Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-05
YAGNES
= LOUISE
PROVOST

only a few days, and when he went
I'D married him. And then | found
out that he was just a gamble, and
we began travelling all over the
country and-I left him and got
the divorce. I never saw him again
until last May. And then | got a
letter from him, from Tia Juana.
He said the divorce WASN'T Legal
and I was so frightened, because
that meant that I wasn't really
married to you. But it wasn't true
lat ALL found it out later"
Cages jaw muscles ridged visibly
lat the mention Of illegal divorce,
but he went on implacably.
(which one of you met him at
the beach bungalow, you or
Nancy
81 met him. I'd sent a tele-
gram to Nancy. 1 thought it would
be better if she saw him-he always
liked Nancy. But she didn't get
the telegram in time. And l went
down myself. l had some money
for him. He'd said he'd tell you
about the divorce-and 1 didn't
dare let him do that! joint was
hec,,1se 7 loved YOU So"
"And who-who shot Ken
nedy?"
ri did" 1t was a mere thread OF
sound "I didn't mean to. l was
Iafraid of him, because he was Sc
angry with me. | took the gun
with me to brighten him. And
he just laughed and tried to take 1t
from me and it went off,
), A deep Studded ran over her
"He looked so queer, and Nancy
came running down the beach anc
snatched the gun and told me that
YOU had found her there and tina,
you thought she was-Jim's wife
And l begged her to go away, SC
that you couldn't question her any
more, and it needn't ever come out
that either of us had seen Jim that
night, and if it did it wasn't muir,
der, it was elf-defense. I made
her take the money that Te
brought for Jim-in case she went
away and she ran out. I heare
the car start. 80. And the mex,
morning :. they told me that she'o
driven it over a clif-down on tbs
Srocks-with the tide in
II Cages mouth was a thin line
but he drove his hands down int,
his pockets and looked away from
her,
II suppose I'd better tell you tn
: rest, as far as I know it. I'd bee,
e upstate on a business trip-drov
e myseJf-and found that I coul'
f get back late that night. l hear'
! something that sounded like a shot
< down toward the beach. l have
beach bungalow there, but the mair
| house is back, up on the hill.
= knew the bungalow was closed
| but I caught sight of Nancy
| roadster with nobody in it, so
thought I'd better inv estieate.
t reached the bungalow just in time
i. to find Nancy leaning over some
, man on the ground, with a gun If
, her hand | saw him try to lift
himself and heard him give a nasty
laugh and say! Just a little pre-
| sent from my loving wife, and
drop back again.
ut looked pretty bad. I shot a
question or two at Nancy, but she
Just stared at me and looked down
again at the man and said yes, he
was her husband. Nobody else
seemed to have heard the shot, so
I told her that because she was
Paula's sister I'd do what l could
Ito hush it up, and l didn't want
Paula in any way mixed up in it,"
John Cages strong face witch
ed. "She didn't say much, poor
kid, but she looked sort of desper-
ate, and she stayed until I had
made sure the fellow was dead and
then she marched away without a
word.
cit looked like murder to me,
and all | was interested Unjust then
was in getting the evidence as far
away as possible. I got him into
the back of my car and drove
like the devil, and left him on the
outskirts of a town miles away. I
still though, he was dead. Any
Feels a Lot Better