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THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1936
TEE ALBANY NBWfl, ALBANY, TEXAS
Th« Qrien Grove
Community Newt
Nn J. S. Elliott
Mr. and Mr*. T), (5. H umber had
an week-end iftie***, Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Winchester of I'arrlsh, Ala.
Al*o Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilcox of
Oakmnn, Ala.
Mm. Henry flalliew who has
been undergoing treatment of a
fppriali.it in Rreckenridge, ii now
in the home of Mrs. Robt. Brad-
ford. We are glad to report she
i.i slowly improving.
Mrs. Earl Andru* and little
daughter, Mildred, have been on
the sick lift for several day.", and
we hope for them a speedy recov-
ery.
Dave Humber, Jr. ha returned
from the Plains, where he has been
for some time and will spend the
winter at the home of hi- father.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Harmon
of East Texas were recent visitors
in tbe home of her sister, Mrs.
Luther Todd.
Miss Winnifred Elliott was a
yuest of Misses Maxirie J'alttl arid
Louise Cockrell last Monday night
Shaffer Home of Cisco was a
caller in the home of Mrs. M. J.
Rherrard one afternoon last week.
The rains of last week insures
the farmers and stockmen a fine
season for grain sowing and tock
grazing for winter months and ev-
eryone seems to he in high pints
again after passing through the
drouth of recent months.
—o
TRINITY l.UTHFRAN CHURCH
# * *
Trinity Lutheran Church will
celebrate its annual Mi ion Ft ti
val on Sunday, October I. Hi v
A. J. Meyer of Hon ton will deliver
the sermon: . German er\ in at
10:00 a. m. English i i vice ,it
2:30 p. m. There will In no Sun
day School i evening I;iI !• ■ f'la
II \ Tl( M'GO'I I
Lueders News
Mr,. E. A. Side
The W M I'. lilet Monday I
ternoon at t h> I 'apt t chti t. h R.
Ered Morelaml laiii'1.' < llible |.
on from tin Mb <iiapter of :
John. There wen ,-vontocri lad
ies pre en).
Mr V'aila Lnudd. ami M
W. G. Sidi wen ,1) S'amford
Tuesday -hopp ng.
M i Slid'' Mai I Mile r\> ood died
Monday in San Angelo. She a
the oldi ' daughter of Mr ml
Mrs. Tom I.at im< r. She \va buried
at Bethel church yard Tue day
Mr Tom (iifford, M> Gu>
l'rice and Mrs. Lewis Hine wrri
hopping in Stamford Wediic 'las
Then wa prayer meet ing V\ ed
nesday night at tlie I1 pt
held by Rev. Fred Moreland.
Mr. and Mr . Claude Webb, Mr
and Mr. \i thui park v ' • d n
San Angelo Wednesday.
Gay Guest went to Hrownwood
to spend a few day* with hi*- moth
er who is ill.
Mrs A. C. Dillard and Mi Rox
ie Side were in Stamford Satur
day ^hopping.
Mi C E. Coffman entertained
tiie Bridge Club Thursday after
noon. After everal round of
bridge was played, high -core wa
held by Mr f.eo Side , next liigh
by Mr George Coffman aid high
cut by Mr- Vera Latimer Other
g'le-t a ere Me dame C I Berk
man, lorn Oifford, W McKinney,
(iuy l'rice. Refre hment en
served, consisting of tuna fi ii al
ad, eiee (• cracker1, marble cook
ies and pink lemonade
Mr Henry l.oope wa taken to
the Stamford ho pita! Thur day
night A'ith a prained hack.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dillard of
Stamford pent Saturday and Sun
day with Mr Tom Dillard.
"SINC,, BABY SINB"
h«\e been regularly enrolled in th< '
club work, and an agricultural ex-
hibit.
Leon C. Ranson, n-*l*tant Tay
lor county agent, will tie general
superintendent of the 1 H club
how; E. A. Heattrunk i uperin
tendent of the Live tock division",
|i .1 Curb, upervi or of the field
crop dlvi on; Kriox I'an and Lee
Baker in charge of the Earm Stal-
lion and Jack Show.
