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«111. \ja a_ e tlti .■ ■ i t■Mo th i
(11.1 i« J-1 .j .- ill i.h]i . they saw )t
fi.,1,1 ... i.t -t i -i : "«:wn Ihe >"
A - the \.mb 1 iq t ; " -1 iky ."tail',
t he\ i-i U t i.« i anc 1» u- v' •i e e
(if !he . 1 I ;i r ' i .1 1 11_ 1"! tlj a.tel -
1...! • . .; . i i i;) -1 - i ! Ij> -1
]11 ! ■ j r .li dll ?>!-»
if a ia - v lll i in i» i' \ On i ]it i
ii f : I ' 111 ( a!t I: tW 11 \t t
hick W* 1. ;i!j W!•>ii ;I 1 ll 1\ m g il.
11 .• .oi i i l. ii ■»• ta asion ' f 11 is
la t \ isit v. i- gt >lie. Mot her »; 111«-r
M, ij • va- > it' ! Hi fi c l.t i f ii.t- tl» al
tal ,v.:th..!' i•1 !. tii j» a iil 1 l fa
y>l .' 1 i! e ■! -pll its befoi c lit I'.
SI i " a « .'!♦ lit'\ «it i v r t;» liavc a
iii;. 'it ■ f it. !: ; oi Dei 111 celt 1>! ate Sai .-
i•t■ !i . ,t!. I !i:ul commenced early, so
Us to ■ e l.f tin.!-. Sal lni-elf v\a>
s att ! 01. a I lo|, } el air. al '1 lej 11fm 1
wfaii!\ igam-t the wall. She -tood
ii]' us Caltt»n iii it I tie dttictive en
lend, aid t} \ saw she was a tail
-
sit)-!'! wi ■ 11!;; i of ai• iu tt w > ist} -tiye.
not had ! t king, l i.t w i|it a pallid
ai d i . ~a! 11 t . w i.icli -linwci;
11»\\ i.i ->! • ii ad bee;:, Silt* W;t
tin 1 ii. a hind • >!' ta wdi \ 1 in
* 11» . mtieii soiled u;d torn, and l;ad
•Hi Old taitaii si aw 1 ovt'■ Ik•»' shoul
»1»• i . wl all shf di'.-w t:ght!v aei * -
lit i I'l east a- tie - t rnngi i eiitei t d
Hi I gt;tl id 11 o| I: ei . wl.ti In kt d llioi i
NVMId ahtl Pi tes( Ji;t j\ In,liil.if
thai; r\ «-i. -a' ut - il ('alton mid the de
t(eti vi • jii 11 en t 1.11 a lire wit h a shi i!!
\ 1 . , aiitl a volley of choice laii ir ua ,r e
* ' O
\t \e con t- hlarst \ e "
scitrel.fd, her skniii\
ai m-, tai c my away from "» i
■ 1 ai. motlit i. as nu-std ei.
cuss i ti. wht u t i w n mi tla 1 had
{Ljone a ul'.ivalitiii' with swtlls. I'd
a\ t t l.f law i i>f \ li ( ,t h. - el}> i
I will."'
KiNip ji d iio atlt ntion 11> this
outbreak of the old fury, but turnod
to the
" I i- t: e i.t .email who w al.ts
t" -\ • t'> you, he said,
ma '''the ?*t ('ii tLe ehaii
if! n.dt t A ,d.e look* d t» o ill
i(> s'aiid. tell him what vou
told me
t: 1 • H t »u. « >ir' >ai 1 > il,
ir. > w. : a:-e \v»iee, i, »
nv:.-. ty« - t•:>» ( altoi "If I d >nlv
khown ns \-»u \\a> a uaiitin me I d
a\ e c ii.t ait^re
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w... ;t "Ihe e vt* a> J
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t' r
'i' -t ei akt d tl.- . d
■ i .1 ~et ' manm : a
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% • '1 « v .tu .1 i i,il •>!!:;(! I
wtli t !. ; .i i: ;Ii :. ter w ea!. I\.
'•a!. i f. r a 1 .t - i .»
f•... t\. ;I it - s.i'. \v;th a t;i \
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VIIKS S AND CAROLINIAN, NOVEMHEII 8.
lawyer- fa«-e. "I'.ut CLim nuaii ain't 1
bad ; the\ tieata \ ore c r irl a dashed
siffht bettei noi He whit" «*Ovc .
dou'tdf at tL»-life out of "cm .
wit ii their fist.-", nor di «g'em about 1
the floor by the air
"( uss em! rt aked Gut
tei -1 ji | tb w .-; "I i. tf .si t.'ci:
'traits out. !
