Putnam patriot., 1914-05-01

TNOR a few minutes longer the E< two men discussed the details of the crime. theorizing over
 the bafiling event. Then Gas sidy entered
 "I got the factory at Hartford on the
 wire he explained. and they gave
 me Mir Maxim himself He said this
 was surely a special gun, which was
 made for the use of Henry Sylvester.
 one of the professors at Yale He wanted it for demonstration purposes. | Mir Maxim said the things have never been put on the market and that they
 never will be. got this man. Syl- vester," Cassidy went on. Ion the l phone too. He says that his Louse was robbed about eight weeks ago. and
 among other things the sileneer was 1 stolen"
 "Is there any chance that young Gill
 der did shoot Griggs?' asked Demer- est
 You can search me!' the inspector answered. My men were just outside l the door of the room where Eddie | Griggs was shot to death. and none of I em heard a sound It's that internal
 sileneer thing Of course. l know that
 all the gang was in the house." Did you see them go in?"
 "No, l didn't, but Griggs''- "Griggs is dead. Burke. You're up
 against it. You can't prove that Gar
 son or Chicago Red or Daeey ever en. i tered that house."
 Well, then. I'll charge young Glider
 with murder and call the Turner wo-
 man as a witness"
 You can't question her on the wit
 ness stand. The law doesn't allow you
 to make wife testify against her hus- band No. Burke. your only chance of ! getting the murderer of Griggs is by 1 confession"
 .'Then I'll charge them both with 1 the murder" the inspector growed vindictively. And. by -, they'll
 both go to trial unless somebody comes | through If it's my last act on earth, l I'm going to get the man who shot
 Eddie Griggs."
 Burke. after the lawyer had left him ! watched the door expectantly for the l coming of Aggie Lynch. whom he had ordered brought before him. But | when at last Dan appeared and stood aside to permit her passing into the office, the inspector gasped at the un- I expectedness of the vision. The next i, instant the inspector forgot his sur l prise in sincere. almost ardent admi- | ration.
 | The girl was rather short, but of a | slender elegance of form that was rav- | ishing. Her costume had about 1t ap | indubitable air, a fnaity of perfec- l ton in it's kind. On another 1t might 1 have appeared perhaps the merest tri- ] fie garish. But that fault was made l into a virtue by the correcting inno- ence of the girls face. It was child l ish face, childish in the exquisite l smoothness of the soft. pink skin, child, ish in the wondering stare of the blue l eyes. now so widely opened in dlsmay.
 childish in the wistful dropping of the
 rosebud mouth.
 Now. then, my girl Burke said roughly, .I want to know"- l There came a change. wrought in 1 the twinkiing of an eye. The tiny, | trimly shod foot of the girl rose and l fell in a wrathful stamp. What do you mean by this out rageYr she stormed. Her voice was l low and rich. with a charming round l ness that seemed the very hallmark of l gentility. 'I demand my instant re- | lease"
 | ed. Wait minutel'
 "You wait," she cried violently. You just wait. l tell you. until my | papa hears of this."
 "Who Is your papaY' T shan't tell you" came the petu-
 lant retort from the girl "you would probably give my name to the report
 CTS If it ever got into the newspa- pers my family would die of shame."
 Now. the easiest way out for both | of us is for you to tell me just who you are You see. young lady. yon were found III the house of a notorious 1 crook"
 | BEAAttAif <ABoAAfA. " ao NAAi 1 ina on Miss Mary Turnerr' How did you come to meet her any l how?"
 T was introduced to Miss Turner I by Mir Richard Glider. Perhaps you
 have heard of his father, the owner of the Emporium"
 .Oh, yes, I've heard of his father and l of him too.
 Then you must see at once that you | are entirely mistaken in this matter" You see. young lady. the fact is that | even if you were introduced to Miss | Turner by young Mir. Glider this same | Mary Turner herself is an ex-conyict, and she's just beea arrested for mur- ! der"
 Murder the gir! gasped. .Yes. You see. if there's rnissaL-A