The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-02-13

wait w INV AAv
Where Is she:"
Burke disregarded the question as
completely AZ Il II had NJ been utter
ed and went o speaking tn the door
man. with u suggestion In his words
that was effective
Hes not to speak Ia any one. you
understand Then hp cOndescpnded
You'll know all about your wife.
young man. when you make M yonr
mind to tell me the truth
Dick turned and followed his Gust"
dian ont Of the office IN silence
Az the doOrman rpaWparpd Burke
gave his order. Dan. have the Turner
woman brought up, ..
The Inspector next called his stenog
rapher and gave explicit directions
At the back " the MI behind the
desk. were three large wimlnws. viii h
opened un u corridor and across this
was ~ tier or cells The stem,Sr;u,her
was to taBe his seat in this corridor.
lust Uutsid,. one Of the windows. Over
the windows the shades We're ORA wn
80 that he would remain invisible to
II one within the office while yet
easily able to Overhear every word
spoken in the room.
When he had completed his inStruc-
lions to the S~tenogrnpher Burke turned
to Glider and IemareSt.
Now. this time" he said energetic
| .,11y sI'l1 l,n lA. MA r., 6N hn fnlEjnO
And get this: Whitpve, you hear me
say don't you he surprised. I.emem-
Der. we're dealing viii crooks. and
when you're de,iing with rrooks you
have to use crooked ways.
Then the door opened. and Mary
Turner entered She paid absolutely
no attention to the other two in the
room. but went straight to the desk
and there halted. gazing with her soft
ly penetrant eyes Of deepest violet into
the face Of the inspector.
Uuder that intent scrutiny Bulk
felt q challenge and set himself to
match craft with craft. His large
voice was %mOdulated tn kindlineSs a.
he spoke in Il casual manner.
II just sent for you to tell you thai
you're free"
Then. ! can got"
"Sure. o gO."
Without any delay. yet without any
haste. Mary glanced toward Glider and
Demarest. who were watching the
scene closely. Then. she rel t0warI
th.> <,,<~e Io<>p 80 klx. .,H9<sD
Burke waited until she had near1y
reached the door before be shot his
holt
"GarSOn has cOnfesSed!"
Mary turned and confronted the In.
spettOr. and answered without the
least trace Of fear. but the firmness
Of knOwlpdge:
"Oh. no. liz hnsn't!"
What's the reason he hasn'tf'
Burke reared out wrathfully.
Because he didn't do it."
We'll. he says he did t."
Mary. in her turn. resorted to a bit
Of tinesse. in order to learn whether
or not Carson had been arrested.
''Rut how could he have done it.
WnQn Ne went q began.
where did he go?"
"YOu ought to know. since you have
arrested him. and he has confessed"
| Burke was frantic owe being worst
I'd thus. To gain Il diversion. he re-
verted to his familiar bullying tactics.
"Who shot Griggs?' he shouted.
MY husband shot u burglar" Mary
said ianguidly WAS his MI metiriggsT'
"Ch. you know better than that
Burke declared. truculpntly. "You see,
we've traced the Maxim ~silencer. Gar.
son himself bought It up In Hartford"
For the first time. Mary was caught
I'd her guard.
.Rut he told me- she began. Their
checked herself.
What did he tell your Burke Ques
toned.
HE told me that he had never seen
one. Surely. II he had had anything
Of the sort. he would have shown Il
to me-"
Burke pressed the button on the
desk. and. when. the doorman appeared
ordered that The prisoner be returned
to her cell.
II suppose" Mary said. that IT.
useless for me to claim my %cOnStitu
tionai rights. and demand to see 4
lawyerr
"Yes." Burke agreed. you've guessed
It right. the first time"
Cassidy came hurrying In with a grir
Of satisfaction on his st0lid face.
"Say. chief" the detective xaid with
animation. we've got Carson"
Burke asked Glider and the district
attorney to withdraw. while he shoult
have q private conversation with thu
prisoner.
"NOw." he said when they were alon.
tGe.heE. I'm going t. be your friend.
.Are your" Mary's tone was non
cnmmittal.
EYES," Burke declared. heartily
"And / mean it: Give up the trutl
about young Glider. know be sho
Grfggs. Of course. But I'm not takinI
any stock In that burglar story-nOt