s^DivoRce CouRi Chart* tu EIGHTH INSTALMENT | SYNOPSIS Six persons are in an inner office j *f the law firm of Dawson, McQuire And Locke at Philadelphia. A mas-, ter hearing in the divorce case of Rowland vs. Rowland is under way. ’ Mrs. Rowland, represented by her: lawyer brother, Mr. Willard; Mr.: Mowland, the defendant, and his at-1 torney, Mr. Trumbull; the court! clerk and Mr. Dawson, the master, Are the six persons. There is a new I development in the case. After: failing to defend himself against the ; charge of adultery in earlier hear- i Ings, Mr. Rowland digs up evidence i And asks the court’s permission to' produce witnesses and resist thej suit. Judge Dawson overrules the I heated objections of Mr. Willard,, , and orders the witness brought in.1 Rowland’s lawyer goes to get the i witness but finds her dead—chloro-j formed. She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, j wife of a prominent Philadelphia business man. Detective Tommy Rankin is assigned to the case. He: is now questioning all of the parties involved in the case. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY j Rankin nodded, in apprecia- . tion of the diabolical effective-: ness of the late Tom Marshall’s ’ measures. “So, with the divorce goes 1 the management of the estate,” ,< he summarized. “But I thought ’ Harvey Willard had means, f Both he and your wife inherit-j - ed from Peter Willard’s estate.'1 Why should he need the trus-|i teeship?” j] The young man snooK ms,' Jiead. “He’s not rich any more, - and anyhow Adele was willed ‘ most of it. Willard’s share all * disappeared in poor invest- '1 ments and the stock market. !< And Marshall’s will permitted] him to spend for his own bene- j fit the thirty percent he didn’t ^ need to transfer to his sister— about fifty thousand annually 1 ? happen to know he is hard] pressed by creditors. Unless he can obtain plenty of funds be-1] fore July first, he’s a ruined ] man; they will close in and] force him into bankruptcy. Ad- i ele is too smart to throw good money after bad and won’t lend j it to him. Only a prompt di vorce decree can save him.” “Still”, the detective pointed out, “if your wife intends to^ marry Campbell .-hortly, what1 good will that do him? As her husband, he then becomes the Marshall executor and Wil lard’s situation isn’t bettered at all.” | “Even with temporary con-] trol of the estate,” Rowland re j turned, “he might manage to slide out from under.” He ex tinguished his cigarette. “Be sides, he had no more idea of* Adele’s intentions in that di-| rection than I had until my spying brought results.” He paused, and after a brief i moment for reflection, Rankin' acquiesced. “Yes, I can understand that.' .Now, what did you discover by patching Mrs. Rowland?” “Two weeks ago I obtained the evidence I deeded,” Row-] land resumed his narrative. “It was on the Wednesday evening after the last hearing. I had learned several days before from the chauffeur that Camp bell was back in town; and for some evenings I continued my usual watch and trailed them. Then that Wednesday, May twenty-fourth, Finley reported he had been dismissed for the evening and also added this significant item: Adele’s maid had casually informed him that she was instructed to pack an over-night bag for her.” Well, right after supper. I look up my watch by the en trance of the Willard estate. Campbell, driving a Cadillac coupe, arrived at eight o’clock and Adele joined him with her overnight bag. But for the ear ly part of the evening, they did nothing more censorable than on other occasions. First, they went to the Forrest Theatre. At eleven o’clock, they visited the Organdy Club on Broad Street, but I didn’t dare follow them in. Instead, I parked near Campbell’s car, looked into it and saw that he too had brought an overnight bag. He and my wife remained in the night club until midnight. And perhaps twenty minutes before they appeared Mrs. Keith came out of the place by herself and Rankin’s interruption was abrupt. "All alone?” he de manded sharply. “She was at the Organdy unescorted?” “Yes, and it puzzled me too,” Rowland replied. “I called her and she explained that she had been to the opera for which Mr. Keith did not care. Be cause the club was so close by, she went in to see the floor show. I realized, for a married woman in her position, the story didn’t ring true. I didn't, question her, as it was none of, my business and beside the point. I was too thankful for her appearance just when Ij needed a witness to worry about it.” ! “You were well enough ac quainted with Mrs. Keith to! ?nlist her aid in such a person-1 il matter?” me young man made an ap ologetic gesture. “I’m afraid I) vasn’t fair to her and took ad vantage of her lucky appear us and desire to help me. It vasn’t until we were already railing my wife and Campbell iway from the club, toward :ity limits, that she fully real zed the predicament I placed ler in. But it was too late then md she was sporty enough to see it through; for my sake, ;he agreed to risk the publicity md gossip and give evidence, f I had ever dreamed it would md like this . . He left the sentence unfin shed, compressing his lips vith a sigh, shaking his head lolefully. An awkward silence ollowed until Rankin asked: “Then you and Mrs. Keith i vere good friends, Rowland, low long have you known ler?” “I met her two winters ago, it Palm Beach, though, like all Philadelphia society. I had leard of Mortimer Keith. She itayed at the Royal Arms Hotel where