Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-01

Possibly Iul the NCEQ WIS u
tered in a way TO carry little convic-
ton. 81 am not much of an aaar-
chist,' he now took the trouble 80 de-
clare, with a careless lift of his shout
ders.
I'VE are glad to hear it, Mr. Dunn.
Physical overthrow carries more than
the immediate sufferer With it"
I'VE have no WISH continued the
inspector, ito probe too closely into
concerns seemingly quite removed
from the main issue. You will prob
ably be anxious to explain away a dis
crepancy between your word and
your conduct, which has come to our
attention. Yeu we're known to have
expressed the intention of spending
the afternoon of Mrs. Spots death in .
New York and were supposed to have
done so. yet you were certainly seen /
in the crowd which invaded that rear /
building at the first alarm. Are you /
conscious of possessing a double, or
did you fail TO cross the river as you
expected to?"
i am glad this has come up" The
tone was one of self-congratulation
which would have shaken Sweetwater
sorely had he been admitted to this
unofficial examination. 81 did mean to
go 70 New York and I even started on
my walk to the bridge at the hour
mentioned. But l got into a small
crowd on the corner of Fulton street,
/ in which a poor devil who had robbed
/ a vendors cart of a few oranges, was
-
policeman within sight, and so
busted myself there for a minute pay.
ing for the oranges and dragging tho
poor wretch away into an alley, where
l could have the pleasure of seeing
him eat them. When l came out of
the alley the small crowd had van
ished, but a big one was collecting
up the street very near my home. l
always think of my books when l see
anything suggesting fire, and natural
" l returned. and equally naturally,
when l heard what had happened, fol-
lowed the crowd into the court and so
up to the poor woman's doorway. But
my curiosity satisfied, l returned at
once to the street and went to New
York as I had planned"
DO you mind telling us where you
went in New York;"
Not at all. l went shopping. /
wanted a certain very fine wire, for
an experiment I had on hand, and l
!, found it in a little shop on Fourth
avenue. If / remember rightly, the
name over the door was Grippus. Its
odIity struck me-"
=, There was nothing left to the in.
spector but to dismiss him. He had
, answered all questions willingly, and
with q countenance inexpensive OF
, guile. He even INDUCED in a parting
shot on his own account, as full OF
, frank acceptance Of the situation as ii
was fearless in its attack. AS he halt
!, ed in the doorway before turning his
,, back upon the room. he smiled for the
third time as he quietly said:
81 have ceased visiting my friend:
apartment in upper New York. If yo,
= ever want me again, you will find mt
, amongst my books"
y He vas halfway out the door, bu
a his name quickly spoken by the in
: spector drew him back.
\ Anything more?" he asked.
The inspector smiled.
You are a man of considerable
analytic power, as ] take 1t, Mr.. Broth
A ersOn. You must have decided lon
= ago how this woman died"
q rs that a question, Inspector"
You may take it as such"
Then l will allow myself to sa
that there is but one common-sens
view to take of the matter. Mis-
Chaloner's death was due to suicide
. so was that of the washerwOman. Bu
y there l stop. AS for the means-th
mStive-such mysteries may be witt
g. in your province but they are total
outside mine! God help us all! tn
- world is full of misery. Again 1 wis
n you good-day."
:, The air seemed to have lost its v
n tality and the sun its sparkle when /
~ was gone.
or 'Now, what do you think, Gryce?'
5s The old man rose and came out
IA his corner.
}, "This; That I'm up against the har
est DropOsition of nv lifetime Not