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Confirmed from First P^ge. must not be too sanguine ; he may bavo de stroyed it." %%: **f*o, he has not," she replied; "I am con Vmced i* is there." "Well," answered Galten, looking at her, ul won't contradict you, for your feminine instincts have done more to discover the truth than ray reasonings; but that is often the case with women?they jump in tho dark where a. man would .hesitate, and in nine cases oat of ten land safeh'." "Alas for the tenth P said Hiss Frottlby. "She has to be the one exception to prove the rule." She had in a great measure recovered her spirits, and seemed confident, that she would save her lover. But Mr. Calton saw that her nerves were strung up to the highest pitch, and that it was only her strong will that kept her from breaking down altogether "By Jove," be muttered, iu an admiring tone, as be watch**! ber, "she's a plucky girl, cud Fitzgerald is a lucky man to have a woman like that in love with him," They soon arrived at Brian's lodgings, and the door was opened by Mrs. Sampson, who looked very disconsolate indeed. Tue poor . ; cricket had been blaming herself severely for the information she bad given to the false insurance- agent, and the hoods of tears which she had wept had apparently had an cfTect oahr physical condition, for she crackled Jess loudly than usiuV, though her voice was - as shrill as ever. "That sich a thing should 'ave 'appened to *HRr" she waikct, in her thin, high voice. "An' me that prou4 of Im, not 'a vi a' any ' family of my own, except one as died an1 went op to 'eaymg arter 'is father, w'jich 1 *cpes as they both are ecw angers, an' friealy, . as 'is nature 'ad net developed in this valley [ of the shadder to determine 'is feelin's to- i Wards Is father when e died, lein' carried : Off by a chill, caused by the change from ot j to cold, the weather hem' that contrary." They had arrived at Brian's sitting room by this time, and Madge sank into a chair, ; while Calton, anxious so begin the search, 1 said rather imparientiy, as be opened the j door for her-. "Leave-as fora short time, j there's a good soul . Miss Frottlby and 1 want vo have a rest, ai?d we will ring for you when j we are going." J *Thank you, sir," said the lachrymose land- j lady, "an' 1 'opes they won't 'ang 'i:n. which is such ? choky way of dyin', but m life we are in deatb," she went on, rather incohe- j xeatiy, "as is well., known to them as 'as dis- j 'esses, an' may co eorpsed at any minute, ! and as" Here Calton, unable to restrain hi1? impa tience any longer, s but the.dSor, and they j heard Mrs. Sampsor's shriJl voice and sub I dued cracklingi die away in the distance. "Now then,"' be said, "now that we have got rid of that woman and her tongue, where , are we to begin r "The desk,"* replied Madge, going over to St; "it's the most likely p?ace," The letter, however, was not to be found I in the desk, nor was it in the sitting room; ; they tried the bedroom, but with no better . result; so Madge was nearly giving up the j search in despair, when suddenly Caltou*s j eye teli on the waste paper basket, which, by some onacccuntable reason, they bad over looked in their search. The basket was half foil, and, cn looking at it, a sudden thought i struck the lawyer. He rang the bell, and seddonly Urs, Sampson made her appear- ; ance. "How long has that ivaste paper basket j been standing like that?" he asked, pointing j toit. "It bora' tho only fault I 'ad to find with ! *mC said Mrs. Sampso::, "*e bein' that un- j tidy that 'e a never let me clean it out un;il I 'e told me pussonly. 'E said as 'ow 'e throwed things into it as 'e might 'ave to look up again; an' I aven't touche?.! it for more nor j Six weeks, 'opur you won't think me a bad j housekeeper, it bein* 'is own wish?bem' fond j of litter an' sich like." "Six weeks," repeated Calton, with a look j at Madge, "Ah, and he got the letter four j weeks ago Depend upon it, we shall mid it j there." I Madge gave, a cry, and, falling on her j knees, emptied the basket out on the floor, ; and both she and Caiton were soon as busy | ; among the fragment: of paper as though they were ragpicker " X3pin' they ain't orf their 'eads," mnr- I mured Mrs, Sampson, as she went to the j door, "but it looks like it. they bein1 " Suddenly a-cry broke from Madge, as she i drew cut of the mass of paper a half .burnt j letter, written on thick and creamy looking j paper. She drew out n half burnt letter. **At last," she cried, rising cif her knees, and smoothing it out, "1 knew he had not ! destroyed it" "pretty nearly, however," said Carlton, as his eye glanced rapidly overit; "it's almost j useless as it is, seeing there's no name to it." i He took it over to the windrAv and spread | it oat upon the tabla It was dirty, and half ! burnt, but still it was a clew. Tno above is a i facsimile of the letter. "There's not much to be gained fro.n that, j Fm afraid," said Madge, sadly. "It shows I be bed an appointment?but where?" Carlton did not answer, but. leaning his j head on his hands, stared hard at the paper, j At last he jumped up with a cry? "I have it," he said in an excited tone, i "Look at that paper; see how creamy and ; white it is, and, above ail, look at the print- ; tag in the corner?"or villa, oor.A-c'" "Then he went down to To ;rak;" "In an hour, and back again?hardly.