Adele and I were; and because he was too busy to join her, she was a grass widow and needed company. That, her so cial position and her attrac tiveness made her welcome with all the young men at the resort. I did my share to en tertain her; I rode and visited the casino with her, and sev eral times attended the dog races. Even Adele acted fair ly cordially toward her.” “Well, what happened the night here you followed your wife and Campbell?” the detec tive prompted. “Where did they lead you?” “Out the Park Drive and left on the Ridge Pike,” Rowland said. “We passed through Rox borough and Norristown. At Collegeville we caught up and followed them off to the right, along the narrow country road paralleling Perkiomen Creek. At the end of five miles, they halted finally at a substantial stucco bungalow along the creek. It was then one-thirty. “Again I drove my car past, aoout two hundred teet, and parked where a clump of trees fringed the road and hid us I from the cottage. Campbell produced key and unlocked the door; then he turned on the door; then he turned on the lights. I have inquired about it since and learned it belongs to Nick Alberti, the manager of the Organdy Club, a friend of Campbell’s. Adele was then cautious enough to pull down all the blinds. Still watching silently in the darkness. Mrs. Keith and I could make out they were drinking in the liv ing room. At two-thirty they started to retire and a half hour later Campbell turned out the lights. I considered I had had gathered enough evidence against Adele to enter a de fense to her suit; so I retraced the trail with Mrs. Keith back to tne city. The speaker concluded his narrative and fell silent until Rankin asked: j “And at no time did your wife or Campbell see you or be come suspicious of your pre sence?” “I’m practically certain they never realized they were being followed.” il “Then they and Mr. Willard had no idea in advance with whom they had to reckon? Mr. Trumbull felt reasonably sure. they hadn’t identified Mrs. Keith as your chief witness before Bhe arrived at the hear ing this afternoon.” Allen Rowland pondered a moment. "That’s right, unless Adele noticed her at the night club,” he offered at length, "and Bhe probably didn’t; her arrival there that night must have been one of the rea sons Mrs. Keith left without “Yes, I suppose that’s pos waittng for her date.” sible.” Rankin frowned uncer tainly. "And you have no other proofs of your wife’s infidelity? Your entire case depended on her?” “Mrs. Keith’s death doesn’t leave me a leg to stand on.” Rowland replied, a harsh note in his voice. Abruptly, the detective shift ed the subject. “Now, just one more point, Mr. Rowland,” he said. "About the night of Wed nesday, February first, when Mrs. Rowland caught you and Miss Edmond together at the Sunset Inn. I’ve fqund out that immediately after the interrup tion, Mrs. Keith’s husband ar rived there. Can you tell me how he came to be there or what his connection was with . he poused delicately, “your intrigue?” But as Jill Edmond had done the young man professed to be unable to account for the man ufacturer’s appearance. He had never met Mortimer Keith, he said; though, having seen him several times, he had recogniz ed him when he entered the room. He could add no explan ation or detail to the secre tary’s description of the inci dent. Concluding his questions on this circumstance, Rankin thanked Rowland and dismissed him. His next step was to exam ine the dead woman’s check book. Except for two stubs, her accounts seemed in per fect order; her expenditures, with the date, purpose or name of payee and amount, were carefully audited. The sums she spent were comparatively small and far from commen surate. Rankin wondered at her low balance, which never exceeded five thousand dollars and at present came to less than one. The two check-stubs which were not identifiable as to pur pose, however, indicated excep tionally large sums. One check had been drawn about three months ago, and the past Thursday—for two thousand and three thousand dollars, respectively. The only clue to the reason for these with drawals was the word “person al” written on each stub. Before the detective could pander the significance of these entries, a knock interrupted him. At his command, the po liceman he had sent to locate Mortimer Keith opened it and entered the room. res, Cottman? Rankin greeted him. “You’ve been gone a long time. Is Mr. Keith with you?” The officer shook his head. “No, I haven’t found him; he isn’t in town at all,” he repli ed. “It was too late to visit his offices, so I called at the Ald wich Apartments and learned from his butler, Stanley, that he had gone away—on busi ness, he thought, to Washing ton.” Rankin pursed his lips in disappointment. “Washington? I suppose you discovered what business took him there and communicated with the people he went to see, Cottman?” the detective inquired. “No, I didn’t, although I tried to; that’s what took me so long. The secretary said it j had something to do with the | New Ray Silk Company. Nei ther he nor the butler had any idea at what hotel Mr. Keith might stop, tonight.” “Hotel? Then he isn’t expect ed back today?” The policeman shook his head. “No not until tomorrow,” he answered, “when he’s com pleted his business.” “Well, I imagine we can wait and give him a chance to turn upaccording to schedule,” ’Ran kin said, dismissing Cottman. Johnson entered as .Cottman left. “Finished, Johnson?” asked Rankin. Johnson did not reply until the officer had gone. “I’ve tak en everybody’s fingerprints, Tommy.” he said, “but I can’t make a detailed report until I’ve had time to study them— say tomorrow morning.” (Continued Next Week) DISTRIBUTING WEALTH PEOPLE’S USE, SAYS FORD Dearborn, Mich., July 11.