The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-10

kicked"
You'll get worse" said Martin Nc
Gee; you'll go up-that's what will
happen to you'll"
| Now will l." Knocked Rosalie. break
ing out her dimples, full-blazon. fol
the first time in two days. What ar
awful trick on q lady! Especially
when you'll have to do 1t yourself
| You're the only witness-the only per
son who knows that l promised tc
deliver Estrilla. You're the only per
son that's heard me confess let him
get away. So you'll be put on the
witnessstand. an then I'll be put or
the stand. An I'll testify how the
New York police were baff1ed with the
real criminals passin' right under theil
noses twenty times day. an how
a poor boardin.house keeper that used
70 De medium--jest a plain. good OLD
soul-took hairpin an thimbleful
or common sense an got confession
an made you all fools. My lawyer'I
get 1t in; an If he dom. the papers
Will. because I'll tell 'em.
Marty McGee," she added, Tets
git down to cases. You can't do a
thing to me that'll help your position
at all. I'll go to jail for life an never
tell where Juan Perez has gone. But
If you'll listen. I'll show you just how
to fix this without trouble for any
body"
Inspector MCGEE was now playing
with flexible paper-kife. his down
cast eyes fixed upon it as he twisted II
back and forth.
"How?" he asked In q voice from
which the buster had gone.
Rosalie established herself comfort
| ably In her chair.
We'll, it's funny thing for us to
do-you an me-tell the truth. Not
quite the truth, either; the truth fixed
up a little. which is the best kind Of q
lie that Is. Give out what happened
but say your own smartness cleared
up the case, not mine. Get DR.. Cleary
to certify that he found apoplexy al
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 to dc
that to save his skin; his work Is 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 a knife
was held at his breast ready for him
to fall on it, was SO strange an un
usual that you couldn't believe 1t in
the beginnin'. 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
a police stool-pigeon who played al
| bein' professional medium. Say
your men listened to the seances. an
broke In at the end an pulled the
whole story out Of her. An IL that
aiD't awful near the truth, l never
made up lie that was"
81 fail to see how that excuses us
for letting Estrilla-Perez-go," said
Inspector MCGEE, with a stir of sar
casm
THAT point" said Rosalie lis the
best thing I've thought out-the very
| best. UP to the confession-that's oul
story-you hadn't the least idea but
| Miss Estrilla done 1t all herself. Wee
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 of
somehow. How, search me! | haven't
thought out 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! Why
| they'll give you a medal"
MCGEE still looked down at the
paper-knife.
"That amt ALL" he said; "yor
fooled me, that's what you did. You
made a fool out of me-"
At this Rosalie fired. A light came
! into her eyes that rolled ten years
! from her age--the light OF anger.
color came into her cheeks that tool
off another ten-the pink Of contempt
Make fool of you. Martin MCGEE!
only made fool Of one person
| That's me, Rosalie LIE Grange. Who
took all the risks in this job? You
| Not a bit of 1t! Me, Rosalie. Ant
what's more, Martin"-she paused ant
gulped; and something came into hel
face that reduced her to a girl-"whc
did l do it for? Me. Resale?
guess not What was there In 1t fol
me? When this thing broke, I was
Independent and living my own life
an clean, self respecting life. Dc
you think / wanted to do 1t? Well
yOp can bet not. I started this jot
mainly cause / didn't want to see the
fine young fellow Wade go to the chair
an because / didn't want to see tha