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R. S. HArdit
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dom-
irdon Bank. Office in rear of the Dom-
inion Bank., Seaforth. Money to loan.
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goaforth. ;
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O
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11
THE LAW
By MARVIN DANA
FROM THE PLAY or
BAYARD VEILLER
Copyright, lala by tit WIY
eoinpany.
"You. ought to know, since you have
arrested him."
"What's tele reason he hassrtr
Burke roared out wrathfully.
"Teem:me he didn't do it."
"Well, he says he did it!"
-Many; In ber turn, resortedate a bit
of finesse, in order to learn Whether
or not Gerson had been arrested.
"But how could he have 40u. it
Vi'h-21:1 he went"- she began. '
"Where did he go?" -
5, "Yen ought to know, stoce Yee rave
ested him, and he has cortfessed."
Burke Was frantic over being worst -
,ed thus. To gain a di remion,he re-
tverted to his familiar bullying tactics.
"Who shot Griggs?" be shouted.
"My husband shot a burglar," Mary
said languidly. "Was his na me Gritggs?"
"Oh, you know better that that,"
:Burke declared, truculently. "You dee,
we've traced the Maxim silencer. Gar -
son himself bought it uti in Hartford."
For the first tinae, Mary was caught
off her goard.
"But he told me- she begane then
ettecked herself.
"What did he tell, you ?" Burke flues -
done& 1 -
"He told me that he had never ;sae
one. -Surely, if he had bad anything
of the sort, helvould have shown it
to me." ' .
Burke pressed the button on tile
desk, and, when the doorman appeared,
ordered that the prisoner be returned
to her 'cell., 't
suPPO*" Mary said, "that itti
useless for me to claim my eonetitu-
tional delis, and deaubed to see' a
lawyer"
"Yea" Burke agreed, "yon've guested
it right, the first time."
Cassidy came hurrying In with a grin
of setisfadtion on his stolid face.
e'Say7"chief,". tfie detective said with
animation, "we've got Garson."_
Burke asked Gilder and the district
attorney to withdraw, while he shOuld.
hare g private convereation with tile
prisoner. '
he Pahl whop they were ;done
together, dletagoing.to be your ',friend."
"Iregyeur Mary's tone was non -
Burke declared,- heartily.
mend I mean' it! Give up the truth
about young Gilder. I know he shot
Grikgs, of course. But I'm not taking
any stock in that burglar story -not a
tittle bit! No court would eitber.
What was really back of the killing?
Was bt jealous of Griggs? Well, that's
what he migbt do then. He's always
been a worthless young cub. A rotten
(mos iike this would be about his gait.
I guess. Tell me, new, why did he
shoot Eddie Griggs?"
There Wag Con rseness a -plenty in the
a solitary ftmdamental virtue; it play -
questioned, aroused it to wrath in-de-
fease of her Mate. In at secoud, all
[wise tied from this girl whose soul
was blossoming in the blest realization
that a man loved ber purely, unselfish- -
le Itet is rods came stumbling in their
imete;
"-He didn't kill him! He didn't kill
hlrnr- she fe My 13 Issed. "Wine he's
the most wonderful tnan 'In the world.
hurt him! Digit to the end of my
lifesfor Dick Gilder!"
tturke we beaming joyously.
Sst.hi. with arena .eonteitt "And now.
inspector's pretense, but it possessed
et; on tile ueart of the woman whom be
You shan't hurt Mull Nobody shall
'"Well, that's just what I thought,'
_ MitiSigaMON8S0
tiVRON-', EXPOSITOR::
• then, *Who did shoot or1gke7 wewe S d Alh P I *I
all crooks. See here," lie went on, *
got every, oue ,of the gang They're u ere um pt a -
with a sudden 'change to the respectful bon of the. ileart
In „his manner, "whr don't; you start
fresh? 111 give yOu -every chance in aud Nervous Trouble
the world. I'm dead on the level With
' you this time." 1
J- Co
By now Mary had herself well in m ohn Dennison,mbermere,
hand again vastly ashamed • of the "derntowi
ttuddy :--"1 "Hain Pnlii
utetalarrt's
short period of self betrayal Caused by- near/ and Nerve PM. _ inu4 rot
the official'sartifice arainet her heart, years I entfered wlth dttat1o. df the
' As Wire listened to the inSpector's as- heart and neter.out trouble,, sol'thitt
surances, the. mocking expression of
her face was not encouraging to that
astute ledivifinal, but be persevered
manfully.
