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'W: The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. February 22,1934 twWEDDING MARCH MURDER y by MONTE BARRETT OaMrrlctvU 1M*. by tb« Bobba-ktrrlll O*. ' WNtJSirrlc*, ^ SYNOPSIS ‘ 7< Wg w Wattlngr in the mlnlsteifa study while the wedding procession is being mar shaled, Jim Franklin, about to be mar* lied to Doris Carmody, Is stabbed to Osetli. Catlls Shipley, one of the brides maids, Is obviously In a state *oi( anxiety. Peter Cardigan,. novelist, and amateur d&ttctlve of some note. With Sergeant Kilday, of the New York po lice, begin the official Investigation. The dagger used by the murderer is found. Franklin, while waiting, had many visitors, among them his mis tress, an” actress, "Choo Choo” Train; his Intended ‘wife’s father, Ambrose Carmody.; heT brother, Uylie; Daniel Bullls, well-known politician, and an Unknown woman in a blue frock, who had quarreled openly with Franklin. . A \ . : V ^ CHAPTER II—Continued s'”* , - ■■■■—— “You wanted to see me?” a slender young man stood In the doorway. The novelist’s .eyes took In the tweed-clad figure of the boy before fcf«, Id such strangd contrast to the more formal wedding^ attire of the others. T* 1 “Yes, Mr. Carmody,” his manner was engaging, “we wore Just mentioning you. I believe you came to.see Mr. Franklin, at about twenty minutes to four.". * ‘ —— “Yes. I was here.” “What was the object of your visit, my boy ?” Rylie hesitated, and glanced at his father. “Just a minute, Son,” the elderly Carmody laid a detaining hand on the J oung man’s sleeve. The hand trem- led, but his voice was firm as he faced the novelist, “My son had noth- Ing to do with this," he said. “Of,that I am sure. And l am not going to permit him to answer your questions, exeept under advisement from his attorney.” “Jf you are so sure of his innocence. Ur. "Carmody,” Peter's voice~was~as" aoft as satin,“what do you want with a lawyer?” “Any man being questioned by the police has a rlaht to tly> services nnd protymn-n of his attorney’’ rnrmmiv’g voice rang defiantly _ through, the room. “I agree with you, Mr. Carmody,*' ) • Pet^r saids~marvner once more en gagingly wamv. “But I am'sure you as this, when the police have a right to expect the co-operation of Iqw-abid- Uig citizens, in their efforts to appre- -bend a- -ertmluftk "• “The man who was to have been --..your son-in-law has been murdered. We are only seeking the assistance of. every person who can help us shed some light on the circumstances -of that crime. No one but the murderer himself has anything to fear from an swering these questions. May I sug gest that you step Into Doctor Aber nathy’s study and discuss the matter with your son. Perhaps that will fa cilitate matters.” The old man’s clutch tightened on ’"“’bis son's” sleeve. The color flooding hi* ' face threw his snowy mustache ipfo vivid relief. “An excellent idea,” he commented briefly, nnd followed by Ilylle. he crossed to the study,'closing the door carefully behind Mm. After a brief interval, Ambrose Car- mody reappeared in the doorway. "My son has explained his, reason for com- !ng here to me.” hts eyes were on Kilday as he spoke. “Obviously, he had no connection with the crime. However, as there was a quarrel, he feels It necessary to make a brief state ment, regarding It. I have no. objec tion to Jhis, but I reserve the right to Lalt tin* examination pending the ad vice of my attorney, should It, In my opinion, become necessary, iq order to safeguard my boy’s Interests.” Rylie Oarmody, standing behind his father, shrugghd impatiently. “Don’t make mountains of molehills, Dad,” he said. Then, facing the detective, he continued: “I had a quarrel with Franklin In Doctor Abernathy’s study a short time before the wedding. It concerned an -actress called Choo Choo Train, whom l had Just been Informed waa hip mistress. “Naturally, I was angry. I went first to Frankttn’g apartment, and miss ing him there, I followed him on here. I asked him If the story I had heard were true. ~’He admitted that It was. We quarreled, then, after which I hur ried home in an effort to Intercept my sister and father before they started for the church.”