The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-01

4y, ''1 nave 0OQe some TOOl1SA things in my life, but this is the most fool fsh. I did give Martinez the five pound notes. You see, he was to play a match this week with Russian, and he offered to lay the money for me-
 "But the dinner-the private room p She shrugged her shoulders. ''I went there for perfectly proper reason. I needed some one to help me; and I-I couldn't ask a man who knew me, SOL
 t'Then Martinez didn't know you? s
 "Of course not. He was foolish enough to think himself in love with me, and-well, found it convenient and amusing to utilize him.
 ttF'or what?"
 Mrs. Wilmott bit her red lips and then, with some dignity, replied that she did not see what bearing her pur- pose had on the case since it had not been accomplished.
 'sWhy wasn't it accomplished? p he asked.
 Because the man was shot.''
 'fWho shot him?"
 t'I don't know
 "But you were present in the room You heard the shot? You saw Mar tinez fau?'
 'sYes, butt Now her agitation in- creased. No one had entered the room accept herself and Martinez and the waiter who served them, she insisted. Martinez was standing near her when when the shot was fired, and he fell to the floor. That was all.
 CoqueniI smiled indulgentiy. What did you do with the auger' he asked.
 s'The augerF' she gasped.
 '9Yes; it was seen by the cab driver you took when you slipped out of the hotel in the telephone girls raincoat-"
 Yes she answered weakly
 'And you threw it into the Seine as you crossed the Concorde bridge?''
 She stared. at him in genuine admira- tion. My God, you're the cleverest man I ever metF
 M. Paul smiled. ''I can return the compliment by saying that it isn't ev- cry lady who could throw a clumsy thing like an auger from a moving cab over 8 wide roadway and a stone wall and land it in a river. I suppose efdeF'
 ssYes.''
 .sHow far across the bridge had you got when you threw it? This may help the divers
 -swe were little more than halfway across.''
 .swho bought this auger?'' :sMartinez.''
 "Did you suggest the holes through the wall"
 'sHe did.''
 ssBut the holes were bored for you because you wanted to see into tke next room?''
 t.Yes,'' in a low tone.
 "And why?''
 She burst out in a fash of feeling. Because knew that a wretched danc- ing girl was going to be there with"-
 'sYes?" eagerly.
 sWith my husbandw
 'Then your husband was the person you thought guilty that nightY' ques- toned Coquenil.
 s4Yes"
 .sYou told M. Kittredge when you called for him in the cab that you thought your husband guilty?"
 ''Yes, but afterward I changed my mind. My husband had nothing to do with it. If he had, do you suppose would have told you this? No doubt he has misconducted himself. butt
 "You mean Anita ?''
 It was a chance shot, but it went true.
 She stared at him in amazement. 'I believe you are the devil,'' she said, and the detective, recalling his talk with M. Gritz, muttered to himself, 'The tall blond! Of courser'
 And now Pussy, feeling that she could gain nothing against Coquenn by ruse or deceit, took refuge in sim pie truth and told quite charmingly how this whole tragic adventure had grown out of a foolish fit of Jealousy.
 Ia11 an my husbands dressing table one morn ing-I wish to heaven he would be more carefuI-and I-I read it. 1t l began Mon gros bebe.' and was sign ed "Ta petite Anita and-na turaIly I 1 was furious. I have often been jeal- | ouS of. Addison, but he has always 1 to prove that l was in the l wrong and that he was perfect saint, so now I determined to see for my self It was a splendid chance, as the | exact rendezvous was given-9 o'clock Saturday evening, in private room No. 1 7 at the Ansonia I couldn't go alone. so I got this man Martinez-he was a perfect fool-Is got him to take me l because, as told you, he didn't know me and, being such a fool he would | do whatever 1 wished.'' What day was it you found the petit bleu?" put in Coquenil.
 ''It was Thursday. 1 saw Martinez l that afternoon And you are sure it was his scheme l to bore the holes ?''
 'tYes; he said that would be an | amusing way of watching Addison l making a scandal. It was | the first clever idea ever knew him to have"
 Did you look through the holes at all ?" he asked.
 NO; hadn't time .''
 Did Martinez look through the first