Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-24
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THE CRY THAT WAS, ETC

Again RO6a1l0 SHOOK 00r no00.
what do you mean-what do you
mean?"
II let him go-I helped him &c,
away" said Rosalie LIE Grange.
well, by d." cried Inspector
McGee-"by God, we'll get him and
you. Fool me, will you-ard trusted
you! II you think you can beat gen
eral alarm-where's that doorman"-
with another thought, his hand went
toward the battery of electric bells
which could summon armed men az
from the ground. But Resale caught
his wrist.
watt" she said. eff you ring that
bell, you shut me up for good. Do
you think any little police Third De
gree can git anythin' out of me that
l don't want to tell? Your one chance
to get the truth is to hear it now. The
minute anybody else comes into that
door, close my face. Take your
hand away from there. Sit down."
His good sense reasserted itself: he
obeyed. But still his face was red and
hard. Then-thouxh Inspector MCGEE
was some minutes in noting it con
sciously-a change crossed the coun'
tenance Of Resale lie Grange. Little
by little, the life came back. One by
one, the lights of her began twinkitna
in mouth and chin and dimples. And
she spoke:
Martin MCGEE, you're free to look
for that Perez man wherever you
want You won't get him. You'd stand
a chance if you had just him on the
other side. But you've got me. too
An you know me! Now, listen.
Maybe this is the last talk Wen ever
have together, an want to put It
straight. You're out to send that boy
to the electric chair. just like you q
send a piece of stove wood to pc
burned up in the fire. You amt think
in about anythin' else. know now
you and the District Attorney Wouid
nut it to the jury. He was comm1ton'
burglary-he stabbed his man-hes q
dago with no puil-that talk about
apoplexy Is TO laugh. But ask you
prfvate-do you think he deserves NJ
well. that's the law. amt nF
CROWDED Mecca. THAT'S what I'm
here for"
Rosalie's heart, gave little jump
But she controlled her expression. ne
was willing to argue the case-tne nfs'
skirmish was won. ~
"TAe law!" exc1eiuaed Rosalie. That
for your law! Goly, could carry q
Votes for women' banner when
think about It! You men have been
maxim the law all these years. An
you've run it on rules-nothin' but
rules. Diagrams. Did he do It! All
right. hang him. You can't look at
things except on the outside. w1sn
you did have few women to look at
'em inside an oft. Once In q while
one of your cussed juries uses It's
common sense an lets q man go when
the police evidence is against nlm'
But they don't do 1t themselves. NO.
sir! It's their mothers in en-
"That will do" snarled MCGEE; this
suffragette dope has nothing to do
with the case. Where's Perezf
Nov this Perez" pursued Rosaiie'
treating the Inspectors anger as
though it had not been. "was darn
fool-worst fool ever saw-as those
cute little men generally are. But
what was he dom when Hanska died
Gettin' his own from crook, the prop
erty that belonged to him, in tho only
way he knew. Suppose it's true ne
killed Captain Hanska-dad you ever
see man that deserved KILN more
Besides, he didnt.'l
"You aren't swallowing that yarn
about apoplexy, are you?" asked In
spector Niece.
in the first place" said Resale
"who knows Margarita Perez better
you that pumped her yesterday after
noon or me that watched her for
month? Me that heard her talk her
soul out to her mother an her lover!
I tell you, she told the truth"
eyes. and how did she know he died
of apoplexy? She wasn't there
"she didn't know except on hear
say. But l do"
Howl"
Because, Martin MCGEE, just be-
cause. You know Cleary| don't
mean the sergeant, I mean the Coro'
ners physician that made tho Hanska
auto,ey. There's some Coronsr's doc
tors I'd trust my life with az soon a.
any, but Clesry-politicA appoint.
ment-you know. Do you think that
Cleary, when they handed him over
man stabbed in the heart. looked any
further into the cause1 I'm betting
though, that even Cleary must have
seen ono thing which would have
meant something to anybody but
political doctor. saw 1t that night
And this Perez-Estrilla-fellow saw
IT,"
.Oh. you've talked to him then?"
'.ThatM come In later-if you're
stil liseenin' to me. Well, before h
knew what I knew. tAis NstFsala told
me that Captain Hanska, after he fell
was blesdanS at the nose. I'd seen
that. too-uhsn I came into the house
ahead Of the doctor. New here's the
thsag to d." sho added. You call
nm that DR.. Cieary right now. You
sec II he dldat notice It En- just walk
away fson IT,
In.p>seor Mc0ee. with the air OF ons
Who MEASURES bubbles. spensd his
Telephone
~ovssns doaSls o. he said: and
then 70 Resale: You can Hsteo on
the esteaaaen IL yea want -" Ms
voice was fornal. and 10 ayested hia
eyes.
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