Nogales international., 1932-05-04

jealous"
A sort Of smile went around the
courtroom. Only Dubois and Mata
Hari remained sober.
Colonel Shubin was jealous?"
"Ye5
with reason. perhaps?"
"Perhaps-tf you are interested"
Another smile Mata Harris eyes
narrowed and she threw back her
head as If she were gratiAed by the
success of her thrust.
Had she not on the morning of his
death come to visit him In his Of
fee with papers on which she needed
his help?
ST came to visit him in his Office
intending to make up our quarrel.
I valued his friendship. I did not
wish to lose IL. Since M. Dubois had
ne searched there. he can doubtless
inform you whether had papers or
not"
Eut, insisted the prosecutor with
out @ sign Of irritation. the attendant
in Colonel Shubin's Office now said
that che had left note on the Col
onels desk Just before the search.
And afterwards. she had asked for
the letter back again. Why. If 1t
were Just an innocent message to tbs
Colonel to say she he'd been fl-and
sinca she SO valued his friendship
she would wish him to know that
she had sought, by this. means. to
renew it---wiy. Ia that case, had she
retrieved the Eote2
It was his smoothness that gave
n1ata Hart pause and Maitre Caron.
too. accustomed to the tactics of the
| courtroom, censed IN this o warning
That particular kind Of patience de-
notes the consciousness OF strength
| IN reserve, hand not yet revealed
an ace up the sleeve. Tt Is the calm
before the sudden storm which may
wreck the ship.
| Instead of answering the question
by another sally aimed at Dubois. the
| dancer decided to treat 1t with appar-
ent seriousness and candour.
The letter wrote to Colonel Shu-
bin consisted of just a line or two
saying was sorry for last night and
wished he would ring me up- There
| was nothing else IN the envelope.
| After was searched. the indignity
made me angry felt that Colonel
| Shubin should take better care OF
his visitors: decided he should
| really apologize to me. and as knew
| the attendant would tell him ! had
| called. on an impulse. rook the note
and went away. Surely If it had con-
Gained anything serious. I would not
have cared to walk around with 1t
| after search
/ Where did you go after that?"
She knew, that she was on treacher-
.ous ground here. and she answered
| with great care as close to the truth
| as possible las nearly as can re-
member. took a taxi IN order to go
! TO hotel for lunch. Then 1t was
such a pleasant day decided to get
out and walk. walked for quite a
| while. thinking Of some dances which
had In mind and was so engrossed
that found I had long passed the
hotel. had something to eat IN one
OF the cafes and hurried back to keep
an engagement with my dressmaker. !"
| I'VE have the statement OF a taxi
driver to che effect that he drove you
that morning to within d. block of
| Colonel Shubin's house. He had seen
/! you dance and recognized YOU"
| 1t was a slight shock to her. and
she faltered the least bit. How glad
she was that she had Walked from
l nlp
1T may have been so." she said
| after moment. II do not remember
| where left the taxi. did not
notice"
| Aft1r few more questions In re-
| gard to letters found IN the search
Of her house-all of which she ex-
planned with perfect cainness-the
prosecutor sat back. and Mattre Caron
rose to move for her acquittal on the
| ground Of lack Of direct evidence to
! show that she was a. spy had other
| than a friendly connection with Shu-
bin or had even been In his house
the day of his death.
| With many gestures. now raising
| his voice irnpressively. now lowering
| it with a tremor of emotion, he beg
| ged them to believe that he was as
! loyal Frenchman. as true a patriot
as any of the members of the Court,
| he begged them to. remember that he
had practised his profession for forty
one years and had q great deal Of
| experience with crime. Ills client
| might have been driven to within a
short distance Of the Colonel's house
| that morning, an unfortunate COIN
| cidence which might befall the most
innocent. But no one had seen her
enter or leave and later she had kept
an engagement with her dressmaker
These we're not the actions of a guilty
woman. His client had been "indts-
| creet-yeS, Unmoral-yes But a spy
-no--a thousand times mol And
guilty of so foul a crime as the shoot
ing Of a dear friend In as the prose-
cutor had tried to prove, the pursuit
of her nefarious business-neverW
THE chlvalry of France cannot and
! will not on such slender. such unsup-
ported evidence. indeed such lack OF
| evidence. brand a beautiful woman,
neutral subject and a great artist
as spy and a common criminals"
The old man sat down, exhausted.
and applied a handkerchief to his
brow and to his eyes. The guards had
been moved by his fervor, but the
members Of the Courtmartial stared
at Mata Hari with blank faces and
the dancer looked straight back at
them as if challenging them with ell