Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
penetrated.

know her by her beautiful coat. II nothing
else.
Reading feverishly, Doll felt pity for the
prospective bridegroom, his reputation so blast
ed on his wedding eve. Helena Miles, his
f1ancee, was one of the seasons most beau
tiful debutantes 1t was pitiful to read OF
how she had come out like good little sports
woman, said that Section could never, never
have done such thing. And Doll, being by
nature q fiery partisan, stanched her tears
and declared passionately that Helena was
right.
The article closed with bad news for Seeton
He was FIRST held a material witness, then
released under bond.
Doll was still reading when Hector came in.
His collar had wilted, his eyes were sleepleSs
red and worried.
He ran his fingers through his tousled hair
and confessed They've put me on the Section
Well case"
you mean Section wen?"
Lets have some coffee Doll. Thanks
You see things look black for Section Well, and
the wellses and the Mileses have employed
us to clear him."
"Goody!"
why? You saw the newspapers Since
they went to press q lot more has come out,
and unless we work fast Section Wells going
to find himself behind bars"
What do you mean-has come out?"
UMHEN Well went in and found the body
w he was followed by his chauffeur, a
fellow named Cummings carrying some suit
cases. Cummings says Well was very nervous
before he got to his bed room. When he
looked at the woman he said. Who can she
be?' But Cummings told the police that his
boss knows who she is. Section Well, accord
ing to the man, has been in the habit OF
meeting her at drug stores and driving round
the park"
what does Mr. Well say to that?"
HE can't understand why Cummings could
have made such a mistake, unless he got the
woman and Miss Miles mixed. Section Well
said that he met Miss Miles at drug stores
several times when she got bored with parties
And Miss Miles has Chinese coat lot like
the one the dead woman had Cummings Is
backing down now. Just the same, there's an
hour unaccounted for"
what hour?"
During the dinner Section got into an
argument with one Of the ushers about q port
folio of etchings Section was supposed TO get
from his cousin, Ralph Leacock, and put among
the wedding presents. Seeton bet $40 they were
still In Ralphs studio, and to prove 1t he got
up and left the party: he said he had key
to the studio and could get In. He was gone
nearly an hour; when he came back without
the etchings he said, You win,' and handed
his friend the $40. The police think it was a
blind. Ralph Leacock is somewhere in Phila-
delphia. They can't locate him. But the
theory is that Section went over to his own
apartment and shot the woman
"You don't believe that!"
"No," growled Hector. But it looks bad.
Section Well sent his own to the garage
during the dinner. He went to the studio IN
a taxi We can't locate the driver"
Somebody" said Doll with the simplicity OF
a child and a sage, must have shot the
woman"
"I1l not deny that. Doll, the police are on
the wrong SCENT Meanwhile, the real man Is
right under their noses. They haven't even
taken the trouble to ask him questions"
who"
Huntington, the old boy who calls himself
a valet. My theory is he killed the woman to
get revenge on his master for some private
reason. His behavior has been suspicious I
examined the gun carefully and found it was
a handsome old piece 1t used to belong to