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r t i >t,l 1 the "I Kl. 'I load
. j,, 11 t - i 1» 1: -t ■• t ' -11 *• asked. i:
a stai t t-i!.#.
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. m i • -he ;t: 1 at length
■ ';i\, ,1 a d-t ■ 1 ijju'le 'il! niy lift
w ) ; • , ... , ..1 ot a I {lll bus
|. till), who \> 1- :: bi '!!»• and a dllllik
m.| ~ (i 1 ; now-. I ttiii 1 'j*'! muel
ii.. 1 t t ► r!i.n" well of 1 h* !>l
of \ou. hut j.;'.: del-i  >h n i'i « 
though tin- room "was i;int«
\v;il 111. "1 1 i 111 t i ! 1 1 k * 1 that
( II (• !1: :. (•! ion with w I.' .'II
"M !. W \t ' 1 '>• ''■- • -1" :l!t
~u I'l iti hui 1 i-il! v.
"And w 11« 4 «i -
"1 do: 1 i kii'i'V.
•• rh'-u ! li« 1•• i v iioiunlv i-N' .'
•Wt-I!. I don't knoA lin not
Mill'.
1 ilI 11 ••11■• ■t• v 1 w«l!- |'!;/./. 1 d
••Wli-it do \oii mcrtnu itskid.
•i w il! t !! \ i! }•! 1 Ui;>\\s.iiil
|\ Ji -. 11 ,1 ■. 1 t ■'' 1. *iii 11 * > innocent.
( iod Nvill • { 1 1 !i
•" 1 ! Wi 1 o ] - i 111 ;o( ( 1,1
•1 ; 1 till miii rrvl i.iii# troii> tin
mu I Mi> 11:d»l' ton. •"an von
 - aii jutl-i tor you 1 -r.t
Mi.  *.»11»\ assi ntt-d. ;t 1111 >lu- l)t*
_;al :
•It - : \ two
tlt'cidcil to tnki 1 in • t'iit cboi*
jll ai d woi k. ;tn »r\in toi
tin- i'VH !>»ut a lone woman
avin I>«« ni> d v trt»ati*d 'oy a 1» 1 .1 1♦
who now d-'iid. wlilrli 1 wu> illlt'l?
t will to im. 1 t!i.n 11.t !od^t*i>
ud « !]• 11.f a .;t* i> I {'lit t notici
* •
1• 1 j lit j,ll >• 1 a;. d 1 . ': ! v• r W l:\tt
t ll>k T i 1«• t"o :: >tWt) mi 'lit 1-- ».
\ \ l.al w t-» i • .1 ut
Not \ ! v Iji . . da! k I a i"i'.
wi. i~-l-.il> 1.01 mil Mar la-. :ih tjiiitt ti 
nt a man.
Aun thu | « fii:;:i; ab nt hin.'
Mi- 11 ;d t 'i; thot:_:l.t for ;i im 1
111 l lit .
"\\  ... ii -aid at It n«^ 11 ." v it 1
t m on it 1L 111. \ It. hut it w;i
. i»d with i- a.r ;t 11 !t*w 1 • t-I»j> 1
kill il\ C M't li it
• I t •t \ man. Mild ii 1t
: 11;i> 1 ." 1 111 « n tin 1 i-ht j• at i:.
Mi \\ ; \[t -aid ■ ad ju>t coin
!'n 1.1 i'l and. hi nt on the woinat
W i,.i : . nil .u d Mr. I»011>)
aiiaui.t- for tin- ri'ij-e '.at l»eiii|
i t 1 \>\ ! 1 ••ml-.
"lit to-'k> the 1 'I I -aid t i >til
w ih me f i r-:\ months, an" } aid
wt tk > rt ! t 111 atl vaiu'e. an e a.h :
j»aid u{' ! t i.tr like a ii -{ ectab
1! 11 o I : t Im it*\ eii '» 111 m\
-1 lie -aid  a i 1 t- of fllel
:. 1. 11 -♦ vl >o _ > t iit Ca el'M u' h 1
\\ ho wt 11 fi •• 1 I'-
ll 11 I t':»n tt\ t 1. ' ' i \v» l
vi i \ e.i . a:. lit t.i I Wi !:l { 1;! i
,i :- 1 111 \ll '. •.« .w.a 1e t w
w tilth .- -t ;.ke el::. 1 . the v -«
tht A I t - t ' W . ... % '. 1.1 t
i ; ;. 1. 1 1i' 1 -: • • \ t
t .. i!. t t wa- .1 _ I!. * ' ! 111 %
lit 11 v- -. t W;-
. 1
•A! ' ' ii.• tf ij- etc 1 Mr. ' i l-} .sij 1
f- r. t; y.
