The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-05

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You'll get worse" said Martin Nc
Gee; you'll go up-thats what will
happen to you'll"
Nov will l." Knocked Rosalie, break
ing out her dimples, full-blazon, for
the first time in two days. what an
awful trick on lady! Especially
when you'll have to do it yourself.
You're the only witness-the only per-
son who knows that l promised to
! deliver Estrilla. You're the only per-
i son that's heard me confess I let him
get away. So you'll be put on the
witness-stand, an then I'll be put on
the stand. An I'll testify how the
New York police were baffled with the
real criminals passin' right under their
noses twenty times a day, an how
poor boardin house keeper that used
to be medium-jest plain, good old
soul--toOk hairpin an thimbleful
| OF common sense an got confession
an made you all fools. My lawyer'll
get it in; an If he dom, the papers
will, because I'll tell 'em.
Marty McGee," she added, lets
git down to cases. You can't do a
thing to me thatll help your position
at all. I'll go to Jail for life an never
tell where Juan Perez has gone. But
if you'll listen, I'll show you just how
to fix this without trouble for any
body"
Inspector MCGEE was now playing
with flexible paper-knife, his down
cast eyes fixed upon it as he twisted it
back and forth.
"How?" he asked in a voice from
which the buster had gone.
Rosalie established herself comfort
ably in her chair.
We'll, it's funny thing for us to
do--you an me-tell the truth. Not
quite the truth, either; the truth fixed
up little, which is the best kind of a
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
more careful autopsy made after
the Coroner's inquest, but that he sup
pressed the report at the request of
the police. You can force him to do
that to save his skin; his work is get
tin careless enough SOS one more
slip would make his political hackers
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 it, was so strange an I'M
f1,ot ln,4 in,
the beginnin. So you held Lawrence
Wade until you made sure. Say you
suspected Miss Estrilla-Miss Perez
from the first, an learnin' that she
was superstitious, had her worked by
a police. stool-pigeon who played at
bein' professional medium. Say
your men listened Ito the seances, an
broke in at the end an pulled the
| whole story out of her. An If that
amt awful near the, truth, l never
| made up lie that was" @,4
81 fail to see how that excuses us
for letting Estrilla-Perez-go," said
Inspector MCGEE, With a stir of sar-
casfn. '~'a N $50
"That point" said Rosalie Isis the
best thing I've thought out--the very
best Up to the confession--that's our
story-you hadn't the Least idea, but
Miss Estrilla donesit all herself. We'd
never thought about their. changin'
clothes. An when, you got the con-
fession, you sent out to arrest him,
but he was gone-probably tipped off
somehow How, search me! / haven't
thought out good lie there. Maybe
you'll have to invent that yourself.
Otherwise it'll just be one of the mys-
teries of the New York Police De-
partnent. Reprimand you! Why,
they'll give you a medal"
MCGEE still looked down at the
paper-knife.
"That amt all" he said; you
fooled me, that's what you did. You
made fool out of me-"
At this Rosalie 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
off another ten-the pink of contempt.
Make a fool of you, Martin MCGEE!
| only made a fool of one person.
That's me, Rosalie lie Grange. Who
took all the risks in this job? You?
Not bit of it.! Me, Rosalie. And.
what's more, Martin"-she paused and
gulped; and something came into her
face that reduced her to a girl-"who
did I do it for? Me, Resale? L
guess not. What was there in 1t for
me? When this thing broke, + was
indie pendent and living my own lifezzV
an a clean, self-respecting life. Do
you think l wanted to do it? Wells
You can bet not. I started this job
mainly cause | didn't want to see the
fine young fellow Wade go to the chair
an because l didn't want to see that;
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