Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-09-06
The Web of
Destiny
By J. u. GIESY and J. B. SMITH
Copyrghts- 1.-The Frank A. Munsey Co.
Captain Connel nodded.


miss Foote, do you know this
woman ?SAhe inquired. -
"She Is Mrs. Annie Paulos, wife Of
man in Salt Lake whom we have
suspected of this sort Of thing for
some time," said Lucille.
That's sufficient. Well hold her."
Connel nodded.
II would also request that you per
nit Miss Foote to wire the Salt Lake
authorities to arrest the woman'5 hus-
band and his associate, man known
Hermostyple, whom she arranged
to have kept under surveillance before
we came on here" said Dual.
BE glad to. You're making quite
a clean up, amt you," Connel agreed.
smiling. "And now / want to add
my congratulations to you all on the
lucky outcome of this matter. It was
clean work, fancy, though !. OF
COURSE, don't just know how it was
done"
Dual shifted his position slightly.
"That is what I want to tell you,"
he remarked, as Connel paused. "But
first l must ask you for Mr.. Reich's
arrest"
Lilly Lawton screamed sharply and
struggled to free herself from Lucile's
arms. Sheldon stared in speechless
amazement, and all at once I saw
binding mental illumination in my
brain.
AS for Reich he sprang to his feet
and whirled upon Semi.
what do you mean? Have me
arrested?" he cried out and stood
swaying slightly.
saw the muscles of his throat con-
tract in spasmodic manner, and he
swallowed as though choking and un-
able to go on.
At the same time saw an express
sion of lightning comprehension sweep
McKabe's face. He swung slightly
toward Homer and answered for
Dual. G .
1--WE an idea he wants you pinched,"
he remarked.
The words broke the spell. Reich
rushed into speech.
"You cowardly fakir, that's how you
play even it is? Ever since you've
&, been called into this thing you've been
bluffing and loafing. What did you
do? Nothing. You sat around and
drank tea and scribbled on pieces OF
paper, and told what you were going
to do. and said we must wait.
well, we waited till it was most
l
went down into that place alone and
got this girl at the risk Of my life and
now you're trying to make me trouble.
You're a shine detective and you're
shine as a man. But you can't make
it stick. l loved the girl and saved
her. And what did you do? You just
trailed along and talked.
'What have you got on me? Not
a thing? You're jealous and you want
10 get hunk. Rats! You can't do 1t.
And all the time you were talking so
hig, this is what you were. A fakir
Your talk was all lies-things which
meant two things at once. You talked
with double tongue. You're a cow
ardly hypocrite and sneak"
Homer" roared Sheldon. Homer
shut your trap"
McKabe came over and took the rag
ing youth by the shoulder.
"Quite right, Homer. Close up" he
said.
"But where's his case?" stammered
Reich. "Where's he got anything on
met"
Maybe he'll tell you, II you let him"
McKabe suggested. Anyway you're
grabbed. Sit down." He forced him
into a seat.
All eyes turned to Dual. He spoke:
"Mr. Reich, wherein have I lied to
you? In what have played the hypo,
critics part? What have said to you
in any instance which has not been
the literal truth? In nothing. Tonight
you asked me why did net say what
] meant. and ! told you that / would
explain to you later am about to do
so now.
"You say that all have done in this
case has been to advise waiting-and
scribble on bits of paper. / admit that
to you that may appear to be correct.
and will also say that that was prac-
tically all needed to do, for the sim
pie reason that knew you would lead
me to the place where they held the
woman you had betrayed"
He lifted his eyes and swept them
over our staring faces.
Tonight told you that / would
show you something more appalling
than any of the human paradoxes you
mentioned. This is It: A man who
has used the sacred passion of wom-
ans love to work her ruin.
"Mr. Reich. told you that my meth
ods were peculiar and unlike those of
the police. They embrace the use of
forces not recognized by even the bulk
OF mankind vet in this case they have
succeeded. II tell you that the rea'
son seemingly waited and did moth
ing was that Ind read your mind and
knew you guilty, and used You to
guide me to your victim, even. while