""K "ad 'ii v i.e frn 1. d si- I f \ or
fifiu —n Mr. Mortrlaml —wijo coined
ei with 1 Hi. ai. 1 wu- ri.lei» wit!, m
—brother like."
) t -What like i- thi- Mr. M >relanu
"Good lookin baid Mrs.
H{ib!et'ii -ourlv "'nut 1- abit>
w eren t a- ;i> i>» face—aiid-ome
:- !i- Hi.!-• me does, is wlmt I -e>
l \voud»-i f he know- anything
about 11.1 - atfail. mut>-red Gorby
to I; IU. >e. f. "Wheie 1- Ml ?doie
1-1 'and to he found ' he a-ked aloud.
!e i ,\ot knowin . cant teii letoited
ti.»- !.u il tl% : " e u-ed to be ele
re_ r i.-'.r. but I ain't seen "1111 for ovu
:i «v ee .
e "Su ver\ ! t (iorby.
'' -li'lk. r! I. s lien-'. *'l -liould ;iue l(>
>♦ e tins Mr. Moreiaml. 1
:l - j». liable he'll im i aj^ain.' he r»-
m il i. d. a.ouii
•• \i,; i . u." -ec 1 nature I s'porjt
••v, i iii; >w*• i ed t i.e woman: " e
iit ea'.l .11 j*n\ im»', mo-t:v avin
cii ed tt I.lJ4ht.
" Vii ! t lieu I.! e. tine dO'A II t hl.-
d -\»*l: ::' r on eh ll.ee (if seeing llllli,
), J, ied the dttl rt .\e "CoilK ideinH S
iiajijx-n in real li.♦ • :i> well as in
u ii \f.-. and the o nth-man in i[".e.--
t: »n mav tHin r.p in the nick of time.
11 Now. what ei>e about Mr. Wh^tt'"
"About two weeks or three.
I'm hot cert'.n which. :i
'• eall« dto- e Mr. W liyte; e wore a
l ' eoat.
•*.\ h ! ;i ,:noi nii._! coat'
"No. "e Was 111 e\ t lil'l dl'ess. {lll l
'' woi•• a ]2"iit eoat t>vei it. an a so!t
O
11 "al."
"I he \ei v mail, s.'iid the ijetective
' bi lmv his breath ; on.
"'H went into Mr. Whyfe's room
an' -tut tile door. I don't know how
i ». -j tiiev were tiilkin together, but
I was sit tin" in thi- very room an
eaid their voin s L, r it an they
w ere a -weal in at one another, which
i- the wav of men. the brutes. I
1 up went into the passage in or
der to a.-k tin not to make so much
noise, whin Mr. Wiiyte's door open-t
an'tln* gentleman in the light coat
1 come>- out sin banes alone to the
" door. Mi. W hyte t comes to the
door of is room .'in' e o'lers out :
*Sht i- nine ; NOU can't do unythine;"
' an' t lie ot her t urns, with i- an on
1 the dooi - . an sav s: 'I can kill you. an'
if vi u main er I'll do it even in the |
ot en street
"Ai l said Mr. (iorbv. drawin*' a
I i
h bn at h. "and t hen
"1 hen he band's the door to, which i
it in ver shut ea-v since, an* I ain". 1
i" . 1
got jio money to it put light, fin"
Mr. V, hyte walks back to is room
laughin'."
-Did lie make any remark to YOU.'
"No. e\ci pt he'd been worried bv
(* y
a lootmiK*.
"And what was tin' stram'el s
n
name'
1 * | | r , » %
"that I c in't ten you. as Mr.
N\ liyte in ver told me. He was vei v
tail, with a fair mustache, an' dre.-st 1
as 1 told von.
Mr. i iorby was -atisti' d.
" 1 iiat i> the n an. he said to him
self. "who got into thecal) and in ii r
dered W l:\te: there's no doubt of it.
Whvteand he were rivals for the
he: i ess.
••What d'ye think of it -aid Mis.
i fableton. curiously.
it
"l t; 11 k. said Mr. (iorbv SjOwlv.
! •• • .
witn hi- eves tixed on her. "1 think
that tin re is a woman at the bottom
'r> C . 1 ' • *
Oi t Lis crime.