( la- e. follow: Model cla , po
10 ponie cla , pleasure horse
da- , tock horse else--, children'
class, plantation < la •, over-two
walk trot cla , amateur fiv< gaited
cla , under two walk trot das-,
five gaited mare da--, threi gaited
combination cla-.-, thoroughbred |
cla. . five gaited pair cla . five
gaited stallion and geding cla -,
I vi gaited combination cla- , fine
harne stake, junior five gaited
take, open five gaited take, hunt-
11 and jumper class, - tail ion and
jack Has , col' class, brood mare
i la- draft tock class, ladies'
three gaited cla ladie-' five gait
ei| cla Ca ll prize are offered
ii :ill but five of (In e da ->■
Gentleman
By
Channing
Pollock
rvurrtfbl. ChAiinJnf IVrtloeli
WNU B#rrto«.
Aim Fan* lPA
l'i ■ • 11 < 11 n "S.ng, I la It j S.ng"
\/'■ c, iinlay and Monday. VI >
V t cent Lop< / hi "Knock, Kiim
Who' l-.i. "
Entries Pour In
For Horse Show
\ HI LI \l . Sept, 30 I ft. .
i an- poll ring n da \ I'm tile W. -t
j Texa I VI • 'irk a ltd I I'll ' SI " w
I io be hold heii < Vtobcr !' and 10
j under pon-m-h n of tin Abiie11e
Chamber of ('oninieire
Tin- • vent, fii ' of i: kind for
\b■ ii in and t In .-ect ion of W • t
I. xa . offei . t-h pr /• amount
ing to $ I >00 in the "7 d v I -ions of
the hor-e show-.
Plan ft)e undo) way to end a
-cries of de-legation to near!,)
1 own he fori in Iv< t ock i mi
II.. i . Show for ' In pu rpo -■ of ad
Vertising it. In connection with the
how will lie ,i I II . till exhillil,
open to Taylor county hoy- who
Cowboys Prep
For A. & M. Game
Abilene, Sept. M0 Sport bin
ocular of the Soilthwi -t and par |
ticularlv north Texas will be ,
trained on Wichita Fulls next Sat I
unlay a the highly publicized Tex
a Aggie- meet )'oach Frank Kitn j
brough' veteran Cowboy
Tin- October battle on Coyote!
Eii Id ret urn - Ha i diii-Siiumoti. to j
tin ii-ne of their gallant fight i
again t the champion S. M '
Mu-tang in IP'!.",, and togethei
. i o'.v bttv ' 0 n victory ov
. r Daniel linker September |
make ranch hand- a erioUs threat I
to th Ai".' ' po timi on t!)• j>ot-t
page.
I i . "111. a "* f la 111' of North
Texa-." .1 the bat lie ha been!
call'd, "ill i1 urn 1 'iwlmy I!urn
M. K ! • ey. II S. -te'lar halt, tO hi - 1
I ,a' ' iiatint and perm t Dick j
Todd, mo t talked about ophomore j
• ■ ,- r - I , < 1111 f i • I e 111 • , I o
i lop one. more over familiar
| McKinm v, Coyote itar of ev-i I
j;d y ai goii'-. i itiered aero the
Daniel Baker goal for two of liar
din S Minion - tin ' • con- Septem-
ber I 8 and looked to for repeat
action before hot))' -land-.
Todd, Crow ell wondi i boy, ma-
id 700 gridiron: point iii hi high
i liool ' an ' and Va admittedly
t he hi ! I n htna.n in I O'l a that the
Vggi' nientoi ha ev.-, worked
with.
I'HO XI 67 FOR THAT XFX1
ORDER O] JOE PRINTING
THE STORY
CHAPTER 1.—Thn Duke. * plcati-
t ii i IIUal.il- youth I.f twi-lll.v Dir.',
Joblcm, iin<1 broke, nti'rn an unoc-U-
l>|fd •iiMiimr heiii.- In Hmithiitnitton,
dfi klng >hidt i ft' rn n terrlff. rain
• term. II" rnnke* int home.
