Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-12-06
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your word for it?' and | heard Mr..
Franklin say. You have"
Peter Cardigan Interrupted with
a question. did you take advan-
tage of Mr.. Carmody's presence to
Inform him Of this quarrel which
had so disturbed you?" he asked
the rector.
NO" Doctor Alternately again
moistened his lips. Il decided
against 1t. | only intended to In
terfere If, in my opinion, there were
cause to question the ACCESSIBILITY
of proceeding with the ceremony.
After consideration, | decided this
was not true. The woman In blue
had confirmed Franklin's statement
that their quarrel was Of a business
rather than a personal nature. or
course" he added, ut would have
been different had | been present
when Miss Train, the actress, ar
rived. This Is the first | had heard
of that"
"H'mv" Sergeant Kilday dlgested
this In silence for q moment. Then
he turned to Royce. When was
1t Choo Choo arrived on the scenef"
After Doctor Alternately had en-
tered the church." said Royce.
When Mr.. Carmody left the study
Doctor Alternately walked TO the
door with him. Mr.. Carmody walked
around the outside of the church.
The last thing ! heard him say was
Let's start on time II was then
only about one minute of four. Doc
tor Alternately turned to us and
asked If we were ready. Jim said
we were. Doctor Alternately then
entered the church through this
door. | was standing here, by the
door, leaving it open q crack so that
| could e what happened inside,
so. naturally, my back was to Jim.
II never saw Choo Choo enter.
The first ! knew that she was here,
was when | heard Jim say, What
are you doing here? | thought |
told you to stay awayT
"She said, I intended to, Jim, In
til Fletcher phoned me that you said
to come after ALL she said.
Jim denied that he had told
Fletcher to phone, and they started
to quarrel. | was afraid they could
be heard In the church.
"'Pipe down. | warned them. DO
you want to break up the we'd
dlngT
THAT'S exactly what she'd like
to do Jim said. Come on In here
where we can talk And he pulled
her toward the door of the study.
That's the last ! saw of Choo Choo."
WHO is Fletcher" Kilday want
ed to know.
That's Jim's man-servant," Royce
explained.
And that vas the last you saw
Of Franklin. tooT" inquired Peter.
ayes. But | spoke to him after
that"
"When?"
Royce faced Peter squarely.
when Calls Shlpley came In" he
said.
"Callis Shipley? Who is that?'
"See here, this Is preposter-
ous," Ambrose Carmody interrupted
angrily. "Callis was one Of the
bridesmaids. She was out In front
all of the time"
"Oh, no, she wasn't" Nick de-
MED. "She was back here just be-
fore the wedding. She anne run
ming In the side door, very excited
and out of breath.
where's Rylie7 Is he back hereY'
she wanted to know.
Il told her | didn't think so.
"'Then where Is Jim franklin
she asked me breathlessly. She was
so ~agitated, | was afraid something
was wrong, particularly In view OF
what had happened between Rylie
and Jim just q short time before. Sc
| knocked on the study door.
"Jim asked me what was wanted
"'Have you seen Rylie Carmody?
she asked him. He isn't In there
Is her
"When Jim said he wasn't, the
girl sort of caught her throat, and
said, oh
II could see she was very much
excited. You'd better let me take
you around 'front.' | urged her, but
she said, oh, I'll be all right anC
left the way she had come"
mr.. Royce" demanded Kilday
eagerly, did Calls Shipley have or
a blue dress?"
+, The newspaper man hesitated
why yes, / think she did," he sale
: finally.
Doctor Alternately sprsng to bill
} feet. You're making a terrible
+ mistake" he cried. "Callis SIMPLE,
. wasn't the woman In blue-not tn,
woman in blue | saw. That-why
. that's absurd" His fingers fumblet
with his handkerchief as he moppet
; his brow.
I I'm sure she was out In the yes
Thule, In 'front.'" added Ambros'
. Carmody. You're getting nowhere
jumping about this way, trying Il
connect innocent people with tn
crime"