The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-12-27

him here in front OF you. They'0'
laugh him to the chair. I've saved you
the necessity OF KILN an innocent
man. An ought to be thanked. not
kicked"
You'll get wowe." said Martin Nc
Gee; you'll go up-thats what will
happen TO youi"
Now will l." Knocked Resale. break
ing out her dimples. full-blazon. for
awful trick on LADY, Especially
when you'll have TO do II yourself.
You're the only witness--the only per-
son who knows that | promised TO
deliver Estrilla. You're the only per-
son that's heard me confess let him
get away. So you1l be put on the
witnessstand an then III be put on
the stand. An I'll testify how the
New York police were baffied with the
real criminals passin' right under their
noses twenty times day, an how
a poor boardin.house keeper that used
to be a medium--jest plain. good old
soul--took hairpin an thimbleful
OF common sense an got confession
an made you all fools. My lawyerli
get II In; an II he dom. the papers
will. because Ill tell EN-.
Marty MCGEE" she added, lets
git down to cases. You can't do
thing to me that1l help your position
at all. I'll 30 to jail for life an never
tell where Juan Perez has gone. But
II you'll listen, I'll show you just how
to nx this without trouble for any
body"
Inspector MeGee was now playing
with flexible paperknife, his down
cast eyes fixed upon II "a he twisted u
back and forth.
How" he asked In voice from
which the buster had gone.
Rosalie established herself comfort
ably in her chair.
We'll. It's a funny thing for US TO
do--you an me--tell the truth. Not
quite the truth, either; the truth fixed
up little, which is the best kind OF
lie that is. Give out what happened
but say your own smartness cleared
up the case, not mine. Get DIT. Cleary
to certify that he found apoplexy az
more careful autopsy. made after
the Coroner's inquest, but that he sup
pressed the report at the request OF
the police. You can force him 10 do
that to save his skin; his work IL get
tin careless enough SOS one more
slip would make his political hackers
drop him. Say the theory that man
died OF apoplexy just when knife
was held at his breast ready for him
to fall on IL. was so strange an un-
usual that you couldn't believe IL In
the beglnnin'. SO you held Lawrence
Wade until you made sure. Say you
suspected Miss Estrilla--Miss Perez
from the first, an learnin' that she
was superstitious. had her worked by
police stoolpigeon who played NJ
bein' a professional medium. Say
your men listened to the seances, an
broke in at the end an pulled the
whole story out OF her. An II that
amt awful near the truth. | never
made up a lie that was"
81 fail TO see how that excuses us,
for letting Estrilla-PereE-go," said
Inspector MCGEE. with a stir OF sar-
casm
That point" said Rosalle. lis the
best thing I've thought out-the very
best. Up to the confesslon--that's our
story--you hadn't the least idea but
Miss Estrilla done II all herself. We'd
never thought about their changin
clothes. An when you got the con-
fession. you sent out TO arrest him.
but he was gone-probably tipped on
somehow. How. search mel haven't
thought cut a good lie there. Maybe
you'll have TO invent that yourself
Otherwise it'll just be one OF the mys-
teries OF the New York Police De-
partment Reprimand you'll Why,
they'll give you a medal"
McGee stu looked down at the
paper-knife.
THAT amt all" he said; you
fooled me. that's what you did. You
made a fool out OF me-
Al this Resale fred. A light came
into her eyes that rolled ten years