Nti yenri nko lil« father had dl"d In
Chin*. Uavlnr the lad, Hurry tillln-rt,
tn llttht till* way hack to the Htfll"*
He (111) not rerollti't ever hatltiK hail
• mother Itos 1 iik at the nrc-Pip. he
Ie fitarllert hv tlif arrival r,f a butter,
Wllletts; a chiiiilteur, Ktnns: a conk
• nil a maid He learns that the son
nf the i wrier of the house Jack
Itldder, utiom the eervants had never
■ eeri I* etpei ted Ife decide* to MilIT
It oiii HI" supposed parent" have
left f'-r Germany. Next rnnrnIr:r he
Ie (then a letter for his "mother"
He opens tl *tid flints a mespaire
from the reel Jai k savin* he could
not ron e and relurntrid hundred-
dollar l lll The hey n father had pen-
a I.tried him Into obscurity. Harry pock-
ets the money. Intending to return It
later He I rders Kvans tn take him
to M mtaiik Intending tn disappear
there i in tie wav he assists .tildes
Hamlildt-e and bis ilaiiKhter, Patricia,
K-tiese car bad broken down Tlellev-
1 ti k he Is l.'icV It Id.11 r, she Invites
Mm to dinner :he following Thursday.
f'HAl'TIlt 11 Harry returns to
PouI ba n pi en deciding tn s|ny a bit
toni-ci Mr Ttlitili r Sr., through his
new I'Tcr the rili'be, accuse" .111.Ire
llae b|.|(f«- f tiklnK orders from
a ,11,11 any Hall tn a temnntlolt
pi '..-ee'llnr Harrv nici-l" I'd. t Wln«-
|..vv !" 1 t I • 11" v Wit <nw
• r ,, •, , t i 'nice ii : n i .Ire had
nr. n "tent In whl' b a woman
v. . a '..III- :> t a ■ :,|. A! l . -tni I' 11 I v
c . ,1 . II, f. . r 11,1 re , 1 .I t . It t Mi! -
,1. , , • ■ • bin Her I -i l an.l I In
i . ! : ■ V, V, . U I - • . 'I Willi Hie
niur.l. ' ■ ' M lie K -.11 v V null, i Ii v li.i««
. 'II Atrl'lt 111 II" c III I'd' V,
I,-U | - - r i \ I .IVV si"- t "I ntel .lack lit
I ',,, ,1 , ;. ".I n,al l ied 1,1 rn, as .lav
l • . , l , , ' i ml, ;. ' .1 11" V
u , ; I I. r. c W V - I U " llcl e he i , -t
,1- t i , i', ■, t.nt I! -1 'Co r<- hi*
H, i ■ . .1 . f live I - ■ pick the
pocket nf Mike K.-llv, and was ar-
il.: i • l . ■ .1 wenl I o K ellv's
t . a • blm t-, dr, p tile charge.
• I,. ■ .. . i . | d.-'.'l tl * 1:nil
'n ii.il l.y a flccantcr. ltarrv sllg-
, . i , he can Rem an Jrcfa Bidder,
I II M I :■ i er" a r r. i■«. I ml m llam-
II,11 ., it •,., i c a dci i - - n In i be i on -
. n, wl i.-h K' llv bad
■ -
IV 1 ,, . v i 1 . Mrs
I f. r ' «" W11 • lew t :i k i
I ' i'a t-y : . Is a Job on
I ' I . i ; 11ti M n e Tiie
. - I ii. •• II'rwocl, Ii: i;■ ns him
a ' , K"i llv mui it'-r Iiarrv
• II • 1 I'!' '-1 v nit ' f
1 • !' v c il . II". Hare
. i; I ' Il . .tl '1,1 lie a. . Ident
' . , . .1 . • i iim ed "■ i r the H.-fiii'
f lb- I. - a ini' ,11 r where * neb an
■ ! ■ 'i i "t in art, '! I 'at I i. ia liids
II ■ VV ' vnur -t. P. Mr nillicrl."
ALL-WEATHER
Largest selling tire on ea.th-
Ask to see why!
T-T*
See the New
as low $
.95 buys big,
safe, husky
SURE GRIP
Pulls your car or
I ruck. I hrowgh any-
thing — w ilhoul
chains!
SPEED-
WAY
SEE IT!
