Show TROUGH ROUGH I THE WALL MOFFETT Copyright by OF THE BATTLE ETC D. D APPLETON AND D COMPANY ANY CHAPTER Thirty if Important Words Greener ro ner resumed thi ma mapis- mapis ls- ls er r the fhe he shrimp had withdrawn Ie you Ou walking alon along this hotel of ot 42 Jon ion the night July Juh J nt n en ans answered d the prisoner photogrApher positively ei Identifies mistaken I wasn't there smiled Milled Hauteville with bUSty need a better dea de- de jn n a t that lever ever I n need I I 2 shall have ha came cameT T retort you anything to sa say about those all II marks 7 ing lag sa 8 5 a peculiarity about those T. T The Tho little finger of oC th the thet it t rondo mado them Is abnormally cx ex- rily l long ng Experts say fay that in ined ed hands handi you ou will not ith Ith so 80 long a n little finger per pcr- one t. t one in a million It happens have bave such nuch a hand and nd such uch a er Strange e Is It not notZ t t strange If you ou like shrugged e er it Just JURt think ie e m men n in Paris should try to In those finger marks rk uld be bo only two or three who wilO ach ch the extraordinary span 6 bee of be ofle le e cose se T There ere might be fifty nety there e 10 o only one of or tho those fifty or ord d be positively Identified as S th tM tho choked the tho photo photographer and andJa andis is Ja yourself There is the point against you the evidence of or oro bo o 0 saw you that night and r rd- rd you and the evidence c of ot your our d. d dorly arly ny was wan the tho charge mado made that first time the prisoner r dropped ing fing manner and listened so- so f 4 for the sake Mke of or argument that thata said Mind HI tn the balcony balcon he admit but suppose suppo e I was What the Judge tint much replied It would simply establish h a probability that you killed Martl- Martl f O stealing photographer saw you room carrying a R pair s. s it hut what what if It I were nerO It admit it It but Lir of tt K boots are arc miss miss- hey were worn by the murderer Innocent man w r suspicion on an ere rere stolen when the pistol was wasand wasand and tho the m murderer tried to re- re be dl co em w tO so that they might room and found sound to footprints and damn the alleyway oM t t know who Kittredge is and what whal alleyway C a you refer Hn in Crooner vill Ignored this bravado and ed In order to steal teai these boots able to return them the murderer ave had access to s sHow How Th The Tho simplest qt way was wasi i ga ri- room In the same hotel on If rib floor opening on tho the same Which Is 18 exactly what you did sa en go Into Into It Itou itou ou choked him You took this ir a a. month but you never went wont it after the da day of the crime dear sir all aU this is away from nt at Granting that thal I choked the apher which I 1 dont don't grant and carried a pair of oC boots along a and rented a room which I 1 didn't t tI I how does docs that connect me mo with of of what what did you say his inca Inez answered the tho judge pas pau pa- pa s u Martinez Well why lId did Id I mur- mur person asked askp the prisoner fa taI ta- ta a- a ir y What had 1 I I to gain by his Can you make mako that clear dear Can m prove that I was at tho the place fee was was was' murdered at Rt the critical By the wa way where was as the theIn In murdered It If Im I'm to defend thought ought to havo have some details of H r. r nudge Judge and exchanged words Then the magis- magis Lid quietly Lid quietly Ill give you ou one de- de JUt aut tho the murderer he Is a 0 left man rn 7 And fAnd am I left handed banded 1 ll H know that definitely In the tho When you undergo the vents In the meantime MJ M. l can l testify that you use your yourd our id 1 d 1 with wonderful skill tring I suppose sneered the Tto our Imaginary encounter on imps when 1 M M. to havo have used cd his teeth on my ray mya P SM as a flash ash M. M r. r Paul bent toward go IO and said something in a low lowes yes It es exclaimed with Uh withof of satisfaction Then to Groo- Groo row ow o do you happen to know that took place on the tho Champs ier j ho r ho said aId so Just now flow anthe antho an an- tho the other uneasily ok ak not W Was lI the tho Champs ed Jules Juies he turned to tho clerk It looked back conscientiously Ibis notes and shook his head has has been said about the tho Champs itt have Imagined it St muttered oner clever of ot you ou Groener Greener said the tho to Imagine the tho exact street the tho encounter took place You havo done dono better If It you had hadIt It aco what comes cornel of talking with Hh la of ot counsel remarked ure in funereal tones il Ish h flung back tho the prisoner Is of ot no Importance urso not of pf course courso not purred 1st Istrate rote Then abruptly his whole changed Crooner he no said saM and orang oran sternly Ive Ivo been patient u so 80 far Ive