| Show I I Telegram Fiction Bread B rea d and an d Butter B u tt er Girl CI C- C Ir I Rob By Eden 1 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE But it its it's utterly preposterous Gwen exclaimed sharply then she looked around half hale frightened and lowered her voice I mean they i should let him out on bail It does not matter what the amount of theis the bail is Mr Nesbit you know that But I cant can't bear to think of ot Jerry In jail Nesbit settled himself more comfortably comfortably com corn in the chair in the upstairs sitting room which adjoined Mrs Trevor's suite He replied I ly Gwen my dear this is murder murder murder mur mur- der and I i cant can't manage bail for Jerl Jerry no matter how hard I try I wish you'd realize tha that thaL He is be being being being be- be ing held without bail ban You said there was no charge against him yet yet- yet I No the law la permits that he beheld be- be held 48 hours without a charge against him Tomorrow morning However he is going to be arraigned arraigned ar ar- ar- ar before Municipal Judge Lewis Lewis- Lew And Judge Lewis L-ewis wUl Jet let Jet him hini go jo Gw Gwen ii t turned r ed eagerly g to the lawyer awyer No chance my dear not a chance in the world The preliminary preliminary nary hearing before Judge Lewis will be routine From there the case goes to the gand jury to decide decide dedde de de- de- de cide whether or not the evidence Is sufficient to try Jerry for tor murder murder mur mum der der- der She interrupted Dont say ay that But I have ha to You have to realize what Is going to happen Even Ev n if it you dont don't want to know you have to know he be spoke very kindly If U the grand jury finds the evidence sufficient Jerry will wUl go to trial If It not he will be befree free And how Ion long will it be before the grand jury decides Day after tomorrow Teo Tense se Moments No my dear probably a week or two In a case of this importance things cant can't be managed in a hurr hurry The state has to get together evidence evi evi- dence enough deuce enough to present to the grand jur jury And Jerry will vilI have to be be in jail that that long He nodded and to himself he said what he didn't dare to say aloud to Gwen And perhaps for tor a long long time time after that Perhaps all his life If It Im I'm lucky Nesbit's face was gray this evening evening evening eve eve- ning instead of white and even his pinkish skull was not as pink as ns usual usua His eyes were drawn and tired and there were tight lines of fatigue about his mouth and across his forehead As usual the were demanding the impossible from him J. 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B phoning him every five minutes Mrs Trevor phoning him too and Gwen Gwen he he thought Gwen was the worst of them alL Since Gwen's Owens phone c call ll early in inthe Inthe inthe the morning he felt as if he had aged 20 years He never had felt so weary before beCore and this w was only the beginning The other Trevor didn't realize reaUze it but this was only the beginning unless a miracle hap hap- Gwen and her father tather and mother even the young Mrs Trevor Trevor Trevor Tre Tre- vor expected the miracle but Nesbit Nesbit Nes Nes- bit was doubtful which was the cause of oC the mental and physical fatigue Usually lucky more lucky than other lawyers of oLMs acquaintance he h wa was was- opp yali valiantly n ly would ld be lucky now but he was beginning to doubt it The thing was so impossible only Impossible only he knew how impossible it was How preposterously preposterously pre pre- impossible I want to talk to you ou alone Gwen he said taking his handkerchief handkerchief handkerchief hand hand- kerchief from his breast coat pocket pock pock- et and wiping his forehead with the deep green silk Who Vho Did It Were alone arent aren't we weINo weI No I mean I want to talk to you some place else Say you come for a short ride with me in my carIm carIm car Im I'm driving myself tonight pur tonight pur It seems so unnecessary Be a good girl and get on a coat Ill I'll be downstairs The car is in the driveway Father wants to see you again before goo you go I II I cant can't see him again not again not to tonight to- to night Come along when youre you're ready Ill I'll be waiting He got up slowly and walked slowly out o of the room The stairs he had in descending but that was only because he was so tired He took his hiJ hat from Manners in the halland hall halland halland and walked outside to where his hiscar hiscar hiscar car was standing Gwen came out hatless and coatless coatless coatless coat- coat less five minutes laterI laterI later I r cant can't possibly see any sense in this Mr Nesbit she said nervously nervously ner ncr as she climbed In beside him Nesbit said nothing but be he start start- ed bd d the car and drove it out of the driveway and into the street He drove badly and seldom was at the wheel of his car himself unless circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- called caned for or being alone Although he trusted his chauffeur as ac much as he trusted