- - — “ z.. ~ The sergeant clucked softly to him self. “Yqu say Franklin admitted his connection with this woman?” “He did to me. He even laughed about It,” Rylie replied bitterly. “He called me a foolish kid and told me T ' was old enough to understand such things. Thank God, I’m not I” The have been sufficient to stop the wed ding." “And did yonr Kilday’s tone waa Judicial , “No. I arrived home too late; My father and slater had already left for the church.” / Peter Interrupted him. “Didn’t It occur to you that they would have left? It was already twenty minutes of four." “It didn’t occur to me,”. answered th£ boy. “I guess I had lost all track of time.” ‘ “Did anyode see you. at home?” “Yes. The butler. He told me they had beeiv gone fully fifteen minutes.” “So I suppose you came on back to tire^chu r c h ?” ’ “Yes.” — ■* “Did you Intend to l^alt the wed ding?” v “Yes.” Defiantly. “How?” “I was going to tell Doris and Dad what I knew about Choo ’Choo Train.” “That was the only thought that'had entered your mind, up to that time?" Peter urged gently. “That was the only thought I ever had,” replied the boy curtly. “Ah. And when you arrived here, how does it happen that you never saw your sister or your father?” ’ “I was too late—or at least I thought I was,” Rylie leaned forward eftgerly. now. “When I got^bttek, I could' hear the ‘Wedding March,’ on the organ. I thought everything was over." “Then what did you do?” “There was nothing I could do.” The young man shrugged helplessly. “You didn’t enter the church?” “No.” v “Then whete_have you been since "Na No, I don’t think so." Rylie brushed the heir back from his fore head and swallowed nervously. “I don’t think It was so Odd. It would take something- very unusual to stop a wedding, wouldn’t It?” “Very unusual” Peter agreed. "And you had undertaken to stop this one.” “You think 1 did it, don’t you?” The youth pointed a trembling finger at the novelist. “You’re accusing me of mur dering him 1 That’s what these ques tions amount to. Do you think fd have come back here, If I.Jiad been guilty? wouldn’t T have run away?” HIs voice broke. “Wouldn’t I?” Cardigan looked at him gravely. “That’s why some men don’t nin away. I BRISBANE THIS WEEK, ffl Howe About: Farming Situation e. Ml Syhdicxt*.—WNU Svrvtc*. By BD HOWB but Europe knows It The gold franc, worth about 3.§0 cents when the dol lar was a gold dollar. Is worth today “You Wanted to See Me?” the the wedding?" Peter Intended question to sound casual. Rylie hesitated, clasping and un- claxping-hls-r hands - nervously lq, trrrj~6 lap. ”1—I’ve lust been driving around," he answered finally. “But of course you’\'trTiiTkedlo some one who was at the wedding. At home, perhaps.” Pd stop the wedding, too I, Stood there and laughed at me!” i . to kill him?” t’.ie sergeant Interpolated in a suave tone. “Hold onP Ambrose Carmody warned. “Don’t answer that sort of question, Son.” “Why not?" The young man turned Impatiently on his father. “You don’t think I killed him, do yon?” He turned again to the detective. “Of course not I never made any threats.” “You just told us you threatened to atop the wedding." > \ . Rylie shrugged impatiently. “I mean physical threats. That never entered my mind. I only intended to Inform my father of this woman. That would N shot home like the swift "thrust of a rapier. ; , „ , Rylie glanced nervously at his fa ther. then back to the novelist. The elder Carmody’s knuckles showed white, as he gripped his son’s arm. “I don’t like your tone,” he interrupted angrily. “Don't answer that question. Son!” “Carmody,” Peter had grown sud denly stern, “you don’t have to an swer, but if you don’t you are In very grave danger of being accused of this murder." The young man hesitated. “All right. I’ll answer," he said at length. “I haven’t anything to hide. I should have told you the,whole truth in the first place. Callls Shipley told me about it. I have seen her. I took her home from the^church.” * "But you told us you never got back to the church until after everything was over?” Peter endeavored to shake his story. “No,” the you^denled. “I said that when | got back, I heard the organ playing the ‘Weddfhg March-,* ; and thought everything was over, I was standing across the street, by my car, and Callls came running across to me. She asked me to take her home.” "Oh! And she told you what had happened then?” “Yes. I came straight back here, of course." Cardigan arose abruptly. “There’s only-one flaw In that,” he said. “How could Callls Shipley