The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-03-19
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was the stronger, and whenever he
suspected anything like lovemaking
between her and the Judge or anyone
else he threatened to kill her and
himself"
Cherry could only listen wide-eyed
while Kelly went on. ''That last
night" he was saying, Rousseau
was in a fury because the judge
had told him that he must be more
prompt when they called him. He
and Fran had been off all day, heav-
en- knows wherel And then to have
to turn back into the servant again,
to drive them to Burlingame and
wait, with the other chauffeurs-it
was too much for him! He was be-
side himself with his idolatry of her,
he couldn't bear the thought of her
being down there with her husband,
dancing, being admired, perhaps
spending the night at the club. He's
only young boy, of course, and the
tastes of luxury that Fran gave him
demoralized him, of course. She
bought him silk shirts, extravagant
lounging robes and neckties, gave
him money :"
'He said his mother was rich and
ran a big hotel and she sent them
to him!" May put in. She had come
in to light Cherry's lamps.
That night the judge asked him
to take the revolver and clean it"
Kelly said, "reproved him for lazi-
ness and told him that he and Mrs.
Marshbanks were going on little
holiday to Mexico City and would
not take him or the car. The poor
young fool blurted out that he loved
her, that she had belonged to him
for months, that he was going to
give up his position and find work
worthy of her.
''He says the Judge lunged5 ut
him, across the desk, and that
he fred"
"It may have happened that way"
"Fran!" Cherry gasped. The old
er woman was apparently incapable
of speech.
"Fran knew Immediately" Kelly
went on. "She heard their voices
and was halfway down the stairs
when the end came. Rousseau only
had to slip out, 60 to his room over
the garage, partly undress and come
running in with the others, as he
did. BY that time she'd rushed into
the library and, I suppose, wiped
the gun on her dressing gown with
the feeling that there might be fin
gerprints on it"
she was the one person we never
thought of because he was here, right
under our eyes," Cherry marveled.
s'But, Kelly, whatever made them
first suspect him? What gave him
away?"
sOne thing, they said, and then
when they began to smell a rat,
everything else fell in line. Espe-
cially when they planted him."
Sand what was the plant?"
"Their taking Fran. That was all
plant to see what he'd do. He
loves her, you know, and the minute
he thought she was in trouble he
began all sorts of maneuvers to
draw them off. He invented a
strange Chinese who'd been hang
ing around the kitchen. He invent
ed telephone call that he'd taken
that evening at eight o'clock. He
made up conversation with the
Judge that he'd had in which. the
judge said that AN old enemy
whose prison term was just up had
written him threatening letters.
Mullins says they asked him
finally-sort of carelessly, he said
if he knew the judge and Mrs.
Marshbanks occupied separate bed
rooms. That was, Rousseau an
swered, he believed to be not an I'M
usual arrangement among Ameri-
cans. But it was one to which the
elderly husband of a handsome
young woman might object, they