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

| Peter continued. suppose YOU
weren't jealous of Doris Carmody,
and didn't care whether Franklin
married her or not"
Choo Choo WINGED.
Even granting that everything
was just as you have said, that
would not have kept you from be-
ing madly jealous of Franklin. II
you had discovered there was still
a third woman-this woman in blue
that he loved"
There wasn't anybody else" the
actress interrupted shrilly.
"And I'm Just as sur that there
was" replied Peter. There is no
doubt of it. can't help but Won
der. Miss Train, II the discovery
that this woman existed wouldn't
be a better explanation of your Wis,
it to the church yesterday, than the
one you have given us"
But | tell you | didn't know
lHtIt was SuNn a MNhhuh. INV
Choo raised clenched hands above
her head. 81 still don't believe 1t.
Jim wouldn't have done that TO me.
| loved him. And he loved me!
Can't you understand? Me-" She
beat her breast with her fists.
Peter waited quietly until the act
ress' storm of emotion had passed.
Perhaps" he suggested. this 9TH
er woman heard of you yesterday,
for the first time. That being the
case, she might have been the n
who went to see Franklin, with ven
geance In her heart"
There was hatred in the glance
Choo Choo turned on him. You're
mighty sure there was another
woman, aren't your" was all she
said.
In spite of his certainty that there
had been another woman, and that
she had played a dramatic, prob
ably fatal, part in the Staying Of
Jim Franklin, Peter felt that he was
making no Roadway. He had sue
ceeded only In antagonizing a wit
ness from which he had expected
much assistance. Like every other
trail they had followed, this, too,
seemed to lead nowhere. And yet
Choo Choo Train had been the last
r person, as far as they could deter
! mine, who had seen Franklin alive.
According to the testimony Of Nick
+ Royce and Doctor Alternately, she
had been In the study with Jim
Franklin after Daniel Bulls and the
woman in blue had left. And her
motive, too, was apparent, If she
q had known of the existence of that
other woman. Or even If she hadn't
could he believe her statement that
> Franklin's wedding was to have
: made no difference in her relation
: ship with him?
He wondered, too, at the woman''
apparent lack Of grief. To be sure
there were moments when she ap
: peared grief-stricken. But they were
only moments. She seemed to turf
her emotions on and off, like a fau
Get, almost at will. Opposed to thes'
. arguments, of course, were Webste
Spears activities; Daniel Bulls
r%eticence concerning his converse
ton with Franklin Rylie Carmody'
! efforts to halt the wedding; tn
suspicious aroused by Calls Ship
u ley's movements, and, of course, tn
: woman in blue, still unexplained ant
= as mysterious as ever.
u Miss Train" the novelist In
quired suddenly, "how well do 20
know Webster Spears?"
s 'Webster Spears7 I've never hear
he of him."
Are you sure a man by that nam
didn't telephone you yesterday"
IF he had, I'd have heard Q
him." Choo Choo's name was col
temptuous. "Outside of Jim an
Dan Bulls, the only man who phone
me yesterday was Fletcher" she d.
I'd clared. 1--WE already told you aboI
to that"
Peter frowned. what was Franz
10 Inns numberf" he demanded curtl
~ She told him.
II do you mind II we use your tel
)" phone?"
IL Certainly not" Choo Choo han
III ed him the instrument from Il
IA. table at her bedside.
ne Fletcher answered the call.
"This is Peter Cardigan, Fletche
i'd I called with Sergeant Kilday to al
ry you some questions last night, r
we member7"
"Yes, sir, / remember"
nut Il forgot to ask you about yo'
Is, telephone call to Miss Train. yeste
day, Fletcher" Peter explaine
he "How did you happen to telephoi
e." herr"