have known what happened here?” ~ . hoy’s lips were quivering but he rushed “.He-laugbed at me when I wild t Th^ young man’s face went pale. Involuntarily, he clenched his hands. "I guess she knew, Just like every- “Dld he laugh when you threatened "body else knew,” he said. His voice sounded strangled, far away. “But every ode else didn’t know, Cardigan pointed out “We have taken special precautions to see that no one else found out There has not yet been any announcement made con cerning Franklin’s death." “I guess Callls didn’t say there had been a murder,” the boy’s voice was frantic. “She Just said something ter rible had happened and that the wed ding had been postponed. 1 guess I must have jumped\ at conclusions about the murder.” “Rather odd, wasn’t It, that you should julnp to that k\nd of conclu sion?’ price for the stocks, rear estate and everything else with real value. While the dollar changes Us value by fiat, the other things do not cliange their value. This Is a good‘ time to collect right real estate and securities. If you know how to select the right ones. Rylie," hp said slgwly. “They think 6.27 cents in paper dollars. Something It’s safer to fight it out than to run frightened our speculative gentlemen the risk of being caught, because once 1° Wall Street and stocks dropped they start to run, they invite suspi- rather violently. They will go back cion.” - , again. .. Rylie Carmody gripped the arms of The cheaper dollar means a better his chair. “I’m not afraid,” he said slowly. “I didn’t do It. You can’t con-. vict me of something I didn’t do.” “Then how were you so sure there would- he no wedding?” Peter queried swiftly. » “I—-I wasn’t sure.” “And yet you never took the trouble to dress for 4V- the novelist pointed out. “You are wearing a tweed suit.” Rylie glanced at his coat, as though, for the first time realizing Its exist ence. His answer was deliberate. From the time I heard , about thoo Choo,Train and Jim Franklin," he. said, I forgot all about the wedding. I’ve told you about that. I came here to see Franklin, and then went home to try to catch To Is before site left. Failing in that, I' raiae straight bhek here. I forgot ail about dressing.” “You have told us that several times,” said Peter. “Suppose you tell us how you heard about this actress. Who told you?” Once again Rylie hesitated. Then, •'Web Spears told me,” he said,. “He lunch.’ "Who Is this Web Spears?” “Webster Spears? Why, he’s—oh, every one knows Web. His father Vns mv .father's partner, before h* riioj X HE peopl* never had any sense; I A t Europe Knows Our Dollar Marrying Haphazard One Banker, $200,000 $15 a Word, and Cheap We don't yet know in this country * haven’t much hope for the future, that our dollar is only worth 5D cents, ®Rber na to myself or others. Once they kept a war going on thirty years. . . . You may say we have more sense than that now. f am not so sure of It Our last war was conduct ed on so magnificent a scale that the world became bankrupt In four years, and, we had to quit; whereas It la re lated Frederick the Great paid for his wars as he went along. When be quit he didn’t owe a permy. and had no CRAWLING SUBMABINB Sea bed exploration should be sbfr Pllflad by tha use of a saw typa of submarine, recently tested ip New York. This small craft can crawl about the ocean bed, and baa a batch which n diver can leave er enter It Seeds are sold only In fresh dated packages.' When yon boy Fer ry’s Seeds yon are sure of the finest quality available. Adr. W4 M Tiny Radio Sot - Dino de Corbertaldo, a youth living at Treviso, Italy, has s certificate as suring him that his radio set with which he can get half-a-dozen sta tions, Is the smallest In the world. It will fit comfortably Into a nutshell— ■nd the nut Is not a coconut! . We’ve been friends always.” "And was there ever anything be tween this young Spears and your sister. Doris? Any boy-and-girl af- fair. JSVere they ever sweethearts?" ‘But that’s all “Yes?’ reluctantly. ovCr,_pow." ; T “Since when?" “1 don’t know. though. I’m sure of that. Peter's next question- was addressed V A c-AVtf/'kt* i^n /-wl I’ve known him all his to the senior Carmody.. “I suppose you knew young Spears pretty well, too, didn’t you, Mr. Car mody?” “Of course, life.” “Well enough to recognize his voice over the telephone?” \ “Well," Ambrose Carmody pursed his HpS thoughtfully, “1 don’t know. I might.” Peter followed up this question with another. “You told- us, earlier, that some one who refused to give his name, telephoned you this afternoon nnd told you about Choo Choo Train, mid-that - have been Wplisfer Spears?”’ The eider Carmody shook his head doubtfully, “I don’t know,’’ he said. "I,hardly think so.” “Why?” J. H. Blumensohn of Golumhla uni versity, Rent to Brazil by the Rocke- feiler foundation, found. interesttfig’In- dians called the Kalngang tribe. These Indians solve one of civilization’s prob lems by marrying both the daughter and the mother; no mother-in-law dif ficulty there. In formcKv times the Indians prac ticed extensively polygamy and group marriage, several men and several women being married to each oth^r at the same time. There is po marriage ceremony, and when the Kaingangs kill each otner in family feuds, divorce quarrels or for other numerous reasons, there is no AIbo there la no moral cod#* The good will be glad to hear that the tribe is dying out; not expected to last long. . Edward G. Bremer, young bank pres ident of St. Paul, thirty-seven years old, is released by kidnapers. His fa ther paid a ransqm of $200,000. in $5 and~ $10 IrtTIs, which weighed fifty pounds and filled two suithoxes tJniD' ed State! detectives are looking for “ten or twelve kidnapers." For some time f Repeal of prohibition has dlscour- aged bootleggers, but wilP’prohabljr promote kidnaping. Charles Dickens wrote a life of Christ In 14,000 words for his children. They would not sell or allow It to be published. Now the last Is dead and the brief manuscript sells for $15 a word, $210,000, not Including the orig inal Itself in Dickens’ handwriting. That manuscript itself will sell for a big price some day. Dickens could not have Imagined all tills when he was a Vounfe, struggling writer in London. pensioners to move on his capital, and threaten to take It^ lloys coming on soon supplied Frederick with more farmers; foo<L was produce/) again In • year. . . . But a war debt con- itantly Increasing and drawing Inter est, will ruin anybody. - • • • I have noted that many people who annoy me, occasionally turn out to have a good deal of sens# One man sent me pamphlets dally, for weeks, but finally the pamphlets were made into a book called “Toward Liquor Control” 1 have read the book. It was written by a number ‘of rather notable men employed by the Rocke feller foundation to look thoroughly Into the protdem of liquor control, and make a repoir about It. The book Is one of the best written, most sensible and Important I have ever read. It Includes a review of our general American shiftlessness In pub lic affairs, and which has finally al most bankrupted us morally as well as financially. . X recorDmend.the book, to Why the Change to Liquid Laxativesr * ■ I everyone who believes ♦ llttle-lfr eoro- inon sense and decency, and In pre serving the little civilization we have managed to achieve.. The hook Is a plea for temperance Doctors have always recognized the value of the laxative whose dose can bejneasured, and whose action can be thus regulated to suit individual need. The public, too, is fast returning to the use of liauid laxatives. People have learned that a properly pre pared liquid laxative brings a perfect movement without any discomfort at the time, or after. The dose of a liquid laxative can be varied to suit the needs of .the in dividual.-The action can thus be ted. It fo iouble dose" a regulated. It forms no habit; need not take a "douh 1 - ■*—” “No. 1 haven’t been home,” the youth denied. “Then how did you know Jim Frank- Hn had been killed?”—The question { the Interview. With his hands ci*Snmfe(T "Bocause-Web would have given me his name,” declared the old man with dignity. Peter was evidently through with “Stone walls do not a prison make,” you all know that, “nor iron bars a cage,” under certain conditions. __ That youth, beauty and even dia monds do not make happiness you learn from a young woman, a “Follies girl,” found dead, sitting in- a-hetel;- registered under a false name. She 1iad nine.diamond rings on her fingers, $280 in\.7oose change,in her handbag. Her lips were burned with poison, and those burned lips will never tell i fh his coat pockets, he ambled about the room, his forehead corrugated'’In thought, his blue eyes