The San Francisco call., 1913-09-25


gleam in her eyes as they met hi.
that bade him pause.
Miss Turner, il you don't mind
She laughed slightly. For the pres
ent, anyway" She reseated hersel,
tranquility.
Burke was checked, but he retained
his severity of bearing.
I'm giving you your orders Yoi
viii either go to Chicago, or you'll
go up the river
Mary answered in a voice charged
! with cynicism.
! If you can convict me. Pray, no.
| tice that little word If"
| The district attorney interposee
very suayely.
Il did once, remember"
But you can't do it again. Mary
cited the astonishment of the police
| official
! How do you know he can't?'' he
| Mary laughed in cadence of genial
merriment
Because" she replied gayly, '.if he
could, he would have had me in prison
some time ago"
| Burke WINGED. but he made shift to
conceal his realization of the truth
she had stated to him.
HUH he exclaimed, gruffly. i've
seen them go up pretty easy
/ Mary met the assertion with Sc
renfty that was battling
The poor ones, she vouchsafed
not those that have money. I have
money, plenty of money-now."
Money YOU stolet' the inspector
returned. brutally.
/ oh. dear, no" Mary cried. with a
fine show of virtuous indignation.
What about the thirty thousand
dollars you got on that partnership
swlndle?' Burke asked. sneering. Il
s'pose you didn't steal thatw
certainly not" was the ready re-
| ply. The man advertised for a part
ner In a business sure to bring big
and safe returns. I answered. The
business proposed was to buy a tract
OF land and subdivide 1t. The deeds
! to the land were all forged. and the
supposed seller was his confederate
! with whom he was to divide the
/ money We formed a partnership
with capital of sixty thousand dol
/ lars. We paid the money into the
! bank, and then at once I drew 1t out
You see, he wanted to get my money
/ Illegally. but instead l managed tc
get his legally. For it was legal fol
me to draw that money-wasn't it
Mr.. Demarest?''
The district attorney by an effort
retained his severe expression oil
righteous disapprobation. but he ad-
mftted the truth of her contention
Unfortunately, yes,p he said
gravely. "a partner has the right to
draw out any, or all, of the partner
ship funds"
And l was partner" Mary said
contentedly. You see, inspector, yot
wrong me-you do. really! I'm not a
swindler; I'm a financier."
Burke sneered scornfully.
] Well" he roared, ''you'l never
pull another one on me. You can
/ gamble on that"
! Mary permitted herself to laugh
mockingly in the face of the badgered
official
Thank you for telling me-" she
said, graciously. And let me say
! incidentally, that Miss Lynch at the
present moment Is painlessly extract
/ ing ten thousand dollars from General
1 Hastings in a perfectly legal manner,
| Inspector Burke"
We'll, anyhow Burke shouted
you may stay inside the law, but
you've got to get outside the city"
He tried to employ an elephantine
bantering tone 'On the level now
do you think you could get away with
4 tAial yum SSi4tiIlC you VIC OCtD
| planning?"
| Mary appeared puzzled
What young Glider scheme?' she
/ asked, her brows drawn in bewilder-
ment
"Oh, I'm wise-Im wise." the in
spector cried roughly. The answer
is. once for all. leave town this after
noon or you'll be in the Tombs in the
morning"
Abruptly change came over the
woman. Hitherto she had been Gym
ical, sarcastic. laughing, careless, Inn
pudent. Now, of a sudden. she was
all seriousness, and she spoke with a
gravity that, despite their volition
! impressed both the men before her.
! 1T can't be done. Inspector" she
/ said, sedately.
! The declaration, simple as II was
aroused the official to new indigna-
tion.
/ WHO says it can't?' he vociferated
overfiowing with anger at this fiout-
ing of the authority he represented.
Mary opened a drawer of the desk
and took out the document obtained
that morning from Harris and held ii
forth
This" she replied, succinctly.
What's this?" Burke stormed. But
he took the paper.
Demarest looked over the inspectors
shoulder and his eyes grew larger as
he read When he was at an end OF
the reading he regarded the passive
woman at the desk with new re-
spect.
What's this?" Burke repeated, help
lessly. 1t was not easy for him to
interpret the legal phraseology. Mary
was kind enough to make the docu-
ment clear to him.
Its a temporary restraining order
from the supreme court, instructing
you to let me alone until you have
| legal proof that I have broken the
| law Do you get tnat, MT
Inspector Burke?"
/ The plethoric official stared hard al
| the Injunction.
! another new one" he suffered
finally. Then his anger sought vent
in violent assertion. But 1t can't be
donev he shouted.
| You might ask Mr.. Demarest,'