The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-24
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well, sir" Mary Kearney gaz-
ed about the room as if proud of
the fact that she had so important
an audience for her story, "at eight
o'clock the last of the other servants
left the house. Everybody but me
had been given the evening off.
Except Sam Horne. the chauffeur.
sir. He was to call for the bride"
IAN right, Mary. Well let Sam
Horne tell us about that. He wasn't
in the house, was he?"
mo, sir. There wasn't anybody
but me, sir, and Mr.. Cluny. 1 was
the only one that wasn't allowed TO
go to the wedding sir. He wanted
me to be here to let Mr.. Hathaway
In - Mr.. Robert Hathaway - his
nephew, who was coming for him
to take him to the church at eight
forty-f1ve. And he wanted me to be
here after the wedding in case mes
sages and visitors came. didn't
think there would be any visitors
myself, seeing as how everybody
was going to the Randolph recep-
ton after the wedding, and Mr..
Cluny was then going straight to
the train, without coming home"
You're depressing. Mary" the
coroner smiled slightly. "Stick to
the story Of what you know happen
ed in the house after eight o'clock
yesterday evening"
That's what I'm trying to do.
sir" Mary Kearney answered indig-
nantly. But I have to explain
things, don't I? Well. sir. Mrs.
Barnes-shes the housekeeper-and
Minnie Cassidy. the housemaid. and
Bunny Smith, the cook, and the out
side man, that's Tony Salvatore, a
wop, he is, all left in the servants
car at about eight o'clock.
"Mr. Cluny was in the library, go
ing over some papers, when l took
him a whisky-and-soda at ten min
utes past eight. 1t looked like pass
ports and railroad tickets to me. He
had his drink and talked TO me u few
minutes about my vacation. Il was
going to have three months on half
pay while he was In Europe-and
then he said he was going upstairs
to dress. He told me to go ahead of
him and draw his bath. l went up
to his room on the second floor and
saw his wedding clothes laid out on
the bed, everything ready for him to
put on.
Yes, SIR" she nodded sullSily, as
the coroner tapped suggestively with
his gavel again. I'm hurrying.
We'll. I went into the bathroom and
turned on the hot and cold water to
just the way he liked It. Then
waited around until he came UP to
see If there was anything else I could
do for him. He said there wasn't.
while I was in. the pantry,
putting away the tray and things,
there was a ring at the front door
bell. 1t was showing pretty hard and
the wind was blowing, so ] didn't
open the door wide, but I did look
out to see how the young lady had
come.
II was struck all Of a heap, sir,
because the young lady was the bride
herself. Miss Cherry Lane, and she
was the last person 1 expected to
see."
You know Miss Lane we'll enough
to be certain Of her identification?"
the coroner inquired.
"Oh, yes, sir. She's been at the
house a lot since her and Mr.. Cluny
has been engaged. And she spoke
to me, called me Mary sir. I said.
How do you do, Miss Cherry. Amt
you gonna be late to the wedding?"
What did Miss Lane say, Mary?"
'She didn't answer my question,
sir. She pushed past me into the
hall, and said, real breathless, I've
got to see Mr.. Cluny. Mary-right
now. Where is he? I told her he
was dressing in his bedroom, ard
wouldn't want to be disturbed in
that condition, sir. and told her I'd
call him on the house phone. But
she ran past me up the stairs, quick
as lightning. 1 peered out Of the
door was still holding open a little
ways and I saw" she paused as for
dramatic effect.
GO on Mary. What did you seer"
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl
NEXT-What Mary Kearney
heard as she eavesdropped at
Mr. CIunv'.a hadroorn door