gleaming be neath their shaggy brows. The sergeant motioned Peter to fol low him and strode into the study. He made sure the door was shut be fore he spoke. “Nine suspects al ready, and we know who eight of them are.' The devil of It is, we can show a motive for most of them,” Peter watched silently as his friend crossed to the rector's desk where the contents of the slain man’s pockets had ' been methodically arranged. They had been few—a "bill-fold, some loose change, two handkerchiefs, one of them still folded, and a leather en cased ring on which there were seven keys. • , Kilday picked up the keys, weighing them Idly, his eyes still clouded In thought. “Nine suspects, and we know eight of them. But this woman in blue—if It was Callls Shipley, the Doctor Abernathy Is trying to protect her. Why? If she was the woman In blue,” the detective continued delib erately, “we’ll have to find a way to shake Doctor Abernathy’s story. “But If she wasn’t”—again he ex amined the keys In hls hand—“these keys may tell us something. If the woman in blue killed Franklin, Jeal ousy was probably the motive for the crime. We know Choo Choo Train was his mistress. He cOuld have had another. He had a reputation for In fidelity, where women were con cerned. If that Ur true, then one of these keys probably fits the door of her apartment." Peter examined those keys minute ly. Two were small, of the type fre quently used for desks and files. The other five were larger. Any one of them might fit an apartment door. Kilday might be on the right track. “How about yonng Carmody?” novelist queried. “What do yon thj of his story?” *T can’t afford to think aboub lt till I check up op It," the detective re plied grlinly. "Come on, let's go visit Callls Shipley. Pve got to/know If she wAs the woman In “And,” he added omfaously, as they left by the rear dpor of the study,’ V“one of these keys may fit her apart ment. Ion never can tell’ , CTO BN CONTINUED > Mr., Schwab, of the steel company, used to say when he saw a little dog chasing as express train that he won dered what the dog would do with the train If he caught it You wonder what Uncle Sam plans to do with all the gold In the world when and if he gets it. He can’t hold It in hls lap. The United States is gathering in formation about silver-7-who has it, who Is hoarding it, why It was bought, why It is hoarded? You remember what happened when you hoarded gold? if Y 00 d,d - You had to give It to the government at the j old price, apd then watched It go up j $15 an' ounce. Perhaps you will see 1 something Hke that In silver. One hundred million onnees of It are said to be held . In this country for specu lative purposes. , not only as to Inmrtnrtlng liquors, but in everything else. We are very In temperate In our eating. In se* mat ters; In ali phases of public affairs. In education, religion we must become ashamed jot uur •1ntenu>eran<*e. or we shall he humiliated before the world more than we have been lately. _ Not less than 88 per cent of our ln- "dusfrlaT wfiPfefi'Tre hampered by im proper dletj of all money spent by their families on fowl. 78 per cent la mle- spent, either on improper or too costly or otherwise -uneconomic dietaries. This disgraceful percentage holds In everything else we do. Americans became so rich we reached the Coal Oil Johnny stage In extravagance and shiftlessness, and we must do better, .as Coal Oil John ny did In the poor house? Although he said a poor-house diet would kill him, after living so long oi terrapin and turkey. It actually resi «d In better health; actually assisted In restoring him to sanity and Indus try. When I was a hoy. apd my father farmed and preached the old gospel, ! we. occasionally had a horrar. Once , a farmer drove tntn Pole creek after a rain, and was drowned. Hls horses . drowned with him. It was terplhle.