Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-17
CHAPTER v-contlnued

living room.
When he returned, he nodded to-
ward Peter. ut fits. That's six Of
them"
you sound disappointed" OBJ
served Choo Choo.
II had hoped that key would help
me find some one else," the detec-
tive commented. mo matter. Wen
play the hand Just as 1t is dealt"
Peter frowned thoughtfully at his
lean brown hands. Miss Train"
he put the question deliberately,
show did you feel about this mar
rage OF Franklin'sf You were In
love with him, weren't your"
Choo Choo moistened her lips.
"Yes, | loved him. What of it?"
what did you think of this mar
riage?" Cardigan repeated.
She fingered over her answer, her
head bent so that 1t was impossible
TO read the expression Of her face.
"What does 1t matter what l
thought?" the girl answered finally.
HE was getting married, wasn't he?
That's your answer"
NO" Peter wished that II were
answer enough, and that he need no
longer probe this girls wound. mo,
that was his answer, Miss Train.
I'm asking how YOU felt?"
There are times" said the girl
distinctly, when your feelings don't
count. wasn't exactly happy over
the marriage. You can't expect me
to say that. STILL" her glance fall
tered before the novelist's unwaver-
ing scrutiny, II figured that I'd get
over 1t. Other people have"
"Then when you left Franklin
there in the study, you knew you
were telling him good-by, for good,
didn't your Kilday questioned for
the first time.
II didn't say that" the actress
replied quickly. She fumbled on
the table by the stand and found a
cigarette. Cardigan held a match
for her.
For a minute she pulled, deeply
as though keenly enjoying the
smoke. Her glance travelled slow
ly, from one man to the other.
what made you ask me that?'
she inquired of Kilday, finally.
The sergeant shrugged. HE wal
getting married, wasn't he?"
A half-smile curled about the
girls lips, momentarily, and was
gone, as quickly as it had come
He was marrying a position" sht
said quickly. "Jim never loved
Doris Carmody. He loved me-"
HE did love you," Kilday con
coded. 'But that was finished, yes
terday, wasn't 1t? BY the wedding
/ mean"
THE wedding" said the girl slow
ly, wasn't going to make any diff
ference between Jim and me. w
had been all over that"
"You mean you we're going on
the same as before" The deteC
tive's tone was i%ncredulous.
Choo Choo exhaled a cloud 0
smoke. That's exactly what
mean," she declared. For a deteC
tive, you can be terribly densI
sometimes"
"You can say that now" Kilda
objected. "Franklin's dead"
I'm only telling you what Jill
and | had decided" The girl leane
forward angrily. There's one thin
you don't seem to understand. Jill
loved mel He didn't love that Ca
mody girl"
But he vas marrying her" Il
sergeant declared, with fnality.
Marrying her" Choo Choo tosse
her head. He wasn't marrying
girl. He was marrying a social p
sition. Jim was going to be Il
next governor of New York"
Kilday could cope with the woI
ans anger, where her sorrow,
short time before, had silenced hi
And ! suppose you were going
Albany with him, chi"
." wouldn't have been SO (
away" retorted the actress.
IF he loved you 80 much. w
didn't he marry your the sergea
insisted.
Don't be silly" the actre
scoffed- Where would Jim ha
been II he'd married an actres
That would have been murder.
would have finished him"
"As 1t turned out" replied Kid
dryly, ut was murder anyway"
The girl shivered. you're wa
ing time here" she said In a qui
e voice. "Why don't you talk
Dan Bulls. Maybe he can tell y
what happened yesterday afterno,
He was sore at Jim, and he'd be
trying to see him. Bulls called
here, yesterday, wanting to see y
When l said he wasn't here,
swore. He said Jim was hid.
from him, and that / was help
him. But he said he'd find him.
you really want to find who XII
Jim Franklin, talk to Dan Bull
We've talked to Bulls" Pc
informed her quietly. We've co
here to End out what you KIN,
Miss Train"
I'm only telling Won where To