The San Francisco call., 1913-09-26
Continued from Yesterday
CHAPTER xIv-Continued

CHAPTER XIV-COnffnued
Can you beat that" he rumbled
with raucous1y sonorous vehemence
He regarded Mary with stare of al
most reverential wonder. "A crook
appealing to the law
There came q new note into the
woman's voice as she answered the
Jibe.
No, simply getting justice" she
said. simply. That's the remarkable
part of it."
gentlemen" she concluded, what are
you going to do about it?'
Burke explained.
This is what I'm going to do about
1T. One way or another I'm going to
get you"
The district attorney. however,
judged it advisable to use more per-
suasive methods.
Miss Turner" he said, with an ap-
pearance OF sincerity, I'm going to
appeal to your sense of fair play
Mary's shining eyes met his for .
long moment, and before the chal-
lenge in hers his fell. He remem-
bered then those doubts that had as
sentenced to prison, remembered the
half hearted plea he had made in her
behalf to Richard Glider.
That was killed." Mary said
killed four years ago.
But Demarest persisted. influence
had been brought to bear on him. 1t
was for her own sake now that he
urged her.
Let young Glider alone"
Mary laughed again. But there
was no hint of joyousness In the mu-
steal tones. Her answer was frank
brutally frank She had nothing to
conceal.
His father sent me away for three
years-three years for something
didn't do. Well. he's got to pay
for 1T"
BY this time, Burke, man of su-
perior intelligence, as one must be to
reach such a position of authority,
had come to realize that here was
a case not to be carried through by
clustering. by intimidation. by the
rough ruses familiar to the force.
Here was a woman OF extraordinary
intelligence, as well as Of peculiar
personal charm, who merely made
sport of his fulminations, and showed
herself essentially armed against
junction, thing unheard of until
this moment in the case of a common
crook. 1t dawned upon him that this
was, indeed, not common crook
Moreover, there had grown in him q
certain admiration for the ingenuity
and resource of this woman, though
he retained all his rancor agains,
one who dared thus to resist the
| duly constituted authority. So. In
| the end he spoke to her frankly
without a trace of his former viru-
| lence, with very real, IL rugged
sincerity.
Don't fool yourself, my girl" he
! said In his huge voice. which was
now modulated to a degree that made
| 1t almost unfamiliar to himself. you
| can't go through with this. There's
always q weak link in the chain
| somewhere. It's up to me to find
| it, and / WILL
His candor moved her to a like
honesty.
Now" she said, and there was
respect in the glance she gave the
stalwart man, now you really sound
dangerous.
There came an interruption, alike
unexpected by all. Fannie appeared
at the door
MI. ILQWdtu 1lidcI WiSHCc ~ SCc
you, Miss Turner" she said. with no
appreciation of anything dynamic in
the announcement. Shall I show
him in?"
ooh, certainly" Mary answered
with an admirable pretense of indif-
ference, while Burke glared at De-
marest. and the district attorney ap-
peared Ill at ease
He shouldn't have come" Dema-
rest muttered, getting to his feet
in reply to the puzzled glance OF
the inspector.
Then. while Mary sat quietly in
her chair at the desk. and the two
men stood watching doubtfully the
door. the maid appeared. stood aside
and said simply, Mr. Glider"
There entered the erect, heavy fIE-
ure of the man whom Mary had hated
through the years. He stopped
abruptly just within the room. gave
glance at the two men, then his
eyes went to Mary, sitting at the
desk with her face lifted inquiringly
He did not pause to take In the beauty
OF that face, only It's strength. He
stared at her silently for q moment
Then he spoke in his oritund voice. a
little tremulous from anxiety.
Are you the woman he said
AhCic was SOIHctHiHE simple dNC
primitive, something of dignity be-
yond the usual conventions, in his
direct address.
And there was the same primitive
simplicity in the answer. Between
the two strong natures there was nc
subterfuge. no suggestion of polite
evasions, of regeneration. only the
plea of truth to truth. Mary's
acknowledgment was as plain as mis-
own question.
Il am the woman. What do you
want?" Thus two honest
folk had met face to face.
MY SON. The mans answer was
| complete.
But Mary touched tragic note in
her question. 1t was asked in nc
guessed that his coming was alto
gether of his own volitlon, and not
| the result of his sons information
as at first she had supposed.
Have you seen him recently?' she
asked.
NO." Glider answered
Then, why did you Gomez"
Thereat, the man was seized with
a fatherly fury. His heavy face was
congested, and his sonorous voice was
harsh with virtuous rebuke.
Because / intend to save my boy
from a great folly. / am informed
that he Is infatuated with you, and
| Inspector Burke tells me--why--he
| tells me--why--he tells me- He
paused, unable for a moment to con-
tinue from an excess of emotion. But
his gray eyes burned fierce1y In
accusation against her.
| Inspector Burke himself filled the
void in the hating sentence.
Il told you she had been former
convict
YES" Glider said. after he had re-
gained hia seIf-control He stared a1