••I think I must i a\e gom- mad. I
luust." -a.«l St.. } usl.ii.g h l tangled
'.in i of!" I.t ! f»r» 1 t-a 1. ••ft.r aftei I
1 ♦-ft the ('hiner e(>ve. I went h walk
in al.d a. Kin 1
a- tM Into coo, iit-ad, f 1 1" it i ' it 'i
tire like Iwt lit int a ri\er ai." go! 1
utt. an tliMi I tof.k n.y at n: 1
boots Hi fan la} down (>Ti tl.cgia-s. .
an tin n the i «in c 1 ci .an 1
w i.l.' dto a dii.-f i - wfh uea;. *.vnt• rt 1
t.t \ tooketl me in. Oh. sich kind •
*oj!i . -l.e sobbt-d. stit tching >r.t f
h'i har 1-. "tnat »i' 'n ! !':i]g«*r m»
bout mv ou'. 1 t.t • iV me got.d 1
food t » eat I gav c'* iii a v. rong '
name. I was .-«> fia: 'of that A:in} ;
a-fiiitiin' li t-. Then I got ian
know-d nuthin" f r w»ks. Thc\ t
-aid I was otV in\ ,n \n" tin
I came back tre to • • gi: ii .
"(ti-- y .' -aid tl'- old woman, i
but ill such a 11 l.dt i' tol e J hat ii
- ii. l. th ' i i ike a bit s-ii g : tin n. iat lit r '
ashau; d ctf the- nif nt ntai v t motion, n
slit- iiastil\ wound u]». "do to'ell."
"A l.d did the J♦' jle W lit) t' 'tl. J
you in nevt r t 11 \ a ain t bin" about t
the murder (" ask* d ('ulton. , 1
Sal shook ler head.
"No. it were a long wa\ iii the t
0 Mintry. and i.eMi knw d anj.thin .
tin y litln't. ' 1
"Ail ! that t\j !;.:i - it. n.iut( it d s
("alttui to hiijiself. "Come now." h •
stid chter-fully, "t 11 me all that hap- 1
jtened on the night \ou bit tight .Mr.
I" it/geia!l to set the 'Queen. j
"Woo s e a.-! t d Sal. puzzled. _
"Mr. Fit/gera'd. the gentleman
you brought the htter for to the i
Melbourne Club." ~
"dh, im ! .--Hi.l Sal, a sudden {
light br aking over her wan fact . >
"1 never know d his name afort
C dton"i oddt tl. c ii'plact ntlv. a
"I knew you didn't," he s;;id. I
,
"that s w iiy \ oti didn't ask for him r
at the Club. [
"She never t>!d me is name."
a 1 Sa . jerking her head in the di- 1
ft ctiyn of the b d. _ t
"1 hen who did she ask vou to
bring to her* asked Calton. eagerly.
"No oie.' replied the girl. "T his
was tiie way of it. On that night,
she was or til ill an' 1 -at beside 'er c
while gian was asleep.
"I was drunk, blaist ye," broke in i
gian. fiercely, "none of v«-r 1 d }
ties ; 1 wns bin/in* drunk, gloi v ial- 4
lelujah." t .
"An ses she to me, -t-." went
» n the gii ,in lifTt.i tnt t" her mil- -
mothei's interruj tin. " Wt me -omt
pa} * i fin a j a i.e.'. an 1!! writt a'v
n >tf to im. I will. So I got - an' t
„its >r what -he «?-k- fur out k
gran * bo\.
*'*• it. 1 > ai-t -i >;. k. 1 :• e
•' 1 hag, -h-ikir g her tist.
"il" • your tong ;• . " -si 1 K !-ii
i• • a peremptory tone
- * c..er itiutt; snip. . .. -1 .:.t a -
at L*
*h v . . :ghaL-he ki.e w. - jbs.;• ]
mt" n -ulky silence.
' •• w: te t ; it. went >
- '.i.t n arsk » ime t tak- •• t■ f
*■ .t ,i "ii.t* l. ;h a:. ■ r ' ve *to ?
>• - I. AVh ,
1 - • the in :. d n't \ •: - •
but gi\e it to "im ,tt the Club, an'
wait for *im at the corner of Bourke
Sti-et and I'us-el! Street So it
I gee-. f*nd gives it to a cove at the
C.uk an the ij e t >m» - al ng: and
-C*s C * Tlikc me to €l. itli• 1 I t- oLed
im.
"Alid wl.;.t .;kt- was the gent.t
man *
"Ol . wen vg( -mJ ]( okin . >ai 1
Sal. "Weny ta'l. w ith \ eller 'air an
mustache. Ife "a 1 pal ty cje>the- Oil.
an* a masher coat., an' a soft at."
