The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-18

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B.: Thank you, thank You. I am
better, yes: but my heart, you know,
has been troubling me for some ht-
tie time and I'm rather subject %
these sudden attacks.
k. NOW, that's read bad. par
ticulariy as I've got to ask you
some rather unpleasant questions.
B.: Dear, dear. cannot think
what thy would be about. I have
nothing to hide, nothing at an !
assure you.
K: Wen, hops. that is 50 for
all our sakes, but want the truth
about your relations with Boltho
Blame.
B.: A casual acquaintance made
years ago, barely knew the man,
Is I told you yesterday.
K: Now, that won't do, You
evidently haven's locked In your
black despatch box this morning. or
you'd realize that, when I was
searching the cabins yesterday. re-
moved that letter from 1t Blame
wrote you O few days back from
the Adlon- ClaSidge IN New York.
In that he spoke Of the wonderful
friendship you had for each other,
b.: oh, er-that. What an ex-
traordinary letter 1t was, wasn't
It? took it TO be some kind Of a
Joke. I could hardly regard it as
anything else, but I did remember
from my meeting with him In the
past that Blame had very queer
sense Of humor very queer.
K: Pointless sort Of joke
wasn't It?
B.: Quite pointless, but we al
know now that the poor fellow
was half off his head with worry
I imagine he must have been SUI
fering firm some strange reaction,
caused by overstrain when he
wrote 1t. Those protestations Of
friendship were so absurd when
you consider that I had only met
the man quite casually.
K: I don't consider anything OF
the kind, Bishop. In 1917 you knew
Blame mighty well.
B.: What-what's that?
K: You heard. You remember
that nasty business in 1917, sonasty
that we Just won't talk about 1t. You
were in that up to the neck and
Blame knew 1t. For reasons we
needn't 60 into, he decided not TO
spill the beans at the time, and so
you managed to get away with 1t. II
you hadn't you wouldn't be q bishop
today. Blame hadn't forgotten he
had the goods on you and, when he
contemplated doing some funny
business during his trip on this
yacht. he took the precaution OF
writing you first to tip you off that
II you didn't keep your mouth shut
he meant to put you through he
hoop. Now, what have you got to
say?
B.: I protest, sir. I protest. An
Episcopal Court exonerated me
completely - on every charge - In
that most unsavory matter In
which it was my ill-fortune to be
involved when I was with the troops
In 1917. :s
K: An Episcopal. Court might
have preferred to give you the ben
eft OF the doubt rather than have
a prominent churchuaan involved In
public scandal.
B.: Be careful, sir. There Is, I
warn you. such thing as the law
Of libel.
K: I should worry. You wouldn't
dare to rake that unsavory scandal
up by bringing an action in civil
court but, unless you're very careful,
it's all going to come out now
whether you want 1t to or no.
B.: What d'you mean2 You
don't think IL -.
K: Well, maybe we won't have
to rake 1t up, but that largely de-
ponds on you. It's my duty to get
the man who has murdered Bolitho
Blame ad, If you'll give me your
assistance, I'll do my best to keep
you out Of this business as far as !
can
B.: That's very kind very
kind, indeed. OF course you must
quite understand, Officer, that
there was no foundation for those
charges. none at all. but naturally
I should find 1t most distressing
to have that horrible affair made
public after all these years. am
afraid I don't see, though, how ]
can help you more than have
done already.
K: You came below to your cabin
at 7:O5 on the night Of Dlane's
death and you did not appear in
the lounge nutil 8:05. What were
truth now. .....