Show I T TF F Fiction gro l l. dread Bread B rea d an and d B Butter u tt er Girl GI G- G Ir I Rob Gov By Eden a BEGIN HERE TODAY I aula Tula Weston Is secretly married t I Jerald Je ald Trevor scion of t the e towns town's I ing mg family Just as she arrives the train for her honeymoon with ry Kurt Graham carefree artist tor frowned on by P Paulas Paula's ulas ula's moth- moth I 1 t takes kes her to his island cabin and Ids ds her there against her will that ht and the next day to change Paulas Paula's mind lit But her marriage Kurt frees her hershe she takes a plane for Quebec Jerry In Quebec Nesbit the tevor vor lawyer meets her with paI pa- pa for the annulment of her marge mar mar- ge and frightens her into signing m m m. Jerry convinced that her dis- dis I was of her own choice uses Ses uses to see her t home again Paula learns that mother has exhausted every pans ins lans of credit in the hope that tula ula t would marry wisely and give 1 fem em i n both financial security for life sula ula la pawns her diamonds pays a rent bill on her mothers mother's pensive apartment and finds herfa her- her If fa cheap room intending to get job j b. b Days pass without any enragement enragement en- en for Paulas Paula's finishing training included nothing so as a business course subs bs and disagreeable curiosity fern m r her former friends hurt her pry's rry's s 's refusal to hear her her and n r and his sudden interest in xie Muir attractive chorus girl i rt her more Two letters from but urt r Graham she returns without riding lading Dixie is shot during a quarrel and rry is arraigned on a charge of In order to save Jerry the welcome Paula again as brry's rr s 's wife Kurt Graham clings to toI I Hope ie-Hope ope that if Jerry is tried and andi i Paula may again be with- with 4 his reach though her own happi- happi iss is uppermost in m his thoughts tula xula never doubting Jerrys Jerry's inno- inno nce nce testifies falsely before the theand theand theand and jury that Jerry was with her heriL iL ithe a time of Dixie's death and andry rr rry ry is released Mrs Weston loudly tells reporters that Paula have resumed their inter- inter honeymoon at Keystone the revor country estate But the ser- ser nt'S there are puzzled b by the mor- mor of the house and the ap- ap rent coldness between the young r ors Paula tries vainly to break l trough gh Jerrys Jerry's aloofness IC CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE TWENTY Dont ont Jerry Jerry- His question was wasl l 1 appalling one to the girl One hi h she had never asked herself fore f re Even the night Gwen ap- ap Fed ared in the shabby flat wanting r 3 to help Jerry the only m mun n her mind was how she could lp Ip hIm D During ring the week Jerry was in il during those few days before ii e grand jury she only thought wW nv V f she could help him Paula lew few other people were asking that she could see it in their C ces S unspoken on their lips Peon Peo- Peo ejon Zon n the street as she and Gwen ove to the courtroom people in ine e the jury of sixteen e em newspaper reporters who et t ed around her B Suspicion She saw it in the faces of some 1 tile the servants in the Trevor town use JUse use in the way they approached r rj I And she had seen it in the I Ices Ces of the servants here Yes entin Hn Annas Anna's face the last week nna rma needn't have told her today li hat t her suspicions were Paula gula knew She felt the sus- sus cion about her everywhere in the oms oms is in the halls of Keystone it on n the lawns when a gardener as near in the stables when a oom pom was about every time she up to the tower of the boat ouse ause ouse and saw the guard Dont Don't Dont ont she said again putting er shaking jj shaking hands to her face rry wasn't doubting her Bei Betase Be- Be i tase luse Se he felt the suspicion suspicIon suspicIon-he he must el it it was in the air air air- wasn't thinking that she too sought he had killed killed- Her mind mindl l led d to pronounce Dixie's name but It stumbled over it idly Jerry rrY doubting her faith in him r faith th that t had never for a mo- mo lent wavered and never would aver mr aver Her faith like a rock He Hel uld l cling to it and be comforted comforted- he fie ie would She looked up but rry's face hadn't softened It was wasIll Ill hard and the flush was on his leeks and the jagged mark glow- glow Ton his forehead iSo So you have wondered whether killed her Jerry I J haven't Never for a you you must believe me The l e room was suddenly stifling le and nd Jerry too big for it burst- burst g git it Jerry and the couch n which he was sitting swam beire be- be ire Jre her eyes IB Never Doubted Jerry TWY continued slowly When the questioned you when you ere F up up in front of the jury lying me do you mean to tell me met metat tat rat t even for a moment the thought ever ever came to you that I killed e Never ever oh oh Jerry lets let's dont don't talk bout it- it it itI it- it I Why shouldn't we talk about it oure always urging me to be frank ith you arent aren't you Youre You're alays als al- al ays s s trying to probe into my mind n ill see what Im I'm thinking about rent you l Paula ula clasped her hands tightly t tL Didn't mean it that way way way-I I only leant to help you Lets Let's go out- out d de de deon on on the beach beach beach- When hen I want to talk you want ygo go outside When I dont don't feel fee ke te talking you want me to I Were both upset now It would e better if we waited Jerry was gilt Paula didn't want to talk ow ow Jerrys Jerry's mood the black thun- thun er min erlin in his face the stubborn light 1 h s eyes the room getting warm- warm r and nd warmer a furnace And the ight in her She couldn't under- under arid tand d the frightened feeling she adE acH It welled up caught at her ir groat at with fingers she could feel fee h ost physically It made her hereS Yea eS S burn and her het nerves tingle Very ery nice of you Jerry