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

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body or or soul. Vel. In the intensity
of her ~utterance, the feeble whisper
struck like d shrek OF horror
I-I-never saw any one Killed be-
foreln
Before he could utter the soothing
words that rose to his Hips. Dick was
interrupted BY . slight sound at the
door. Instantly he was ill alert to
meet the e~xigencies OF the situation.
He stood by the couch. bending for
ward a little as if In 4 posture Of inti-
mate fondness. He heard the noise
again presently. now so ne1r that be
made sure OF being overheard, SO ut
once he spoke with a forced cheerful
ness in his infection.
n tell you. Mary he declared, stev-
e~rything's going to be ali right for
you and me. It was bully Of you to
come here to me like this
The girl made no response, Dick, In
nervous apprehension as to the Issue.
sought to bring her to realization Of
the new need that had come &upon
them.
Talk to me" he commanded very
softly. They'll be here In a minute.
When they come in pretend yon Just
came here in order TO meet me. Try,
Mary. You must, dearestp Then
again his voice rose to loudness as he
continued: Why, I've been trying all
day to see you And now here we are
together, just as ! was beginning to
get really discouraged. / know my fa-
ther win eventually
He was interrupted by the swift
swinging open of the hallway door.
Burke stood just within the library, q
revolver pointed menacingly.
Hands up, all Of your The inspec-
tors voice fairly roared the command.
The belligerent expression of his fsce
vanished abruptly as his eyes fell on
Dick standing by the couch and Mary
reclining there In limp helplessness.
What are you doing in this house
at this time of night2s Dick demanded,
4 recognize you. Inspector Burke.
But you must understand that there
are limits e to what YOU can do.
1t seems to ME, sir, that you exceed
your authority by such an intrusion as
this
Burke waved his revolver toward
Mary.
whats she doing here7. he asked.
"You forget yourself, Inspector. This
is my wife. She has the right to be
with me-her husband!'
Where's Your father2' he questioned
roughly.
In bed. naturally" was the answer.
II ask you again, What are you doing
here at this time of night9"
rOh, call your father" Burke di.
rected.
"It's late" Dick objected. I'D rath-
er not disturb him. if you don't mind
Suddenly he smiled very winningly
and spoke with a good assumption oi
righteousness.
inspection he said briskly. II SEE
I'll have to tell you the truth. It'll
this: I've persuaded my wife to 81
away with me. She's going to Civ,
all that ether sort OF thing up. Yes
we're going away together. So, 20,
see, we've got to talk it over. Now
then, inspector, If you'll come back ii
the morning.
AS he spoke the white beam of til,
flashing s~earchlight from the towe
fell between the undrawn draperies O
the octagonal window. The light star
tied the inspector again, as 1t had don,
once before that same night. His gaz
followed it instinctively. So within th
second he saw the still form lyin,
there on the floor.
There was no installing that awfu
m%otionless. crumpIed posture. The III
spector leaped to the switch by til
door and turned on the lights of th
chandelier. In the next moment b
had reached the door Of the passag
across the room, and his whistle SOUND
ed shrill. His voice beloved re-er
forcement to the blast.
Cassidy. C~assidy!''
Cassidy came rushing in with th
other detectives.
"Why. what's 1T all mean. chief" h
questioned.
They've got Griggs!n Burke answe,
ed. There was exceeding rage in hi