^ WEDDING MARCH. MURDER wTien he returned, he nodded toward Peter. . "It That’s six of them." “You sound disappointed." obserred Choo Choo. **T had hoped that key would help me find some one else." the detective commented. “No matter. We’ll play the hand just as it is dealt" Peter frowned thoughtfully at his lean brown hands. “Miss Train," he put the question deliberately, "Tiow ' did you feel about this marriage of | Franklin’s? Ton were in love with j him, weren’t you?” , I Choo Choo moistened her lips, but did not reply. Her dark e.ves re turned his stare, but the shadows concealed their expression. Finally she nodded. “Tes, I loved him. What of itr* _ __ "What did you think of this mar- rlape?” Cardigan repeat!^ Once more she limrered over her answer, her he.ad bent now so that It was ipipo.s.sibIe to read the expres sion of liw face. i “What dv>eB it matter what I lhou"lif?” the jrirl answered finally. “Jle vas cettinfe married, wasn't he? Thr.t’s your answW." ".Vo.” iVter wis-itjed that It were answer enough, and ueeil no loUrHir pr*d»e this glri'h He^4 fortified himself with th^ memory of | Jliifi rranklin's body, as h.ad last ; . W‘en it in tlie r»‘etor*s study,. ‘'No, that was his answer. Mi^ Tr.iih, I’m asking how -you felt?” ‘ — “There are times.” said the girl distinotl.v. “when your feelings don’^ count. I wasn’t exartly happy over the marriage. You can’t expect me to say that. Still.” her glance faltered before the novelist’s unwavering scrutiny. “I figured that I’d get over It Other people have." “Then w hen you left Franklttt there i in the study, you knew you were tell ing him g»H>d by. for good, didn’t you?" Klldny questioned for the first time. ' I “I didn’t say that.’« the actress re plied quickly. Then, noticing the un- Ughted cigar in the detectlre'a haiuLi “Go on and smoke," she Invited. “I* need one mjrselt" She fumbled on the table by the stand and found a cigarette. Cardigan held a match for her, Tor a minnte she puffed, deeply, as thotigh ke«‘uly enjoying the smoke. Her glance traveled shtwiy, from one man to the other. “What made you ask me th*it?“ she Inquired of Klldav. finally. The sergeant shrugged. “He was getting niarrie^l. wasn’t he?" ^ A half-sndle curle«l about the girl’s lips, nionierdarily. and was gone, as quickly as It had come, “lie was marrying a |‘ositlon." she said quh'k ly. ‘Mini never lo\ed‘l>«»rls (’armody. . lie |o\t‘(I me.” . \ 1 “He did love yon." Kllday con-^ ceded, “r'lt that was finished, yes- terd.'iy. wasn't It? Hy the wedding, 1 mean ” _ [ ‘Tlie' weddifig," Siiid the girl slow-,! .said Jim was hiding fhimi him. and tiiat 1 was helping him. Hut he said he'd find him. If yoj really want to firffl who killed Jim ^Franklin, talk to Dan Rulli.m’' — / "We've talked to Rullis.”" Peter In formed hier.quietly. “We’ve comf here to find out what you know. Miss Train.” "I’m onl^ telling you where to go If you want information about the murder,” said the actress Im’patlently. •'Do you think I’d kill the mar I love? Dan Bullis is your man. I tell you.” “Yes. You’ve said that before.” the novelist nodded. “We’ll take care of Mr. Rullls. Rut some people don’t think Franklin was killed hy a man. | Miss Train. They believe a woman | killed him, and that the motive was jealousy.” “You’re crazy!” Chgo Choo stared at him angrily. “That means me. of course, and how do you figure I’d have done a thing like that? In the first place, 1 ci>uldn’t get away with it. EverylHuly knew how I felt about Jim., Even If I had wanted to. 1 wouldn’t have tried that. be<*ause I'd have known this ‘was the first pl.ace you would come, “But you’re overlooking a bigger bet 4- than that. I Jpved hint Why wnn’d I mjirder the nvan- I loveil? That doesn’t make sense.” “If you thought you wore losing him. It would make simse, all right," Kilday Interje<*te<l. “Rtit I’ve told you I