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' — 15f<):iclc;ist h> (loody cill N ion., \\ Cil., i ;\
CVcninfis. NBC Illtie Network
Tunc in 1 -iter
Commciitatoi
I'HAIT' V I '-a I rv. on Rvans' ail-
\ Ice .1 - ■ ■ f . w iI |,. ■ to 11. e
r 1 , .1. ■ • v i, , urr< '1 to ,ir
Hie ■ ... ,-f the Kelly murder be-
lli - the ta*l .'i Ivi' « ho had imd
It..-, r :. '* I lit re.
f |, -, ■ a I '■ i . rs i^ ■ -I clc.l
t'llAI'l I. I: VI Harry learns Mrs
Kcllv .1 I,. , n i a, | f i i i , i||
tn Kelly from enc Hefty Harclnv,
n a nn-.1 n t r .! v., i-,-.. pro. ,-edini"
a, -t ia lv .11 .1 . n. vv ltd.
•t I ■■ I ' ■ . I-. • - a r, I 1
hi-. " ■.(!"' \ - driver a II R 1 r s
the ad. He Identtn.'s a 'insular pas.
Scin-cr lie hfln 1' "1 en 11,c nil:hi of
the liiur'li'i II n t-I , Harrv t ells
Hal vv I I I . I , . . I, ,1 Til, in.!: .
had secii k • lv :,ri! I I: , I ■ I "I I" en
there I: ra In *t ■ 1 a ji),l. «■ tell
tbe t, ■' • ', < , • . he v ill
I'll tl"- t■ t i \ i' '■ I in as ,
thief I ■ i v I . |' , • I . ■ , i
The |u.l . a .1 ii. ' ■ e'l-i I relit w-1 • Ii
Ki llv :i i ■ I 111 11 K ' " i 11' .t. 1 w I;. n
he left
CrtXt'TRR Vtt .ti'.lcc Hambi-lrc
further reveals that Kelly threatened
hlin will ■ .. . < I i ii.ni j,, ] ,
Jliicket. .ml .. - .1. t. d III- i' ... tie
house h-Iioi ll.nn !• .ir<. refused to f a -
v..i K.-i: v i n 11 . - t. Hef i. I he
Jmli-e I. ft Minn- enc • tim k down
Keltv. Ha I rv sie-pi "■ Mi- K .1 i \
I'll.APTlT. VI tT I' I take: l'.-rt V
and hei vein r > I er to 1 er In,me H:,nv
liiectn I , ■ M, i ai.■, . 1 the < Vi .. 11.nt
Har. He ,1. rib, \! t.11.o lo I l:i i
wood as having ,-,ii impediment in ins
Slice, I, Hv ■ f 1 I |..,| I. Mr, Kelly
had rina rr, i, il v\ 'It K - 11 v l tic r., I.-11
night. Kciiv then had fired the Fill-
Pino, call.in- him a lousy spy. Harrv's
"•nol lict ' a, - I lii'K for home
Sunday.''
PI'II 1 \ Harvv. ...1 tetla
Haia v il. i vi, , . , If, , t,, toll , f
tho condomti 111. n grab, Keity threat-
encd I M.i - in the i ■ i.i
Kelly til.'- I .,,1 ■ ,- , \ ,11 n - in Ins
po, k.'!. Tl ( . o (lisappeaicd
when Kcllv was slain.
C!l,\HTl:i: \ I mire llami.ld.-a
tells Hai i y I,. - a- , l.litig .i w ,,m:i n
d, a r to him ion . i-c, Is I'a I 'n,,.
Globe alien s the police are shield-
ing I in- mnr.lcri i :,.,d p..I in- out M .-
tan"'■< ••• t !••• vv .Hi the K. llv
■a ■ .il • i i ii • "ii. Miir.it •"
k'lli d ■ ,,K rr. a .lit i
OU"lv In- I I !• :.dc , italcmciil indi-
cating; he vv .is k . nrdercr.
lie vviis 1. ,i 1; in the room llitvv.
"I reiueiiii'el'ee ' lie wenl rttl, "linvv
yott did l;r _'b when I siiL'iresleil Mil
rnnu. Ami l.-vv sure y.oi were Hint
I vv.'is vvii'tiL' al.oill everv "lie else.
