Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-13

the perpetratof or this crime Tor Mhic.
an innocent woman yet stood accused
Mezza had taken hts revenge, and full
filled his threat AT the risk OF his owl
life.
But TO establish as an undoubted fac
what was now IN the eyes OF the Law
but n feasible surmise. became the IN
spector's duty, and his first step in thi
direction was his endeayor TO discove
! Mezza. In this the Partisan polio
were unable TO afford Mackworth an,
help. If the ~scoundrel had returned y
Paris he had not gone back to his OLD
quarters, had not given his own nafn'
at the house where he stayed, and ma
not been seen in his former haunts
The inspectors fear was that the mar
had made his way quietly and unop'
~servcdly to Italy or Sicily, where, MD
ing among some almost unknown nam
let In h mountains, he might spenc
the remainder OF his days In perfect
security.
This superstition did not prevent
Mackworth from using ali his energies
In his search for MezZa, and ALREADY
the police all over the continent were
looking for the man whose personal
description had been WARD 10
them, while at the same time inquiries
We're being made regarding him by the
London police.
II HdIlIClCtN VIZ thAil6 49,
October morning that Mackworth, hay
ing just left his house witt the inten-
ton OF seeing what results had at
! tended these Investigations, noticed a
mans figure advancing up the street
and pauSing now INK then to examine
the numbers Of the houses he passed.
In this figure Mackworth almost m
mediately recognized Pietro, the collar
of whose o%Vercoat was turned UP
around his neck, a WOODEN muller COW
eIing his mouth. a wide brimmed sort
hat shadowicg his features.
Catching sight of Mackworth the
model FASTENED toward him saying:
All, IL is You. signor."
Have you been looking for me-?
Yes, | came by the train UNDER
ground TO Kings Cross. and then | find
your street; but it's so long, ana the
houses, they are all alike"
You have something TO tell me-?
Yes: and look for you
"CorTe with me-" Mackworth said,
rapidly retracing his steps. a few
minutes more and Shawn's sharp bark
greeted the stranger as he entered the
inspectors snug room, with it's red
draughts, and it's brisk fire brighten
ing the hearth.
Pietro looked around, unbuttoned his
coat and unwouud the muffier from his
throat.
Your climate it is bad, ne said, but
III houses are snug, you English
know how TO make yourselves COM
Portable and that is true"
"Sit down. remarked the inspector
impatiently, and tell me what o
know
But sPietro was not in haste. Lean
ing back in his chair, and stretching
his long legs toward the fire, he said
in a slow, unexcited voice:
The other day, signor, when l told
you / knew nothing OF Marco, did
not believe me"
NO, Mackworth assented with
blunt honesty.
"You thought | knew all about him,
and you would have got me into
trouble
Wei, weIl2" {
Now / viii prove 10 you continued
the model, extending his right hand
his nearer, that ! knew nothing
of him; hat whatever he did 1t was
OF my affalr.
How ?" asked the inspector, his i'm
patience increasing
Because when l hear OF him | come
and tell you. l am an honest man.
/ don't want no trouble to come TO
me-
What did you hear Of him."
lHtb TIC MaS IA LoliuoH ~ 'SPtAh
ID you know what date?'
No; it was in the middle Of the
month
'But how did you hear this p Mack
worth inquired, repressing the fact
that he was already aware OF the
news.
only last night at the restaurant
whore the italians meet in Hammer
Lorenzo Bartolini told me"
What"
That he had seen Marco one night
il WAS i'm September--and Marco would
passed him in the street without
speaking but Lorenzo, who is a Ne
apolitan and knew him Well, stopped
him and asked him when he had come
to London. Mezza he said had come
two days before. that he was going to
play In the orchestra when the opera
began In the autumn"
What eIse2' inquired the Inspector,
whose expectations were thoroughly
reused.
He say nothing more. Lorenzo he
thought him drunk: for Mezza would
say little. he did not wish TO talk, and
Iaseaza he Lat him 90
But Mackworth asked anxiously.
didn't he ask Mezza where he was
staying?
NO: but Lorenzo saw him leave 4
house IN C~ierkenNall, "A lodging house
kept by an Italian woman, Maria Ro-
SELF. in Summers street
Mackworth made a hasty note of the
address.
III was staying there?"
Lorenzo did not know replied Pr
etro, Struggling his shoulders.
when did he see him again?'
HI see him no more
"Or heard of him 2"
mo. Lorenzo he thinks Marco must
have gone away again. He would go
n ask for him at the house, but Mezza
he was not friendly. You see. signor,
he did not come TO Hammersmith be-
cause he would meet me / ask him In
my letter for the money he owe me.
he make no answer. and he did NOT
corne near me-"
Pietro's dark face wore q look OF al
most childlike frankness. and his eyes
fixed themselves on his nearer as ff
they would guage the Impression he
made. Mackworth. still suspicious.
wondered if the Italian volunteered
this information by way of hiding what
he really knew. and In order to screen
m PARTICIPATION he might have had in
the deed which deprived David Dunn
barton OF life.
s YOU see," said Pietro. n self sat-
isiied smile upon his handsome face.
that | know nothing of his visit 10
London this time.r
Il See, replied the inspector. who.
whatever his Words. had his doubts
upon the point.
Good" remarked Pietro. visibly
Frightening. and thrusting the fingers