— My biggest job these days is in distributing wealtth in a form that people can use it,” Henry Ford said today, as he smiled broadly and handed newspa permen production figures for the first six months of the year. Last November Ford an nounced that he would build “a million cars or better” in 1935. With the year but half gone the figures show that, up to June 30th, the Ford Motor Company had built 810,700 un its in the United States and Canada. Foreign manufacture for the six months period was 37,804, bringing the total world production up to 848.504. “When do you expect to pass the 1,000,000 mark?” Mr. Ford was asked. The motor-maker wearing a fine coat of tan and appearing to be in the best of spirits, again smiled as he said: "Now, now!—that’s some thing else again. I’m just a manufacturer, not a prophet. Our men have had work for which our whole organization is thankful. There are many things that lead us to be hope ful for the next six months. But we’re not dead certain. We are just doing the best we can. ===== NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of the power of sale contained in Deed of Trust from J. J. *Tew and wife Sidie Frances, to T. A. Barden, Trus tee, dated Jan. 19, 1931, record ! ed in book 335, page 511, de fault having been made in the payment of debt secured there by, the undersigned will sell at the courthouse door in Kenans ville, N. C., on MONDAY, AUG. 15, 1935,* at one o’clock, P. M., to the highest bidder for cash, a one-half undivided interest in a tract of land situated in Is land Creek Township, Duplin County, North Carolina, de scribed as follows: The tract of land situated at Charity Cross Roads, adjoining State Highway, No. 41, Charity Church lot, and the road lead ing from Rose Hill by Charity Cross Roads to Jerry Teachey’f store, and being more particu larly described in Dee'- 2 Trust above referred to. This July 1st, 1935. T. A. BARDEN, Trustee. Geo. R. Ward, Atty. July 11-18-25 Aug 1 —731 They Do In the good old days our Congressmen viewed with alarm; now they alarm with views.—Atlanta Journal. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S I SALE Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust dated Oc tober 27th, 1927, recorded in Deed Book 3137 page 126, of Duplin County Registry, and made by J. F. Faison to the undersigned trustee, default I ..-. having been made in the pay ment of the indebtedness there in secured and the holder of the note having demanded that the trustee exercise the power of sale conferred on him, the said trustee will offer for sale at the court bouse door in Ken ansville, Duplin County, North Carolina, on SATURDAY, AU GUST 10th, at 12 o’clock, noon, to the highest bidder for cash, the lands referred to in said deed of trust and described as follows: Situate in Duplin County, North Carolina, on the South side of the Clinton and War saw Branch of the A. C. L. Railroad, adjoining the lands of Sarah Best, W. H. Williams, and others, and beginning at a stake, Sarah Best’s corner, on the right of way of said Clin ton and Warsaw Railroad, and runs due South 90 poles to a stake in a proposd new road; ithence with said new road due East 54 poles to a stake in said new road; thence due North 90 poles to a stake in the edge of the A. C. L. Railroad, thence with said A. C. L. Railroad to the beginning, containing 30 acres, more or less. It is the intention of the above descrip tion to cover three 10 acre lots, as described in three certain deeds, all dated October 22, 1896, and made by W. H. Wil liams and wife, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Duplin County in Deed Book 67, at the following pages: Deed to Emma Faison, Page 445; deed to Sudie C. Fai son, now Sudie F. Batts, page 444; deed to Eliza Morisey, now Eliza F. Clement, page 425. This July 9th, 1935. I W. J. MIDDLETON, Trustee —734 July 18-25 Aug 1-8 _l^eeu ox xx from J. J. Tew and wife, Sid Frances, to W. T. Wall Trustee, dated August 1930, book 837, page 4, Regist* of Duplin County, default hav ing been made in the payment of the debt secured thereby, the undersigned will sell at the Courthouse door in Kenans i ville, N. C., -on MONDAY, AU GUST 5. 1935, at 1 oclock, P. M. to the highest bidder for* cash, lands situated in Rose Hill Township, Duplin County, said state, described as fol lows: 1st tract: Being lot No. 8 in 1 block 10, as per map of tonraj of Rose Hill, east side of A. C. L. Railroad, showing C. M. Steinmetz property, and con veyed to J. J. Tew by Macon i Cavenaugh and wife, book 207, page 82, Registry of Duplin County. 2nd tract: Containing S 79-100, and being lands con veyed to D. P. Tew by Charles: J. Newton, book 251, page 27>> Registry of Duplin County. 3rd tract: Containing 17000 sq. ft. more or less and being the lands described in Deed from John Newton to J. J. Tew, book 284, page 524, Registry of Duplin County. An up-set bid having been' deposited in the office of the ! Clerk of Superior Court of " Duplin County, a resale was necessary at which resale bid ding will start: First Tract:' 8787.50; Second Tract: $590. 62; and third tract: $115.50. This July 16, 1935. W. T. WALLAQB, Trustee. Geo. R. Ward, Atty. 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