The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-03-08
aI'm just the Woman in the Case"

aI'm Just the Woman in the Case"
ruption. Peter, who had already
breakfasted, accepted the cup CRATE
fully.
Good girl. Marie" their hostess
praised the maid "You made that
entrance just in time. I was about
to emote." She held out her cup for
more coffee with hand that did not
tremble.
"And now she continued, after
the maid had left, "let's have 1t.
What did you want to see me about,
Sergeant Kilday?"
1t was Peter who took up the ques-
tioning. "You went to the church to
see Franklin yesterday" he said
gravely why? We need to know
that, first"
Choo Choo shrugged. II wanted to
see the wedding" she replied simply.
"If you were woman, you might UNI
derstand. I'd never been to q we'd
ding like that. And then, you see.
Jim Franklin was my man. That
made a big difference, too.
'Oh. of course" she hurried on to
say, 81 could have stood out In front
with the crowd But I wanted to sec
the whole thing wanted grand
stand seat. After all, that wasn't
such lot to ask"
II See" Peter thought he did see.
sAnd Franklin didn't want you to be
there. Was that it?''
The woman nodded her head.
"Then how did you happen to GOT
You must have discussed this with
Franklin, before the wedding, didn't
your
1Yes, we. had talked about 1t, Of
course. AS q matter Of fact, we had
q couple of pretty stormy scenes over
It. Jim couldn't understand why I
should want to go, unless It was just
to humiliate him. There were q lot
of things he couldn't understand
about me, guess"
"But just the same you went, yes
terday."
'Yes, I went. But he asked me to,
or at least, thought he did. Yester-
day afternoon, Fletcher-that's Jim's
man-servant-phone to say that Jim
had changed his mind, and l went"
"But when you arrived" Peter con-
tinued, remembering the story that
Nick Royce had told, FRANKLIN was
angry Evidently he was not expect
ing you Is that correct?"
The actress nodded reluctantly 81
went to the side entrance, Just like
Fletcher told me to. Jim was stand
ing just inside Nick Royce was
there, too.
What are you doing here, Choc
Choo? Jim said. 4 thought ! told
you to stay away from here
Yes, but got your message I
told him.
What messenger Jim demanded.
It was easy to see how angry he was.
"And then of course I told him
about Fletcher's telephone message,
and he was angrier than ever. He
told me was lying. After that, I
lost my temper, too, guess. We
were talking pretty loud. both Of Us.
because Nick stopped us. He said he
was afraid they could hear us inside
the church. What do you want to
do, stop the weddingr Nick said.
sThat's exactly what she'd like to
do. Jim said. But he knew better
than that. I wasn't trying to stop
the wedding
.But after that you went into the
study, didn't your Peter made no
attempt to disguise his interest.
1--WE went into the room behind the
one we were in," replied the actress
guardedly. "Tm not sure whether
it was the study or not"
"What happened then?"
sNothing. Jim swore that he
hadn't told Fletcher to telephone me.
He said somebody was just trying to
NAV him a dirty trick. BY that time,
7 guess I had cooled of little, too,
because I finally promised to come on
home, and I left. That's the last
saw of JIM"
SHOW did you leaves The way you
eameY
'No. went out . door at the
back"