(Signed) "Lucy Thomas."
The chief whistled. "How in thunder did you get this out of the woman?"
"Sent for her and had a talk with her. She told so many stories and contradicted herself so much that, at last, she broke down and let me have the real facts."
"Will she stick to what she says in this paper?"
"Oh, yes. There won't be any trouble about that."
Greenleaf offered him the signed confession.
"No; keep it," he said. "It's your property, not mine."
The chief folded it and put it carefully into his breast pocket.
"I wonder," he speculated, "what Mr. Braceway will say to this."
"He'll realize that the case is settled. But I don't think he'll quit work."