Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-12
"Sit dopn, I tell noI."


table and began to sob, talking broken
ly and huskily. I'm done for" he
gasped. I'D know'd it would come
mol amt sorry. I've had night
mare of time. Oh-since / pawned
that brooch
"Ah Then you did pawn the brooch
at Stowley?'
Jessop sat up and wiped his eyes.
"Yes, l did. But 1 pulled my cap
down over my eyes and buttoned up
my pea jacket. ! never thought old
Tinker would ha' knowed me-"
wasn't it rather rash of you to
pawn this brooch in a place where you
were well known
81 wasl't we'll known. l only come
at times, and then / went away. Old
Tinker hadn't seen me more nor once
cap aud'- Jessop, badly shaken, was
| beginning to tell the episode over again
| when Hrrd stopped him.
"See here" said the detective. 'You
| say that you are innocent:"
81 swear that l am" gasped Jessop.
| "Wesl, chen, I'll give you the benefit
of the doubt. My business is not to
hang INNOCENT people. Take a glass of
rum and tell me all you know, begin
ming with your first meeting with Krill
and running down through the death
of Lady Rachel to your last meeting
| in the GNynne street cellar"
"And when you know all?'
"Then II see what is to be done"
! "Will you arrest me?"
81 have arrested you. Don't make
conditions with me, man. said Hurd
with stem face. ''The night is grow.
ing late. and | want to get to the bot
tom of this business before we go tC
bed. Take some rum"
Seeing there was nothing for it but
to make clean breast, Captain Jarvey
Jessop wasted no further time in use
less lame NATION He could have
smashed Hurd easily enough, ever
though there was the risk of being
shot, but the fracas would bring Others
on the sceue, and Jessop knew he coult
not deal with the police. Therefore ht
took stiff peg and became quieter-
in fact, when once started on his con
fession, he appeared to be rather re
lieved.
"Its been a nightmare" said he
wiping his forehead. I'm glad it.
come to the lawr, that l am. I me
Krill, as he wos then, some twenty
five year lack by chance, as you ma,
say''-he cast a strange look at the de
tective, watch the latter noted-"yes
by chance, Mr.. Hurd. l found he KEEP
the pub here, and this bein' no dis
lance from Southampton, took to run
min down here when the barkey wa
a anchor Me an KriIl became grea
mates, and I'd what you might cal
free quarters here-yes, sir-its fro
! zen fact"
very generous Of Mr.. Krill," re
marked Hurd dryly and wondering
what the man WAS keeping back.
) ''Oh, he was right enough as mat
[ when not drunk, but the liquor mad
a bowling dorg of him. I've seen man
drunk in many places" said Jessor
but any one who held his liquor wus
c nor. Krill never did see. He'd knit
: tyou as soon as look at you whei
drunk"
"But he evidently preferred stran
Cling"
Hold on, mate" said Jessop, wit
2 another deep pull at the rum "I'r
comm to that night We wos both o
the bust, y'may say, and Mrs. Kril
she didn't like It, so got to bed wit
the child. 2
g. How old was the child?"
= ssdaud9 oh, you might say she wa
Is thirteen or fifteen. can't be sure 9
n her age. Whats upg'
.dl For Hurd, seeing in this admission
id onhrmation that Maud was not Krill
. child and could not inherit the none.
Z. hadl showed his feelings. However, h
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