Show the WEDDING MARC im SIP MONTE BARRETT carf e ful S F ar CHAPTER ill III continued 6 ile he worry roe me declared kilday its the world and globe that sound ugly it exactly what they say its how they say it the inference la is that the murder was political and that we wont dare go after the man responsible the fact that jim franklin was effected expected to be the next governor going to help me any so far as the papers are concerned be on my neck and the district attorney will probably have roe me on the carpet in the morning walt and see eee he cant stand this kind of pressure meaning brilts of 0 course nobody else the fact that he be was one of the last persons to see franklin alive has given the papers just the excuse they need peter what made jim franklin the logical candidate tor for governor at the next nest election the manner in which ho handled the investigation ot of the me magistrate scandal of course no one thought he would go after bullis the way ay he did but but exclaimed the detective the point cut but he did he went after bullis hammer and tongs no one thought he would it made him a popular idol and it made bullis his enemy well theres our motive if bullis Is guilty our next lead then you dont think callis shipley or kylle carmody 1 I dont want to think of them until I 1 have to declared the sergeant this Is our plainest trail if it pan out I 1 can come back to the others bullis was there and lils ids motive was mas clear cut cul and so was brylle Car modys ire he was determined to stop the wed ling peter reminded him earnestly so was choo choo trains she was frankens Fran Frankill kUns ns mistress she had bad a motive tor for stopping the wedding and the woman in blue whoever she may hae been had a motive for stopping it it if she loved franklin the queer thing about this case eight or nine people that we know of had an opportunity to commit the crime ard and it require much imagination to flad find a mothe moth e tor for any ot of them kilday rose ill take em one at a time he said and im going to start with bullis coming coining lets go said peter daniel bullis was unexpectedly easy to find A telephone call from the restaurant located him at his downtown down town club where he usually dined dind ile he was still at table when interrupted by call sure I 1 went to see him the politician said bald after seating each of tits his quests guests how about a drink what will you have boys they both declined it was a matter of 0 principle with kilday cardigan thought there was a shade of too much breezy friendliness in the invitation it quite ring true well you dont mind it if I 1 do said bullis ringing for an attendant every one to his own tastes tas les ns as the widow said when r she he kissed the pig the quantity of his booming laugh was mora more atoned for I 1 by its lack of mirth ile he entertained visitors with an anecdote obviously intended to reveal his bis own importance as he waited for his drink daniel brills was a huge hug ge man from the hairy hands that had engulfed peters during their introduction to the crown of his head bead which seemed almost too ponderous for his massive frame it was nas that ponderous head which dwarfed the wide shoulders that fascinated peter in spite of its size or because of it cardigan was not sure w which aich there was Eom something ething almost infantile about the mans expression the short whitish blond hair straight as fl a string grew low on tits bis forehead and was it was not as though it bad been combed long iong ago and forgotten so EO much as though it had never known a comb rye eyebrows brows there nere almost none and this heightened the wide aide innocence of the mans blue stare except when he be laughed then tell tale folds of flesh curled up beneath ills his eyes revealing an uncertain maturity tile the mouth ond and chin 1 were a direct negation of hulls 1 C colier features for there was T written in the lean lips and t wide sweeps of jaw tl the drink arrived and the politician drained halt half tile cool contents of the long glass before turning again to aliday yeah he repeated 1 I went to see eee ffranklin Ff franklin anklin ue he nodded toward towar d it 11 disorderly pile of newspapers by fi 1112 hi chair chaar ive been about it so I 1 surprised when you phoned that you wanted to see me well ile he twisted in his bis chair in order to face the detective lets go what do you want to know first I 1 want to know what you were so BO anxious to see franklin about mr DUMB Bull ls anxious the politician weighed the word well I 1 guess call it that I 1 had to see him I 1 wanted to tell him what I 1 thought of him why I 1 helped make jim franklin and he knew it hed still be unknown it if it been for me why he was afraid to see me after he turned on me P afraid to see you peter interrupted what else would you say bullis demanded contemptuously id been trying to get kold hold of him tor for three days at hla bin office tits his home his club everywhere why ive even been paging him over at choo cho choo trains but he was dodging me well I 1 knew there was one place he dodge rne me the abe church so I 1 went there and I 1 saw him what abat was it you were so anxious lous to see him about kilday repeated his question brills compressed his lips into a thin hard line huh he