Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-02-11
Observation-Disclosures

'Did you see Molly?"
eyes. I had two reasons for
coming. One was to see Molly
and I did see her"
"When did you see Molly?"
"She met me at the Marshland
station. She came over on the
nine o'clock train We drove the
whole morning long and had lunch
together. Then she went back on
the 2:2O train"
'She came back to Satuit alone?"
"I wasn't with her."
"Where did you 60 them"
"Well, I told you that l had two
objects in coming to Satuit. The
first was to see Molly and the sec
ond was to see Ace Blake. When
I put Molly on the train for Satuit,
I went back there myself in my
car"
''Did you see Ace?"
eyes, had an appointment with
him.
''How had you made that APP
pointment?"
''By mail"
"Can you remember what you
said in the letter."
mot exactly. 1t was brief-only
a few sentences. In effect, I wrote
that there were some things I must
discuss with him and that I would
meet him in some quiet place
where we could talk privately.
asked him not to tell my people that
was coming. That was all, I
Think
Where did you meet Ace?"
Gin Locust Lane"
"And what timer"
Half past three in the after
noon"
"You two men were alone?"
GAS far as I know"
"Molly did not join your"
Walter gave swift dissenting
nod of his head
''Was your talk with Ace AMIGA
ble?"
A sardonic smile brought strange
havoc to Walters pleasant look.
"Quite the contrary"
"How would you yourself describe
your interview"
Walter considered the matter
with an appearance of great con-
scientiousness. 81 would say that
in psychology it was characterized
by all the emotions and in diction
by all the phrases of two men who
were ready to beat each others
faces off,"
81 get you perfectly" Patrick
commented. Gin other words, you
had an argument"
eyes"
Patrick let silence seep into the
room for a considerable interval.
Then he said, GIVE got to do some
thing now, that I don't any more
enjoy doing than you'll enjoy hav-
ing me do. hate to ask the ques-
tons I've got to ask. Of course,
you know as well as do, what my
first question is going to be. I
want to ask you what you and
Ace were quarreling over"
Something apparently leaped sud-
denly into his mind for he turned
like shot to Molly. "Molly," he
said, II must remind you that as
Walters wife, you would not be
compelled by any court of law to
give testimony that concerned
him."
"But I want to tell everything"
Molly replied with her splendid can
did fearlessness. eff there's any
detail which Walter can't remem-
Der and I can, I shall be very glad
to supply it to YOU"
CAGE and H. Walter said, "were
talking about Molly"
"You had quarreled and were
quarreling about Molly?" Patrick
suggested.
eyes, we had! We were!"
Walter stopped short and looked
at Molly. She looked at him. For
a perceptible interval, the glances
from those two pairs of young eyes
interlocked. Never in any human
gaze had seen such a passion of
alteration and assurance as was in
Walters look; never such a worship
and faith as was in Molly's.
Patrick and I watched that beau
tiful phenomenon, silent. I felt the
tears pricking behind my eyeballs.
Patrick's look grew, as I knew it
always did when he was touched,
definitely more non-committal.
II think, Pat" Walter started,
''that the time has come for me to
tell you about my whole relation
with Ace Blaikie. 1t concerns Mol
Iy of course"
$50 on!" Patrick said.
"You will remember" Walter
said and strangely enough he adj
dressed himself to me, that act
ed as Aces secretary for two
years. You will perhaps remem-
Der, Aunt Mary, if you remember
dates, that Molly and became en-