*' "Then it was not written f -om Toorafc'r | "No, it was written in one of the Melbourne I back slums." "How do yon knowf* "Look at the girl who brought it,** said ; Calton, quickly. "A disreputable woman, "ue ! far more likely to come from the back slums 1 than Toorak. A*j to the paper; three months I ago there w;is a robbery at Toorak, and this ' is some of the paper that* was stolen by the j thieves." Madge said nothing, but her sparkiingeyes and nervous trembling of the ha;;<is showed her excitement. "I will see a detective this evening," snid Calton, exuitingly, "find'oijfc- where this let ter came from and go and see who wrote it. Well save him yet," he said; placing the j precious letter carefully in his rocket hook. i "You think that you will be abie to find the woman who wrote thatf "Hum," said the iawycr, locking thought- ] fuL "she may be dead, as the letter .says she ! is in a"dying condition. However, if I can I find the woman who delivered the letter at j the club, ?:d who waited for Fitzgerald at the corner cf Boarke and Russell streets, that "Will be sufficient. All 1 want to prove is that ho was not in the hansom cab with Wbyte." "And do you think yon can do thatf "Depends upon this letter," said Calton, enigmatically tapping his pocketbook \ 1th his finger. "IU tell you to-morrow." Shortly afterward they left the house, and when Caiton put Madge safely into the St. Kilda train her heart felt lighter than it had don 3 since Rtzfrerald's arrest. CHAPTER XrV. A2?GT7TER. RI Cd MOND IX THIS FIELD. There is an old adage that "lik^ dm rfS; to like," and the antithesis of this would proba- j bly bo that unlike keeps as far away from unlike as it possibly can. Sometimes, tfow- ; j?ver, Fate, who seems to take a malignant ! pleasure in worrying humanity, throws them ; together, and the result is an eternal conflict i between the uncongenial elements "Mr. Gorby was a very clever detective, and got '. Am well with every one with the exception of | Eilsip. The latter, on the other hand, wa3 ?ju*d!?' as?clever ?) his own way, and was a Xavcrite with every one but Corby One was fire and the other water, so when they came i together there was sure to be trouble. Ki?^p, | in bis outward appearance, was quite dti?er- ! eat from Gorby, being tail and slender, : whereas the other was short and stout Kilsip j was dark and clever looking, Gcrby was not, I his face wearing a complacent c ud satisfied ; smile, which one would* not expect to ?nd on . the features of a man who was looked upon j fis a cteyer detective. Bjit it was this very ; snide that wns Mr. Gorby's greatest, aid m I gen mg information, as peopie were more : ready to ttJ a kindly and apparently simpie man like him ail they kaew than aslrirp :<x>k ia.^ feilow like KiSiv.. whose ears and eyes seeme ! always ca the alert. They each hud their fo!lor/ers and ad mirers, but both men cordially detested one another, seldom meeting without a <marrel. When Gorby. therefore, had the hansom cab murder case pat into fais ha:uls, Vr.a soul of Kilsip was smitten with envy, and when Rtzgerakl was arrested, and ail the evidence collected by Gorby seem<Hl to point so con olusiveiy to his guilt. Kilsip writhed in se cret over the triumph of his enemy Though he would only have been too glad to have said Gorfcy had got hold of the wrong man, yet the evidence was so conclusive that such a thought had never entered his head until he received a not^ from Mr. Gaiton, asitiag him to ?dl at his ofi?<* that evening at S o'clock, with reference to the bnnsoni cab murder !uJ*:p knew thai Calton was court? sel for the prisoner. and instantly- guessed thut a elew had been discovered, whksh be was warded to foHow ::*>. and which ?night prove the prisoner's innocence Full of this Idea, he had determined to devote himself, heart and soul, to whatever Ca.ton wanted him to do. and if he only coaid prove Gorby wrong, what a triumph it would ho. H ? was so pleased with the possibility of such a thing that, accidentally meeting his rival, he asked him to h;: ve a glass. As such a thing had not occurred before, Gorby was somewhat suspicious or such sudden bo?p:ta?ty, but as he Battered m'iuself chat he was more than a match for Krdsip, both mentally and physi cally, he accepted the mvitatiou. "Ahr said KHsip, ia his soft, low voice, rd&b?i?- his loan, white hands together, as they sa* over their drinks, "you arc a lucky ram to have laid your hands on that haiisoru cab murderer so quickly." "Yes, i Barter myself I did manage it pretty well," said Gorby, lighting bis pipe, "1 had no idea that it would be so simple? though, mind you, it required a lot of thought before I got a proper start." "i sup)??se you're pretty sure he's the man you want!? pursued Kilsip, softly, with a brilliant flash of his black eyes. ' Pretty sure, indeedf retorted Mr. Gorby. scornfully, "there ain't no pretty sure about it. rd take my Bible oath he's the man. He and Why te hat'.d one another. He says to Whyte, *FU kill you if I've got to do it in the open street. He meets Whyte drunk, a faci which he acknowledges Himself, he clears out, and the cabman swears he comes back, then ho gets into the cab with a living man, and when be Comes out leaves a dead one. he drives to East Melbourne and gets into the house at a tin:? which his landlady can prove ?just the time that cab wouid take to drive from the grammar school on the St Kilda road. If you ain't a fool, Kilsrp. you'll see as there's no doubt about "it. "It looks all square enough," said Kilsip, who wondered what evidence Calton could have found to contradict such a plain state ment. "And what's his defense F "Mr. Cai ton is the only .man as knows that," answered Gorby, finishing his drink, "but, clever and ail as he is, he can't put anything in that can go against my evidence." "Don't you be too sure cf that," sneered Kilsip. whose soul was devoured