The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-04-13
AUTHOR o. THE CITY that WAS. ETC.
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closed this window behind him in Or
der to cover up his tracks. That win.
dow of the captains room which led
to the Are escape. was open for venti-
lation. The rain was drifting through
1t. 1t occurred to Juan mat every
thing would be safer II he closed it
he was afraid that gust of wind
might blow spray into Captain Han
ska's face. and wake him. He did
that: and he fastened the sash with
the catch. Captain Hanska was asleep.
breathing very heavily. Remember
that.
You have seen the room. The bu-
reau, where l found the strong box,
WAS in the corner farthest from the
Between 1t and the window were q
table and Captain Hanska's bed. Juan
carried our pocket electric torch. He
turned 1t on the inside OF the top bu-
reau drawer. The box was there. Also.
the key was In its lock. Juan thought
1t would be better to take the jewels
out and leave the box. BY doing that
was with the jewels. or whether he
would have to search further for It,
That was his great mistake. II was
trick box. Inside vas an alarm-bsll
which rang Whenever the cover was
lifted.
Juan opened It: tho bell rang. Cap
tain Hanska swoke at once. Juan had
no time to move. before Captain Han
ska pressed the button at the head Of
his bed and turned on the electric
light. 1t must have bswildered him
for . moment when he saw what ap-
peared to be . woman standing by his
bureau-but Juan held the strong box
in his hands. When he saw that, the
captain came at him. Juan 10 small
man. Captain Hanska was big and
very powerful. Just then, Juan saw
on the table between them that great
knife.
Juan 10 . swordsman. He picked
up the knife to stop the captain by
threatening him with it-held the point
toward his chest. Captain Hanska
was = brave man. and very violent in
anger. He had ono Of his terrible
spells Of temper now. He began to
curse Juan. And then his hands went
UP to his head all of . sudden, and he
tumbled over with all his great weight
on the point Of the knife. Juan tiid not
thrust-he II sure now he did not
thrust-he only held the knife steady
but 1t pierced Captain Hanska
through" lin this place. Detective
Kennedy had to edit the statement
great deal in order to make 1t seem
ly for the oficial archives.)
We will leave for . moment the DO
lice statement
Fell on IT." asked Martin McGee.
Whats that you're trying to give us1"
"On my soul and my mothers" sol.
emnly declared Miss Estrilla Don't
you see-can't you understand? A
doctor in Port Of Spain had warned
him Of it-Juan has done nothing
since-nothing- read medical
books-he was dead before he touched
the point Of the knife-if Juan stabbed
him, he stabbed corpse-Captain
Hanska died Of apoplexy caused by his
anger!"
During these last dramatic stages Of
Miss Estrilla's narrative. Rosalie Ls
Grange had slipped into the room For
a moment, Miss Dstrilla gazed full up
on her betrayer. For = moment, all
that the tropics had given her Of storm
and fame Elared from her eyes. Then
that light died away. Thereafter, it
was as though Rosalie had not been.
II Miss Estrilla's glance. wandering
from one point to another in her effort
to concentrate on her narrative,
touched upon Rosalie's figure, they
looked straight through 1t.
Rosalie moved by imperceptible
stages to Detective Kennedys table.
Casually. she picked up a fountain pen
and sheet Of paper. and wrote:
New York. Nov. IS, 1870.
Il am telling to the police all l
know Of my part in the death OF Capt.
John H. Hanska. have confessed that
we followed him to America to get
jewels. and that it was my brother
him."
The inspector was questioning
gently now upon the apoplexy theory,
hoping to trap the witness into an in
consistency. While she talked, Miss
Estrilla Tor senorita Perez paused
from time to time as though gathering
strength. Rosalie waited for such .
pause. Then she braced the paper on
book and slipped up to Inspector
MCGEE.
You've forgotten this" she said.
you were goln' to git 1t signed at the
very first. you know"
Inspector McGee's expression proved
that he was puzzled. But he had be-
come accustomed to following Rosa
lies mental flights without knowledge
Of their destination. He nodded, there
fore. and gave book. paper and pen to
Miss Estrilla- 1t was the best possible
compliment to the inspectors third de-
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