"Just you wait," he went on _cheer-
fully, '"and I'll prove to on that I'm
on the level about this, that I'm really
' your friend. There was a letter came
. for you to your apartment My men
1 brouglat it down to the. I've read it
gere it is. read it to your
r He picked tip an envelope, which had
been lying on the 'desk, and drew out
the single sheet of paper it contained.
Mary watched bim, wondering much
more than her expression revealed over
this new development. Tben, as she
named, quick interest touched her
features to a now -life. •
This was the letter:
can't. go without telling:you how sor-
ry I am. Tiler° won't nener be a time
that T Won't -remember: it was 2110 got you
sent up; that you did time in ma Placa
ain't going to forgive ramie ever, and 1
swear I'm going straight always. 'Your
true -friend. IIELEN MORRIS.
For once, Burke showed a certain
delicacy.- When he bad finished the
reading,- .he said nothing for a long
minute.
Mary's eyes were luminous in the
Joy a the realization that for her, after
all, rehabilitation -might be in a mea-
sure possible,though nothing could
ever repay the degradation of years
infinitely worse than lost .
Barke's harsb voice, cadenced to a
shatMar sympathy, broke in on her
reverie, of pleasure and. of pain.
"Yon knew this?" he inquired.
"Yes, two days ago."
"Did you tell old Gilder?" he asked.
iklary shook her head in negation.
"What would be the use?"i she re-
minded him. "I had no proof. No
oue would believe me,"
-They'd beliere this. Why; this let-
ter sets fon elev. If old Gilder should
see this letter. there's nothing be
wouldn't do to make amends to you.
He's a square guy himself, if it comes
to that. even if he ,was hard on you.
Why,this letter, wipes out everything."
Then, the insistent question beating
at his brain forced him to speak
roughlybuilding, hope on the letter's
inestirnable worth to the woman be -
fere him. -, -
roWho killed Griggs?"
',There was no reply. And, presently,
he went on, half *Shamed over his
own intrigue ageinst-her.
"Say,' he -said,. and, for Once*, his
voice was. curiously 'suppressed, "you
tell me who shot Griggs, and PH show
this letter to old Gilder. Now, listen,"
he cried eagerly. "I give you my wOrd
of honor that anything you pay in here
Is just between you and Me." Uneon-
scionsly his yes darted to the window.
behind *hi& 'tlib'-'s_t'eno'gtap'hei'' was
bay with his notes._ -
That single involuntary glance weds,
enough for the keen histtactiof he
woman to make a guess es 'to the
verity.
"Just tip me off to the truth," Burke'
-
went on ingratiatingly, "mad get
the, necessary evidence in my*, own
way. - Now, there's nobody here but
just you and me. Come on, now -put`
me wise!"
"Are you sive not one • will ever
know?"
t
"Nobody btit you and me," Burke
declared, all agog* with anticipatioo of
victory at last. "I give yon mji wordr
Mary met the gaze of the Inspector
fully. In the singe instant, she flasbed
on him a smile that was dazzling, the
mile of -a woman triumphant in her,
mastery of the situation. • Her face -
waa radiant,. luminous with honest
mitth.
She spoke in a most casual
desplte the dancing deligbtan her face.
