Show i sister act aa V IV by THAYER WALDO KI 0 mcclur 0 m syn syndicate dicato 0 T HEY showed quite a regard for ceremony la in bringing leona leoca gray to the district attorneys office this because she was a movle movie stars sister leona lcona showed more than a little nerv ausness when she came that because jock brenneman had been found dead at hor her feet in the mountains i i ot of course it was suicide and this interview only a formality the district attorney explained as much to leona while she sat bat in thebie chair by his desk and twisted heri herl necklace please understand he be said that I 1 truly regret tho the necessity of this ahr particularly ticul arly so soon after your ah trying ordeal but routine must be foli fol i towed now rd like you to tell rac me he urged everything that happened begin 9 la at the beg beginning imilda and take your timo and think carefully please iwas visiting marge I 1 came out from cleveland where wo we all used to ave live about two weeks ago marge was going to get me BO a screen test at zenith studio I 1 thought that would be fun 61 6 1 I 1 guess it was right the first day after I 1 got here that I 1 met jock mr brenneman Er enneman he ha came out for lunch and margo marge told me they were engaged but it was supposed to be a secret ne he was there two or three hours every day after that and when he and marge went out dancing and places in the evening hed suggest taking me along I 1 know right away what it was all about but four or five days I 1 began to realize that hed fallago fallen for me he was paying me attention and following me around so much i I 1 thought sure marge would notice but she seem to 1 I 1 felt terrible but I 1 hated to speak to marge because I 1 could see how crazy I 1 about abou thim him she was and how bow she ehe kept thinking of their marriage so instead lot of saying anything I 1 lust just tried to make amr mr brenneman understand I 1 scant him eY esterday Test erday he stayed away until about sla and when he came marge 71 was is with him she said bald been on but t together all afternoon taking a ride in art ans airplane I 1 think I 1 was awful glad jeven though I 1 was still sure hed never keep his promise to marry her welt well after dinner marge said they were going up op to mue mlle hl HI lodge at stag lake for over the weekend week end and she abed me to 10 come along I 1 thought it was just to have a chaperone so I 1 said nil right bu but of I 1 course now I 1 look back I 1 bansee can I 1 me mr brenneman must have suggested it 0 it was late when we got to the lake laka and we all decided to go right to bed marge had rooms at one end of the h damn IT un the second floor and jocks jocka were about hallway halfway down 1 it and mine near tho the other end after I 1 undressed I 1 remembered my slippers were in marges bag so I 1 put pat oa in a robe and started down the hall to get them just as I 1 passed mr Brenne Drenne manns door he opened it and called me and when I 1 turned he ha grabbed my arm and pulled me inside and shut the door it was all dark in there except tor for the tha light that came through tho the transom and I 1 was terribly frightened when I 1 cried out for him to let me ma go he put hla his hand over my mouth and kept saying you tou cant go you cant got go I 1 and when I 1 tried to fight loose he said oh this Is all the devil of a mess I 1 then I 1 pushed him backwards and he bb fell down beside a chair that had his suitcase open on it the llight light from outside shone right there and I 1 saw a gun gua lying on top of his shirts shifts suddenly y mr brenneman jumped up again saying all right if isyou you dont listen to me 1 1 and then he helt he oh I 1 just cant go on I 1 she slumped down face fac e in hands the district attorney sat forward now now all right theres just one more thing I 1 want to know did he be say anything else before he shot himself j her bobbed head shook from side aide to side she was crying softly without restraint 1 I see into the rectangular black box bos at his elbow he said will you yoa blindly step in now alss gray margaret gray entered through the door on the right her face was drawn with suffering but entirely dry you heard everything the district attorney asked smoothly margaret nodded nave have you anything to add yes I 1 can verify all that she said I 1 was in his bedroom I 1 I 1 had just gone in through the other hall door the district attorney looked hastily away from her steadfast grieving eyes and cleared his throat then leona gray cried out sharply and sagged over in her chair I 1 she regained consciousness seven minutes later lying on a leather couch in the adjoining room only marge marga was there sitting by the couch and staring down at her incuriously leona ran her tongue over very dry ups lips at last she whispered huskily why why you tell margaret grays smile did not move one side of her mouth at all that you shot him what good would that do telling about my sisters silly vanity that made her imagine intrigue from a little kindness wont bring back the man I 1 loved my husband yes of course you yon poor little fool we flew to yuma and were married yesterday and because we wanted to keep it from everyone for a while jock her voice broke hoarsely jock just tried to sto stop yon 0 from going to my room and lading it empty I 1 |