wasn’t losing him." “Forget about the wedding for a minute.” f'ardtgan Invlt**^!. He rose.. and strode alsmt the r«»«>m almless.l.v, hut his eyes never left the woman Silt upon the he<i. ‘if.ave nnorher' tfgjrrerrer Train?” _ The s«»rgeant offercil his case, a sm«H>th silver one, Cardigan, watching, knew this was stapd? jMe!" Sh« 6eat her| breast with her fiats. Peter waited quietly until the actreas’ storm of emotion had passed. “Perv haps,” he suggested, “this other worn- | an heard of you yesterday, for the first j time. That being the case, she might | have been the one who went to see » I Farm Demonstration Notes C. B. Cannen, County Agent \ Franklin, with vengeance in III i 1' 111' Kilday’s ruse to ohiain the woman’s flnger-print.s. ! “Thanks.” The actress lighte<l it • from the enilter in the ash-tray be tide her. “You’ve been reading these ac counts of thcTiiiurder." Cardigan In dicaled the newspapers beside the | bed. “itijd you notice anything there, that sound^ stftinge. Miss Train?" “I’lenty.” replied the actress. “It looked like iia^If of New '^ork came anuind there tcK see Jim, Just before the wedding. 'I^.v make It sound like he was quarreling with all of them, too." J , Quite a numb^ of people have ask- ] „ , ed at the office with reference to the'' w . J . I Production loan. " .-J T "f! ofth, .Cho« torn«) «n • i«u re understanding that'! your w«, ail She said. i"”"” V> PO**" ?•"' In atdte of his ceruinty that there “ "P? i".v had heea another .Oman, and ,h„ »PPl'«fon5 m the hack of the old En- she had ptayed a dramatic, probably ‘orpnse fonk buildmK under the lead- fstnl. part la the slaylnR of Jim 'r*P-'P "• »• field super- Franklin. Peter felt that he was mak- I wish to state the regulations of the government this year relieve.^ tho county agent of any responsibility, due to the amount of work in the cot- ton acreage reduction program, with ^the seed loan office. However, the county agent will cooperate 100 per cent in that work as to suggestions | when called upon by Mr. Ritter.* Thereforje, it is not necessary to call by the county agent’s office in regard to the seed loan. ! Cotton Reduction Contracts j Upon the second canvas of the coun-: 4y, the cotton acreage reduction con tracts went far out of bounds with ref erence to acres and yield. It is ex-. peeled that the county committee will pa.<s on all blanks this week or the first of next week, which will put the county in line, so far as the county committee is concerned. This is neces- saiT since the fariuors have not Re duced their lint and acres within tht^ government’s figures. As soon a.s pos sible, the farmer will Iko notified as yte -li» «uitrMt:?rwthctbev »tkt- the- county committee ha.< reduccl his acres and lint. -The farmer will have an opportunity to accent or reuvt his .contract when jvasseti ui>o'n by the ! ,-county committee. If he rejects the contract the government has no con- . Arol over his acres and it will be up to him and the Bankhead hill, if it only in antagonizing a wltnesa^ from |passes congress, to, work out his indi- , which he had ex|*ected much assist- j'idual salva^on. nnce. Like every other trail they had ' followed, this. too. seemcsl to lead NOTH E Ob Al*l*LK .\ PION K)R nowhere. And yet Or«x» ('h«»o Train 10RI*0R.ATE ( H.-\KTFK ^ Notice is hereby given that the un-I ' -■ LET us , 1 « ■ • . • ' Clean and Dye Now F«r Easter Next Sunday is E^ter. PlkNie os t^iis morning and have your wardrobe fresh, smart-looltuiff and right. We can make your ck>thes look like new at small cost.