The tones were drawled 10 the. mat-
ter. of fact fashion of statement that
leads a listener to answer without
heed to the exact import of the ques-
tion, unless very alert indeed. This
Is what she said:
"I'm not speaking loud enough. am
is stenogritpherr' • • -
And thitaindustrious writer of alinrt
band - notes, nbeorbed 1 in Ma
instrored instantly from Ms hidden
elm in the ieorritior.
eN0 ma'am not quite " fts
- ••- •
Mary . laughed 'aloud, while Burke
tat dumfounded. She rose swiftly,
and went to thenearest window, and
with a .0111 •at the cord sent the ehade
dying upward. There was revealed
-the busy stenographer, bent over hie*
pad. A growl.: of distress* buret from
bin and,hktpd the place in ignemini- ,
ons rout, N .
The smiling Mary was returned to
her cell.
.CHAPTER XVIII.
-
The Oonfessien.
URE pressed the' button call
and ordered the "doorman to
send in- Cassidy. When the de-
tective appeared he asked:
"Does Gerson know we've arrested
the Turner girl and. young Gilder?" .
And,i when he had been answered in'
the negative: "Or that we've got Chi-
cago Red and Dacey here?' '
"No," Cassidy replied. "He hasn't '
beext spoken to since we Made .the col-
lar. He sem e worried," the detective
volunteered.
"He'll be moreeworried before I get
through with him!" he growled. He
regarded Cassidy speculatively: "Do
you remember the third degree In-
spector Burns worked Jan McGloin?'
sast - •
could not he down to sleep. 1 tried al-
most all other Medicines, and got no
reliefeenitil I Was advised by a friend,
who lia.d 'been betafited by Your pills, to
try them, I did so, and after taking four
boxes I found I was almost Cured, and I
am going to continue taking theni(itr I
• never got anything to do Me so itch
good. I would advise any one troubled
with their heart Or nerves to do the same
as I am doing."
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tie went on, as the detective
nodded assent, "that's what I'm going
to do to,darsont He's got Imagination,
that crook! The thirgs he don't knovr
alowly, very hesitatingly, daemon
went back to the chair, and sank down
on it in a limp attitude of dejection
wholly unlike his customary postures
. of strength. Again, WI fear reinitiated
eye t went to the row of cells that stood
Nal?' menacing .on the other side of
the corridor beyond the windows, ills
'fittieewese dew(' mitit gray, A phyatcal
X-1 it.slthfl
him, as his theughtsi held insistently
0010211Leiti
to the cataitrophe that threatened. His
intelligence was too keen to permit a_
belief that Berke's manner of almost
fulsome' kindliness hid nothing omin-
ous --ominous with a hint of death for
him in return for the .death he had
wrought. -
1 Then, terror cristallized. His eyes
were caught by; a figure, the figure of
Cassidy, advancing there in the cor-
ridor. And with the detective went a
man whose gait was slinking, craven.
A cell doer swung open, the prisoner
stepped within, the door clanged to,
the bolts shot into their sockets noisily.
9.11113011 sat huddler', stricken -for tte
had recognized the vieVia thrust into
the cell before his eyes. "limns Dacey,
one of his own cronies crime -
Dacey, who, the night beatereo bad seen
him kill Eddie Griggs. There • was
something concretely sinister to Ger-
son in this fact of DaCey's presence
there in the cell.
• Of a sudden the forger cried out rau-
cously: •
"
about are the things he's afraid of. Say, inspector, if you've got any -
After he gets in here, I want .you to
take his pals. one after the other, and -
lock them up in the cells there in the
corridor.. The shades on the corridor
windows here will be up, and Gerson
will see them taken in. Tbe fact of
"their being there will set his imagina-
tion to working overtime, all right."
Burke, reflected for a moment, and
then issued the final directions for the
execution of his latest plot
"When you get the buzzer from me,
you have young Gilder and the Turner
woman sent in. Then, after a while,
you'll get another buzzer.- When you
hear that, come right in *here, and tell
me that the gang has squealed. I'll do
the rest. Bring Gerson here in just
five minutes. Tell Dan to come in."
.As the detective went out, the door-
man entered,- and the
ceeded with the flirt
necessary to the car
scheme.
• "Take the chairs (yap of the office,
Dan," he directed, "except mine and
one other -that one!" He indicated a
chair standing a little Wei from one
end of his desk. "Nowa have all the
shades up." He chuckled as be added:
"That Turner 'woman saved you the
trouble with one."