"That - Fit/.,,* lit! 1 right enough."
a.atte-n d Caiton. And what did
I. do w hen be came ?"
"He goes up to \r, an 1 >1 »
se-s. Are \ou e ' and e ~t->. ■[ am
II en t - she, you know what
1 in ii m ;n' to tell v u ' an' Y sav-.
t
'No. I hen .-l;c -Its about er .
an t«. lookii g very white. **Ow
dale you "ave Yr name on your vi!
hp- an* she git-, up m,' screeches.
'Tuin thai gnl out. an I 11 tell you ;
an takes me by the arm, an sc.-.
Y. "Jlere. git out. an' T gits out. an
that s all I knows."
"And bow long w as be with her?"
H-t»i 1 C'alton. who had been liste-n
ing atfentivelv
" Bout arf-a-hour," answe red S'al.
"I takes im back to Russell Stie-eT
about twenty-five minutes to two,
cause I looked at the clock on the
.
I o-t-oflicc. an e give sme a fov . an
then he goo- a tearin up t c street
like an\tiling."
• O
" Fake* him about twenty minute
to walk to East Melbourne*. said
"alton to himself. ".So ho must
Lave got in at the time Ti. Samp
son raid. lie was in with the
"Queen lii" v. hole time. I suppe>se!
I.e ask l. looking keenly ut Sal.
"T was at the door. .said Sal.
pointing to it. "an e couldn't ave
got out unless I d seen "im ."
"Oil. it sal i light, said ("alton.
nodding to Kil- p. "theie he
any difficulty in } rowing an alibi
1 'iit i say, he added. turning t>
Sal. "what were they talking about 1"
"I dun no. answered Sal. "I wa>
it the door, an'they talks that quiet
I con Idn t ear m. 1 hen 1 e sin ,vw
O
out. My (•—. it s too horvilne! an"
I "ear a lathi;' like to bust, an' then
e comes to me. and sc.-. quite wild
#
like. "Take me out of this "ell !' an' 1
tooked im
"And when you came back
"She was dead."
"Dead ?"
"As a blessed door-nail, said Sal,'
•heei fully.
"An I never know d I was in the
toon: with'a blarsted corps'." wailed
Mother (iuttersnipe, waking up.
"Cuss Yi. she wa- all»»vs a-doin
rontiar\ tilings."
""How do\"u know * .said Caiton.
-ha: plv. a- he rose to en.
* • O
"I know d ( i ! nger lioi tou. cus
}e. :> akt i the ol 1 w ..man, t;\:> 1( _
me (vi! tve on the .awv»r; "an J
know wl. • t } ;'d like *. ki.ow . I
v shfti.'t. ye shan't."
('alton tinned from in r with u
shrug f t;i> >h■•ul lei -.
"V u w 11 c :..r t 1 • the e ;rt t
! row w itl. Mr. Kn> : . he n1 t
-
-v * >M i:., '
'* I" - a.. 11 i*. -• . | .. * -111 i . v *~.
t ! . t \v ;; > •. » . 4.. .. t
V.t i ! t i ! - ' '
w • i i v tl - . !.
M :!.» r G .it--! - 1: a: -e.
, u* . r
; • . ♦ . « s ! • I. * • •* . *. !. ..!. !
s L
"Weil, considering the girl found
herself," said Caiton, dryly, - the
money is in the bank, and will re
main there."
"Ai i' I'm to be done out of in}
;rd earned tin. sYlp me?" howled
t e i >1 fury. "Cu>s y . I'.l "av« the
law r of y . and get you put in quod."
"Ye ull go there \our>«-!f if you
don't take can," said Kilsir. in his
-vVt. purring tones.
■Yah! -bricked Moth'r Gutter
snij t . >na{ ping lei lingers at him.
."•\\ ' 4 t j!o I care ah. ut\er d — d
out-d Ain't I bin in Pentiig". an
.t aii. t "nit me. it ain't ' I'm as
live!} as a blai st }e. and cuss
\ e.
And the old fui}. t# prove the
truth of her words, dam ed a kind of
t
war ilaiice in front of Mi Caiton.