with envy "Oh. but I am," retorted Gorby, getting as red as a turkey cock at the sneer. ''You're jealous, you are, because you haven't got a finger in the pie,'? "Ah! but I may have yet." "Going a-gunning yourself, are you F said Gorby. with an indignant snort. "A-hunt ing for what?for a man as is already caughtr "1 don't believe you've got the right man," remarked Kilsip, deliberately. Mr. Gorby looked upon him with a smile of pity. "Xo, of course yon don't, just because I've caught him. Perhaps when you see him hanged you'll believe it then." "You're a smart man, you are," retorted Kilsio; "but you ain't the" pope to bo infalli ble." "And what grounds have you for saying he's not the right man?" demanded Gorby. Kiisip smiled and stole softly across the room like a cat. "I'm not going to tell yon oll I know; but you ain't so safe nor clever as you think," and with another irritating smile be went out. Mr. Gorby started after him in indignant surprise. The fact is, Kilsip had believed rirmiy that Fitzgerald was the right man, but a doubt having been put ioto his mind by Cal ton, ho thought he would irritate Gorby by these insinuations, though he himself ki.'-w nothing that conid justify them. "He's a cat and a snake," said Gorby to fcgrnse?T; when the door had closed on bis brother detective; "but it's only brag. there isn't a bTa? missing in the chain of evidence against Fitzgerald, so 1 defy aim to do his worst:" ".4/i/" said Kilsip. in his soft, lore voice. At S o'clock on that night the soft footed and soft voiced detecti ve presented himself at Caitoc's oSee, and found the lawyer im patiently waiting for him. Kilsip closed the door softly, and then taking a seat o^ site to Calton waited for him to speak. TL?, law yer, however, first handed him a cigar, and then producing a bottle of whisky and two glasses from some mysterious recess he filled one and pushed it toward tbedetectivo, Kil sip accepted Kiese htt?e attentions with the Utmost gravity, yet they were uot without their effect u.-i him, as the keen eyed lawyer saw. Calton was e great believer in diplomacy, and ho practiced what be preached. o::d knowing that Kilsip had chat feline nature which likes- to be stroked and made much of. he paid him these little attentions, which he knew would make th<> detective willing to do everything in his power to help him. Calton also knew the dislike that Kilsip entertained for Gorby. and so, by dexterous manage ment, he calculated upon twisting nim, clever as he was, round his finger, and as subsequent events shovred, he had uot reck oned wrongly Having thus got into a sym pathetic frame of mind und in a humor to bend his best energies to the work he wanted him to do, Caitca sta: ?ed the conver sation. "1 suppose." he said, leaning back in kls chair and watching the wreaths of blue smoke curling from biscigar, "1 sup] >se y ni know all the ins end outs of the hansom cab murder ^ ^Ishoaidratberthink so." said KiL-.ip, with a carious iigkt ni bis quee: eyt*. '"Why, Gorby does nothing but brag alout it and his. smartness in catching tne sup;>uaed mur derer P* "Aharsaid Calton, leaning forward, and patting his arms on the table. '"Supposed murderer Eh! Does that mean that he hasn't U?en convicted by a jury, or do you thick Fitzgerald is InilOcentf Kilsip stared hard at the lawyer, in a '.-ague V.r.. j of w;;y, slowly rubbing his hand..-. to gether. "Well." he said at length, foa deliberate manner, " > fore I got your note I was cou vinced Gorby had got hold of tije right man, but when 1 h*?ard that yon wanted to see me, and knowing you are defending the prisoner, ? guessed that you most have found soi ic thing in ?iU favor which you want me to look after" "it: ;*:t?" said Calton, laconically. "As Mr. Fitzgerald said he met Wbytoat the comer and hailed the cab"'? v.- nt on the def.; ve, "ii v do vou know thatf interrupted Cal ton, sharply. "Gorby ir,;d me." "How the devil did he find oatr cried the lawyer, with genuine surprise. "Because he is al\vays poking a ad prying ihout.'"-said Kilsip, forgetting, <u hisindig- ! cation, that su'-h poking and prying formed part of detective business. "But. at any ; rate,'' be vent on quifkly, "if Mr. Fitzgerald . lid leave Mr. Whyte, tho only chance he's jot of proving his innocence is that, he- did act come back, us tho cabman alleged." "Then, i suppose, you think that Fitzgerald tvlll prove an alibi?" said Calton "Well, sir,'' answered Kilsip, m 1 tly, *cf course y<'U know more about tae case ;han I do, but that is the only defense i can j seo be can make."_ ; "TTel?, he's not going to pat in such a de- ! ; fense," | "Thon Ii:? must bo guilt,}'," said Ki?ru'p, ! i promptly. ; "Not aecossar?y," returned tho barrister, : ? , , " j ; cry .y. "But if he wants to save his neck, he'll j ! have to prove an alibi," persisted the other, j "That's mst where tho point is,1' answered, j I Calton. " e doesn't want to save his neck.'1 j Kilsio, looking rather bewildered, took a j I sip of wine, and waited to hear what Mr. j j Calton had to say on the subject. ! "The fact is," said Calton, lighting a fresh j I cigar, "ho's got some extraordinary idea in J j his head about keeping where he was on i that night a ?secret." "I understand," said Kilsip, gravely nod i ding his head. "Women?" ! "Nothing of tho sort," retorted Carlton, j hastily. "That's what i thought at first, : but I was wrong; lie went to see a dying wo- j man who wanted to tell him something." i "What aooutf J "That's just what 1 can't tell you," an j swered Caltoa quickly. "It must have I been something important, for she sent for ' him in great haste?and ho whs