CHAPTER VI.
a
! - v; - •' Y MVKKS rrRTHF.r. MS.' \ ) :.!):s
win n Mr. Gorby 1, ft Poxum V;
>■ la no doul t rc:::*;inctl in hi- mi:. 1 a
'"• win), had cor; iuitt» 1 tl e mill
li•' _• n'leman in tl e li-ht coat ha 1
ii r» aten-tl to murder \\ hvte, ev» n
:! 1 ' len street—thest la-t wo: 1-
. e pec i I j . ■ ;
'• tl.' Ie \«a- no doubt 1 It that 1." 1. i 1
is threat
'" t* i l'.\. •a 1 i.ow t . '.v
It!i ; wt;o ti i ~11 * t•
1 v Ivl -• When i:e .:\ i and, 1.■ '
■ ' * ..t i.n-t facts, t > a-i♦ rtai.i
his doings on the night  f the luur
der. Mrs. Hableton hnd dtsciibed
!• in . but was ignorant of iris name,
and hei very vague description
might apply to dozens of young men
in Mellx>uine. There was only one
person iu Mi. Oorbj a opinion,
cmid t*-11 the name >i the gentleman
in the liL'ht eoat. and that wa> More
land. the intimate fi >♦ ml of the dead
man. W hat puz/a d the detective
was that Morel ami -houll be igno
rant of hi!-* friend's fagie «le:it!». see
ing that tilt- papel- were fil 1 of the
mutder, ami that the reward gave an
excellent description of the personal
appearance of 111 ♦- deceased 1 ut
• 'iiU wa\ in which  iorby could ac
c Hint for Moieland '•> extraoidinaiy
-hence was that he was oat of town,
ai i had n itiu r nti « paper- m i
1 » ai d any one ta king about themur
der. If this was the ease he mmht
e.t i.er stav aw a v 'o« an indefinite
time 1 •• lie* back alt' 1' a lew
tia \s. At a.i events it was woitii
w lii.e going down to St. lviida in the
evening c,»i) the Chinee that Moreland
might ( a!! and s» e his friend. S »
\fterh»s t a. Mr. (roibvput on his
hat and went down to Possum \ ilia
on w hat he could'not help acknowl
ed«>it."- to himst If was a verv slender
c~ c *•
possil ilitv.
Mrs. Habb'ton opened the door lor
him. and in silence : d tie wa\ into
her own sit ting rooii'.
Tiiev were baielv seated when a
knock came at the front loud
and decisive, on hearing which Mr-.
Hableton sprang ha-tiiy to IK r leet.
••That may be Mr. Moreland," she
said. "I never ave visitors in the
evenin . be u a lone widder. an ii it is
nil l ii 1)1 ing 'mi in ere.
She went out. and presently (ror
bv. who was listening intently, heard
a man s voice ask it Air. W byte was
at home. "No. sr. he am t. an
swered the landlady, "but there's a
gentleman in 'is room askin'after im.
Won t v>u come in. sii } .
"For a rest, yes." returned the
visitor, and immediately afterwards
Mrs - Habieton appeared. ushering in
the l-ite Oliver W iiyte s most inti
mate friend. He was a tall slender
man. with a \ ink ami white comph x
ion. curly fair hair, and a drooping
straw colored mustache— a together
a strikingly aristocratic individual,
lie was well dressed iu a lashiouable
1 suit of check, and had a cool noncha
lant air about him.
" Vnd where is Mr. Whyte to
; ni'dit.'" he asked, sinking into achair,
j ° ••til
' and taking no more notice ot the de
i tective Mian if he had been an article
of furniture.
"Haven't you seen him lately
asked the detective quickly. Mr.
More lend stared in an insolent man
ner at his questioner for a few mo
ments, a- if he were debating the
advisabilit yof answering or not. At
last he apparently decided that he
would, f»r slowlv pulling ofl one
glove he leaned back iu h;s chair.
"No. I have not, lie said, with a
vawn. "I have been up the country
lor a few davs. and onlyariived back
this evei in ir . so I have not seen him
n
for over a week. W iiy do you a-k
The del«•'.tive di 1 lot answer, but
stood looking at the young man be
fore him in a thoughtful manner.
•T hope." said Moreland. noncha
lpntlv. "I hope you will know me
again, my friend : but I di In t know
Whyte had started a lunatic asylum
during inv absence.' "Who ar r
vou
Mr.  i lbv came torwai i and -too 1
under the gaslight. "My name i
(I rbv. -j. ai. 1 lam a !• ' ectiv» . i,e
said quietly.
A 1.1 in It • 1." .-aid .Moit .a:, 1 c
ly. lo KIT _ 1 imu.ian 11 wn "V hit
ha- Wly b ■v .1 ::.g. limning a \ay
\v; t.. -■• Hi  r. t s eh I n»W
lie I. a - 1 it! .e '• itill' s-» - ••! tn u
Si 'lt.
i i !bv -In I 1. t 1
"D - vo . k:. w wli- re M . W-y te
.