^ We sp^ialize in the Cleaning and Blocking of Knit Garments, White Coats and Dresses, and Cleaning and Re>blocking Hats, all kinds. I Don’t Delay. Call Us Today—28 ■s BUCHANAN’S DRY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY ^‘THE OLD RELIABLE” Phone 28 A New... -7^ PLYMOUTH “Jim Didn't Love Her—He Loved Me! Can't You Understand? Me!" ing no headway. He hud succeeded had been the last person, as far as they could determine, who h'ad seen |dersigned corporators intend to, and FYunklin alive. According to the testl- will file with the Secretary of State, mony of Nick Royce and I>octor Ah- for the^ State of South Carolina, on or ernathy, she had been In the study after the first day of .April, l'J31, a with Jim Franklin after Hanlel RuIIis declaration for a corporate- charter, “Including younself.\ said -woman in blue had left. And the name of the proposed corjioration her mottve. Tw. wai apparent, Tf she to be live Tlihion Builders Supply "Yea.” the actress a^itted, “In cluding me.” \ “It seems ti* me you haYf over looked one of those callers.” \ IVter continued. "I me.nn tlie woman Ih the blue dressi." Choo Choo bMtkeil at him througlc narroweil eye.s. “Who was she?" "That's what I'm a^king you.” said Peter. ^ She shnigtred silk-cLad shoulders. “How should I kn«»w ? I didn'U 8<“e an.vlHtdy tliere in a Mne dn'ss?*^ “Nobody else kn«»ws who-she was, either,* Mi.s.s Train,” tUvlart-d the nov elist. “We nin’t find anyone who ever saw h**r lodore. We only know tliat siie was jealous of .lini Franklin —tliat sIm'—” ' “.leahMis?" Then the actress learns! hi;< k, more calmly. “Wiiat is li*!--? | .\re you trying to tri« k me. some ■ wav’” Peter shook Id.s io-ad. "There’s nit ly, "vvasn’t going to m-ike any dim*r-j. /.• re|.J‘t*.| siwfdy “Ate ejiie Vdw’een Jim and me. We had laoT all over tliat ” ^ “Von . mean yoii were c<»lnc on—the same as before?” The defective's tof'e w;is incredulous. Choo Ch'H> exli:il**d a clend of sr “In-. "’I'}nt’s exactly w hat ! mean.’* slie d‘-. lan'd “For a detective, von can he ferrihly den<e, sometimes,” l»arenfly,\this was aneflier woman th.at loveil Franklin. She thniirht stiq had some claim on him. evidently, in fact.” Peter was reinenit.ering the story Ihiniel Rtillis had fold of tlie scene in the sjiidy. "she threatened to min liim. If he went ahead with tlie 1 wedding. .\re you still .sure you don’t i know who that woman was?” hud known of the existence of that otlier woniiin. Or even If she hadn't. , could he believe her statement that Franklin’s wedding was to have made no difference In her ndatlonship wrlth , him? He wonderii^. too. at the ^woman’s , wpiiarcnt lack of grief. To he sure. | there were moments when she ap- i peared grief-stricken. But they were - only tnonients. Kite st'emed to turn her ; ertiotions on and off, like a faucet, al- ! most at VlII- Oppivsed to these argn- nients. of course, were Weltsler Sf>e.ars’ ,aJeflv!tIesJ^^>^^iiel Riitlts* reticem'e con corning his cii^vcr-alhin with Frank lin; Itylie Carn\Mly’s efforts to halt tlio wedding; thi^-susiilcions anMis^-l I>y Callls Shipley's ^ivcinonts. and. of conrsi*. the woman InXidne, still nnex pkiiniMl and a« niv<:cn*^u« as over. “Miss Train,” l!:e nov»Hj>t Inquired do ''i^ou know Company. ! Signevi) H. I,. 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Jim was going to he the next ' governor of New York.” i Kllday could cope with the wom-'j •n’s anger, where her sorrow, a short ■ time before, had silence*! him. “.%nd I supiiose you were going to Albany with him, eh?” “I w'ouldn’t have been so far away," retorted the actress. "If he loved you so much, why didn’t he marry you?" the sergeant Insisted. 'Tton’t be silfy.” the actrcs.s s<H>ITed. “Where would'Jim have been if he'd married an actress? Wouldn’t -the papers have had a good time on that? | Tandidate for Governor Marries Show Girl * That would've been miir j der. It would have finished him." ■ j “As It turned out." replied Kilday dryly, “It was murder anyway.” Tlie girl shivered. “YouYe wast ing time here.” s!