The Dermott news., 1914-03-19

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 Inspector McGee was now playing with a flexible paper.knife. his down cast eyes fixed upon II as he twisted 1t back and forth
 How" he asked in voice from which the buster had gone
 Resale established herself comfort ably in her chair
 Well. it's funny thing for us to do-you an me-tell Che truth. Not quite the truth. either, the truth fixed up little, which is the best kind of 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 at a more careful autopsy. made after the Corouers inquest. but that he sup pressed the report at the request of the police. You can force him to do that Co save his skin, his work is get tin careless enough sos one more slip would make his political packers 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 II, 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 Estrlla Miss Perez from the first. an learnin that she was superstitious, had her worked by police stoolpigeon who played at 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 if that ain't awful near the truth, l never made up lie that was"
 "I fail 10 see how that excuses us for letting EstrilIa Perez go, said Inspector MeGee. with h Et!r of sar- casm
 That point" said Rosalie, "is the best thing I've thought out-the very best Up to the coufeesion-thats our story-you hadn't the least idea but Miss Estrilla done it all herself Wed never thought about their Changin clothes. An when you got the con. fcsslon. you sent out to arrest him, but he was probably tipped of somehow. How. search me. I haven't thought out good lie there. Maybe you'll have to invent that yourself Otherwise it'll just be one of the mys. teriee of the New York Police De partment Reprimand you! Why. they'll give you medal"
 McGee still looked down at the paperknife,
 That aint all. he said you fooled me, that's what you did You made fool out of me.
 At this Rosale fired A light came into her eyes that rolled ten years from her age-the light of anger A color came into her cheeks that took of another ten-the pink of contempt Make fool of you. Martin McGee, I only made fool of one person. That's me Rosalie Le Grange Who took all The risks in this job? You2 Not bit of 1t, Me. Rosalie. And what's more. Martin''-shc paused and gulped. and something came into hsr face that reduced her to a giri-"~ho did do t for? Me, Kosal.. | guess not What was there :n IL for me- When this thing broke. l was independent and living my own life an clean. self.respecting life Do you think l wanted to do it7 Well. you can bet not started this job mainly cause didn't want to see the fine young fellow Wade so to the chair an because I didn't want to see that beautiful young thing broken for life ] mean Constance Hanska
 But after got into it. realized that was workin more for somebody else than l was for them. And that somebody else was you. Martin Nc Gee, I'd given II up long ago fl hadn't kept my mind on you. An I'd become fond Of that sick Estrilla wom- an and of that little brother of hers But went right on. Do you suppose like to do what did 10 them? Well, you never made bigger mistake. | ain't what I used to be. When l brought back her father and mother to trick that poor Miss Estrlla, l just gagged But after l found that she wasn't guilty. nor hm--in A manner of speaking-I had to hand them square deal just like the rest, I'd done everything l could think of, Mar tin McGee-hut couldn't kill man liked and sympathized with, just to help your career, An so l done the next best thing l fixed 1t SO nobody would be involved In it but me. could have told you. an persuaded you. maybe, that the right thing was to let Perez get away. But you'd have been my accomplice. You couldn't have gone on the stand an sworn clean-as you can now--that you had nothin to do with it. kept you out of it- I'm sure to take my medi- cine. never whimpered yet, an won't now An that Martin McGee. Is why l fooled you!"
 Never had words poured SO fast from the lips of Rosalie Le Grange And as they poured. many expres- sions chased across Inspector Me