Hut you never v,M (lnviliinc that
nilplit'vo startc'l me nn the rlptlit
truck. On the cinitrnrv. when T
nvUeit yon if tin-re was n Mrs.
Kelly, you answered, 'Yes. She
sued for .divorce recently anil wltli-
ilrew tiie ■■ Y m'd jusi read tlint
In IhH Hern Id Triliune. and tie
sa !!).!' 51! n ■; -T*,.-(T ' III' 'i I'.
time nf tl; nittrdi r. Mi < K<dty was
in llarlei" 1' • > n dliln'i men-
tion tl at. M ' V 0 Oi'iv one e\|d:ltla
tlon c.ci n : - i ai I l i-at
fii* iTKtrlnM" ei|ililfl>fl ttmf,
flurry thought. A) llnmltltlire tinil
tieen, and Morgno, and Harry him-
self when talking with Itldder, IV-
ter Wlfislow whs "glad It'* nrpr."
"An a criminal Inwyer," Harry
"aid, "nnd a shrewd one, yntl'd tie
surprised to know flow much you
overlooked tills of evidence Hint
nt ted like n jigsaw puzzle Hie mo-
ment suspicion «t'irle.| anyone fiut-
ting them together."
"A*, for Instance?"
flurry smiled.
"Ytdl told me Mornno phoned you
nt one o'clock the mornlnc of the
minder 'to say that one of his girls
was In |nll,' and would you 'take
Hie case ' Hut Peggy wasn't In lull,
at one o'clock. She'd Iteen released
hours before, and Morano knew It,
I knew that lie did phone you. What
aljntlt? Why, about Kelly's visit to
the f'neorttitit Hitr. nf course, ami
the threat of something In his
pocket that was not only it menace
to Morano tint Kelly's hold over
•fudge llrnnltldgt'. A paper every
one seemed to want, ami that had
disappeared when the body was
found
"What had that paper to tin with
you?
'If lids were a detective story,
and yon read It. you'd tlnd twenty
answer* lo thai ipiestlon. .fudge
llamhldge said lie couldn't tell the
truth because of a woman. I'at said
the woman war tier dead mother.
And plainly, that had something to
do with Morano."
lie leaned forward across the
desk.
"I couldn't see any link between
the two. And then I remembered
that I'nt's mother was your wife's
sister. I'at told me her mother was
'brought up In a little town railed
Warrenton.' That meant your wife
came from Wnrienton, too. Anil
Morano had told me he came from
rainjuler county. I went tn m.v
iitlas. Warrenloil's In I'mitinlcr conn-
lv. There used to lie a military
school there. Mrs. Wlnslow ran
away with her llrst husband while
lie wa-; a cadet In a military school."
Peter leaned forward, too.
• \ nd Morano " In- In _ an tensely.
"I don't know whether Moraip
went to a military school or not.
I'.tlt i leoi ire Selln did.
"Miirano and ii or.,' Selhy were
I In ,i ■, • ■ mail, w ei "ii'l tliey
******
Il was after s|\- o ,-lock now.
The Hillside olllles Were desert-
ed and silent.
l'.ut tin no) o rn traltio drifted
up fro111 lli" street,
I i almost a minute, that was
the "i i\ - and in flu1 room where
tin ■ two men s.it facing each
other.
I hen Holer said, ' Yes tlmy were
the same man."
"I vi t sine of It," Harry re-
n11 'ii I he pa;'i i - reported that
Si d by was drowned in Philadel-
phia. Hill the body they idctltillcd
bad been In the water two weeks,
l-'r. 'I vv ater So that ident itieal ion
didn't amount to nun Ii. Violet Hunt?
I, id told nio Morano bouulit tin1
! . use d"'.' ii town I nrtse he w as
• 11.ai 11, ! nn t.' in . In and his w ife
lived tin'". The snh-story 1 dug
"lit of iii' 1 lbhilds said Seiliy Was
'bli- -1 n lli happy' w il Ii his bride in
ii house he'd rented down town.
