Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-23
CHAPTER XIV.
Tho Case Is Cleaned Up,

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In obedience to the summons the
woman slowly entered the Office and
paused when she saw Hurley. Before
they could more than exchange
glances Kayton said abruptly:
"Mrs. Martin, Mr.. Hurley has just
said that you murdered Mr.. Argyle in
an attempt to obtain none from him."
WHAT" she gasped, and Hurley
WINGED for the first time before her
blazing eyes. You. you" Then she
pointed her finger at him and turned
to Kayton.
tits a lie," she said with quiet in.
tensity. "He killed him"
II believe you!" exclaimed Kayton,
with a grim heartiness and a passing
CLEAN of triumph in his gray eyes.
But Mr.. Hurley was not beaten yet
"Mr. Kayton." he said contemptu-
ously, there's nothing whatever to
connect me with the murder, and you
know it."
ooh. yes, there isr Kayton contra
dicted him and there was a new and
nasty ring in his voice. ''There are
several things. You came to my Of
fee to ask about that N. M personal
and then Immediately tipped off Mrs.
Martin"
GAIL in my professional capacity" de.
clared the lawyer doggedly.
Gas a counterfeiter?" inquired Kay.
ton, with light scorn.
"As a lawyer"
Kayton leaned toward him and bis
eyes snapped.
ut was as a lawyer, then, that you
advised Kreisler last night to cease the
practice Of his profession until condi.
tons were safer-for counterfeiting7"
The last vestige Of color left the
mans face. and Kayton could see that
bis forehead was moist
II don't recollect having given any
such advice" he declared He tried to
maintain the eontemptuous note. but
there was a sudden hoarseness that he
could not control.
II was afraid you wouldn't" said
Kayton grimly, picking up the sheaf Of
typewriter photograph notes. THAT'S
why I reminded you" He glanced at
one of the pages. 1T was as q law
yer. l suppose. that you exclaimed,
This Is a plant! when you heard that
I had put Miss Mazuret in the house?
As a lawyer, you laughed and said. so
he's using us to throw the real GRIM
inals of their guard?' AS a lawyer,
you concealed from me that Mrs. Mar.
tin had a claim on Mr.. Argyle. AS a
lawyer. you persuaded her to go to Mr..
Argyle the night Of his death to use
her influence for your W purposesr'
Mr.. Hurley wiped his forehead with
his handkerchief and crushed it in his
hand.
"You can't bluff me with any frame
up story of this sort" he rasped out II
a hoarse voice.
Kayton gazed at him a moment and
then dropped the papers IN the desk.
"Well. Hurley" he said disgustedly
"you can go to the devil your own way
If you haven't sense enough to SEE
/ that it's better to make a clean breast
Of it and stand for a charge of man
slaughter you can go to the chair as 6
counterfelting crook that tried tt
blackmail an old man and murdered
him when he rounded on you! You're
under arrest, and the charge is murder
in the first degree" He picked up tn,
telephone as Hurley made a gesture t.
restrain him. "All right, Leisch." hi
said.
"Just q minute, Mr.. Kayton!"
: you're just a minute too late" re
torted the detective. Here, boys" b
went on, as a couple of his men ap
peaTed at the door. take this fellow
away with YOU"
The next instant the handouts wer,
J on his wrists and the officers wer
searching his pockets. But he hardl.
noticed them. His face had suddenl,
grown haggard. his eyes dull with de
SPAR.
Before God. Kayton" he began. de
s%pairingly, II tell you it was an acct
dent! He'd gone into that counter
feiting, and all of a sudden he shiftet
and threatened to show me up. l tool
her there to use her influence to try tt
square 1t. and he tried to shoot me"
"You knew all along that the mai
wasn't sane" cut in Kayton merci
lessly.
I'll knew he vas queer" stammer
ed Hurley, now eager to admit any
thing that might bring a CLEAN o
mercy to the hard. cold eyes that gaz
ed into his. "But-but"-
Kayton's mouth shut grimly. bet
ter save that defense for the jury"
"But l tell you"-the tortured man
voice rose almost to a scream-"I tel
you he'd have shot me! As soon as b
heard who she was he pulled that gun
and l knocked it out of his hand an,
he tried to strangle me. l didn't wan