by lier bed ! side between tho hours of 1 and 2 on Fri day morning." } "Then he did not return to the cab"' "2vo, he did not; bo went to keep his ap 1 pointment, but, for somo reason or another, ! won't tell where this appointment was. I j went to his rooms today and found this half ^ burnt ledger, asking him to come." Calton handed the letter to Kilsip, who placed it on the table and examined it caro ! fully. j "This was written on Thursday," said the ! detective. j "Of course?you can seo that from the date ; : and Whvte was murdered on Friday, the 27th." "It was written at something Villa, Too rak," pursued Kilsip, still examining the paper. "Ohl 1 understand, he went dowu there." "Hardly," retorted Calton in a sarcastic tono. "lie couldn't very rail go clown there, have an interview and be back in East Mel bourne in one hour?the cabman Royston can prove that lie was at Russell street at 1 o'clock, and his landlady that he entered his lodging in East Melbourne at 2?no, he wasn't at Toorak." "When was this letter delivered?" "Shortly before 12 o'clock, at the Mel bourne club, by a giii, who, from what the waiter saw of her, appears to be a disrepu table individual?you will see it sa vs bearer will wait him at Botirko st reet, an* as an other street is mentioned, and as Fitzgerald, after leaving Whyte, went dowu Russell street to keep his appointment, the most logical conclusion is that the bearer of the letter waited for him at the corner of Bourke "and Russell streets. Sow,'' went on the lawyer, "1 want to find out who the giri that brought the letter ?>r "Bat how?" "God bless my soul, Kilsip I Eow stupid you arc," cried Calton. "Can't you under stand?that paper came from one of tho back slums?there: ore it must have been stolen." A sadden Lght flashed into Kilsip's eyes. "Talbot Villa, Toorak," he cried quickly, snatching up the letter again and examining it with great attention, "where that bur glary took pla?a" "Exactly," said Calton, smiling compla cently. "I>ow do you understand what I want?you must tako me to the crib in the back slums where the articles stolen from the house in Toorak wore bidden. This paper"? pointing to the letter?"is part of the swag left behind, and must have been used by some one there. Brian Fitzgerald obeyed the directions given in the letter, and he was j there at the time of tho murder." "I understand," said Kilsip, with a grnti- j fic-d purr. "There were four men engaged m ; that burglary, and they hid the swag at j Mother Guttersnipe's crib, in a lane off Little Burke street?but, hang it, a swell like Mr. j Fitzgerald, in evening dress, couldn't very | well have gone down there unless" "He had some one with him woll known in the locality," finished Calton, rapidly. "Ex- ! actiy, tluit woman who delivered the letter j at tho ciub guided him. Judging from the ; waiters description of her appearance, I should think she was pretty weli known j about the slums." "Weil," said Kilsip, rising and locking at j his watch, "it is now 9 o'clock, so if you like we will go to the old hag's place at once? | dying xoman," he said, as if struck by a sud- ! den thought; "there was a woman died there j about four weeks ago." "Who was shef asked Calton, who was i patting on his overcoat. "Some relation of Mother Guttersnipe's, I j fancy," answered Kilsip, as thoy left the i cilice. "1 .don't know exactly what she was ?she was called the 'Queen,! and a precious 1 handsome woman she must have been?came j from Sydney about three mouths ago, and j from what 1 can make out, was uot long j from England, died of consumption on tho Thursday night before the murder." "Then she must have been the woman who wrote the letter." "?o doubt of it," replied Kilsip; "but if Fitzgerald was th'-ro on that night we can get plenty of witnesses to prove an slibi. 1 am sure of two at least?Mother Guttcrsm . and her granddaughter Sal." But Mr. CalbOU was not listening. As he stepped along beside his companion he was thinking: "\V hat en earth could a woman just from England, living in a Melbourne back slum, have to teil Fitzgerald about Madge Fretttbv?" CHAPTER XV. a woti.vS Or PEOPLE. Boarkestreet isaswyys me ?crowdedthru I Coiims street, especially at nigbt The thea ! tr?s are there, and of course there is mvaria- j bly a large crowd collected under the electric j lights. Fashion does not come oat after : darJc to wnlk aboi:t the streets, but prefers to ' rol! vv ng in her carriage, therefore the ; block ;.: Bourke street at nigijt is slightly different from that of Collins stre-it in the i day. f Turning off Little Bourke street the de- j tective led the way dowu a lurk lune, which felt like a furnace owing to the heat of the ; ;..';..lit; but on looking up Calton caught a glii'npsse of the bin .- sky i ir above, glittering | with stars, which gave him quite a sensation , of coolness. "Keep close to me," whispered Kilsip, | touching the barrister on the arm; "we may ; tuei : s ?me nu : y customers about here." At last, to Callous relief, for he felt some- ! what bewildered by the darkness and car rowness of the lanes through which he had j been taken, the detective'stopped before a loor, which be opened, and steoping inside beckoned to the barrister to follow. Calton j did so and found himself in a low, dark, ill 1 smelling pa sage, at thc ead of which they aw a faint light. Kilsip caught his com- j panion by "the arm and guided bin: carefully along tho passage. There was-much ne?