He -returned to his chair, and when
the door opened he was to all appear-
ances busily engaged in writing.
"Here's Gerson, °hien" Cassidy an-
nounced.
"Hello, doe!" Burke exclaimed, with
a seeming air of careless frieridliness,
as the detective went out, and Gerson
stood -Motionless just within the door.
"Sit down a minutegwon't you?" the
inspector continued Affably. He did
.not look up trent tils writing as he
spoke.
Garson's usually strong. face was,
showing 'weak with fear. His chin,
which was commonly very firm; Moved
a little from uneasy' twitchings of biss
lips. His clear eyes were slightly *
clouded to a look of appeehension as
they roved the room futtively. He
made no answer to the inspector'a
greeting for a few Moments, but re
mained standing, without movement,
poised alertly as if sensing, some con-
cealed peril. Finally, however, his
weeds.
at Burke pro-
er instructions
mg out of his
expression in
His tone wail pregnant with alarm,
though he strove to make it merely
complaining.
"Say, what am I arrested foe?" he
protested. "I ain't done anything." .
Burke -did not:lookup, and his pen
continued to hurry over the paper. -
"Who told yen you -were arrestedr
be remarked cheerfully in his blandest
voice. ,
Gerson uttered an ejaculation of dis-
gust.
• tI don't have to be told," he retorted
huffily. "I'm no collegapresident, but.
when "a cop' grabs me and brings me
down here I've got sena* -enough to
know I'm pinclied."
"Is that what they did to yob, Joe?
1'11 hate to, speak to Cassidy about
that. Now, just . you,: sit dolt!), Jeld
won't you? 1 want to have *a little
talk with you. I'll be through here in
thing on 'me, I-1 would"- The etw
dropped into unintelligible mumbiings.
Burke retained his manner of serene
indifferenee to the other's agitation.
: Stilt, his pen hurried over the paper.
1 .
and he did not trouble to look up as
be expostulated, half banteringly.
I"Now, now! What's the matter with
you, Joe? I told you that I wanted to
Iask you a few questions. That's all." But, after a moment. Garson's emo-
tion forced him to another appeal,
I"Say, inspector"- he began,-
Tben, abruptly, he was silent,his
mouth still open to utter the words
that were now held back by horror.
Again, he saw the detective walking
forward, out there in the corridor. sand
with him, as before, was a second fig-
ure, winds advanced stinkingly.
Again the door swung wide, the pris-
oner slipped within, the door clanged
but, the bolts clattered noisily Into
tlir sockets.
, rid. in the watcher, terror grew -
for he bad seen the face of Chicago
Red, another of bis pals, another who
had seen him kill Griggs. At last be
licked hio dry lips, and his voice broke
in a timority whisper.
1 "Say, inspector, if you've got any-
thing against me, why"-
I "Who said there wag anything
against you; Joe?" Burke rejoined, in
a voice that was genially chiding,
anxiety found 1
"Say, inspector, if 'you've got anything
on me -
"What's the matter with you today,
Joe? You seem nervous." Still, the
official kept on with his writing..
"No, I ain't nervous," Gerson cried,
with a feverish effort to appear calm.
"Why, what makes you think that?
But this ain't exactly the place you'd
pick opt as a pleasant one to spend the
mording." He was silent for a little,
trying with all his strength to regain
his self control, but with small success
Burke belleyed thathis opportunity
was come. His hand slipped into the
aiocket where was the pistol, and
Clutched it He stared at Gerson
fiercely, and spoke with & rush of the
words:- •
"Why did you kid Eddie Griggs?"