an any man still sUIl he did not trust any man too much Several blocks from the thc Trevor Trevor Trevor Tre Tre- vor house he pulled up to o the curb For some some time he sat in silence and Gwen was silent too Out with it Gwen he finally said Out with it it Out with what I 1 want to know the truth You I know I do I 1 cant can't work in the dark I III told you the truth she said after a moment Her hands were I clasped together tightly in her lap and her shoulders were taut M You ou OU didn't tell me rae the truth I when you called m mo me e early this morn morn- ing And you didn't tell teU me the i truth tonight And Jerry did not tell me the truth either If It Im I'm to do anything any thins for 01 him himI I must know I the You know everything I do Mr Nesbit I r dont don't but I ian can all guess what you know Do you want me mc to guess it He waited a while for her to answer and when she did not went vent on Jerry killed Dixie didn't he Jerry didn't kill Dixie She killed herself Gwen was looking defiantly out the window beside her so she didn't see the smile that broadened the lawyers lawyer's face and the tightness that came around d his eyes after the smile was gone Nesbit's next words were spoken slowly very slowly There were no powder burns oh on Dixie's right hand and only one set of fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- in er- er prints on her gun Usually in a case of suicide Gwen there arc are powder burns on fingers and one doesn't carefully wipe the fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- prints print from rom a gun before pointIng pointing pointing point point- ing the gun at ones one's heart No it wont won't do Gwen it wont won't Dixie killed herself Gwen re repeated repeated repeated re- re more defiantly this time Nesbit Knows Gwen Gwim I r can fight light for Jerry whether I know the tho truth or not nOl but I can fight for or him much better better better bet bet- ter if I know the truth He killed Dixie didn't he Killed her in anger Perhaps the gun was out In plain view perhaps he picked it up not realizing It was a gun and pulled the trigger The one shot dropped Dixie to the floor and he found put out that she was dead He was frightened frighten He didn't know what to do so h he cleaned off the fingerprints on the gun with a n handkerchief a n towel anything that was handy He placed her dead fingers around the handle o of the gun so they would make marks on the pearl Then he got out of ot the flat as fast as he could and called you from some place place any any pla place e. e It doesn't matter You came to him and you with your quick int intelli intelligence ili- ili gence thought out the alibi f for r him piloted him over to Paulas Paula's flat brought him in and then went back home and called me rue That's the way it happened isn't it it- it Gwen put her clasped fists to her mouth Th ls l's the way it happened Gwen The words formed a statement statement state state- ment meat not a question You may mayas as well admit it It would be so much easier casler for me mc If you would What do the police think about about the one set of fingerprints fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- prints on the gun she asked hesitantly taking her hands away from her mouth Naturally they are puzzled And the powder burns that should be on the on the right hand Curious too tOO about them Can you do anything about about- them them the the powder burns that should be there I mean mean and and the fingerprints fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- prints Til IU have to f Its It's the only chance w we Arc Are you you going to tell teU me Gwen drew a long quivering sigh Youre right right youre you're so o right I dont don't know how you ou knew knew knew- Why hy had to know Gwen dear I 1 now my He drew a long breath too but it was one of ot relief He hadn't thought she would tell him him the truth truth and and she had Then after alter a little mUe while when he saw that the girl tirl had caught hold of ot herself herselt again she again she didn't I cry Gwen never did did that but he be could sense her r extreme tension Did you tell your our father Cather No He doesn't know the truth and I dont don't mean that he ho shall rame came her stifled reply Your mother mother- mother cither either of them even knew of the the accident accident until the police came this morning I thought it better that they should be surprised I 1 planned it that way Paula 1 She doesn't know either cither and she wont won't know Only you and I and Jerry know No one else can cnn know she cried passionately I Jerry wont won't say anything he ho I promised me rae you must promise me me- me I II meI I do promise you ou Gwen Vh Why did he kill her a terrible word word word-ti And she shivered It is a terrible word but we must face faco it There Thero is likely to tobo tobe tobe be bo a n nasty trial Gwen scandal We Ve will be working a miracle i if the grand jury believes In Paulas Paula's alibi We Vc C must work a miracle I Continued Thursday Copyright 1936 for The Telegram |