>d of ; this caution, for Caiton could feel that the i rott< n boards were full of holes, into which ! one or the other of his feet kept slipping j from time to'time, while be oruid hear" the rats squeaking and sramperiug away on all I .des. Just as they got to tho end of this tunnel, for ir could be called nothing else, tho light suddenly went out and thoy were left in complete darkness. "Light that," cried the detective in a pc- I rem: tory tono cf voice. "What do you mean ; by d .wsing the glim r Thieves'argot was, evidently, well under- | stood here, for there was a V.mT:- in the dark, a muttered voice, and then some one ! iit the candle with a match. This time Cal- j ton saw the light was held by an elfish look ing child, with a scowling white face; and 1 tangled mrs?-s of black hair, which hum' over ber eyes. Sho was crouching down oa the floor, against tho damp wall, and looked upat She detective defiantly, yet with a cer- ', t.dn fear in b-r eyes, as though she were a wildammal, cowcla-ainst b? r v.ill. -Where's Mother Gurtersnipcr asked the '. detective sharply, t ?:: ?. lag her with his foot, an indignity she resented, with a malignant ; glane.-, and arose quickly to her f(-t. ! , "Cp-tairs." sa.? replied,, jerking !>.-r head in tho direction of the right wall, in which j Calton, his ey-r. being more accustorne-r tb j tho ?iekering light of the candle, could see a i gaping black chasm, which bo presum? ! was ; the stair alluded to. "You won't get much out of ber to-night -she's a-g< in' to start 'er bo'-ic, siie is." '>"e*.vr mind what she's doing." said Kil sip, sharply: "take me to hern' once." The girl gave him a sail n 10 ';, and with reluctant feet led the way into tho black ' chasin and up the stairs, which were so skaky thai Calton was in terror lest they 1 si., mid be precipitate I hyfco unknown depths. '' He held on firmly to his companion's arm, ns they toiled slowly up the broken steps, and at last stopped at a door, through the cracks of ! which a faint glimmer of tight could be seen. Here the girl gave a shrill whistle, and the ; door openedas If by magic. Stdl preceded ! * Ui'.'ir el?sh guide,' C?-Iton and the detective j stepped through the' doorway, and a curious scent ?*as presented to their view. It was a ! small, soaare room, with a low roof, from I which the paper, mildewed and tom, hung in tatters; on t!.-> left hand, at V\n far end, was a kind of low stretcher, upon which a woman, almost naked, was lying, amid a heap of frowsy, greasy clothes. She appeared to bo ill, for she kept her head tossing from s!d3 to side restlessly, and every now and thon sang snatches of old songs in a shrill, cracked voice. In tho center of the room was a rough deal table, upon which stood a gutter ing tallow candle, which but fainrl}- illumi nated the scene, and a ha?* empty, square bottle of scnapps, with a broken cup beside it. In front of thes? signs of festivity sat an eld woman with a pack of cards spread out before her, and from which she had evi dently be?n teliing tho fortune of a villain ous looking 3'<">tmg man who had. opened tho door, and who stood looking at the detective with no very friendly expression of counte nance. He was dressed in a greasy brown velvet coat, much p-itched, and a black wide awake hat. which was pulled down over his eyes. He locked like one of those Italians who retail ice cream on the street, or carry wund organs with monkeys on them, and his expression was so scowling and vindictive that the barrister thought it was not very hard to tell his ultimate destiny?Pentridge or the gallows. As they entered tho fortune teller raised her head, and, shading her eye with ono skinny band, looked curiously at the new comers. Calton thought he hud never seen such a re pulsivo'looking old crone; and, indeed, she was worthy of the pencil of Dore to depict, such was the grotesque ugliness which she exhibited. Mother Guttersnipe took a drink out of the broken cup, and, gathering all her greasy cards together in a business like way, looked insinuatingly at Caiton, with a sug gestive leer. "It's the future ye want unveiled, dearie?" she croaked, rapidly sbufSing the cards; "an old mother hid tell" "iso, she won't,'' interrupted tho detective, sharply. "I've come on business." The old wo:nan started at this, and looked keenly et him from under her bushy eye brows. "Who was that woman who died here throe or four weeks ago?" asked Kilsip, sharply. "'Ow should I Imowf' retorted Mother Guttersnipe, sullenly. "I didn't kill 'er, did I? It were the brandy sho drank; sho was allays drinkin." g "1 didnH kill 'er, did If* "Do you remember the night she died?" "N?, I don't," answered the beldame, frankly. "I were drunk?blind, bloom in', blazin' drunk," * You're always drank," said Kilsip. "What if I ami" snarled th? woman, seiz in;; her bottle. "You don't pay fui?it. -Yes, i'm drunk. Ihn allays drunk." The detective shrugged his shoulders. "More fool you," he said,Jbriefly. "Come now, f>n the Bight the'Queen,' as you call her, died, there was a gentleman came to see her?" "So she said," retorted Mother Gutter snipe, "but lor\ 1 dunno anythin', I were drunk.". Who said?tho 'Queen? " "2?o, my gran'darter Sah The 'Queen' sent; 'er to fetch the tol? to see 'er cut 'er lucky. Wauled 'im to look at 'is work, I s'pose, cuss'im. and Sal prigged some paper from my box," she shrieked, indignantly; "prigged it v.-'en I were too drunk to stop er." , The detective glanced at Calton, who nodded to him with a gratified expression on Iiis face. They were right as to the paper having hern stolen from tho villa at Toorak. "You did not see tho gentleman who earner' said i-Lii?