said it she she could feel the bit- bit ig 1 lO of his voice voice to to lie for me so Did I remember to thank e i 7 I think I dl did You u and n Gwen r 1 lying for me Gwen always has has has- but you you you- The Truth Jerry you mustn't talk like that and you mustn't be so bitter When we get away from here here here- She stumbled to her feet and started to togo togo togo go across the room to him Sit down Paula sat down and the fear that she felt at her th throat oat took a firmer hold She was panting Like to know what really happened happened hap hap- the night Dixie Dixie died Youre You're entitled to know because you got me free Your lie He I should say Like LUe to know I say He wasn't sp speaking aking loudly at all His voice was harsh but very low No No no Paula Paul never knew why she said that Something in her must have prompted her the same inner voice that was urging her to leave eave get away from the room get getaway getaway getaway away from Jerry He moved off the couch and and it picked up a light chair swung beside Deside hers He was very close to toler her ler when he sat down his knee touching hers We were up at the Midnight DixIe club club Dixie and I. I We went there thereafter thereafter thereafter after the show You remember the Midnight club We used to go go gothere there together He laughed but the laugh had hada a rasp about it that sent chills up Paulas Paula's nerves She could feel his lis hot breath on her cheeks and the he pressure of his knee seemed hot too oo burning She shrank back farher farther farther far- far ther her in the uncomfortable straight backed chair The strength left her body she body she tried to tell him she didn't want to hear the rest but her lips wouldn't form the words Wh Why From the club we went up to Dixie's place place early early because I was sore at her and I intended to drop her at the door and go back to tomy tomy tomy my hotel Well VeIl we went in instead and continued our quarrel inside Know now what we were quarreling about Not that it matters now but you fou should know because you got me meree free ree with your lie 1 I We were e quarreling about a trip tripo to o New York I was leaving in a couple of days and Dixie wanted to togo togo togo go with me and I didn't want her I said I wouldn't take her and she said if I 1 didn't take her shed she'd go anyway And that's why I 1 killed her ler because she wanted to go to New York and I didn't want her to go His hands were gripping the seat of his chair Did you hear me Paula You dont don't act as if you did I 1 said I 1 killed tilled Dixie and you just sit and look ook at me as if you didn't hear me Do you hear me I say His right hand land shook her shoulder roughly The gun was right out on the table able handy It was there when we came into the room he went wenton on his hand still on her shoulder his lis grip on her flesh tight I 1 picked licked it up and shot her and then she he fell on the floor and I 1 stood looking at her for a long time with the he smoking gun in my hand When I 1 finally realized what had happened happened happened hap hap- I found she was dead And then I thought of myself myself- you always do when youre you're in a aad abad abad bad ad pinch I looked at the clock It was a little after 2 No one came and the shot must have been heard somewhere because somewhere because a lot of people live in the GaI Gables les Funny thing I never knew the flat building building building build build- ing had a name until the police started to question me It was just Dixie's place to meI meI meI me I found a towel In the tle bathroom and wiped off the gun wiped It clean then I put her fingers around the he handle of the gun then I took the he gun and put it on the floor right near her hand I 1 was vas going to call Gwen from the flat but just as I started to pick up the receiver I 1 thought better of it I 1 left The fifth floor hall was deserted and I 1 went down the stairs Nobody in the downstairs hall either I didn't know where to phone Gwen I I knew shed she'd have some plan and andI I didn't so I walked around the corner and up the street a couple of blocks wondering what was going going go go- ing to happen I saw a flat fIat building a lot Jot like lile Dixie's and in the lobby a telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone booth There was only a dim light in th the lobby and nobody in it so I went in and telephoned Gwen I 1 told her where I 1 was and told her where Id I'd wait walt for her When Whim she came she had a plan and it worked out pretty well didn't it Im I'm free Now have you got anything to say It was a long time tim before she could do anything but stare at him at his his' face so so close to hers into his eyes so b bloodshot shining with a amad amad a amad mad wild light A long time before before before be be- fore she said Jerry you didn't didn't- And her mind as she said those words was saying within her Hes crazy insane mad Jerry is mad His hand fell away from her shoulder and her got up from the chair Now you know and Gwen knows and Alf Nesbit knows The old man and mother dont don't know He turned abruptly and walked qu quickly out of the room Paula heard the thedoor thedoor thedoor door slam after him but she salon sat sal on her body limp her eyes still on the chair in front of her Mad crazy insane insane insane- She could almost hear the words her brain was saying and yet she knew she wasn't saying them aloud Mad crazy insane Gale came in coughed twice be be- fore she went to Paula Mrs Trevor Trev Trev- or Anna sent me up She's leaving and she she- says says says' for me to finish the packing Mrs Trevor looked up dazed i Gale repeated what she had said for the second time and then the third time Finally Paula understood nodded and with a gigantic effort pulled herself together so that she could walk out of the sitting room and into the hall Continued Saturday Copyright 1936 for The Telegram |