Obv in' y. I be same house. Senti
lueiilal V > es, Inn Morano w as a
sen I i mental cuss. So sentimental
that lie mi::ht have died rather than
have if discovered that your wife
Was l.i' Ids w ife."
Ha ia y saw pel er Wince, hut went
on,
a if course, be bail another ren-
voi for resisting arrest that 'hot
spot' with which Kelly threatened
hiin ll Morano had been arrested,
and fina l pi lilted, the.v'd'v e learned
that he w.i" t ieorge Selhy, and
wanted for murder. Morano made
certain of tliat. The '_':t'J train he
eaiiL'ht al the 1'enn station went to
I'hllailelpbla That's where lie was
til] the ne\t day checking up on
the linger prints taken vvlien Selhy
was sent to the Stale penitentiary,
and, perhaps, try ins, through under-
rrouiid channels, to have llietn re-
moved from the files.
"I bad the motive for the murder
now.
"Kellv knew Morano was Selhy.
and s,, that your wife was tech-
nical!) a hiL'.amls:!. That wa- the
lhie.it he held ever Morano, and
.111' I ,'e 11 a ml >i ,1 e The threat that
persuaded the .Tuduo to write a
'crooked decision.' The paper Kel-
ly had in his p.icket was a marriage
cert ilea r e, or -"uieihiiu; of the sort,
he'd found somevv here. '
"In an oid trunk," Peter said : "In
the house he bought at "I Jefferson
street."
Harry nodded.
"I doped that out. too. Hotli Mo
I'
' I. ''I'm verv
much interested. '
lie was sjttln. too, now.
*'Mv Interest," he continued, "is
strangely impersonal. Almost wholly
professional, f tl nk i! Is. That's
very curious. I'm just a criminal
lawyer Interested In a crime,"
Doped Th-it Out, Too."
ratio and llatnboLc bad plenty of
I reason to kill Kelly.
"Hut neither had as much reason
as yon had.
"If yott knew in# nlitenM of
that paper.
"And you did, didn't you? That'a
where MorMio'g telephone tne «uge
came In. Tfiat'i why he called you
up from the Cocoa nut liar. To tell
you he'd aeen the paper, and Kelly
had It."
"flight," Wlnalow said, *ltn|ily.
"My lni|tilry wa* narrowing down |
to you and Morano. Hut how did
either of you get III to Kelly? Ami
then f remembered that, the day
I tlrat *nw Mr*. Kelly, *he came
Into that house and left her key In
the door, f did the *ume thing thl*
week. Anybody might. Knpedally
a drunken man That would ex-
plain why the key wa*n't on Kelly'*
body. It would explain how our
third caller entered while Kelly wa*
talking to Judge llamhldge."
"flight," Wlnalow repeated.
"Wa* the third caller you or
Morano? And then 1 remembered
two thing*. Mornno took the 2:12
to Hhlladelphla to check on flume
finger print*. He wonldn't've done
that if he'd known Kelly wa* dead.
The house wa* dark ami Rllent
when Mornno got to Sixteenth
street, lie thought Kell.v'd gone to
bed, and so he went to Philadelphia.
I wa* sure of that. And I wa* mire
tlint the man who killed Kelly wore
glove*.
"(in n hot night.
"Not because he'd thought of tin
ger prints, but because he wa* ac-
customed to wearing gloves, even In
summer.
"It wa* red-hot the nay I enme
here to tell you about Nolan.
"And your glove* were lying
there will) your hat."
I'eter smiled, faintly.
"f remember, too," he said. "Vou
picked one of them Up. Hut, of
course, I might merely have been
carrying them."
Harry smiled, also.
' Yon might," lie admitted. "Hut
the clove that fell oil the floor wa*
turned Inside out. I'eople don't car-
ry gloves that way."
"Well,"' Wlnslow observed, "llar-
yy oinl didn't make any mistake when
he -aid viui were a (rood newspaper
man. You're right about every-
thing. My wife was Mrs. Selhy.
She thonu'ht Selhy was dead, of
course, when she married me Two
or three years a no, I met him on
tin street. He was d d decent.
Helleve It or md I was terribly
In lOVe with ,luli".' be said. M siil|
.nn. Hut Cod knows 1 in no husband
for her, and yon are. You've in it h-
imr to fear from me,' he said.
