Show synthetic ic gentleman by CHANNING POLLOCK channing pollock service SYNOPSIS the duke barry gilbert likable youth of twenty three jobless and broke enters an unoccupied summer bummer home in southampton seeking shelter from a storm he makes himself at home doting ine at the fireplace he Is startled by the arrival of a butler willetts Wll letts and ft a chauffeur evans he learns that the son of the owner of 0 the house jack ridder bidder whom the servants had never seen Is expected ile he decides to blurt bluff it out ills his supposed parents have left for germany next morning he Is given it a letter for his mother 11 he e opens it and finds a message from th the e refit jack saying baying lie he could not come and in d returning a hundred bundred dollar bill the boys father had pensioned him into obscurity barry pockets the money intending to return it later he orders evans evan ato to take him to montauk intending to disappear there on the way he meets judge Ilam bidge and his daughter patricia relieving believing he la Is jack ridder she invites him to dinner the following thursday barry returns to southampton deciding to stay a bit longer mr ridder sr through his newspaper the globe accuses judge hambidge of taking orders from tammany hall in a condemnation proceeding barry meets peter winslow prominent attorney winslow tells barry that judge ila hambidge had seen an accident in which a woman moman was killed by a taxicab at home carry barry finds the wife of the real jack ridder awaiting him tier her husband is in lall jail in new york charged with the murder of mike kelly tammany boss bos the girl peggy tells barry how sh she had met jack in florida and married him as jay rogers jack lost his job and they went to new york where she got work at the cocoanut Coco anut bar there she wa was accused of trying to pick the pock pocket et of mike kelly and was arrested her husband went to kellys to induce him to drop the charge later kelly u was as found dead his skull crushed by a decanter barry suggests he can help as jack bidder and mrs rogers agrees judge hambidge del liers a decision in the condemnation suit in which kelly had been interested CHAPTER ill III continued 8 did you ever see kelly no he was enormous must have been sli six feet two in his stockings im five feet flie in mine edve had to stand on a chair to lilt him on oa top of the head unless he was sitting in one the body anywhere near a chair it was up against the door to the hall the paper says so the filipino got in through the dining room I 1 got out through the hall bail ioor door lie ile saw me how did I 1 do that if 1 kelly was lying against it 1 I dont know two more things the lights were burning full tilt when nhen I 1 left I 1 could see kellys shadow on the blinds as I 1 passed the house bouse on my way home were they still burning g when the butler came in the next morning and it if not who turned lem cm out the other item the other items the crux crus of the whole business jack answered mike rushed me out because the phone rang and the fellow that rang it was coming over to talk to him did he come cornel if not why not arid and it that fellow did come it likely that hes the guy that killed kelly CHAPTER IV it was as long iong aft after lr one when they walked out of the tombs she was all in now carry barry splurged splurges on a taxi to tale take her home to the dingy boarding house where the d disowned bidders lived in the upper forties in spite of her protests barry kept his word as to giving her most of 0 that hundred and fifty it mine he declared well eat together monday after ive talked to winslow ill be around about six it was two nowa now a warmish saturday afternoon nearly forty eight hours before ile he could hope to find the attorney any inexpensive hotel do lie he registered at one a few blocks from peggys peggye Peg gys barry Cl gilbert lbert he wrote from his new residence barry went to the astor and cabled mrs ridden the message read cad making good stop water wagon and on an track ot of IL a job stop friend of mine wet met in florida locked up lit for murder commit stop atop can you arrange credit here up to two thousand dollars stop wont use unless necessary for or friend and will return every penny stop wire ire peter winslow lawyer tor for confirmation fir mation if desired stop this Is my big biff chance to do something worth while top atop writing details allu alls well dont hurry burry back love john ill need that two thousand quick barry thought Winslow lil want a retainer and therell be a lot of other things lings ti barry wondered what to do with his forty eight hours ill stroll down to kellys place he decided and give it the once over from sixth avenue he turned into irth street an and stopped before what the tabloids were calling the scene of the murder it was an old fash boned red brick hoube with a bay window and a heavy front door A policeman Ilee nian stood guard and a group of the curious loitered as near as they dared remarkable barry thought how people could stand staring at anything connected with a tragedy there was another little group at the corner where workmen were putting in a new traffic raffle light standard