The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Bride in Custody Is Held By
Police for Questioning
CHAPTER SO

u. ( e o.
There were many men in the
hall. Some Of them wore uni
forms others did not. Some
took notes, others just asked
questions, with their hands in
their pockets,
They talked to Cathie for a
long time. She answered all
their questions, frankly, sim.
ply, with no reserve. The only
thing she held back was the
touching Of the body. land the
blood stains that Marguerite
had tried to wash out Of her
clothes. She. wished she had
not done that now. 1t would
have been better to have told
It ALL, but since it was done !.
Marguerite was badly shaken
as the result Of the question
Ing. Her face was blotched and
swollen. her eyes just red.
brown CLEANS in the bloated,
discolored wreck of her face.
Under the croSS-exaninatiOn
she broke down and admitted
that Cathie had found the body
and had run to her for COM
fort.
Prompted by Chester
81 don't know why I said
the other thing first" she said
gullenly.
was it to shield Mrs. Farms
WORTH" :
Her pleading eyes found
Catherine's. mol She doesn't
need shielding, that white,
stainless onel'
And then, at the word, stain
less, she broke down and wept
nnisiIy again.
Chester FarnswOrth listened,
making suggestions, talking in
low. buSineSS-like aSides to the
inpector. He had hardly spoken
to Cathie. He did not seem like
the dead mans son, but like an
official, one Of the strange crew
OF those grim, tired-eyed men
who asked questions.
il. It seems that there was some
doubt about it being q suicide.
Perhaps Mr.. Farnsworth didn't
shoot himself at all. Someone
shot. him. Cathie hadn't
thought of that, but 1t seems
that the others had, all along.
Official GFiIling
Galway will settle that sui
eide theory" someone said. He'll
testify to the possibility of get
ting that hand far enough back
to shoot. Now if the bullet :"
Catnie shut her eyes. She
didn't want to hear about the
bullet. She wished they'd call
Galway, whoever he was, and
get it over with
"Was he unhappy" They were
questioning her. again.
"Oh: MOI" she reused herself.
'sHe was always cheerful"
There was no usin ess
troubIes?"
mot that I know Of. I don't
think he ever worried about
money. He was so generous lex
travagant, really
did you ever quarrel?"
'CuarTel! Oh, NOR
s'You didn't have any Of the
ordinary newly married peoples
.Quarrels lovers quarrelS?"
mo"
''Why not?"
'.I don't know. We we.
weren't like most married peo-
pie. we Mr.. Farnsworth
was so very much older than I.
We !. /. We never Quarreled."
Jealousy Denied
The inspectors exchanged
elances. Chester said some
thing in an undertone.
was your husband ever jeal-
ous?"
Cathie sat UP sharply. She
caught the queer, knowing look
III Chester's sallow face. mol
he had nothing to be jealous
Off
aThat will be all, Mrs. Farms
worth"
Cathie sighed. Put her hands
over her eyes. It occurred to
her for the first time that she
was free now widow !.
She and Gordon For the
first time since the questioning
began, tears came.
'Poor Alfred!" she sobbed.
"Poor Alfred!" She was cry
ing, because in the midst Of her
great pity, in the midst Of the
horror and the trouble, that
thought Of their love shone like
4 star. They could belong