Mountain advocate., 1914-02-06

a"d silver cigarette case
A stethoscope upon Inspector Nc
Gees pulse would have Jumped an
inch as Betsy-Barbara pronounced the
word knives" But his down.tuned
face betrayed no emotion.
What kind OF cigarette case?'
CHASED silver and turquoises-a
Russian design"
What was the stick like"
Very heavy, and dark brown as
remember And I think the ferrule
was loose"
And the knives?" said the lnspec-
tor.
Let me see-one was little dag
ger that he used for a paper-knife
and the other was a Malay kris with
a long. sharp, wavy blade. He got IT
in the Philippines"
Yes" exclaimed the Inspector. And
then with the sudden brutality which
was a part Of his Third Degree meth
cd. And It was with that knife that
Lawrence Wade stabbed your hus-
band"
Inspector MCGEE might have thrown
that very knife instead Of his words.
so sudden was the effect upon Con
stance Hauska. The color left her
face. Her eyes grew big and wild
She flashed to her feet, trembling VIC
lently
oh. no." she pleaded. "oh, no! Oh
that will hurt him so! He couldn't
have used it-some one used 1t after
he left-Lawrence Wade could no
more have stabbed an unarmed man
-" She stopped. wrestled herself back
to some semblance of composure.
Don't you understand he was a gen
tleman?' She turned from McGec's
triumphant state to Rosalie's softened
face Why. Mrs. lie Grange, gentle
men don't do such things. He was an
athlete-he played every game hon
orably-do you think he would have
put me in such a position, even Il Ne
thought Of nothing else-he would
have had to break every instinct-he
he"
Look here. Mrs. Hanska," said In
spector MCGEE, bouncing upon his adj
vantage as experience had taught him
to do there was what you call an az.
fair between you and this Mr.. Wade.
wasn't there?"
Here Resale swung in again.
Inspector" she said IF you go that
way. III advise this young woman to
get a real lawyer before she talks to
you any more. Now, my dear you
just answer what you please"
But Constance was mistress OF her
self again.
All this will come out in the trial,
BetsyBarbara. | might as we'll tell
everything now. When he put himself
in this position he was trying to help
me. There was no affair, as you call
il. But when he first met me he
he knew my circumstances, he pro-
posed marriage He never spoke of 1t
after / told him He was a gentle
man. He only tried to serve me as
gentleman would under the circum.
stances"
Has il struck you" asked the In
spector, that this might be used as
motiye?"
This is perfectly dreadful" cried
Retsy-Barbara. Constance, you shall
not stay here another minute, You
come with me TO a lawyer"
That's right" said Resale LIE
Grange shortly, Inspector Niece you
can excuse u.s."
Not for a while" said Inspector
McGee shortly. Madame, must have
your official statement as to what you
have Just told me-before | let you
leave"
Now Constance had risen; and Bet
sy-Barbara, in state OF suppressed
fury, stood beside her, flashing sparks
from her golden hair and her blue
eyes and her little white teeth. In
spcctor McGee stepped to the door tn
summon a stenographer. And Resale,
quick as thought, slipped up besidi
Constance
Not a word more than you can hela
about this proposing to you-not
word" she whispered.
Step into this room, ladies' said
Niece. I'll join you in a moment.
We won't need you, Mrs. lie Grange"
Alone with the Inspector, Resale
Lo Grange stood regarding him from
top 90 toe. He faced her in little
embarrassment, which he covered with
bluff
In love with Hanska's wifG-and
llanska'd mistreated her-and she
wanted q divorce and couldn't get II.
Wade and Hanska had Quarreled
Wade goes up there with his curio
shop and lays II down on the table
They quarrel again Wade's a
faHcer lie picks up that knife and
lets him have 1t just by instinct Then
he walks out OF the door and gets rat
tied and beats H.. OF course. II would
be hard 10 establish first degree muir
der on ghat we've got now-but wen
set IT,"
You think so, do,yog?" replied Ros-
allie. MY don't promotion make
smart man OF a pounding
coDi" -