grunted and you call yourself a detective well ill tell you jim franklin till q Z sure said bullis A peach thought he was going to climb into the governors chair by sacrificing a few old friends who put him where he was I 1 went there to tell him hed never get near albany until he was willing to listen to me and I 1 told him lie ile was in a tough spot lie had to listen to me and he agreed with me too you mean to say peter loaned leaned forward intently that you and franklin came to an agreement there in the church study did you part friends sure bullis grinned with his mouth but his eyes remained palely expressionless jim saw his mistake tak e and we parted the best of friends just how did that come about the no noell elest st inquired curiously you in a very friendly frame of mind when you went there the politician leaned back in ID his chair 1 I have ways of making p people e agree with me so I 1 see im trying to find out just nhat A hat you had to say to franklin and what he said to you that caused such a sudden chan change ae of reeling feeling between you never know that r replied brills shortly again he picked up tits his highball glass tits ills attention apparently parent ly riveted solely on the drink then perhaps tell u us s about tho the woman you saw there suggested cardigan there was a woman there there sure said bullis A peach jiru jim always alwais wass was a better hind hand with wom en than lie was mas with politics did you 16 know tile the woman had you ever seen secal az her before the 71 I 1 e politician shook ghook his head id never seen her before ho said rm im sure ol of that she the kind you forget did she have on a blue dress inquired the sergeant 1 I believe so im not sure peter picked up the TopI topics csc crumpled beside the politicians chair and held up op the page of pictures choo choo train was pictured there so was callis shipley pley among the other bridesmaids could you pick her out of that group mr Bu brills Bull ills ls bullis hesitated over the pictures 1 I dont think ashes there he replied finally nally fl if she Is I 1 dont recognize her the novelist had hardly hoped it would be as easy to identify the woman in blue as that yet he was disappointed ile he continued the questioning was franklin quarreling with this woman when you entered the room yes do you know what they were quarreling about in a way I 1 do it seems that the woman was in love with jim and she like this wedding business what did she say bay 1 I dont remember everything that was s said aid I 1 only remember that she was hysterical and jim was trying to quiet her the only words I 1 remember are that she sha kept saying you cant do this jim you cant do it ill ruin both of us bea before ore I 1 let you jim was glad to see me right then he quieted the woman and I 1 told him I 1 wanted to see him alone she want to leave and finally jim said go ahead and talk ashes all right later when I 1 was ready to leave jim turned to the woman again cant you yon see how much trouble rm im in honey 7 he asked her ill keep ray my word to you this time sure just as soon as I 1 get back the woman started to cry it if I 1 could only believe you jim t she said aid everything would be all right its going to tobe be all right honey he be told her and he be motioned me to help him listen I 1 says to her give ive him a break hes going to be married in five minutes 1 I dont remember all we said but she finally agreed to go find and she left with me we went out the back door my aly cars here I 1 told her ill take you home but she let ne me she had her own car a green sedan I 1 know because I 1 watched her get in what make was the car demanded kilday it was a cadillac I 1 think the sergeant groaned it would b be there are only ten thousand green cadillacs in this town peter studied cullis bullis thoughtfully you could identify that woman if you saw her again mr bullas Bull Buil ls 1 I dont know maybe the politician returned his stare coolly she made quite an impression on you she this time it was kilday speaking the politician turned the battery of his expressionless eyes upon him 1 I said she was easy to look at he replied but still you identify her picture in the paper the detec tive grunted his bis disbelief bullis once more examined the pictures spread out across the front page of topics you yon seem mighty sure it was one 0 of these girls he said what do you think newspaper pictures arent always such good likenesses the politician suavely replied CHAPTER IV seeking a woman in blue TT T WAS still early when kilday and cardigan quitted P milts club what do you think kilday demanded as they waited for their car peter shrugged lies hes only telling what he wants to tell theres no way of knowing when bullis left that room when ambrose carmody rapped franklin made him wait before admitting him there must have been some one there who had time to leave by the rear door before carmody entered it if it was he could have waited until carmody left and then come back or of course it may have been the woman in blue who returned it Is possible it was both I 1 am only sure of one thing some one was there or franklin have kept clr carmody waiting and how about choo choo train and caleli shipley Ship lcy they both visited the vestry after carmody 1 I dout dont know about choo