The San Francisco call., 1913-10-08

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/ shame. Il she faltered, ''I've beer
arrested-by a common policeman
The inspector seized upon the one
flaw left him for defense against her
Indictment
No. no. miss" he argued earnestly
| Excuse me. 1t wasn't any common
policeman-it was a detective SER
geant."
But his effort to placate was quite
In vain. The ingenious little beauty
! with the childs face and the blue
eyes so widely opened fairly painted
In her revolt against the ignominy
OF her position. and was not to be
! so easily appeased. Her voice came
vibrant with disdain. Her level gaze
| on the Inspector was of a sort to
suggest to him anxieties over possible
complications here.
You watt" she cried violently
You just wait. I tell you, until my
papa hears of thisp'
Burke regarded the furious girl
doubtfully.
Who is your papa?" he asked. with
a bit Of alarm stirring in his breast,
/ for he had no mind to offend any
one of Importance where there was no
need.
i sha'n't tell you" same the petu-
lant retort from the girl. Her ivory
forehead was wrinkled charmingly
in a little frown of obstinacy. why
she went on, displaying new symp-
toms OF distress over another appall-
ing idea that flashed on her In this
moment, you would probably give
my name to the reporters" Once
again the rosebud mouth dropped into
curves of sorrow, of a great self pity.
If it ever got into the newspapers.
my family would die of shamev
The pathos of her fear pierced
4 through the hardened crust of the po-
lice official. He spoke apologetically.
Now, the easiest way out for both
Of u.s." he suggested, is for you to
tell me just who you are. You see,
young lady, you were found In the
( house of a notorious crook"
The haughtiness of the girl waxed.
It seemed as il she grew an inch
taller in her scorn of the Inspector 8
saying.
How perfectly absurd" she ex-
claimed, scathingly. Il was calling
| on Miss Mary Turner
How did you come to meet her.
anyhow" Burke inquired He still
held his big voice to a softer modu-
lation than that to which ii was hab-
ituated
Yet. the disdain of the girl seemed
only to increase momently She
showed plainly that she regarded this
! brass buttoned official as one un-
/ bearably insolent in his demeanor
toward her Nevertheless, she con-
descended TO reply, with an exaggera-
ton of the aristocratic drawl to in
dicate her displeasure.
I was introduced to Miss Turner"
she explained, by Mr.. Richard Glider.
Perhaps you have heard of his father.
the owner of the Bon Marche?"
oh, yes, I've heard of his father.
and Of him, too, Burke admitted,
placatingly.
But the girl relaxed not whit in
her attitude of offense.
Ihen," she went on severely. you
must see at once that you are entirely
mistaken in this matter" Her blue
eyes widened further as she stared
aeeusingly at the inspector. who
betrayed evidences of peryiexity.
and hesitated for an answer
Tnen the doll like, charming face
took on softer look. which had in it
suggestion Of appeal.
Don't you see it?' she demanded.
Well. no." Burke rejoined uneasily;
not exactly, DON'T In the pres-
ence of this delicate and graceful
femininity he experienced a sudden,
novel distaste for his usual sledge-
hammer methods OF attack in inter
rogation. Yet his duty required that
he should continue his questioning.
He found himself, in fact, between
the devil and the deep sea-though
this particular devil appeared rather
as an angel of light.
Now, at his somewhat feeble re-
mark in reply to her query, the
childish face grew as hard as its
curving contours would permit.
Sir" she cried, Indignantly. Her
little head was thrown back In scorn-
ful reproof. and she turned a shoul-
der toward the official contemp-
tuously.
Now, nowr' Burke exclaimed in
remonstrance- After all, he could not
be brutal with this guileless maiden.
He must, however, make the situa-
tion clear to her, lest she think him
a beast-which would never do,
You see, young lady," he went on,
with gentleness OF voice and man
ner that would have been inconceiv-
able to Dacey and Chicago Red; you
see, the fact is that, even If you were
introduced to this Mary Turner by
young Mr.. Glider this same Mary
Turner herself is an ex-convict, and
she's just been arrested for murder.
AT the dread word startling
change waNwrought in the girl. She
wheeled to face the inspector, her
slender body swaying a little toward
him. The rather heavy brows were
lifted slightly in a disbelieving stare.
The red lips were parted, rounded to
a tremulous horror.
Murder she gasped; and then was
silent
Yes" Burke went on, wholly at
ease now, since he had broken the
4on ofF
there's a mistake about you, you
don't want 1t to go any further-not
mite further, that's sure. So. you
see. now, that's one Of the reasons
why I must know just who you are
Then, In turn, Burke put the query
that the. girl had put to him a little