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Copyright, 1813, International Nev* B*r*ie*
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"I don't know where shs was." hs
exclaimed doubtfully. He realized his
blunder even as the words left his
lips and sought to correct It as beat
he might. "Why. yes. f do, too." he
went on, as if assa'led by sudden
memory. "I droppel into her place
kind of late, and they said she'd gone
to bed—headache. I guess. . . .
Yes, she was home, of courso. Shs
didn't go out of the house all night."
His insistence on the point was of
Itself suspicious, but eagerness to pro.
tect her stultified his wits.
Burke aat grim and silent, offering
no comment on tbe Us.
"Know anything about young
Gilder?" he demanded. -Happen to
know where be is now?" He arose
and came around th 3 desk, so that he
atood close to Garsun, at whom he
glowered.
"Not a thing!'' was the earnest an
swer. But the speaker's fenr rose
swiftly, for the linking of these names
was significant—efrlgnt'ullv slgnil-
cant!
The inner door opsned and Mary
Turner entered ths office. Garson with
dlraonlty suppressed, the err pf dis-
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tress that rose to hits 3ip*. For a ths affirmative, he went on speaking
few moments the silence was un- In tones ponderous with self-com
broksn. Then, presently. Burke, by a placency; and, now. his eyes hsld
gesture, directed the girl to advance sharply, craftily, on ths woman,
toward the center of tho room. As "i was right then, after all—right,
she obeyed, hs himself went a little »» ths time! Good enough!" Of a
toward the doer, and, when it opened sudden his voles boomed somberly,
again, and Dick Gilder appeared, he "Mary Turner, I want you for the
interposed to oheek the youn* man's murder of "
rush forward as bis gaze fell on his Garson's rush halted ths ssntence.
.1?* . h ° " l ° od r# ** rdln * him wllh «• had leaped forward. His face
sea eyes. was rigid. He broke on the inspector's
Garson Stared mutely at the burly word , with a gaeture of fury. Hla
man In uniform who held their ties- volee j * * h 7 a "
tinles Is the hollow of a hand. His a damned lis! I
lips were parted as if he were about dld aamnea hoi . . . *
to speak. Then he bade defiance to '
the impulse. He deemed it safer for ,„
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. . . And it is very easy to say a Anawlah and Bliss
word too many. And that one may be' Jo« Garson had shouted his con
a word never to be unsaid—ot gain- fession without a second of reflec
aaid. tion. But the result must have been
Then, while still that curious the same had hs taken years of
dynamic silence endured, Cassidy came thought. Between him and her as
briskly into the offlce. By some magic victim Of the law there could be no
of duty, be had contrived to give his hesitation for choice. Indeed, just
usually hebstudinous features an ex- now he bad no heed to bis own fats,
presslon of enthusiasm. The prims necessity was te save her,
"Say, Chief," the detective said rap- Mary, from the tolls of tbs law that
idly, "they've squealed!*' were closing around her. For hlm-
Burke regarded hla .:id with an air self, In the days to come there would
Intolerably triumphant. His yoiee be a ghastly dread, but there would
came smug: never be regret over ths cost of say
"Squealed, eh?" His glance ran over ing her. Perhaps some other hs
Garson for a second, then made its might let suffer In his stead—not her!
Inquisition of Mary and of Pick Even had be been innocent and shs
Glider. He did not give a look to guilty of tbe crime, he would still
Cassidy as be fat hla question- "Do bays taken ths burden ef It on bis
they tell ths same story?" And thsn, own shoulders. Hs bad savsd has from
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ths end. as far as the power in him
might lis. It was thus that, with the
primitive directness of his reveren
tial lovs for the girl, he counted no
sacrifice too great in her behalf. Jos
Garson was not a good man, as ths
world esteems goodness. On the con
trary, he was distinctly an evil one, a
menace to the society on which he
preyed constantly. But his good
qualities, if few, were of the strong
est fiber, rooted in the deeps of him.
