Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-21


went to his hip pocket
Il could kill him. he said quietly
as if trying to make up his mind. Kay
ton, who carried his soft dark hat in !
his right hand, let it fall TO the floor !
and disclosed small automatic pistol |
NO." gaSped the woman, seizing her |
husbands arm.
With low moan Miss Mazuret, who
had shrunk back against the mantel
and watched the scene with staring,
frightened eyes, sank unconscious On
TO. the old oak bench.
"Your daughter exclaimed Kayton
in new tone. She's fainted.'
| And for the first time in his life
Kayton lost control of the situation in
a vital crisis. Forgotten was the muir
der, the counterfeiters, his reputation,
| his hfe-everything-es he bent over
| the pale faced girl.
Mrs. Martin seized Kreisler's arm.
HE knows" she gasped. He knows
she's my daughter
Kayton threw back his head and
Strengthened up.
do you think I'd have sent her
here if you weren't her mother?" he
snarled savagely. You ought to have
! gone when l told You TO. Good God!
Haven't you any feeling for her at all:
l might have known 1 couldn't trust
her to a woman who left her when she
was baby for man like Kreislerr'
He had apparently lost all sense of
the terrible situation save in so far as
the girls name might be smirched.
With woman's quick intuition Mrs.
Martin saw and her face lit with a
fierce joy.
Friedrich" she cried, in a shrin
voice. We've got himr'
! The Germans burning. steady eyes
had never left the detectives face, but
his right hand he'd made the trim It
started before-but this time 1t had
fulfilled its errand. 1t was concealed
in the folds of Mrs. Martins skirt.
what do you meanY he growled.
''Hes in love with herm
Her finger pointed to the scene across
the room and Kayton WINGED as if the
hand had thrown a spear at him.
Whatever you do to mer' cried the
woman triumphantly, you'll do to her!
She's my daughter and I'll claim her,
Kayton's eyelids narrowed, and he
gritted his teeth.
You're a rotten pair" he said
slowly.
But the woman was all but hyster-
zeal
I've got her out of my life until
now-and you brought her into itl' she
cried. From now on she'll get what
l get!'
You can't drag her so low that
won't drag her back" declared Kay
ton in a tense voice. "She's accused of
this murder, and the only way 1 can
clear her is by showing you up"
, At the word Kreisler's right hand
> darted up. Kayton's lip curled, and he
tossed his revolver across the floor. He
was a brave man, like Kreisler.
go aheadw he exclaimed contemptu-
ously, walking almost up to the muz-
zle of the revolver that was held in a
hand as steady as the cool mind behind
il. "ShOCt and she'll hang for it!'' He
pointed to the woman that still clung
TO Kreisleg's left arm. "And my boys
will kill you and your gang like rats in
trap, The house is surrounded
There's a photograph in that window
My men hear every word we say.
have only to speak an order to have II
obeyed. The moment you threatened tc
kill me they started to raid the house
AS if in instant proof of his words
even while the white crease in Kreis
ler's forefnger showed the pressure or
the trigger, the buZzer above the door
way buried out its warning.
Slowly the finger relaxed. and the arm
came down to his side. His eyes turned
10 the woman's face with an expires
sion that in its very calmness strucl
despair and agony to her soul.
at has come" he said simply.
Put up your hands!" snapped Kay
ton. Kreisler glanced at him indiffer
emily and found himself facing thu
steel circle of the muzzle of a seconC
revolver. Then his eyes came back t.
the woman. His look at Kayton anC
the revolver was no more than that w,
> give a stranger on the street.
Put up your hands, repeated Kay
, ton warningly.
The German, ignoring him, kissed tn,
= womaE's dank forehead, gently Olsen
- gagged his arm and, leaving her stand
. ing rigid with eyes closed, turned hi
back on Kayton and walked slowly t
, the door. Here he suddenly threw u
= one hand. not both hands; there was
= sharp repOrt-and Friedrich Kreisle
haH l. "a
society.
,. With low moan the woman threw
herself across his lifeless body just a
. Manning, followed by the other mem
bas of Kaytons force, burst into tn
a room. KaytOn bent over the still in
- sensible girl for an instant. Then h
- turned to his assistant.
zoe, call a cab"