Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1926, Page 27

(Copgright. 1926.) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Carolita Menendez. a beaytitul young Spanieh girl, brought un in a South Amen. n -convent. s traveling alone to Angeles at the command of her guardian. o Ver seen. | During the last tetween Chicago and suddenly in _the ¢ “the curtains of hand wearing ru In_the 4 ma beeu s apparently mur- red that Carolita th a Mr. and Mrs. in the eve. were seen talking Later it develops that Mr. Brown is really ner of Paul Reynol re §6 some mystery. tells the atforney about_the wa him the strange found on the floor and claimed a< his own 1o pro- belonged to her. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER IX. Side Lights. “0f course,” he cried, “that's it! Why hadn’t I the brains to think of it mysel She's seen the companion No wonder the sight of this one, under such peculiar clrcum- stances, should upset her; no won- ring! Frank’s calm jim—“aren’t you rdinary amount of unknown maiden? hombproof pre- ed at you!” interest ir Where's your usual caution? I'm surpri Paul colored hot “Oh, cut it out!” he retorted. “If you'd heen through this mess you mightn't be so damned composed | Yyourself!” But I'd try not to lose my head. What do you know about this girl, anyway? How do vou know the whole thing isn't some kind of a frame-up, unt, or gomething?” red him. it till you know Meantime, do you suppose the dining room is open? T'm famished, and she must be, too. She hasn't had a bite since breakfast!” And before Frank could interpose ob- Jections PPaul was at Carolita’s side. Won't you come and have dinner end and myself?” he “You mustn’t go so long without food, it will make you iIL.” [ thank you'—she raised sorrow- ,ful cves to his—"but I prefer not. I ill take dinner later—alone.” vl take it now!” Paul insisted. ! “Alone if you must, but at least I'll ‘ou do it. And I won't leave uniess yvou walk ahead of There was something new in voice, P ssion of his, a set of the mouth which the girl conld not combat. “I will go, then, but only it I sit alone, : inclined his head gravely and ,d <ipped into his pocket and ed the ring. have found out something im- “but it can walt Will you come " he_ said, fter dinner. Je arose and led the way into the Zdiner. making the trip in silence, and tha car was almost empty they nd it no trouble to secure seats at » two small tables, Carolita being Jiaced alone. directly in front of the , men. Paul seated himself in a position which would allow him to watch her. Now, then,” he turned to Zwhen the meal had been ordered, o back to the matter of the will. ou and Burns, of course, know what is in the codicil?” “Yes—in part “What do you mean by that “There is a sealed note inclosed with it “Oh! Have you any reason to think that Walter is going to fight the will— entually? Ve d know. re all watching h has been out of That's why we 1 =0 closely. He wwn continuously ¢ stnce vour father died, up to some devilment., Could the woman with him posslbly have been vour father's ife? Sure! vou could not have ailed to recognize her?” “I am certain that she was mnot.” zald Paul. “She was of quite a differ- ent type. You suggested that the tel egram which T supposed to have come * from Mrs, Reynolds might have been felephoned to me by some one else?” “It occurred to me that Walter and « his wife might hav ®cheme of getting you to Los geles, especially if they are preparing ! o launch a broadside. I'm wondering ; where Walter has gone and why John Carr is coming West.” “Have you a copy of the will in pocket, Frank?” Paul asked. “Yes.” Frank handed over a docu- ment and Panl opened it. “What makes vou feel that the will is open : tn misconstructlon, or so weak that it {may he broken? It doesn't seem so ne” sald Paul. 1o bequests, beginning £100,000 to Walte A decent ! man ought to be satisfied with that, considering that Dad had already set tled £100.000 upon him when they ) the parting of the ways; but Walter, I am afraid we're in ble." . vour kick? Have found anything wrong in the way bequests are wordd?” “Yes, listen! ‘After these bequests * shall be paid I give and bequeath to beloved wife, Cynthia Burden one-third of my remaining be used by her as she de- ng her lifetime, and vesting o provide for the for a time placed S at kind of an am- | higuous sentence is that, will vou tell !me. Frank? Why couldn't dad say what he meant {7 “Perhaps you read it ovel you the will reeall.” Frank “that vour father forbade a | ever to be mentioned in He went so far as to hd myself that we speak of the matter, or ‘in private. The him to the depths of roke his heart and be- | ohsession. Anything else est? Is the clause about right give loved sor ¥ of my rem him as t read | | 1 bequeath te my he- Reynolds, one-third ining estate and appoint | 'f the sam Paul brother-in-law one-third, 1stee of same.’ arrel is about the ling with with the family It b ccurred to you, of t er instructions will s occurred to | E robably to Mrs. vou know if she ever alt “1 hardly think so. Waltep appears | , have a very prosperous business in < Angeles as far as I can find out. cooked up some ie has a very attractive house and me is constantly in the He drives a Packard eviry slgn of having plenty of ready cash. That's all I know.” Paul's attention returned to the document in his hand. “The will concludes-with a mention of a“codicil which fs to be opened six | weeks after his death at the office of Burns & Hyatt in Los Angeles, and states expressly that Cynthia Rey- nolds, Walter Reynolds, Paul Rey- nolds and John Carr be present at the reading. We seem to be getting hgre ahead of time, don't Wi “After all, that’s only about nine Frank remarked, “and perhaps it's just as well for you and Carr to be on hand in case Walter is stirring up trouble. Paul,” he hesi- tated a little, “have you ever known of your father's quarrel Paul replied. “I asked Uhcle John Carr about that only a few day ago and he promised to tell me as soon as an opportunity arose for a | long talk. I had expected to dine with him the very night I left New York."” “Have you any fdeas about it?"” “Only that it has a vital connection with the family skeleton. Frank, you're considerably older than T am-— did it all happen before you knew the family?” “I'm 40, and it happened about 15 years ago, before I was admitted to the bar or knew your father.” “How long have you been Burns? 