^e said In a quieter voice. “Why dont ywi talk to Dan Buflis. Mayhe he ran tell yon what happened yester^y afiernoon. Hs was sore at JIna.'and he’d baan try ing to see him. Bullis railed laa here, yesterday, wanting to aea Jim. When I Bsid ha wasn’t bera. ha awom Ba A ProfessiontJ Annoiiiiccnieiit > jD^. M. J, McFaddmi hTTioonces the openiflB Dental Offiee. Locatioa: UpbUira in the new buldiiifir on Sobii Breed Street. Fhon Fhoo studifMl fho n«»vi>H>t’S face. “Are y»'i ^•''.ltng me llic truth?” she demand***!. “Is that what .she said?” “1 tadieve that Is exactly what she \ said.”* * ‘ *‘.\nd then what did Jim say?” tlie actress quesU«»ned eagerly. ‘T»id he let her get away with ItT’ Peter-shruggedT' “Ite^promised her that everything was g<dng to he all rigid, I believe." ^ ".‘tay I” t’hoo Ch*vo was sitting *' erect, her eyes stormy. “Why, don’t yon question her? If this Is straigbt, she’s the one you are looking for.” Then she relaxed against the pillows. “But this Isn’t on the level." Her voice had gone flaL “If it was,, you wouldn’t lie wa.sting yqqr lime here." “IVrhaps It Isn’t wasted." said Peter. "I’erhaps you are the very [«*•'- son who can tell us where, we may | find this, woman In •blue,” The actress did pot answer, hut h**r eyes watche*! the novelist's, guanlediv “Supjiose you have told ns the truth, as far as you have gone.” T*efer coii- ^ tinned. "Suppose yon weren’t jealous] of Doris CarnMtdy. and' dMn’t care | whether Frarklin married her or Ch*io Fhoo winced. “Evp'if granting that everything was just as you hare said, that woul<l not have kept yon from being madly jeal ous of Franklin. If yon had discovered there was still a thlr*| w*»mnn—this woman in blue—that he l«*ve*l." “There wramt anybody else." the actneaa interrupted abrflly. "And Fm jast an aore that there was." replied Peter. "There Is no doubt of IL I can’t h^p but wonder. { Mins Train. If the dlacovery;i^at this i woman existed wonMtaT be a better I explanation of yoqr rlait te tba church . ye^rday,-than the one you have' given oa." | “But I tell yoe t didn't know there was such a woma. ." Choe Choo raised | clenctied hsnda above her head. “1 stni d4M*t hcMere IL Jin wenldoT have done that tn ne. I loved hin. And he loved nef Cha't yo« ■nder* suddiudy. "liow w«*ll W* hsfer Sp* :ir.«^?” “Wch-tcr S*war?:? Fve nrx-el* Iteard of him.” ".\re von sure a man liy that n:^ne didn't telephone y**u ye^terda' *f” \ ^ “If he had. I'd have h«*.ard of him "\ t’hoo t'liiMi’s maiiroT w.as' Contcniot- ^ ‘nous, nit.-iide of Jim ami l>an Rti'li'*. * the *uily man wlio plioio-*! me ye-ter- day was Fletcher," she d ’-'re-l. "I've already told yon ah«Mit tliat.” -» I’eter fr«»wne»l. "What v ;is Frank 11 n’.s number''” he •leman'-T curtTv, .'^he told h'm “l>o you mind if we use vfo»r tele plmnc?” “t’ertuinl.v not." 'I’h**** Flaei Pa*" !**d hiiu tie* in.-tmment fr«»m the ».alde at her bedside. Fletth**r answer***! the call "This is Peter r»r*inj|n. Fl« lcher. | I called f‘t. re with Rergf-:»nt Kildav fo“ask~.v«urio7meApiest!i»T!Sbht't idzhi, ’ reiiK'mber?” "Yes. sir. I remeniljer” J “1 forgot to aisk yon sl» .u! yonr tele fihiine call to yiis.s Tralfi. yestenlay. i F'letcher.” Peter explain***!. “How did you hnp{>en to teletihiuie her?” “There must be some mistake, sir. L. I never telephoned Train.” I The n«»ve!lst hesitate*!, his hjind over the transmitter. “What time did yon say you received that .call. Miss Train?" “It must have t*«-en aleoit half past two,” replied the actress. TlUnk SlKin." siqid re4er^.lnto_ the . tele[*hone. “IMdn’t y<*ii rail —M'ss -■ Train aieuit two thirty yestenlay after noon ?” - • Fletcher's tone was p*tsitive. “Pm quite sure, sir. I have never tele phoned MLss Train." . “Here, let me talk ta him!" 5Uhm | ing tha tenor of the servant's replies from Peter's -gonversation, she . snatched the instruoient frona the nov-; elist’s band. "What <Ud you say. i Fletcher? Ton never called ase! 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