broken oft off short its predecessor I 1 lay ay on the pavement having nothing better to do carry barry asked the excitement taxi smash when just before two yesterday morning killed a woman crushed her right up against that post broke it off short dont seem possible no wonder the judge was 1 upset curious carry barry thought these two violent deaths ithan a few yards and a few hours of each other curious too that the judges stroll should have brought him so near the house in which kelly lay murdered but no more remarkable than the series of events that had involved barry in the whole affair lifes full of 0 coincidences harry barry mused its only in fiction that people pay much attention to em winslow said the judge went for a walk and the file simplest explanation of the whole matter lie ile was tit at the attorneys office before ten tell on monday morning lie ile was as ushered into the pleasantly furnished furnis lied corner room that was peters the lawyer lawer rose as larry harry entered and came forward one land hand outstretched and the other holding a newspaper paper the early bird ell eh im not exactly looking for worms barry 1 I want that posit position ton we talking about it if I 1 can get it but just now im a lot more interested in this kelly murder youve youre read about that I 1 suppose peter nodded 1 I saw the headlines after you left the hie on friday lr iday lie he said 1 I bother bollier about it much then hen t hut but lids morning I 1 found saturdays YS herald tribune on my d desk e sk and ot of course im always interested in murders 1 I know the boy cihos accused of this crime carry barry said you do exciting tell me about it barry did omitting only the detail of wilders identity 1 I met them in florida lie he related rogers worked in a hotel there I 1 liked the file girl even then shed been putting up such a game light fight to make a man of her husband and was succeeding so wonderfully I 1 suppose im the only friend got around here and why she came to me winslow listened sympathetically that sort of thing always gets me he observed A woman tied up to 0 some man chos not worthy of her and in love alth him this boys not so bad barry argued and its a lead pipe cinch that he kill kelly think so dead sure all right make me sure barry tried there was someone else coming when jack left he concluded if he came he either found kelly dead in which case hedve given the alarm or he found kelly alive in which case of course jack kill him 11 very ingenious peter remarked but what nhat makes you think someone else was coming why kelly fired jack out who says so jack and reggy peggy not very conclusive peter objected who do you think did it im not concerned as to who did it peter declared only as to who jack know that it if you looked at him 1 I feel sorry for the girl ill go 90 down doin to see rogers somebody ought tove gone long ago to file an appearance pe arance there have been any preliminary hearings without proper representation tale take the case then 1 I suppose so now how about that job I 1 thou thought glit we might land at my brothers 1 I certainly need it lets see if hes in get jamison winslow he instructed the operator in a few minutes the phone rang that you jimmy peter said into it youve heard of john clarke ridder you well ills his sons in here and wants work now how about it got anything over there tile the instrument made raucous noises all right reter peter continued at last ill send him around and you talk to him chrysler building he informed barry and hes waiting for you 1 I dont know how to thank you what for 1131 mainly alnY for helping 1 two people in a lot of trouble reter peter smiled once more that inside job theory sticks to my mind barry remarked Is there a sirs mrs mike kelly peter laughed outright youre determined to be sherlock holmes olmes II arent you he asked all 11 right there Is a sirs mrs silke mike kelly id just finished reading about her she sued for divorce recently and withdrew the case do you think that might indicate that she killed herbus her husband Cher cherches chez la femme you know peter laughed again search for the woman he translated but then there appear to have been a good many women in I 1 kellys el life we jump at conclusions no barry admitted no I 1 suppose not I 1 all the same he thought the other side of thi the door its pretty evident that a woman who sues for divorce Is a little bit anxious to get rid of tier her husband but there was nothing doing at jamison Win windows slows im sorry he said but were laying oft off men every day now why arent you on your fathers newspaper my illy father and I 1 be been envery very friendly so ive heard but ive got an idea th ats what I 1 CT anted canted to talk to you about it was quite a simple idea we ve place thousands of 0 d dollars 0 11 irs worth of advertising with the globe and I 1 know the city editor pretty well ills names harwood arwood II if I 1 gave you a letter to ernie and he gave you a job and you made good while the boss is 13 in europe that square things when lie he got back bacal barry grinned it might he said and then again it maht not what I 1 heard jamison winslow went on was that your father want |