'en years.” . nd ‘the quarrel occurred about 15 years ago,” Paul went on reminis- cently. “I remember dad coming to my grandmother’s house alone, and telling me that Walter was no longer his son. It did not make much im- | pression upon me at the time as I| did not know Walter very well.” " plder, isn't he?" with our father's second mar- riage Walter nued to live with him and his wi¥, did he not?” “Yes, until_the break.” “You are about 25, now?” . which makes Walter 37. At the time he broke with dad he must have been 22." “How long had your married at_that time?” “About four vears, T think. “He married a girl of 18, exactly the age of his own son.” “He was not much more than 40 himself, however?” “No, barely that, T guess. He and my own mother were married very young." “Your father was living in New York at the time of his second mar- riage, was he not?” “Yes, we were all living with grandmother. When dad _married again he took a house on East Six tieth_street, but very shortiy after she became ill and they moved to Santa Barbara.” “Your father's second wife was Miss Cynthia Burden of New York,” Frank went on. “Had she been a friend of your family?” “T think not, for I recall my grand- mother’s great surprise and indigna ton. 1 remember how young and pretty and sweet my stepmother was, | and how disappointed 1 felt that I was not allowed to go and live with | her. T found out later that she had ex- cellent connections in Ned York, al- though she herself was an orphan, and had lived much in Europe. The Burdens were not society people at all, you understand, but very substan. | tial Americans with a good deal of | background.” - He paused, lost in | thought, and the’two went on wlith | their dinner in silence. The meal | was nearly over when Paul spoke | agaln. “Frank, T think you know how my father adored his voung wife, Wi shiped her, in fact. The details of th conversation we have just had to-| gether cannot help but bring certain embarrassing questions to mind. Dad’s break with Walter was in some way | connected with Cynthia Burden, there | can be no doubt about it.” ! “That is evident. Yet if your father had not had implicit confidence in her he would hardly have broken: all con- | nection with his eldest som. ' What: ever the difficulty, we must conclude that Walter was in the wrong.” father been » fair now, will it? I cannot bear to have my father’s affajrs aired in pub- lic, Frank. He was the most honor- able of men, the truest, best friend in the world to us all. We must find out what_Walter is up to and him off. How are ‘we going to do.it?" “Didn’t you tell me that the | | ductor had picked up a message W ter had sent our New York office? That was undoubtedly what caused Carr to wire he was starting West. ‘What was in the message “We'll find the conductor when we have finished dinner and make hig tell us,” Paul replied. *I can’t think that he will refuse you that informa- tion.” “I'm not so sure we want to do that,” Frank answered slowly. “We must bear in mind that our o prob- amily skeleton—is not the only important matter just now. An unidentified man has died in this train, he has been robbed as ell, and your brother is known to have been in con- versation with him during the previ- ous afternoon. Walter will be sum- moned for purposes of identification in any case, and if the doctor's examination should - make the cor- jury render a verdict of murder following ‘a robbery, it is going to be mighty unpleasant for everybody con- cerned. I think that for your own safety the less you know about Walter the better. As far ag his telegram to Carr is concerned, we'll know that soon as Carr arrives. My advice is to let the matter of that message drop out of the conductor's mind if we can!” “Frank, in case a verdict of murder shall be rendered, will it be my duty to report the matter of the hand and its jewel, and tell the whole story?” Undoubtedly, I am wondering how you are going to explain the fact that you claimed the ring as your own! Whatever induced you to take such a risk? It's unbelievable!” “I may as well confess the whole thing, Frank! I couldn’t bear to have that girl get into any further trouble. I knew that she would go all to pieces at the sight of the ring, and instantly become implicated in the man's death. And T was not under oath, remember that!” 8 “That is going to be a mighty hard thing to explain to a jury, old man, have vou thought of that? And when we add that small detail to the unfor- tunate cigeumstance that you had an- other man's ticket and Walter was traveling under an assumed name, and vou pretended not to know one another, his acquaintance with the dead man and the story of the white hand with its jewel, together with the small matter of Walter’s woman com- panion having worn gloves through- out the journey, vou are going to have free front space advertising for several day: “Franlg do you mean that I will be held for murder? For God's sake, man, speak!” (Continued Tomorrow.) Cancer Attacks Spinners. Among the cotton spinners in Eng- land a noticeable prevalence of cancer has been reported. The cause is thought to be due to”the prolonged action of mineral oil used in oiling the spindles of the mules. which gets on the men’s clothing. 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