The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-07

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and went to the nearest window, and
with pull at the cord sent the shade
flying upward. There was revealed
the busy stenographer. bent over his
pad: A groan of distress burst from
him, and he fed the place In ignominis
GUS rout.
The smiling Mary was returned to
her cell. IS II,
-. CHAPTER XVIII. ..
The Confession.
n URKE pressed the button call
X and ordered the doorman to
D. send in Cassidy. When the de-
~ tective appeared he asked:
"Does Carson know we've arrested
the Turner girl and young Gilder7"
And. when he had been answered In
the negative: "Or that we've got Chi
cago Red and Dacey here?" VI
"No," Cassidy replied. He hasn't
been spoken to since we made the col
lar. He seems worried" the detective
volunteered.
He'll be more worried before I get
through with himv' he growled. He
regarded Cassidy speculatively. DO
you remember the third degree In
spector Burns worked on McGloin?
Well" he went on, as the detective
nodded assent, "that's what I'm going
to do to Carson. He's got ina ination,
that crook! The things he don't know
about are the things he's afraid Of.
After he gets in here, I want you to
take his pals one after the other, and
lock them up in the cells there In the
corridor. The shades on the corridor
windows here will be up, and Carson
will see them taken in. The fact of
their being there will set his imagina-
ton to working overtime, all right"
Burke rejected for a moment, and
then issued the final directions for the
execution Of his latest plot.
..'When you get the buzzer from me,
you have young Glider and the Turner
woman sent in. Then, after q while,
you'll get another buzzer. When you
hear that, come right In here, and tell
me that the gang has squealed. I'll do
the rest. : Bring Carson here In just
Eve minutes. Tell Dan to come In"
As the detective went out, the door,
man entered, and thsreat Burke pre-
ceeded with the further instructions
necessary to the carrying out Of his
scheme.
"Take the chairs out OF the ONCE,
Dan," he directed, Except mine and
one other-that onew He indicated
chair standing little way from one
end Of his desk. "Now, have all tho
shades up" He chuckled az he added:
''That Turner woman saved you the
trouble with one.''.
He returned to his chair, and when
the door opened he was to all appear
ances busily engaged in writing:
t'Here's Carson, Chief" Cassidy an
nounced.
''Hello, Joe" Burke exclaimed, with
seeming air Of careless frlendliness,
as the detective went out, and Carson
stood modonless just within the door.
'''Sit down minute, won't you?" the
inspector continued afeably. He did
not leok up from his writing as he
spoke. "a .:,*'
Garson's usually strong face was
showing weak with fear. His chin,
which was commonly very firm, moved
little from uneasy twitchings Of his
lips. His clear eyes were slightly
clouded to look Of apprehension as
they roved the room furtively. He
made no answer to tho inspectors
greeting for q few moments, but re-
manned standing without movement,
poised alertly as If sensing some con-
cealed peril. Finally, however, his
anxiety found expression in words.
His tone was. pregnant with alarm,
though he strove to make it merely
complaining.
"Say, what am arrested for?" he
protested. IT amt done anything"
Burke did not look up, and his pen
continued to hurry over the paper.
=. "Who told you you were arrested?'
he remarked cheerfully in his blandest
voice.
Carson uttered an ejaculation of dis
gust.
II don't have to be told" he retorted
hufdly. "1'm no college president, but
when cop grabs me and brings me
down here I've got sense enough to
know I'm pinched." -.
rs that what: they did to you, Joe?
IN have to speak to Cassidy about
that. Now, just you sit down, Joe.
won't you? i want to have little
talk with you. I'll be through here in
second" He4went~on- with the writ
ing. ...;*. 49,
/ Carson moved forward slightly to
the single chair near the end Of the
desk and there seated himself .mechan-
ically. His face thus was turned to-
ward the windows that gave on the
corridor, and his eyes grew yet more
clouded- as they rested on the grim
doors Of the cells. He writhed in his
chair, and his gaze jumped from the
cells to the impressive figure Of the
man at the desk. Now the forger's
nervousness Increased momentarily. It
swept beyond his control. OF sud-