-ip, turning again to the old hag. "2'ot L cuss you," she retorted, politely. "*E came about 'arf past 1 in tho morning, an' you don't expects wo can stop up all night, b'arst ye.; "Half past 1 o'clock," repeated Calton, quickly. -The very time. Is this true?" ' Wish 1 may die if it ain't," said Mother Guttersnipe, graciously, "My gran'darter Sal kin tell yo." Where is sheP risked Ivilslp, sharply. At this the oi 1 woman threw back her head nud howled in a dismal manner. "She's !ooked it," she wailed, drumming on the ground with her feet. "Gon' an' left 'er pore old gran' an' joined the army, cuss'em, a-comia' round au n spllin' business." Meanwhile I lie detective was talking rap idly to Mr. Caiton. "The only jxu-son who can prove Mr. Fitz gerald w;:< here between 1 and 2 o'clock," ho said quickly, "is Sal Rawlins, as every one else seems t-> have been drunk or asleep. As | she bis joined the Salvation Army, I'll go to i he barracks tho first tiling in the mornmg and look for her." "I hope you'il find her," answered Calton, drawing a long breath, "A man's life hangs on her evidence." They turned to go, Calton having first given Mother Guttersnipe some loose silver, which she seized on with an avaricious clutch. The sight of money had a genial effect on her nature for she held th* candle at the head of the stairs as they went down, so that they should not break their heads. The street door was open, and, after grop ing their way along tho dark passage, with its pitfalls, they found themselves in the epen strec t. 'Thank heaven," said Calton, taking off his hat and drawing a long breath, "Thank heaven wo are safely out of that den!'' "At all events our journey has not l>oen wasted," said the detective, as th?y walked along. "We've found out where Mr. Fite- j* gerald was the night of tho murder, so be I will he safe." "That depends z:pon Sal Rawlins," an- j swered Calton, gravely; "but come, let us j bave a glass of brandy, for I feel quite ill i after my experience of low life." [tu u!: c< :m vued.I Il 'i'', earbutiel* \ sad o?b r skin eruptions j | diente that til'- tvstea: i. t-nde ?vorinj? to :: o re i\ \\. \\ \ \ er's S'rtS" j,i .-did. It is the .1 m ??i-ir.e*. A-k ?c> -> - -ODi- 1 A X ?. 5'. !M?!V ?. .' t I'iZ r.?. \V K. Ne!.-??;: Sr kiyp. cn c hcmc j i.nc i'Vi : >!:_; I :' :t h ?r li ? 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It: ahotd one moor!!, ::!':< ; ?-injr his bo it le,- he-..bcr ttao so much better that 1 c jot t5;e?ecoaJ bottle which is now.being used i i my son i.; uca?Iv weil, and I thii'k l>y ; etnbvinf" Llni ' > a < i.?-;;1!* sommer climate {.g 'which ? will del srnd continuing i's n>t-, a nerfect cure will ; eIF?c?e.d. I ( . nsider B. i>. j ? .? i;.. ! excflWit blood purifier. \ {'has. 11. Titus, K II. AjL, ?toughto?j Ark. ' a n P O 5/ rC g ?3 S i.j?i S Sarsaparilla, and when ho mm 'mum sure you get it, you want the best blood-purifier. With its ioi'ty years tT of unexampled sr.< ce.ss in the cure of Blood Diseases, you can make no ntis tako in preferriug Ayer's Sarsaparilla to any other. The fore-runner of mod ern blood medicines, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is still the most pop ular, being in great er demand than all others combined. "Ayer's Sarsaparilla is selling faster than ever before. I never hesitate to recommend it."?Georgo W, Whitman, Druggist, Albany Ind. " I am safe in saying that my sales of Ayer's Sarsaparilla far excel those of any other, and it gives thorough satisfac tion." ?L. H. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa. "Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Ayer's Pills are the best selling medicines in my store. I can recommend them conscien tiously."? C. Bickhaus, Pharmacist, Koseland, 111. " We have sold Ayer'3 Sarsaparilla here for over thirty years and always recommend it when asked to name the best blood-purifier." ?W. T. McLean, Druggist, Augusta, Ohio. I have sold your medicines for tho last seventeen years, and always keep them in stock, as the}- are staples. ' There is nothing so good for the youth ful blood' as Ayer's Sarsaparilla." ? Pv. L. Parker, Fox Lake, W'is. "Ayer's Sarsaparilla gives tlie best satisfaction of any medicine I havo in stock. I recommend it, or, as the Doctors say, ' I prescribe it over the counter.' It never fails to meet the cases for which I recommend it, even where the doctors' prescriptions have been of no avail."?C. I\ Calhoun, 31onmouth, Kansas. * Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PREPARED BY Dr. j. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Price SI: six bottles, $. >. Worth $5 a bottle. TALK I wish to inform those who have not ye examined my beautiful aud cheap stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, LADIES' AND GENTS' HATS, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, that by fair dealings and Low Prices, ray trade is increasing daily. If they will give me an opportuuity of showing them through my stock and giving them, prices, I am satis fied I will add their names to ray fast increas ing list of customers. Polite and attentive clerics will talce pleasure in showing goods, B. J. BARNETT, Main Street, in the Bend, Oct. 24 Somter, S."C. MONEY TO LOAN. IN SUMS of ?300 and upwards to be se cured r.y Gist mortgage on improved farm lands at y p?r cent, interest and a small com mission. Apoly to MO?SES & LEE, Oct. 10?3m. Attornevs at Law. THE GROWING FRUIT STORE, Headquarters for all kinds Fruits, Veg etables, &c. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. The largest assortment all kinds Crackers and Candies, in the Ci'}'. I also keep a full line of Staple anil Fancy Groceries. BEST GOODS -AND Lowest Prices Guaranteed. mm mm, Ort 17 Main Street. Suinter. S. C. m Li?tie les! ai Win, 19. - ?