The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-06-30

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kill on her account
Then why did YOU quarrel with
Martinez" demanded the Judge.
"Eecause lie WAS Interfering with a
roman when | dill love and would
fight for"
'For Gods sake. STOP" whispered
the lawyer.
Then you consider your love for
this other woman presume you
mean the girl at Notre Dame?"
Eyes,
"You consider your love for her a
fine. pure love in contrast to the other
love?"
"The other wasn't love-"
AS Hauteville listened his frown
deepened. his eyes grew harder.
That's al very fine" he objected.
but If you hated this woman why
did you risk prison. and worse. to ret
her things? You knew what you were
risking, ] suppose:"
eyes. I knew"
"Why did you do it?
Kittredge hcsitated. II did it for
for what she had been to me. 1t
meant ruin and disgrace for her. and
well, If she could ask such thing l
could grant it. 1t was like paying a
debt. and paid mine"
The judge turned to Mrs Wilmott
did you know that he had ceased to
love you:"
Pussy Wilmott. with her fine eyes
to the floor. answered almost in a
whisper. Yes. knew it,"
DO you know what he means by
saying that you would have spoiled
his life and-and all that?"
"N-not exactly"
You do know" cried the American
'You know l had given you my life
in sacred pledge. and you made a
plaything of it. You told me you were
unhappy. married to man you loath-
ed, a dull brute. But when l offered
you freedom and my love you drew
back. When begged you to leave
him and become my wife. with the
laws sanction. you said no, because
| l was poor and he was rich. You
wanted me. but you wanted your lux
ury too. Love! What did you know
about love? You wanted me along
with your ease and pleasures. and you
couldn't have me Oh those terms Nor'
ION the whole. think he's guilty"
concluded the Judge an hour later.
speaking to COquenil
"Queer!' muttered the detective
"He says he had three pairs of boots. ~
Coquenil had drawn two squares Of
shiny paper from his pocket and was
studying them with magnifyins
glass. Suddenly his face lighted. and
he sprang to his feet. Great God OF
heaven" he cried in excitement. bis
eyes glued to the magnifying glass
his whole soul concentrated on those
two pieces of paper. evidently photo
graphs.
What is it? What have you foundy
asked the judge
'The alleyway footprints are not
identical with the soles of Kittredye's
boots"
"But you said they were. The ex.
pcrtS SAD they were.
I'VE were mistaken. They are al
most identical. but not quite. In
shape and size they are identical. In
the number and placing Of the nails
in the heel they are identical. In the
worn places they are Identical. but
when you compare them under the
magnifying glass this photograph OF
the footprints with this one of the
boot soles you see unmistakable diff
ferences in the scratches on separate
nails in the heel. unmistakable differ
ences. There are slight differences
in size. in position, in wear. They are
not the same set of nails. It's i'm
possible. Look for yourself. Com
pare any two and you'll see that they
We're never in the same pair Of boots
ut seems true: it certainly seems
true" Hauteviile grumbled. but how
do you account for it?"
COQuenil smiled. 'Kittredge told
you he had three pairs Of boots. They
were machine made and the same size
He says he kept them all going. sc
they were all worn approximately
alike. We have the pair that he wore
that night and another pair found in
his room. but the third pair is miss
ing. It's the third pair of boots that
made those alleyway footprints.
think we shall have found Mariners
murderer when we find the man who
stole that third pair of boots. unless
Kittredge lied when he told that Cir
he had never suffered with govt OF
rheumatism"
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