"Hill 1 did fear All 111)1 life, I've
had "lie conviction. Murder will
i.ut. Kverything comes to the sur
la,... si oner or later. 1 urged .lulle
to "et a divorce. '1 can't,' she said,
'without more dreadful publicity. It
would I'll 111 your career.' she suld.
Always thiol ia' of me. Julie is."
11" telle! ' 1 till' tell tale magnet,
aim st lovingly,
"We Were still talking about it,"
he continued, "when Julie went all
to pie, es aaaltl. Just as she had
when the tabloids printed the story
you saw, I tool; her to Kurope.
When we i-ami' back, Selhy'd disap-
peared I didn't even know his new
name, and, of coins, 1 didn't look
foi li 1 m. I persuaded myself the
dai jor was over.
I hen ' line the Jefferson street
L'l'.ih,
"1 was upset about what the
newspapers said "f Judge 11am-
I'idtrc I'd no Idea of what was buck
of that, of course, and lie didn't tell
tue I figured that they'd got lo
hint, somehow. And Ihen Morano
telephoned, the ni::ht of the murder,
to sav Kelly'd been to the Coeoanilt
liar. He'd had the marriage certifi-
cate some time, and, through an
underworld connection, he knew
Selhy was alive, but he'd only .lust
found out that Selhy was Morano.
Some one had told him that after-
noon prel aldy the same man who
tipped etT I.ills telephone message
to llurwooil. Kelly had said to
Morano. '\ovv, I've got you, and
llamhiiL-e, and Wlnslow.' He lias,
ton.' Luis added, 'unless you can
find a way out of it.' "
Winslow's hand closed tightly.
"Julie was upstairs, asleep," he
said. "She'd left me an hour be-
t'oi" radiantly happy. I went in see
Kelly. Ileavetl knows what 1 i 11-
teiuled to do. Certainly not murder.
I was about to lint the bell, when
1 saw the key In the door, and used
It. Kelly was talking to llamhldge.
1 recoL'tiized the Judge s voice, and
slipped Into tin dining room, l.is-
tenlng, 1 learned why he had writ-
ten that decision. And I heard Kelly
say. 'If it ain't filed by noon today,
I'll have your sister In-law arrested
for bigamy.'
"Hambldge said, 'You can do what
you like; 1 won't tile It.'
"The cut class decanter was on
the table In front of me 1 picked
It up. almost mechanically. Kelly
■ was in the hill then, shouting
| 'squealers' and 'beat it.' I suppose
1 I had some vague Idea of helping
iiiv brother-in-law. 1 don't know,
j Any way. I opened the door between
I Ihe dining room ju«1 - the 4ntv,. -,
' room. And, us I did so. Kelly came
i in from the hall closing that door
! In hind him His left hand, w as still
- on the km,b wl'eii lie saw me.
"'More ^ pit" let-" he shouted,
•\\ i' i ' So you he r 1 did y on?
\V. i: -l, you're not oing to
tell ai); fc.nl) !'
"11" lifted Ills rigW ham], and
Ihi'i'e was a r< olver in it.
"An ■ m. : - l I. a - l In d've tired,
"I hurled the decanter.
"Il was Just Instinct. I didn't
lake aim. There wasn't time, if 1
meant lo do anything, it was to hit
his pistol arm. I don't really know
where the bottle did strike. The
side of Kelly's head, probably, for
It landed rarnst a ■ al floor-
hinge, Abounded, fell Into • efal
•nd rolled off fo the flntr. A
meat afterward, Kelly *ent
In a heap. ■
"He waan't dead. A font way!
from If, for the inn had tfrappa«
oat of hit hand, nnd he reached far|
It. 1 picked ft np. 'ft* Meftndat
later, Hambldge wa* on tin otharl
aide of that door, trying to open lt |
and calling Kelly, t turned th*'
light* out Hambldge left, t pot!
the revolver Into my pocket, and,
got the certificate out nt Kelly'a. I
There wa* a while pnah bnttoB to
the door-frame. I preaaed It—or
thought I did—and hurried through
the dining room Into the atreet
Evidently, the bell didn't Hn|, for
it aeem* that no one came to Kel-
ly'* aaalatatlce.