- ~ -~ This is the :u::g>?zme tor utils folks oegin- j ninu. to read tor themselves. Mrs M. 1'. Butts has written a new story in twelve parts entitled Patchy H?*d llippity Ho:>. 11 w: i have a dez.-a delightful full page pictures, Bov Bob's .Menagerie will picture many an imals, and give Bub's peculiar account ol Lhem. Mrs ( ! : ? r : i Doty Bites will contrihdte a i..- !! i m tus about Dame N iture's Elves, die I r-nl elves. Mauv pictures bv Mr. L. .). | Bi man. There w ill be stories of Imnie and for-ign [ire cames, s?(?ris, some Wcs.ern floral v ou- j it-rs little 'n-ieees '><> spe?k.*' ami seventy-: live full-page pictures, besides no' end <>t } smaller ones. Twelve times a year, and all for uulv SI Saruj le ropi f> rents. * " t>. LOI Ii BOP COMPANY, Publishers. !'. >ston. Mass. THE PANSY FOR 1889. Edited by PANSY?Mrs. G. K. Ahlen. The Pans) is : :. i!!- fratod monih?y.con- j aiidn^ Ivuw thirty Sav t,? fort> pa?:?";S of i ending matt, r. It is ilev-.?ted to young folks rum eight to (:l ? n. It" contributors are J :i:i.-i?_i the be;? writers for young fo ks. j Pan-'v": Xe??" Serial will run throughout I he war and is.ehti?f?'d The Wax Out. Pansy wiil n\tk continue lu-r Golden Text ' Tories M irtraret Sidney has a serial story entitled ' loh : A story for hv\ s. his full ??f the j ' r?nHire's, frolics and ambitions of a wide t'wake boy. Mrs. C* M. Livingston has tales of eliild- j tfe and child ways, in a new department, ! faby?s Coiner. Tiie B?de Band Readings, The Queer Story | olumu and ibc-P. S. Corner will all In con inui d. The Pansy is only one dollar a year. A pecimen copy for live cents. Von can gel your own subscription free by i i ending two new subscribers with two dollars j 1 o pay for same. Von mnst rpmir direct to. D. LOT?KOP COMPANY, iio^iyn. 1 g % mm I i% JLJ %J %J JLl A Car Load of Horses and Mules ! A Car Load of One and Two Horse Wagons ! A House full of Buggies and Carriages ! Horses arrived Nov. 5th. Come and See Them. Nov 6, '88. K! A Gar Load Fire Brick just to hand. Real Estate owners will find the use of Fire Brick for CHIMNEY BACKS, a great save of both money and labor. Mill men, who have furnaces, will be supplied at close figures. Sept. 1, 1888. The Notice of Ev -y One is Called to the Fact that R. W. DURANT & SON Keep a Full Supply of Goods in their Line, Farmers Supplies, Mm Supplies, HsMoli Supplies, Etc. COOKING AND-HEATING STOVES OF BEST MAKE! WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAL FROM A BOLT TO A WHEEL. PUMPS, BOTH IRON AND WOOD. Belting in Rubber and Leather, and Packing of all Kinds. Imported Guns. Muzzle and Breech Loading! PISTOLS IN VARIETY FROM $1 UP. POWDER, SHOT AND SHELLS, &c , AND We are Agents for the Great Western Powder Company. table;;and pocket cutlery, .fee. With many thanks to a generous public for their past liberal patronage, and soliciting still their kind EMpport, we are Respectfully, etc., R. W. DURANT & SON, Sept. 12. Main Street. Opposite Bank. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUUTSR. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. John W Player, Susan E Taylor and Elizabeth Thomas, Plaintiffs, vs. Mat hew L. Player, William- Werler I Player, Sarah J. Smith and John j M. Smith, (/s Executor of the last ! Will and Testament of Mathew M. Player, deceased, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above entitled cause and dated Oct. 2utb, 1SS8, I will sell at public auction in front of the CourtJIouse id the City of Sum ter in said Stale, on Monday, Dec. 3rd, 1883?being Salesday?between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following property, to wit: That piece, parcel, or tract of land, con taining one hundred and fifteen acres, more or less, situate, being and lying in the Coun ty of Sutnter and State aforesaid, bounded on j the North by land of Surah J. Smith and by j land of Mel vin Williams, on the East by land j of A. P. Floyd, on the South by land of Scott, and on the West by the public road i from Bishopvtlle to Lynchbnrg separating it from land of Dr. C. L. Crane. Also the folio wing'personal property : One mule, one wagon, one cart, and some other personal property. Terms of Sale?For the personal property ?Cash, and for the reu! estate, so much cash as, with 'he proceeds of .the sale of personal property, sb-ill be sufficient to pay the costs and expenses of these proceedings and of the sales and any taxes or assessments then un paid upon the said estate, and the balance ?o be payable in installments as follows, hear ing interest from the day of Sale, payable an- s nually, until the whole be paid, to wit; The j shares of the adult parties, John W. Player, j Susan E. Taylor, Elizabeth Thomas and Sarah J. Smith, and of Mary Ann Player, de ceased, payable one yearafter the date of such sale, and the shares of the infants, Matthew L. Player, William Weber Player, Annie Crane Player and Sygmond Player, payable in such installments, as that the shares of the stiid infants shall be payable p.s such infants shall respectively arrive at full age; the cred it portion of such sale to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and his or her mort- | gage of the said real estate. Purchasers to pay for all necessary papers and for recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Nov. 1 Master for Shmter Co. j ~ MASTER'S SALE; j State of South Carolina, j COUNTY OF S?MTER. In the Court of Common* Pleas. John M Chandler, Plaintiff, vs. James I M. Jieid, Defendants, ?VY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in j j the above emiilf-d cause and dated Oot. j iltii, 1 S3ri, I will sell at public auction in I front of the Court House in the City of Sum- I ter in said Statt-, on Monday, Dec. 