The Washington times., 1930-09-26
CHAPTER AZ

tell the truth, the whole GFutH
and nothing but the truth, so
help you, God?" the clerk asked
each one in solemn rumble,
rlsnning all the words together
into one long, unintelligible
word, to which they answered
nervously, Il do"
It was going against her,
Cathie knew that. Where did
they get all these people? The
Chester Farnsworths' maid,
whom she had never seen be-
fore, testifying to conversations
she had heard between Chester
and his wife, conversations in
which Chester assured Enid
that it was only a matter of
days until Farnsworth filed a
divorce against her, converse
tions in which Chester told
Enid about finding Cathie and
Gordon Moore together.
Trying to prove motive
for the crime" Mr.. Allan ex-
planned to Cathie in a whisper.
What crime?" she whispered
back, stupidity.
"Your crime! Reasons for
the murder, you know"
Maid Testifies
But / didn't do it," she
whispered back. And when Mr..
Allan didn't answer, she whis-
pered again, Besides, if Ches-
ter told Enid those things the
maid is testifying to, he was
lying. You ought to get up
and tell them sol"
"Shh!" Mr.. Allan and Mr..
Gunther warned her, "Shh!"
Something else came out.
The Chester Farnsworths' maid
knew the others Farnsworths'
maid-Marguerite Spinney.
She could shed quite lot of
light on the Spinney woman.
"a queer one. Sort of
cracked Always hated the men
in the house. and was crazy
about the young Mrs. Farms
worth. Always wanting to
know What Chester had said
about her. Her and I used to
go out a good bit at night"
So that was where Mar
querite went on the nights
that she came in so late Z.
Cathie wiped her eyes. It was
too bad. Marguerite had meant
things for the best, appointed
herself as a sort of spy, and
now it was going to make the
worst kind of trouble, fatal
trouble probably. And these
people in court were listening
to the story and believing every
word of the gossip. We'll,
you couldn't blame them for
that. But why did Chester
tell Enid things that were not
true? What was the use Of de-
ceiving his own life?
Love Life Barred
About this time Mr.. Allan,
who had set back in his chair
and left most of the questiong
to Mr.. Gunther came to life,
and took over the cross-exam-
lining of the witness himself.
did Marguerite Spinney ever
tell you of her love life with
Chester Farnsworth?" he thun-
dered.
"Objected to as irrelevant, in
competent, and immaterial. the
proper foundation has not been
laid"
objection overruled."
Eyes, she did"
"All right, tell us what that
conversation was, if you please" !"
"The same objection, if the
court please"
The same ruling" the judge
said wearily.
"She said Chester Farnsworth
was no good" the girl on the
stand said. She said she was
ruined by him when she was "a
and him 10, and his father sent
him East to a school. And when
he came home she was still in
love with him, only he had sort
of gotten over it, but still he
hung around and he got her in
trouble, and she left for a while
because she said old Mr.. Farms
worth would have had her
clapped in Jail he was that
hipped on her being the one
after Chester, only it was the
other way round in the begin
ming. So she went away. and
Chester sent her money regu-
lar.
Death Kept Secret
when the baby was 2 months
old it got measles and passed
on. so after a while Marguerite
came back to Mr.. Farnsworth
t. work because it was an easy
place even if she didn't like him.
And she said that on account
of how mean 10th Chester and
Mr.. Farnsworth treated her, as
if she was the dirt under their
feet, she never let on the baby
died, and she kept on taking the
money, telling Chester she had
it boarded out in the country.
She said it gave her something
on Chester, because he was
scared to death his father would
find out. You see, the father al.
ways thought the son was about
perfect and the son didn't want
him to think different.
Cathie thought about that
night that she had heard Ches-
ter and Marguerite talking to-
gether and Marguerite demand
ing money. SO that was the
hnld Maro1Ierita had ON him