" 5 v 1 i:. i la ;gh- 1.
No. I. my
•*I i .e- :...e '..e -n. • w ab it
ai • Lis L» .lo ; . irter-
W1 at s he be n 1 o ; ng * Nothing that
can sin prise me. I assure you—he
always was an eiiafic individual,
and
"He paid reg'lar. intei nij-ted Mrs.
Hableton, pursing up her lip
"A mo t enviab'e ie|»ut ition to
po-ess. ' answ are 1 the ot her with a
sneer, "and oiie I'm afraid I 11 never
enjov Dut wl v all this »piestimin;;
al>out Whvte' What's the mattei
with him' "
"He's deadl said Ciorbv. abrupt y.
All Moreland s nonchalance van
i-!ied on hearing thi-. and lie started
up out of his chair.
"I >e- d. he lej eated mechanical y
"\\ hat do you nie u '
"I mean that Mr. O i\er Whyte
wa- murden d in a hansom ed»
Moreland -t il'ed at the b fective
iu a puzzled sort of way. and pa--ed
his ham! acro-s hi- forehead.
"i'.xcu-e nil. mv Inad i- in :i .w lull,
lie said, as he -a' down again.
"Why te 11:11! dried 1 lie Wa- all lie 111
when Ib it him near!v two w»-. ' s
a • r o."
r—-
"Haven t \c»n - ( n the papers'
asked (i n i.y .
"Not tor th" la-t two we«-ks. ie
plied More'an 1 "I have benn up
eountry. and it was only on ariiving
l.ack in t.-o\vu t »-night that I In-ai 1
a'oout the murder at a. . as my land
lady gav»- me a garbled account of it.
but I nevei or a moment connected
it with Why to, and came dow: here
to see him. as I had agreed to
do when I left. t'oor fellovVl p tor
lei,owl l>oor lei.owl and much over
,
come. l.e buiietl his I ace in his
hands.
Mr. (rorby was touched b\ his e-,-
ident di-tress. an I even Mi -. Ibtieb
toil permitted a small tear to roll
down one hard cheek as a tribute of
sorrow and sympathy. Presently
Moreland raisrd his head, and spoke
to (iorby in a husky tone.
"Tell me all about it. he said,
leaning his cheek on his hand.
n
"Everything you know."
lie placed ins elbows on the t n»le.
and buried his face in his hands
again, while the detective -at lown
and related all that he knew about
Whyte's murder. When it was done
he lifted up his head, and looked sad
Iv at the (let* ctive.
"It i had been in tow n. l.e -ii i.
'this would not have happened, for
I was always beside W liyte."
"Yon knew him very weli sii ■ -aid
ihe detect iv*. in a sympathetic tone.
•*We were like br thers. replied
Mon ai. 1. mournfully. "1 came oit
from England in the sam 1 -teainei
with him. and used to visit him con
stantly hen."
Mrs. Hableton nodded her liea 1
to imply t! iat such wa- tin ca-e
"In fact said Mr. Moreland. alte; a
moment - thought, "I believe I wa
with him the night ii. was mur
dered.
Mrs. Hableton irivea slight s-u eam.
and threw her apron over In r dace,
bit thf; detertive sat unmoved,
though Moreland s hist remuk had
on-ideiably startled him.
"What's the matter' -aid M »r(
land, turning to Mrs. Hableton.
Don't lie afraid: I did'nt kill I im:
no. but I me, him last Th irsdav
week, and I left for the  > .ntiy  n
Eriday mornn g at half-past
"And what time did yoi meet
W iiyte f>n Thursday night as! i d
(iorbv.
" I .*-t ra e -.•# . .-a'd Ma♦ !.' :.
cros-ing-his leg-and t: .gl t
fully up to the ceilii._r. "it wa- ab • it
half-i a-t o'clock. iwi- m ' »
I
rient 1 »tel. on liouike -tr.» ' N\".
had a diin . together an 1 then went
up the -treet to a h ' IP;
-tret t. w hei >• we la 1 an- •* 1 r. I n
!I• •t. -t:dM •I » 1! d. Co 11*.. "At ii \
sevei al tl.er drink
"Yes. -i.l  i >rby. p t d ' •> ?
on "
• •
M
:: • t the • . w '
.' • "1 Ut it: t • i-e ~k> I
♦' 1.1 n.y luty tothr- w all - ■ . ; - i .
j e- a-i b* W •- 1 oth >t
drUL-.