"It never occurred to me that
Kelly waa anything mere tfcMl
stunned, f went home, and burned,
that marriage certificate. There
wa* no other record i I'd made aure
of that. A few houra later, Ham-
bldge phoned to aay he'd flled hit,
decision. There waa nothing about
Kelly In the morning paper. I'd ne
Idea he waa dead until long after
dinner Hint night at Houthampton.M
Harry nodded.
"Of courat', my flr*t Impulae waa
to give tnyaeir up," Wlnalow aald.
"Hut what good would Ihal'vedone?
They couldn't convict me. I'd killed
in aelf-defenae, and rould come
mighty near proving It. Bill, It d«v'
Ing *o, I'd've given away the secrati
I'd struggled to keep all Iheafc yearfc.
I'd've amaahed Julie utterly, andi
ruined Hambldge, and l*nt. Nobody(
was harmed by my keeping my,
mouth abut. There wnan't a chance
of their finding Itldder guilty, or
anyone el*e. If they'd obne that,
I'd've confessed In n motrtfcrtt."
"I know," llarry declared. "That'a
what you mennt when you aald, 'If
we have to get the guilty man to
free linger*, we'll do It, but let'a
give the court a chance flrnt.'"
"Yes."
I'eter rose, and went to the win-
dow .
"The difficult thing." he continued,
"was not lo confess. With that boy
In Jail. Hut It was letting nn Inno-
cent man suffer a few weeks, or an
Innocent woman all her life. If
you'd seen Julie's face, when she
collapsed, after hearing of Selby'a
arrest —" He paused, "Of course,
neither she nor Hambldge ltnowa I
killed Kelly."
Harrv said, "The)'II never know
it through me.
"Hon voyage," he added, blithely,
an Instant later, his hat In Ills hand.
■And come back soon. I'd like to
have vou two at my wedding."
[Till: KM']
FT. GRIFFIN NEWS
M i s. J. N. Cox. Jr.
Mrs. Horry Campbell of Albany
visited Mr, and Mrs. Art Newcomb
la-t Wednesday.
Arnold Martin spent last Tues-
day night with James Garvin.
Margie Ann l.edbctter spent last
Friday night with Mrs. Gertie l.ed-
bettei of Albany.
Mr. l.ee Tuton and Sammie
Gene Tuton spent Tuesday with
Mrs. T. 1'. Fincher and children
J. \. Cox returned home Friday
from Oklahoma City, where he has
been vi-it ng his brother for the
past two months.
Sndif Mai Pyt martin spent Fri-
day night in Albany.
George NewcoWib visited Mr.
and Mrs. Aionzo NcWcoma and
son Monday afternoon.
Jeff Irwin spent last Thursday
night in the Tuton home.
Jim and Jack Holt of Romarti'i
made a business trip to "River
Side Inn" last Friday.
Robert l.atham visited his folks
in Romartin Monday.
l.ee Tuton spent Tuesday visit-
ing J. X. Cox and family.
Frank Vowel] visited Allen Jont s
last wi ek-end.
Huston Ruff called on Hud Cox
Monday afternoon.
George Newcomb is visiting up
at the Matthews ranch this week.
SedwickNews
(Mrs. S. W. Smith)
Well, everybody is glad to see
the -nn shining again after the
good rains.
Mrs. John Garrett visited Mrs.
Fred Marson Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Rankle visited Mrs.
W. A. Carter Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Prichett of Trent visited
her -on and family. Less Prichett
this -week.
Mrs. Hud Scott was in Gorman
"the first"of the week with Lin
Scott who had his tonsils removed
at the Rlackwell sanitarium,
Mr. and Mrs. John Prichett of
Trent spent the week-end with her
pareti . Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith.
John Macon who has been real
ill, is reported as being a little bet-
ter at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carter had
business in Albany Tuesday.
Mrs. Dick Edgar is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. S. W. Smith visited he-
sons, John and Sam Smith of Cisco
Friday.
Lillian Anderson spent Monday
night with Mary Jo Carter.
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