The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-27

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Come in here,n Bannister in
yited, motioning toward the living
room. He led the way and Ebert
Stuart followed.
mo doubt" the newcomer be-
gan when he was seated, 81
should explain this intrusion. On
behalf of my wife's family l want
| to thank you for all you have
done for Miss France"
a-"But Pm afraid / don't under
standw
Stuart waved this aside. That's
why | thought we should have TINS
talk. My wife and | arrived III
fremont just a few hours ago.
! Our home is in Chicago. I'm a
LAWYER Mr.. Bannister" He add
ed confidentially, "McCook, Hart
ridge and Stuart. We left Chica,
60 last night after wed read
this"
He fumbled in a pocket of his
coat and drew out crumpled
newspaper clipping which he
handed to Bannister. 1t was a
wildly written account of IRE
mont's recent murder, with the
part of Juliet France, the "myS-
terious, blond suspect" promI-
nently featured.
"My wife and I were not sure, y
Stuart went on. that the girl
mentioned in that newspaper az
count was really Juliet until we
arrived here. But Mrs. Stuart
was varied and nothing would
do but we must make the trip"
He shook his head sadly, "This
| is a terrible thing" he went on.
"Terrible! I don't know what
will happen if Juliet's parents
ever find out about it,"
Bannister had been cycling him
perplexedly. "How did you know
that Miss France was here?" he
asked. :,
"They told US at police head.
quarters. Your Chief-Henley, !
believe the name is. We had a
long talk with him. I satisfied
him completely that Miss France
could not possibly have had any
thing O do with the serious
charges against her. | explained
that her conduct was the result
of a girlish prank and while that
does not make it less reprehensi-
Bile"
Bannister interrupted. Gust
who is Miss France?" he asked.
The others eyebrows rose.
Don't you know?"
Bannister shook his head. "No,"
he said. "Miss France hasn't
wanted to talk about herself and
| didn't like to ask questions"
"You took her into your home
"a girl arrested on a murder
charge - without knowing who
she was?" Ebert Stuart's gaze
was incredulous.' :,
"This is my aunt's home" Ban
mister reminded him. 81 thought
she'd be a good deal more COM
Portable here than : where she
was. And you still haven't told
me who she is" -. .r
Stuart cleared his throat. miss
France" he said, sis the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. S. France
of Evanston. The younger daugh-
ter. She's had every advantage. a
girl could have, expensive schools,
travel, social advantages - but
she's headstrong. Spoiled is what
l call it. Allowed to have her own
way too much of the time. | sup
pose that's how she became &C
juainted with this orchestra lead
er. Tracy King"
Bannister Strengthened but he
did not speak.
II don't know whe:e she met
him." Stuart went on, "but /
don't think it could have been
while she was at home. She's
away often. visiting with friends.
! I understand King. was cookbook
ing, probably {; knew how to inn
press foolish young, girl Any
how" Stuart frowned as he con-
tinued. Juliet had. a Irritation
with him. / didn't know any
thing about all this and MY wife
didn't know it at the time. If I'd
known, I'd have put stop to it.
You can be sure of that 49,. -.
"Well, Juliet wrote some fool
ish love letters to this man. Of
course her father is wealthy. a
few weeks ago l guess she began
to realize what a reckless thing
she had done. Loves young
dream had cooled off. Juliet ask
! ed King to return the letters and
he told her he would-for a price!
THAT threat had its effect. I've
told you Juliet was headstrong.
She made up her mind to get the
letters back without paying Tracy
King a cent. She told her parent;
she was going to visit friend in