The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-04-20

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| Not unless you make . eeooo!'
cried Rosalis. anticipating his thought
I'm not arrsstins you-cant you IN
derstand that?" She hurried hin to q
lonely park bench. half hidden In the
shrubbey. When she turned to looh
him full in the face again. his color
was normal: hs had resained his grip
And hs spoke with q touch of his old
boyish insoucianos.
This 10 little nelodrama you ars
staging. Ars. L. Grange! An I tn
hero or the villain!"
Il expected you to be suspicious aa
try to blu6 this through" said Rosalie
In hsr most matter-of-fact tone. that's
Why l stole this note an brought II
hore." She had been keeping her
hands in her muff. She drew them out.
now. and handed him the vital paper:
Il am telling to the police all know
OF my part and my brothers part In
the death of Capt John H. Hanska l
have confessed that we followed him
to America to get my jewels. and that
1t was my brother Juan who appeared
to have stabbed him.
"MARGARITA PEREZ"
He read 1t. As he looked up he was
still master Of himself. but Rosalie
could perceive behind his mask q kind
Of vibration. an inner agitation Of Ill
his nerves. But his will still mas
tered his voice.
"Margarita Perss-who 10 shs!"
She IL your sister. You are Juan
Perez-not Estrilla. You are from
Port Of Spain. You came here to fol-
low Captain Hanska-"
Where did you hear this!" inquired
Estrilla. with pitiful attempt to put
sarcasm into his voice,
Il have listened to her confession" :"
replied Rosalie calmly. "she told the
police-after she signed that paper
how you went into Captain Hanska's
room at night to get your family jew
els. how that trick alarm on his strong
box woke him up, an how you killed
him"
But Juan Estrilla had lsaped up now
n though his nerves would BE- denied
no longer
You are here to betray mel know
1t now!" he said.
Il suspected this trouble was CON-
in'." replied Rosalie Le Grange. II
sent Mos Lane to deliver you here at
I'VE o'clock-because it's an out-of-ths-
way place an quiet. Sit down"
Estrilla shook - he resumed his
sat.
Does she known" he asked.
Not yet" said Rosalie.
Il didn't give her my real reason.
was glad" she pursued, ito hear you
bust out in that sincere way whom l
said you killed Hanska. put that in
for test; an you stood It. Now sit
there and listen to what else your sis
ter said. an sec II any Of that could
have been worked out by detectives.
She says you didn't kill Hanska. that
he died Of apoplexy an fell on the
knife you was holdin' against him."
Estrilla turned his great eyes and
molstened his lips a. though to speak;
but he held to bis nerve snd made NO
sound.
She says that you carried out that
box Of Jewels with the cover open. an
that = diamond buckle dropped out ~
you were passing through the door.
An when she came back in your
clothes after you telephoned to her,
she picked it up. Tho jewels arc in
Caracas. You dropped the boz in the
river. Could anybody patch that to-
gether? Could anybody guess that!"
Then II he died Of apoplexy-if I
didn't kill him-why should they ar.
rest MOI" asked Estrilla.
Young man." said Rosalie, how
could you prove it7''
lnnocently and directly, Estrilla
came out with what amounted to his
confession.
He was always in danger of apo
plexy-my sister knew that. And un.
doubtedly 1t was a mortal seizure, For
his hands were going toward his head
not toward the knife. Even when he
fell and died. his hands were still 10
ing up. not down. have seen doctors,
l have read about apoplexy in every
medical book in the public library. And
when saw him last-there was blood
IN MS nostrlls."
Rosalie nodded.
II saw that. too. My. but coroner's
physicians are dense!" she said.
Now I've got to talk hard and
straight. You were in the act of burg
larry. 1t don't make no difference that
you had a right to burgle-no Jury
would recognize that The coroner's
physician never thought Of anything
but that stab wound-never thought to
look for apoplexy-case seemed too
plain. You an are the only people
who thought about that bloody nose.
Tie boys cremated. an IL 1t wasn't
well. we won't go into that. Why
Jran Psrez. they'd laugh at you. Do
yea see: Don't you ge. your fix?"
He was trembling. and now he made
pitiful movement with his hands
as though to steady his head.
so you must get away"
But my sister"