-mapping her tinger> anM yelling out
I'liist-r. as an at a om[ animt ut of iie-r
ballet. H» 1 luxtllicus white hail
loose, and streamed out during
pi r g\ratiens. and what with her
groT Mpn look> and the faint liglit
ot the candle, she looded a grust
some .spcctaele. Caiton. remember
ing the tab s he had heard of the
women e f Paris, at the revolutioi .
and the v\ ny they danced Cai
magnole, ' though , thai Mother (»ut
tersnipe would i.ave been in her e*b
I
| ment in that sea of blood and tuibu
-1 nee. lie. however, merely shrug
g« i liis sbi ulders, aiul walked out
of the room, as with a final curse,
delivered in a hoarse voice, Mother
Coitiersnipe sank exhausted on the
floor, an 1 yelled for gin.
CHAPTKK XIX.
It was needless to say that the
c urt next mornii g was crowdt d. and
numbers were unable to gain admis
-ion. The news that Sal Rawlins,
who alone e;ould prove the innocence
ot the j risoner. had been tound and
would appear in court that morning
had spread like wildfire, and the ac
ijU'ttal of the prisoner was confi
dently expected by a large number
oj sympathizing friends, who seemed
,
to i.ave sprung up on all sides, like
mushrooms, in a single ni«rht.
o o
1 here were, of course, jdentv of
cautious j e(-»p!e left who waite d to
her the verdict of the jury before
giving their opinion, and who «till
believed liim guilty. But the unex
pected appearance of Sal Rawlins
hao turned the great tide of public
feeling in favor of the- prisoner, and
many who had been loudest in their
denunciations Fitzgerald were
now- more than half c onvinced of his
innocence. Pious clergymen tal ied
in an inc he-rent way about the fin
ger of (iod and the innocent not
suffering ill justly, which wp.s a case
ol counting unhatched chickens, a.-
ine \ei diet ha 1 \et to b*
1 e*:ix R"!,'-ston awoke, and foun 1
him.-elf fan.on- in a all wav. Out
"f gcod-nat ii» 1 s' mpathy. and a
"d : 0 c f e 'iitraiin- -s. he had d*-
■ ■ ' ■
n! - : 1 • 1 bis a.»te>n.shm» lit. foun i
- uw.* 11 • e matter wa- hi>e
) b a eonect • ne. He had n
-1: .1. J I-e f> all jes
h-- pres .me 1 cl» verne-s, ti.at he
' n 1. _ m t think tn.it he La ;
4 * - x : 1 it/g»-ra.d & iiiiiocc nee
_ . .
* * * ' l •~e • f a to ditlei
-' % • ; } " e "• n ti.eii oj iniun
: t: c t-e \fter a.. i" ix Ro.!- --
'
' r-t v.\ 1... .an i . »■ t > b- -
lieve himself worthy of it. He was
a wise mail, however, ami while in
tl e full tide of prosperity seized the
flying moment and proposed to Miss
Featherweight, who, after home hes
itation, agreed to endow him with
herself and hei thousands. She Je
cided that her future husband was a
man of no common intellect, seeing
that he had long ago arrived at a
conclusion which the rest of Mel
bourne were only beginning to dis
cover now. so she determined that,
h-> soon as she assumed marital au
thority. Felix, like Strenephon in
"lolanthe." should go into Parlia
mei.t, and with her money and his
1 rains she might s me day be the
wife ? a pren.ier. Mr. Uolleston
had no idea of the political honors
which hi? future spouse intended he
hi.ould have, and was seated in liis
old place in the court, talking about
the case.
"Knew he was innocent, don't you
know, he said with a complacent
smile. "Fitzgerald's too jolly good
looking a fellow, and all that sort of
thing, to commit murder."
"Whereupon a clergyman, happen
ing to ovu-hear the lively Felix
make this tlij pant remaik, disagreed
with it ei tire lv, and preached a ser
mon to pio\e that good looks and
crime were closely connected, and
that both Judas Fcariot and Nero
were beauty men.
"Ah,* said Calton, whoi he heard
the sermon, "if this unique theory
is a true one what a truly pious man
that cle 'K} man must be! which al
-1 u sion to the looks of the rev rend
g« ntleman was rather unkind, as he
was by no means bad looking. Hut
then Calton was fine of tlio.se witty
men who would rather lose a friend
than suppress an epigram.
When the prisoner was brought
in a murmer of sympathy rail
through 111«■ crowdel court, so ill
and worn-out he looked : but (. Alton
was puzzled to account for the ex
pression of his i ace, so different from
that of a man whose life had been
savedv or, rather, was going to ba
saved, for in truth it was a fore*gone
conclusion.
ou know who .stole* those pa
pers," he thought, as he* looked at
Fitzgerald keenly." "and the man
who did so is the murderer of
Whyte."
Ihe judge having entered, and
the com t being opened, Calton arose
to make his speech, and stated in a
few words the* line of defence he m
tended to take.
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