-'but we didn’t have excitement /often. Once- a man had nose bleed for days, and . constantly grew weaker, as nothing could be done tp stop it. We all went over to look at him; everyone was excited. Once) a man was bitten on the thumb by a /rattlesnake. He had cut down a hick- ' ory tree, to get the nuts, and the ac* client happened while he was picking them up. The man put hls thumb In his mouth, and sucked the poison out! We talked about that for days. An other time a farmer came home/from town drunk, and everybody r^h over to his house to suggest a rerpddy. On« i woman suggested that he drink a pan j of milk. She had lived In a town In Indiana, where we all came from, and knew ahout^such things; and the man got well. The Civil war/was going on then, •nd an occasional soldier came home on furlough with taji tales to tell, but we had no such terrors as l hear of every raofnJng and evening now, when I get the patters. Somewhere the oth er day the members of • family were eating supper, when an airplane fell their house. The house and seven persons were burned up. with the neighbors looking on; all they could do was to save the house next door. or two later. Nor wiH a mild laxative irritate the kidneys. Thc.wiwg cothortk am. sDeiJo.. 2ng camm more, harm than good. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a F rescoption, and is perfectly safe. Is laxative action is based on senna —a natural laxative. The bowels will not become dependent on this form. not -become dependent on uus tonn of help. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is at all druggists. Member N. R. A. MercolizedWax •T * -Powdered Saxo Reduces wrinkles and other ply dissolve one ounoe Basolite witch basil and am dsOy as AThree Days’ Cough Is Your IS The British post office shows a-sur plus, nqt profit of $55,000,000 for the year. That will interest Postmaster General Farley, who (s working to show a profit on hls Job. The, Interesting thing Is that the it, my day, farmers were at least British post office owns and raps the gf Pn dy men; now they are rioting, a British telegraph system, government- thing j never heard of even town men Don’t let them get a strangle hold. Fight germs quickly. Creo- mulslon combines 7 major helps la one. Powerful but harmless. Pleas* ant to take? No narcotics. Your own druggist is authorized to refund your money on the spot If your cough or cold Is not relieved by Creomulsion. (adv.) GIRL TO WOMAN Mm Hester Cason of 2429 Wolf St., Brunswick, Ga., aald: "When r waa * young girl wowing, I ba- came rundown but Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion soon had me feeling fine and 1 developed nat* urally. After I married I again relied upon it ta kaep strength dur- rous, irritable Three bottlM . the Preieriptlon waa all I had to uke." New dm tablets SO eta, liquid SUA Ing expectancy. I and weary, would fed owned, and will send a teleg/aph mes sage anywhere in Great Britain for 12 cents. That was the p^fee. at least, when this writer was )ffst In England. sjffst in Er If at any time y<>U have violated the prohibition law. stop worrying. T^ie Supreme court decided that, prohibi tion being dead, nobody can he Irfed for violating a law that does not ex ist. The/ successful twydlegger may rest .peacefully on hls laurels and prnfli At McGraw, N. Y^four dogs led by a slice dog amused themselves with a little girl, Joyce Hammond, six years old, bit her repeatedly, mangled one of her arms. She Is In Jhe hospital. Jus tice of the Peace A."?. McGraw or dered the dogs held for a while, to make sure that they were not afflicted with rabies, and then shot ~ Civilized beings will scarcely believe It. but from different parts of the country have come eameet appeals* “Spare the poor dogs. How can yo* be so crnel?" etc. fe Ktaff FyturwMBywdleutq, lw* doing nntll I was a man-grown. We were poor hopple, hot always had plenty. Now farmers say they •re starylng. Millions of them actnal- I ty have starved tn Russia, because town men take what the farmers raise, j In my boyhood we hardly ever saw a town man; specially, they didn’t come out carrying gnna. and teli ns what | part of our corn we could keep, and what part they wanted to support the I government’s N. A. B. D., which means a new and better deal. v I have long observed that when 1 am ont of condition. I can get prompt re sults by eating lets; by tnlaging a,—* or two. and behaving hettef tn 'respects. . . There are a things the bnlk of the people have er learned. One Is that .they must their own doctors, their own phllosoph era—their own relief -bureau, a great > scientist says that nothing in the study of the stars, of the tool of the old Greeks, has Interested him as has the study of hls own body; of regnlat- ing It subduing It getting, blessings instead of curses from It 1 Tired.. 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