I've tolerated your our out- out arro arrogance anc and Impertinence part- part trap you ou as I have ha and partly I rI I always give Ive suspected persons n mount amount of latitude nt at first Now ow youve you've had your our little fling and md turn Hum Wo We aro arc coming to a p part rt nomination that you will not find ng In fact you will realize behave be- be have chave been twenty four hours at ate atlie lie e that that that- ot going to the Sante Inter- Inter roener Insolent insolently Ule motioned to the guard Put on him stepped forward and obeyed Uhe man none too tenderly con on the accused on once Q more lost It control and was swept with ger in Imy my wor words s. s Judge Haut Hauteville vUe fiercely you ou have ordered r put pul on a prisoner for tho the last do do you OU mean by that thaU demand- demand magistrate tee t Instantly Instant Groener had be bc- eil Jm m again I be beg your our pardon rm 1 m a little on my nerves Ill I'll myself now Im I'm read ready for or tho those thoRe o yo i u spoke of or that sire are not so 80 a amus- amus mus musts must's t t's ts botter hotter approved d IlI Hauteville IU watching tho the prisoner shook ook iI doubtfully There Thero was Bomo- Bomo e- e mans man's mind that they did cr demanded d tho the magistrate to Mv vely do io you still sUIl d deny ny any n cont con- con this crime or any knowledge sr it t fan f answered the accused aId ld before I J think you OU are ly- ly ii v e you killed Martinez artinez but its it's rn rn mistaken I was mistaken Ft t impression on about eC e- e Ice C Seemed emed strong a against him Pu U d 6 I certainly have havo committed i ud had It not b been n for or forthe the reon re- re ork on the case done flone by M. M Zetha al alEo I Eo replied Crooner whir a an anft at the detective n I i 4 might mako make a a. fth tb Quietly spoken k n words M M. 1 ra rage e and a n violence l m made adO him mutter to i f's him him- u well ell this fellow Is t do 0 any anymore more harm banal I I 1 warned you Oll pursued th the judge that we are aro coming to an nn unpleasant part of ot this examination It Is unpleasant he because cause it forces toree a guilty person to betray himself and reveal rc more or less of the Uio tru truth th that t he hc tries to hide The prisoner look looked d up incredulously You say sa- saIt It forces him to betra betray himself himself him him- self elt practically what it does There ma may b be men strong enough nough and self controlled controlled con eon trolled enough to resist but we haven't ha found such a person ron yet ct Its It's true the system Is 18 quite recently devised It hasn't hunt been thoroughly tested but so so far we weh I h have havo vo had harJ won wonderful results and Its and its it's just the thing for tor your our case Greener Groener was listening carefully Why hy Because If It you ou are guilty we wo shall know It H and can go on con confidently lookIng lookIng looking look- look Ing for Cor or certain links now missing In th the chain Qt of evidence against t. t you ou On theother tho the other hand If sr you ou ar are arl Innocent we shaU know that too and and It If you ar are Innocent t. t Groener hero Is Is' Is your chance to provo prove It If It the prisoners prisoner's rf fear tear was stirred he did not show it It for tor he answered ered mockingly mock mock- In I How I suppose you have a scales that registers innocent or guilty when the accused ed stands on It Hauteville shook shock his head Its ts t's simpler aim sim piel than that W We 1 make the accused relt register r his own guilt or his own Innocence Innocence innocence inno Inno- cence with his own words word It i Whether he wishes to or not noU The oth r nodded grIm grimly I Within certain cera tam tain limits yes CR How The Thc judge opened a leather portfolio and selected select d Leveral Io sheets of paper ruled In squares Then he took out ut his watch On these sheets he hc explained d M and I have ha written down about a n hundred words simple everyday words most of ot them such as house music tree tree b baby by that have haven no particular significance rig sig among these words however we have Introduced thirty that have some association with this this' rime crime words like f Ansonia billiards pistol Do you fOU ou understand un un- 2 Yes I shall speak these thele words slowly one by one and when I ep speak ak a word I want you to speak another word that m my wor word suggests ests For exam example example pip If Ir I sa say t tree o you Ou ml might ht sa say sa garden Karden If Ie I 8 say Y house you might say any chair Of course you aro are free tree freeto freeto to say eay an any word you please but you will find yourself Irresistibly drawn toward certain ones according as you are Innocent Innocent Inno mao cent coat or guilty To bo be continued I |