Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-26

that his eyes were sad.
TT wasn't long before the papers
were full Of Zaza Zarue.
In the meantime, Kaminsky, the
cafe owner, had struck gold, and had
more millions than Caesar had brains.
A lot Of tales had come out of Alaska
ABOUT him. Trelawney told me a few.
l guess he was very crooked fellow
and even cheated a drunken miner
called Jack Shields out of his claim.
In buying gold dust he'd wear his fin
ger nails long so that when he scooped
IT up with his hands a lot of IL WoIIld
lodge behind
one night we were in front Of the
Ch1nese theater, and Hope Deyine
stepped up to him. Cardinal Richelieu
greeting the king couldn't have been
more pohte. He might desert a woman,
have put her at ease if he were
hangman taking her to the gallows.
80 glad, Miss Devine, so glad to
see you'll have been SO rushed-so
sorry not to be able to see more Of
More palaver like that, and the first
my lap, and I had to take her home.
-, That night it happened. It seems
IKE years ago. Here's the strange
thing. I could sense that Hope had
great yearning for Trelawney. She kept
the last thing I do
Il put her in the apartment and
made up my mind to watch. Sure
enough l saw her come out in a little
while and get in taxi 1 followed
with my driver. CONTIGUOUS. We parked
little way from Trelawney's home. I
walked up. Pretty soon I heard foot
steps so loud they would rouse a dead
scenario writer. looked around There
was no one in sight.
7 hurried into the house. Holding
lrelaWney and sobbing like her heart
would S break and saying, Dear, dear,
nave you now,' was Zaza Zarue.
Come, laza,' l said. Wen get you
out of this Another girl stood nearby
N sports suit. BY her side was Hope
"I thought I left you at home"
You debut I felt something was
happening to him Her eyes were red
who did this?' I asked the girl in
the sports outfit.
~ don't know lust heard his
body fall
Il looked outside the door Many
clgaret butts were scattered about Thew
were the brand Trelawney smoked.
again ! figured quick. knew mighty
well I'd implicate none of the three
women. might have been wrong as
hell. but I just couldn't see them 20
through what had before a judge.
anyhow, half mechanically I said to
zaza. Did you do this?'
she looked down at him. DO VOL
thiAE I'd hurt all I ever had?' she
can't bring him back
"A maid, coming to work discovered
ireiawney next day. The police were
up in the air
II didn't say word. All sorts of peo-
pie had theories. Then Confucius gave
me a tip Someone parked right be-
nina him and was in hurry.
I called at Zazas house the next
sa,'well, they got the murderer
Did they9' she asked. 'whoP
Just then the bell rang.
she introduced me to Kamnsky. We
TAXED casually about Alaska, and I
ney:,, -
.,Ii know why you killed him.
He jumped up.
w., Il covered him. Give me that gun.
I'm not the law said, ana I'm not
turning you in He could not believe
wasn't cop.
Then zaza came out of her daze
He began to plead to her, L lose
you twice he said. both time to him.
Inc sheer contradictory horror of
the whole thing could be seen in her
eyes. --S-
An etching of Trelawney was near
by. Her eyes went from the dead to
the living, and back to the dead again
him. -to'ii
81 love you SO much. 1 lose Won
twice-and he do not care. 1 give You
everything-he nothing
DON'T know what justice is-a
WIND through broken reed perhaps
" pnnd man sleeping on the grave
70 ruin laza's career for something
she couldn't help-and yet-murder
was was murder-and Trelawney was my
"A second thought came
He'd killed ZaZa again and again.
But had he? The suffering he had
caused might have ennobled her-made
her the great actress I knew she was.
II was gorgeous to see her then
and tl I wondered if Trelawney was
Of the realms of tragedy-the sweet
heart of despair-the ship of her life
rocked so fiercely it would never be
calm again. Yet there she was-serene
as heather when the. wind is gone
Her head went down for brief
second, and she said as though we were
not near, I loved him so.'
backward at Kaminsky. He took the
hint and hurried from the room.
SO that's who killed Trelawney,"
said Barney Sloan.
Harry Kent watched a pelican fly
ing down the vista to the sea.
Dick Benson whistled
! Into each life some rain must fall
some days must be dark and dreary."
Kent's eyes left the pelican. will
/ you shut your bazoo?" he said.
"Okey," responded Benson, and be-
} coming serious, said, Suppose some
one gave it away now"
, It'd be too late" said Jarnegan.
Kaminsky was shot in Alaska a year
ago by miner called Jack Shields"
Revenge" suggested Kent.