choo replied the novelist wearily As for the other girl she nev never lr entered the study royce declares ho he rapped 0 on n the door and franklin PRECEDING EVENTS IN THE STORY waiting in tho the ministers study jim franklin about to bo be married to doris carmody la Is stabbed to death callis shipley pley one of 0 the betrays extreme nervousness franklin while walling waiting had many visitors among adiong thern them his mistress an actress choo choo train his intended cifes father ambrose carmody her brother brylle daniel cullis well known politician and an unknown waman woman in a blue frock sergeant kilday with peter cardigan novelist and amateur dete detective etive begins the of ag act at investigation brylle carmody admits trying to stop the wedding a after be beans ng informed by a friend webster spears that r franklin was still friend ly with choo choo despite his approaching marriage kilday secures t the h dead mans keys callis shipley pley whose actions in the church and Im immell abely following fol lowina tho the discovery ot 0 franklins Frank llna body havo have appeared arp cared furtive Is somewhat contradictory in her to questions but the learn nothing ot importance Import inc replied that young carmody there As far as we know thata all miss shipley had to do with it kilday paused in the lighting or of a new clear except that she drove home with brylle carmody and lied to us about it and knew that jim franklin was killed but can cant canted tex explain how she knew it it and he brandished brandishes bran dished the he stogy for further emphasis why did she run around there looking for brylle carmody Cart nody in the first place ini im not so sure he ha added that she the blond woman in the blue dress that doctor abernathy saw he may not be telling the truth about that if he be knows this girl so BO well he may have a mistaken idea of chivalry and be trying to protect her but peter still was not convinced if it had been callis shipley bullis have identified her from the picture in the newspaper maybe maybe blay benot not I 1 think you answered a that question yourself a bit ago perhaps bullis want to identify the woman he saw in the study because she heard all that passed between bethea him and franklin its entirely possible she knows too much no N no o o peter were not through with this girl yet by any means nor with bullis either because both cailis shipley shapley and brylle carmody had referred to webster spears as the man who had been the source of information regarding choo choo train it was decided that they would question him next nest and here a surprise awaited them the spears home was a private house the last to linger in a neighborhood ot of apartment buildings which towered around it at the curb before it two cars were parked a roadster and a sedan i this particularly attracted their attention tent lon because it was necessary for them to park in front of the apartment house next door we want to see mr webster spears kilday informed the butler who answered the ring im very sorry sir mr spears Is busy ne he cannot be disturbed im sorry too said the detective exhibiting his badge in the palm of 0 his hand this Is once he hell 11 have to be disturbed after a wait of several minutes during which kildar tersely summarized the evidence RS as it touched this man spears entered the room not more than twenty five he was of 0 that slender build which emphasized the nicety of his grooming ills features molded too finely were almost sharp particularly low cow as glanced glance d inquiringly first a at t C cardigan arlie arhe then at the detective peter noticed how his hair prematurely receding at the temples directed attention to the sleekness of 0 the man you wanted to see me spears began abruptly ue he did not offer to shake hands bands we ft ant to know why you were so anxious to stop doris Car modys wedding this afternoon kilday inquired bluntly the question caught the youns young man olt off balance 1 I stop the wedding lie He smiled briefly as though he found the idea absurd why else did you tell brylle carmody about choo choo train today the sergeant demanded you did tell him you spears drew up a chair and sat down deliberately before replying peter felt that it was his method of sparring tor for time yes he be admitted finally 1 I informed rylie about this actress of 0 course it seemed the only thing to do how do you happen to know about her it seemed to be common knowledge I 1 heard beard gossip of it at the I 1 club after that I 1 made some inquiries which substantiated what I 1 had heard so I 1 informed rylie 11 when was it you heard beard this gossip peter interjected spears glanced at him quickly only this morning two chaps at the next table were discussing the wedding feeling sorry for thecae modys they mentioned this actress that angered me of course you see he shrugged dapper shoulders brylle and doris have been almost brother and sister to me we have grown up together I 1 felt the same interest in this wedding as though it had bad been bee n my own sister why I 1 made inquiries everyone seemed to know that choo choo train was franklins mistress it was the most natural thing in the world for me to inform ralle and you wanted to be sure you why you called up his father too it kit day demanded 1 I dont |