'J:d\ j IS88.?being Salesday?between tire hours j of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in j the afternoon, the following premises, situ- j aled in said County and Stale, to wit : All thai piece, parcel or tract of land, situ- ; a*e, lying and being iu Mt. Ciio Township, ; Sum ter County aud State aforesaid, measur- I ing and containing (30A') thirty and one-half , acres, butting and bounding on i he-North on I the Ca m den road; East on lands of J. M. ; Reid, South on lands of Ii. I'. Corbettand R. II. Prcscotl and others, and West by lards of J K. 11. Prescot; and otia-r.-?. as by reference loa ' p!;ti i>f [be S;?tne made by Jtmes 1). Mcilwain. , Deputy Surveyoi dated August 'J?:b. lS75j \ will more ii* 11 y and at large appear. Terms of Sale Cash. Purchaser to n.?v for necessary papers. JUiiN S RICHARDSON, Nov. 7, 15S.S. Master for Suinter Co. \ BABYLAND, 1889. j This i- th" one m-ip: zine in the world thai j com dues the tot amusement for Rabies and j th best h< ip for tf.nhers. Euii'ie l'< ulsson will contribpte the stories | of .- >!:;? . f Baby's Benefactors!, ta ing the tale >f the !i*..\ and how it furnished linen for ! Bil.y; of the lamb, the toy-maker, etc.: \1 iriy pictures v<y Mr !. J Bridgman. lt.tu Bunting's Neighbors-, verses ?nd pic- j tores bo;h by Margaret Johnson, will teil : ;ibont ihcstinngc V. t de's cf'different nations. ! " Dainti stories tender poems, gay jingles, ! , pictures beautiful, pictures funny, will S'il i f each number. Large type, heavy paper, j on try cover, twelve times a year -and all for | lor onlv 5U cents. Smio?c eop; 5 ccn's D f.UTHR?P COMPANY, Boston, Mass j TRESPASS NOTICE. ,4 LL PERSONS are requested and warned s 2 V ,,!,: '" bunt or ii.-h?except by line?or n nny uay trespass upon "The Oaks," or 'Cane Savannah" SCHEVEN MOORE. J. SINGLETUN Mi>ORE. Nov li ?lap. LOOK. LOOK. At the Great Offer of T . ? AFFE To secure either One or Two splendid COOKING STOVES FOR NOTHING. To induce additional trade to my already large and extended one, ? will, from this date, present to every person purchasing ONE DOLLAR of .Goods in my establishment for CASH, a numbered Ticket entitling the holder to a chance at a SPLENDID C?0RM SM, with all utensils complete, valued at Thirty Dollars, and a beautiful HEATING STOVE, complete, valued at Twenty Dollars; the Gift to take place at my store on the 1st JANUARY, 1S89, (New year's day,) the highest number drawn taking the choice of either Stove, and the low est number the remaining crie. SO COME ONE AND ALL and buy your goods or send your order with the Cash?P. 0 order, draft, or by express. Remember, the more goods you purchase the more tickets you get. I am offering goods in my line very low for Cash. My stock is now.complete, consisting of Cooking and Heating Stoves, Ranges, Wood and Iron Pumps, CUTLERY. GLASSWARE, AGATE AND IRON WARE. WOOD AND HOUSE HOLD FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL KINDS. FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, STEAM MILL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS. Lamps at all prices. Chandeliers, Lan terns, O'hri?dmas and New Year Presents, and other goo.is too numerous to mention. My Fall Stock has just been received and is complete in every department. Remember, the more you purchase for cash the more chances you get. i>0 DON'T FAIL TO COME or send \<>;:r orders, for you not only buy \ Ou!' ?0:>ds at BOTTOM CASH PRICES, but you also procure a chance to secure for yourself a splendi 1 Cooking S:eve. So come one and all and buy ic":r goods at T. i\ S C AFFE, M air. Street, ? um ter, S. C Sept. If. Fi!3L!0 NOTICE. rp:!H UNDERSIGNED, who are commis ^ stoned as a den:.: of Corporators to jm n K. ks of su'.sertjjtion of "THE BANK L>F SUMTlv!" a proposed Corporation, the >urp.t nbicli is to carry ou a general! ?aukitig business, the principal place of i ivliich business shall be the City of Su?oter, ii the S.ate of South Carolina, hereby give lot tee that they will open books of subscrip- ! ion to the s:?i.l Capital Stock, at the law )fiiiv of IlaynsworthACooper in said City, m the t>*h day of Oetober 1888; said books o remain open until t'ne Capital S;ock of ! Mfty Thousand Dollars shall bave been sub-} scribed. W. F. 15. ?ATNSWOBTB, A.S. BROWN, S W. MOISE. J. D. RLANDINO. K. P. M ON AG H AN. Suinter, S S>Jpt. iS( IsSi*.. * To the Public ?AN?? TE LABIES ESPECIALLY: S?MTE?, S. C., Sept 11, *8& We beg to state that we have engaged the services of Mr. AAROX S?ARBS. Our Mr. Bultman and IflC Suares have jusf returned** from the North and* . have bought a fine* - line of the' * * LATEST TRIMMINGS AND5 FABRICS Ml LADIES' I??E Every lloe complete; etnbracibf I . ?' -'. Fancy Baskets, Cologne Fine Toilet Soap* AND NOTIONS,, HOISERY AKDGL0?% Corsets, Cloaks and Jackets* X Dress Goods. Fassame&tar?^ S?ksr Sateens Sfi? < Feist make Fr?ric? ??enrieftatf iu Black and Colors, which we*., guarantee to be such* ALSO Boots and Shoes, JOli JL JL JL 0! CAPS,. Groceries aod Hardware 1 In the past, as joiv all- well know, we have kept a fine se lected stock of Groceries; $n<? we now promise' Co continue - the same: TTe will guarantee our prfcefc.. to be as low as first class goods** can be obtained in any large. city. Polite' c?erks m attendance? and no goods misrepresented*. Samples sent on application aticf all orders by mail will reeeiw " prompt attention. Thanking the good' people of this and adjornrng Counties top' their liberal patronage, we tc> main, Vcry respectfully,,: lia & ?lirais. Sept. 19;. L':;-: :=?