He loathed treaohery. His one guilti
, ness In this respect had been, curi
ously enough, toward Mary herself, in
the scheme of burglary, which she
had forbidden. But in the last analy
sis here his deceit had been designed
to bring affluence to her. It waa his
abhorrence of treachery among pals
that had driven him to the murder of
the stool pigeon in a fit of ungov
ernable passion. He might have
stayed his hard then but for the
gusty rage that swept him on to the
crime. None the less had he spared
the man bis hatred of the betrayer
would have been the same.
And ths Other virtue of Joe Garson
was the complement of this —his own
loyalty, a loyalty that made him for
get self utterly where he loved. The
one woman who had ever filled his
heart was Mary, and for her his life
Were not too much to give.
The suddenness of it all held Mary
voiceless for long seconds. She was
frozen with horror of ths event. When,
at last words cams, they were a fran
tic prayer of protest.
"No, Jos! No! Don't talk —don't
talk!"
Burke, immensely gratified, went
nimbly to hie chair and thence Sur
veyed the agitated group with grisly
Pleasure.
"Joe has talked," he said, signifi
cantly,
Mary, shaken as she was by the fact
of Garson's confession, nevertheless
retained bar presence of mind suffi
ciently to resist with all her strength.
"He did it to protect me," shs stated
earnestly.
yhe inspector disdained men I utile
argument As the doorman appeared
in answer to the buzzer, he directed
that tbe stenographer be summoned
at once.
""We'll have the confession in due
form," he remarked, gazing pleasedly
on the three before him.
"He's not going to confess," Mary
insisted, with spirit.
Rut Burke waa not in the least im
pressed. He disregarded her com
pletely, and spoke mechanically tv
Garson the forma} warning required
by the law.
"You are hereby cautioned that
anything you say may be used against
you " Then. a» the stenographer en
tered, he went on with lively Inter
est. "Now, Joe!" •
Yet once again, Mary protested, a
little wildly.
"Don't speak. Joe! Don't say a
word till we can get a lawyer for
you!"
The man met her pleading eyes
steadily, and shook his head in re
fusal.
"It's no use, my girl," Burke broke
in, harshly. "I told you I'd get you.
I'm going to try you and Garson. and
the whole gang for murder—yes,
every one of you. And you.
Gilder," he continued, lowering on the
young man who had defied him so ob
stinately, "you'll go to the house of
detention as a material witness.' He
turned his gase to Garson again, and
spoke 'authoritatively: "Come on
now, Joe!"
Garson went a step towsrd ths
desk, and spoke decisively. •
"If I come through, you'll Ist her.
gor—and blmf he addsd aa an after
thought, with a nod toward Dick Gil
der.
"Oh, Joe. don't!*' Mary cried, bit
terly. "We'll spend every dollar we
can raise to save you!*'"
"Now. it's no use," the Inspector
complained. "You're only wasting
time. He's said that he did it. That's
all there is to it- Now that we're
sura he's our man, be hasn't got a
oh a nee in ths world."
"wall, how about Iff Garson de
manded, savagely, "Do tbsy ft clear,
if X coma through V
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"We'll get the best lawyers In the
courtiy," Mary persisted, desperately.
"We'll «fr*e you, Joe—-we'll save you!"
Garson regarded the distraught girl
with wistful eyes. But there was no
trace of yielding in his voice as he
replied, though he spoke very sor
rowfully.
"No, you can't help ma," he said,
simply. "My time lias come, Mary.
. . . And I can save you a lot of
trouble."
"He's right there,'" Burke ejacu
lated. "We've got him cold. So,
what's the use of dragging you two
Into it?"
"Then, they go clear?" Garson ex
claimed, eagerly. "They ain't even to
be called as witnesses?"
Burke nodded assent.
"You're on!" he agreed.
"Then, here goes!" Garson cried;
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and he looked expectantly toward the
stenographer.
Tiie strain of lt all was sapping the
Wtll of the girl, who saw the man
she so greatly esteemed for his serv
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condemn himself to d«ath. She grew
half hysterical. Hor words came
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Again Garson shook his head in
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"There's no other way out," he de
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