"I didn't kill him!" The reply was
quick enough, but' it came weakly.
a second." He went on with the writ- Again, *Garso.n was forced to wet 'his
Ing lipsavith a dry tongue, and to swallow
Genoa moved forward .slightly to Painfully. "I tell you, I didn't kill
the single chair near the - end of the himy' he repeated at last, 'with more
desk and there seated, iihnseli median- force.
ically.- His face thin; was tufted to.- 'You killed him lest night --with
ward the windows 'that gave milt* this!" Burke cried, viciously. . On the..
corridor, and hiseyes grew yet more instant tbe Pistol leaped into view,
clouded asthey rested on the; irpi pointed straight at Gerson, "Why?"'
doors of the cells He writhed in hrgy , the Inspector Shouted. .."Come on, nowi
chair, and his gate jumped from the Why?"
cells to the impassive figure of the 1 "I didn't I tell youl" Garsen Woe
man at the desk. Now the forger's growing strenger, since at last the
nervousness Increased momentarily. It crisis was upon' him. He .got to. Ms
swept beyond his coatrol. Of a Bud. feet with lithe swiftness of movement
den he sprang up and stepped close to and sprang close to the desk. He bent
the Inspector. - his head forward challenghigly, to meet
"Say," he Said, in it husky voice, ibi'd the glare of his accusees eyes.
IU. like ta haie 'ewer." ie. There 'passed many seconds, while
"What's the matter with you, Joe?" , the. two Men battled in silence, will
°
the inspector returned, always with • ,warring againlit will. In the end it
that imperturbable air, and without
W88 the murderer who triumphed
raising his head troth' the work that ; t
s
Suddenly, Burke dropped the pistol
so engrossed his attention. "you into his pocket, and lolled back in his
know, you're not arrested, Joe maybe - ._Chadr. His gaze fell away from the
Iii -
of Mike, keep still and let me finish -
, iCian _confronting him., in the Same in-
stant, therigidity of Garson's form
you never will be Now, for the love
Olio lottargs . I relaxed, aid he straightened slowly.
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•
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-Dr. Morse's Indian R,00it
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le "Oh,. well," Burke . exclaimed anti -
ably, "I didn't really think you did, but
I wasn't sure, so I had to take a
'chance. You understand, don't you,
tJeal"
"Sure, 1 understand," Gerson replied,
I : with an amiability equal to the inspem
tors own.
1 Burke . pressed the buzzer as the
. agreed signal to Cassidy. "Where did
you say Mary Turner was last night?"
At the question. all Garson's 'fears
ter the woman rushed back on him
'With aPpalling force.
, "1 dordtknowekbere she was" he exs
claimed doubtfully. He realized bis
blunder even as the words( left hist tips.
and sought to correct it as hest he'
might- "Why. yes. I dotoo,- he went
en, as if wailed by sudden memory.
tommingte,
eitatith
„
"I • dropped into her place kind- of
late, and they said she'd gone to bed -
headache, I guess. Yes, she was home,
of course. She didift go out of the
house all night." His -insistence enthe
point was of, itself suspicious, but
eagerness to . protect ber dulled bis
wits. _
"Know anything about Gilder?"
Burke demanded.
"Not a thing," was the earnest an-
swer.
The inner door opeaed. and Mary
Turner entered the office. Gerson with
difficulty suppressed the cry of distrees
that rose to his lips.' For a few mo -
/meats the silence was unbroken. Then
presently Burke by a gesture' directed
the girl to advance toward the center'
of the room. As she obeyed he laimielf
went a little tOward the door, and
when it opened again and Dick Gilder
appeared he interposed to eheek the
young man's rusk forward as his gaze
fell on his bride, who stood regarding
him with sad eyes.
Then, while still that curious, dy-
namic silence endured, Cassidy came
briskly into the office.
"Say, chief." the detective; said -rep-
idly, "they've squealed."
"Squealed, eh? Do ,they tell the
same story?" And then 'when the de-
tective had answered in the affirma-
tive he wept on speaking in tones pon-
derous with sett complacency. .
"1 was right, then, after all -right all
tha time. Good enough." Of a sudden
his voice boomed oomberly. "Mary
Turner. 1 want you for the murder
Garson's rush halted the sentence.
'He had leaped forward. His face was
rigid. He broke on the inspector's
words with a gesture of fury. His
voice came in a hiss:
'That's a - ile! I did it!"