•*Ah! Whrie- WHS. as we know.
iii link when he got into {lie cab—
and you *
"Was not quite no had as \\ livt*.
an-wered the other. "I had my
sense- about me. I fancy lie left the
hot* ] s««me minutes before 1 o c:ock
on Friday morning.
••And what did you d>
•*I remained in the hotel. Me left
hi- overcoat behind him. and I picked
it up arid followed him shortly after
waid to return it [ was too drunk
t ' >«« what (bullion lie had gone in,
and stood leaning against the hotel
door in Uourke street with the coat
in mv hand Then some one came
up.-and. -Hatching the coat out ot
■i \ 1 ;ind. made oft* with it. an ' the
last thing I i em« h.lm :« d was shout -
ill ■ ouf. 'Stop, thief!" Then I must
iia\*• fa > len down, for next morning
I wo- in bed with all I:I\ clothes on.
at 1 ti:«;» were very muddy. I git
up :n:d tt town f>i the country by
tin . so I knew nothing
■i > 'it ;!i 111■ t»t» r until I ill.. ■ back
to Melbourne to-night. I Int.- ali "I
kn )\\
•*.Vnd ! ad \ ti no inipr«'--iun that
was watched t !.;i* right'"
-No. J had not." air wcred More
lahd. tiankl; *• if♦ * v,as in pretty
good spirit-, though he was put out
at lirst
••\\ hat wa.- the ca l-» of iiis b» llig
; ii» ''lit
■ ro f i  ..\ r; \ i i'. /
t hiinnr> s.
lii the \car 12u!>. chimneys w«r
se ncely know n in I'"ngland : on: v one
vva allowed in a reiigiou- h• >u «■. one
in a manor house, and one in the
great hall of a cast !e or Lord - house ;
but in »th i hou-fs the smoke found
its way out as it could Ilie writers
(/! 111»• 1 I'h C( utur\ s in '> liave ( 'i!-
-iderid th«m new invention of lux
ury. In Henry \ 111 n*in the I'm
ver.-ity of Oxford ha 1 no tire al
io ved ; tor it. is mentioned that alter
students had supped, having n > fire
! n winter. thev wi te ob i«I t«> t do*
a gwod run tor hall an hour to get
heat in their feet before they retired
for the night. Hollinshead, in the
reign of Klizabetb. describes t'
1 udene-s ot the pr#'c»-dinif /ct:ei a' r>n
1 no
in the arN of life. "There w- :
-ays he, "very f« w chimin 's ; evct.
in the capital towns the the w.ts hud
to the wall, and the smoke i-.sied
out at the door, roof oi window. Ihe
liou-i . wire watted and plusteied
over with clay, and all the furniture
and utensil- w ie of wood. In 10-vi
a tax ot two shillings was laid on.
ehimne* s.
V 'Wofil.til'H in .
"Anotiu i \\«»nle! ul di.-cover\ ha>
-
i»« en made and that to > bv a ladv in
th;> county. I)isea-e fa-teiie# d its
'•.utches upon h#*r and for s>v»*:i
y« ai s -he vv it h-t« >• dit- -  v«n -t t#s t
but iiei vital organs w» re n .dermme 1
and oeath seemed iniiuim nt. For
th. ei li.olil lis -he co lglied in ,\t -
V and could lot -je« p. She b 'light
of us a bottle of i >r. King - New 1 )i
--covei y ! >r Consumption an 1 wa- - >
iQiicii i«•! i« ved oi tiiking'lir-t d >-« that
she -1 ej t all night, with one b .! t..•
ha- been mil aculou ly CUM 1. Her
name is Mis. I. rh'T L it/. Fu i ,
w rite W (' H arm A (' , . of Sie-1
by. N (' (let a free trial bottle at
K % -t» i - J Jrug Store.
Knglish fanner- i. .\t ;r'i « d
again-t the -parrows a- a j • t to ag
ri-.!tu:». and tie otlVrii ' rewjti i
' »r their b-sti ctio: It j
tl. .t the.-# vicio i- bird- #-a j-e - t
t agricultural England of £40.000,-
iio t ■ f50,00 00 pei viar. i ir
farmer.- had b« tt#-r \f> in
tlii- Yn?-.
i I.!« . c... d. It i- • 1 ui-
Is. i;. i I ;• 4 , %.t "l.!t V. /\ !.\"
Hit. tUn a' Ul ti" !. I;. ;>t 1 ' r. : !( I
*■ f• «' t :.a e\>
"'I ' •
,• : '' hi:• t - t.ea.th. strength an I
4 •i*t' '• i. T' u f- Pre f, --or.