Mountain advocate., 1914-04-17

cried Resale. anticipating his thought.
I'm not arresting you-can't you I'M
derstand that?" She hurried him to a
lonely park bench. half hidden in the
shrubbery. When she turned to look
him full in the face again, his color
was normal he had regained his grip.
And he spoke with q touch OF his old
boyish insouciance.
This is a little melodrama you are
staging Mrs. lie Grange? Am ! the
hero or the villaln7'
81 expected you to be suspicious an
try to bluff THE through" said Rosalie
in her most matterof.fact tone, that's
why | stole this note an brought 1t
here" She had been keeping her
hands in her mum. She drew them out,
now, and handed him the vital paper:
81 am telling to the police all know
OF my part and my brothers part in
the death OF Capt John II. Hanska
have confessed that we followed him
to America to get my jewels, and that
to have stabbed him.
MARGARlTA PEREZ.
He read it. As he looked up he was
still master of himself, but Rosalie
could perceive behind his mask kind
of vibration. an inner agitation of all
his nerves. But his will still mas
tered his voice.
"Margarita Perez--who is she?'
She is your sister. You are Juan
Perez-not Estrilla. You are from
Port of Spain. You came here to fol.
low Captain Hanska-"
Where did you hear this?" inquired
Estrilla, with a pitiful attempt to put
sarcasm into his voice.
~ have listened to her confession
replied Rosalie calmly. she told the
police-after she signed that paper
how you went into Captain Hanska's
room at night to get your family jew
els, how that trick alarm on his strong
box woke him up, an how you killed
him"
But Juan Estrilla had leaped up now
as though his nerves would be denied
no longer.
You are here to betray mel know
it now!" he said
Il suspected this trouble was COM
in" replied Resale lie Grange. Il
sent Miss Lane to deliver you here at
five o'clock-because it's an out-of-the-
way place an quiet. Sit down"
Estrllla shook as he resumed his
seat
Does she know" he asked.
Not yet" said Resale.
Il didn't give her my real reason. |
was glad" she pursued, ito hear you
bust out in that sincere way when |
said you killed Hanska. ! put that in
for a test; an you stood it. Now sit
there and listen TO what else your sis
ter said, an see If any of that could
have been worked out by detectives.
She says you didn't kill Hanska, that
he died Of apoplexy an fell on the
knife you was holdin' against him"
Estrilla turned his great eyes and
moistened his lips as though to speak;
but he held to his nerve and made no
sound.
ono osg > bhAN SOu Cal llNu Jul llldl
box OF jewels with the cover open, an
that a diamond buckle dropped out as
you were passing through the door.
An when she came back in your
clothes after you telephoned to her,
she picked it up. The Jewels are in
Caracas. You dropped the box in the
river. Could anybody pstch that to-
gether? Could anybody gvess that?"
Then if he died of aPODlexy-if |
didn't kill him-why should they ar
rest me?" asked Estrilla.
Young man." said Resale, how
could you prove it?"
Innocently and directly, Estrilla
came out with what amounted to his
confession.
He was always in danger of apo
plexy-my sister knew that And un.
doubtedly II was mortal seizure. For
his hands were going toward BIS head.
not toward the knife. Even when he
fell and died. his hands were still go
ing up, not down. | have seen Doctors.
! have read about apopleIy - every
medical book in the public librsyy. And
when | saw him last-there waa blood
in his nostrils"
Rosalie nodded.
Il saw that, too. My. but co.oner's
physicians are dense!" she said.
Now I've got to talk hard and
straight. You were in the act OF burg
larry, II don't make no difference that
you had a right TO burgle-no jury
would recognize that. The coroEer's
physician never thought OF anything
but that stab wound-never thought to
look for apOplexy-case seemed too
plain. You an are the only people
who thought about that bloody nose.
The bodys cremated. an II II wasn't
well, we won't go into that. Why
Juan Perez. they'd laugh at you. Do
you see? Don't you get your hxr'
He was trembling. and now he made
a pitiful movement with his haads
rs though TO steady his head.
so you must get away"
But my sister"
Now hold on to yourself I've got
10 talk awful to make you see this
thing. She didn't kill him-she