CHAPTER XIX.
Anguish and Bash
ARSON shouted his confession
without a second of retection.
But the result must have been
' the same had he taken years.
of thought. Between him and ber as
the victini of the law, there could' be
no hesitation for choice. The prhbe
necessity was to save hem, Mary, from
the toile Of ,the taw that were closing
around her. For himself, in the duys
to come, there worild be a ghastly'
dread, but there would never be regret
over the cost of saving her. • • Ile had
saved .her from the waters -he wound
stoee her until the end, as far as the
mower in him might lie.
The suddenness of Tall held Mary
voiceless. for long sec nds. She was
frozeirwith horror of the event. When,
at last, words came, they Were a fran-
tic prayer of protest
"No, Joe! No! Don't talk -don't woman,: 'who stood there in a posture
ofan-
. complete dejection her -white,.
7411e:has talked" Berke paid, didit to protect me," lithe stated, addressed ber, for 1118 Praessional
"Joe ,trigulumahedvi In
nacthe edionsevncaoeektoe‘ 0 vTohjecreewa
tt• sb:
earnestly • pride was full fed by this *Jewry ever
I The inspector disdained such futile 1 1111.3.al woman,
" Burke said ' brisk!'
y,
argument. As the doorman appeared
.
In answer to the buzzer,' h"it's just like I told youYou cant
e directed.
that the, stenographer be summoned at
once
"Well have the confession in due
form," he remarked, -gazing pleasedly
on the three before him. --
411e's not gobtg to confess," Mary
insisted, with spirit.
But Burke disregarded her complete-
ly, and spoke mechanically to Gerson
the formal warning required by the
law.
"You are hereby cautioned. that any-
thing you say may be used against
you." Then, as the stenographer en-
tered, be went on With lively interest.
"Now, Jeer' '
' Yet once again, Mary protested, a.
little wildly.
• "Don't speak, Jed Don't say a word
till we can get a lawyer for your
. The man met her pleading eyes
steadily, and shook his head in refusal
"It's- no use, my girl," Blvke broke
In harshly. 4r/ told you I'd get yito.
I'm getting to trY you and Gerson, and
the -whole gang for -murder -yes, every
one of you. And yeu, Gilder," he cofl.
tinued, lowering on the young man
- who. had defied him so obstinately,
."you'll go to the house of detention
as a material witness." He turned his
gaze to Gerson again, and spoke au-
thoritatively: "Come on now, Joel"
Gerson went a 'step toward the desk
and spoke decisive*
."If 1 come through, you'll let her
go -and him r he added as an after-
thought with a nod teward-Dick Gil-
der. • •
"We'll get the best lawyers in the
country's" Mary persisted desperately.
"We'll save you, Joe-vresil save your
'Gerson regarded the distraught girl
with wistful eyes. But there -was no
trace of yielding in his voice as he
replied, though he spoke very eorrow-
f-ully. ,
'
"No, you can't help me," he sa.ld elm -
ply. "My time has ome, Mary. And
I can save you a. lot of trouble."
He's right there," Burke ejaculated"!
"We've got him cold. So, what's the
use of dragging you two into It?"
"Then , they go clear?' Gerson ex-
claimed, eagerly. "They ain't even to
be called as witnesses'?" .
"You're on!" Burke agreed.
"Them here goesr Gam= criedoatid
he looked expectantly toward the
:stenographer.iyas11,m.teu, sr 11.10 se u
4 :LI; er t(lei id
-
1 "Alias nothing!" came the snorts re -
I tort. ' "Garson's my_ monak-er 1 AO
English Eddie. because he was a
skunk and a stpol pigeon, and heego
just what was coming to Mtn." Vitu-
peration beyond the mere words beat
In his voiee now. '
"Now. now? Burke objected, severe.
le. "We ean't take a confession like
thiat."
