The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-03-25

servants. smart clothes. But they
had lost money: they had had a
baby; there was every reason to
suppose that there had been q
nervous strain upon both the
spoiled young husband and wife
Of late years: the newspapers were
agog with theories as to the wom-
ans GOODNESS. the mans jealousy,
the quarrelS and threats that had
gone on in the once luxurious home.
Lawrence Bellamy, the we'll
known associate editor of the Call,
who had been motoring home alone
who had been motoring home
with an unknown woman compan-
ion at twelve-seventeen o'clock on
that evening-who had been motor.
ing home with Miss Antoinette
Taft, social editor of the Call-had
been the person to discover the
tragedy and had quite properly no.
titled the San Jose police. Miss
Taft, 1t appeared from an amicable
statement from Mrs. Bellamy, was
a close friend of the Bellamy fam.
lily and had spent the day with
them at Pebble Beach.
No hint of scandal or surprise or
blame came from Ruth. Every.
thing had been quite as it should
be; she was devoted to Miss Taft;
the whole thing was only SO 'un-
fortunate"
Quiet and rather pale, Tony went
through the unreal - the hideous
days. She was at the corOner's
inquest, answering questions sim
ply, with her characteristic little
puzzled frown drawing the penciled
brows together over her blue eyes.
She and Mrs. Bellamy were friends?
Great friends. She had spent the
momentous Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bellamy in Pebble Beach?
Yes.
She told Aunt Meg something;
Brenda little more. She told Cliff
the truth.
'You and he-you mean you and
Larry" Cliff stammered.
ooh, yes"
"And how longs this been going
onY'
"There wasn't much to go on
Months, / guess" Tony said in re-
ply.
well, then, what's the idea of
being so decent about it?"
II don't think it's exactly-de-
cency," Tony said, with an effort.
TITS just Ruth's idea of the best
way out"
"You didn't dine with them that
day, then?"
mo, and neither did Larry. He
started before dinner, and I wait
ed for him at Del Monte, and he
picked me up"
.What time was thisY'
"A little after six. We had din
ner at King City; we talked for
three hours"
"Ha" Cliff calculated. "And she
didn't bawl you outY'
mo. She prefers 1t this way.
She's protecting me, and saving
him from his own ridiculous folly,
and they're all going to China to-
gether."
evil he go?''
'He has to 60. Otherwise she'll
divorce him.
Threatens that, huh?"
"She doesn't have to threaten.
It's just that-oh, she's not well,
and her mother wants to 60, and
her niece Mrs. P0lhemus is going,
and If Larry won't come to his
senses and go happily along with
them-well, she's just DONE"
"Gosh, what mess? Maybe he'll
throw her DOWN."
GLOW can he, Cliff? For one
thing, she really does love him;
she's always been kind to me. And
even II he did, that'd finish me.
That'd give everyone a chance to
say that I was the girl mixed into
the Donny murder and mentioned
In the Bellamy divorce"
"Who got you into 1t In the first
place? Didn't Larry put you on
bus that night and send you
homer"
Eyes; you weren't here, I remem-
Der. Yes, I got here about three
o'clock. But you see the fact of
the bus picking me up there at that
hour gave them something to work
on, and then this Miss Wallister
Of Oakland gave them my name.
Shed been in the car Larry and !
stopped before we went to the
Denny house"
"Who's She" .~.s.
IAN Oakland schoolteacher. I
did a story about her once"
"The Bellamy outfits all going
away?"
"China." =
"When do they go?"
"Day after tomorrow"
"Going to see her before they
go?'
mo"
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