Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-26

Just sent for you to tell you that
you're free
ssThen. I can goT
'.Sure. you can 60
Without any delay, yet without any
haste, Mary glanced toward Glider and
Demarest, who were watching the
scene closely. Then, she went toward
tho outer door Of the office.
Burke waited until she had nearly
reached the door before he shot his
bolt.
carson has ~confessedr
Mary turned and confronted the In
spector, and answered without the
least trace Of fear. but the frnness
OF knowledge:
"Oh. no. he hasn'tlp
Whats the reason he hasn't7''
Burke roared out wrathfully.
because he didn't do IT.
.s'Neil. he Gays he did itl'
Mary, In her turn, resorted to q bit
of iinesse, Iii order to learn whether
or moi Carson had been arrested.
But how could he have done II,
WnGu AE WGuL@-- SLG QSEflIs fa3EAge
Where did he gog
a.You ought 10 know. since you have
arrested him. and he has confessed"
Burke was frantic over being worst
ed thus. To gain a diversion. be re
verted to his familiar bullying tactics.
who shot Grfggsfy' he shoutkd.
MY husband shot q burglar. Mary
said languidly. WAS his nameG riggsar
ooh. you know better than that
Burke declared, truculenfiy. .Yon see.
we've traced the Maxim silencer. Gar
son himself bought 1t up Tn Hartford
For the first time, Mary wal caught
on her guard.
But he told me- she began. then
schecked herself.
whit did he tell yons. Burke ques-
fioned.
"He told me that he had never seer
enc. Surely, IL he had had anything
Of the sort. he would have shown II
to me-
Burke pressed the button on the
desk, and. when the doorman appeared,
ordered that the prisoner be returned
tosler cell
"A suppose. Mary said. that IT'S
useless for me to claim my constitn-
tional rights, and demand to see a
lawyer
eyes" Burke agreed, you've guessed
1t right, the first time
Cassidy came hurrying In with a grin
Of satisfaction on his stolid face.
SAY, chief. the detective said with
animation. we've got Carson
Burke asked Glider and the district
attorney to withdraw. while he should
have a private conversation With the
prisoner.
Now. he said when they were alone
together. 4Tm going to be your friend"
Are your Mary's lone was non
committaL
eyes, Burke declared. heartily.
sAnd ] mean ii! Give up the truth
about young Glider. / know he shot
Griggs, of course. But I'm not taking
any stock in that burglar ~story-not d
little bit! No court would either.
What was really back Of thee killing?
Was he jealous OF Griggs3 Well, that's
what be might do then. He's always
been d worthless young cub. "A rotten
deal like this would be about his gait,
gness. Tell me, now. why did be
shoot Eddie Griggsa
There was ~coarseness a-pienty In the
inspectors pretense. but 1t possessed
q solitary fundamental virtue: 1t play
ed on the heart OF the woman whom he
questioned. aroused II to wrath In de-
Tense of her mate. In second, all
poise fed from this girl whose soul
was b~lossoniing In the blest realization
that q man loved her purely. nnselfish-
~, Her words came stumbling In their
haste.
He didn't Kill him. he didn't kill
himr she fairly hisNed. ssvhy. he's
the most wonderful man In the world.
You shan't hurt hin! Nobody shall
hurt him. ri fight 10 the end Of my
life for Dick Gilder!.s