Gerson stook his heade-spoke witb
fiercer hatreds
"Because .betewas a sleunk and a
• -
stool pigeon," be repeated. "Have you
got it?" And them as thestenograph-
er nodded assentehe went 012, less vio-
lently: "I croaked „hit just as lie was
going to tall the Intl s with a police
whistle. I usedm gun with smokOless
powder. It had a Manilas silencer on
It, so that it didn't make any noised'
Gerson paused, and the set despair.
of ins features lightened g little. Into
his voice came a time of exultation in-
describably ghastly. It was born of
the eternal egotism Of the eritninal, fat-
tening vanity ip gloating over his in-
genuity for evil. Be stared at Burke
with a quizzieal grin crooking his lips.
"Say." he exelaimed, hill bet its the
first time a guy was ever eroaked. with
one of them things! Ain't it?"
The inspector nodded. affirmation.
"Some class to that, eh?" Gerson -de-
mended, still with that grewlome air
of boasting. "I got the gun and the
Maxim silencer thing off a fence in
Boston," he explaihed "Say, that
thIng cost me $60, and it's worth every
cent of the money. Why, they'll re-
member me as the first to spring dine
of them things,• won't they?"
"'They sure will, Joel" the InsPector
conceded.
"Nobody knew I had it," Gerson con-
tinued, dropping his braggart manner
abruptly.
At the words, Mary started, and her
lips, moved is it she were about to
speak. ,
"Nobody knew ,r had it -nobody #t
the world," be 'declare& "And _no-
body had anything to do with the id -
lug but me."
."Was there any bad feeling between
you and Eddiesoptiggsd"
"Never till that very minute. Then
I learned the truth atolut what he'd
framed up with you," The speaker's
voice reverted to 'its former fierceness,
10 recollection of the treachery of one
VNOM le had trusted.
"He was a sten] pigeon,and 1 hated
him! That's all, and It's enough. And
It's all true, 'so help me God!" -
The Inspector nodded dismissal. to
the stenographer, with anair of toilet,
"That's all, William," he said hetivz
ily "He'll trign It as ,seols as *You've
transcribed the notes."' *
Then as the stenographer left the
room "rite- turned his gaze on the
_to
tteaf the law. Gerson thought
wille
could-tand now"- broke off, at
a Wave of Ms band toward, the Dan
Who had just sentenced-, himself to
iteath in the electric chair.
-"That's right," klarsen agreed, with
somber intenidty. His eyes were groWla
,eg.d
leoudledead-win,Tnit,,asnrigatid his vmaryoice .drolfo
-
repeated after a littlitianse.
"You -can't beat the laver --fl hes-
itated a little, then went on, with a
centainIcutiOus endiarntsoment. 'Ufa
this same old law lays a ',woman must
stick to. her. man." --
Tbe girl's eyes met his wlth passion-
ate sorrel* hi their Misty deeps. Gar -
son gave ICiignificant glance toward '
Dick;G1140C. fben bus gat* XeturAitd.- to
her. There was a moldering deapitir
In that look. Where were, as Well, an:
-entreaty and it command.
"Se," he *mit on, "you must go along
with him, Mary. Won't you? It's the
best thing to do." .
The girl could not answer. There
was a dutch on her throat juat then,
which would not relax at the tall of
her will.
Of a sudden, an isspiraticM came to
=him, a means to snap the tension, to
create a diversion wholly -Okada
He would -turn to Ms bearding again,
Would call upon his vanity, which he
knew well as .bis chief foible, and
make it serve as the fell against his
lova.
"You want to cut owe won7lng about
me," he counseled, bravely. 4 I
ain't worrying an, myeelf-not a lite
bit! You see, it's something new rvei
pulled off. Nobody, ever put over any-
thing like It before." ,
He faced Burke with a grin of gloat -
tag again.
irril bet therein be a lot et stnff In
the newspapers about this, and niy plc.
-ture, too, in ixiost iof 'mill What?" ,
Tbe man's manner hiposed Ofl
Burke, though Mary felt the tornieni
that his vainglorying was Mean
mask.
"Say'- Gerson continued to the Itio,
snector. "if the reporters want auk
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