Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-12

ting linseed poultice to put at the back of my 'ead, it being calculated to remove pain, as was told to me, when a nuss, by doctor ln the horspital, e now being in business for hlsself, at Geelung, with a large family, 'avin' married early. Just as was leayini the kitchen 'eard Mir. Fitzgerald a-comin, m, and, turnin' round, looked at the clock, that 'avIn' been my custom when my late usoand came 1n the early mornin', bein' a preparin' is meal"
 "And the time wasp asked Mir. Gorbv. breathlessly.
 "Five minutes to 3 o'clock" replied Mrs. Sampson.
 MT. Gorby thought for a moment.
 Cab was hailed at o'clock-started for St. Allda about ten minutes past-reached gram mar school, say at twenty-five minutes past Fitzgerald talks five minutes to cabman, making it -past-say, he waited ten min utes for other cab to turn up, makes it twenty minutes to 2-it would take another twenty minutes to get to East Melbourne-and five minutes to walk up here-that makes it five minutes past instead of before-confound itl Was your clock in the kitchen right?n he asked, aloud
 Well, think so," answered Mrs Samp- son. ''lt does get a little slow sometimes, not 'avin' bin cleaned for some time, which my nevy bein' watchmaker allays lands it over to inn
 "Of course it wasslow on that night" said Gorby, triumphantly. "He must have come ill at five minutes past (which makes it right"
 ''Makes what right9" asked the landlady, sharply. And low do you know my clock was ten minutes wrong?"
 "Oh, 1t was, was its" asked Gorby, eagerly.
 ''Im not denyin' that it wasn't" replied Mrs. Sampson; "clocks ain't allays to be re- lied on more than men an women; but it won't be anythin' agin lis insurance, will 1t, 1 as in general 'es in afore 12?"
 'Oh, all that will he quite safe," answered the detective, delighted at having obtained ] the required information. "Is this Mir. Fitz- 1 geralds room?"
 ''Yes, it is" replied the landlady; 'sbut e furnished it 'inself, bein' of a luxurus turn of mind, not but what lis taste is good, tho far be it from me to deny 'elped i'm to se- lect; but 'avin' another room of the same to let, any friends as you might lave in search of a 'ome 'ud be we'll looked arter, my refer ences bein' very Ugh an my coolzin' tasty, | an if''--
 | Hero a ring at the front door bell called Mrs. Sampson away, so with hurried word to Gorby she cracked down stairs. Left to himself, MT. Gorby arose and looked around the room It was excellently furnished, and
 
 taste There was writing table at one end of the room under the window, which was covered with papers.
 Its no good looking for the papers he took out of Whyte's pocket, I suppose D said the detective to himself, as he turned over some letters, "as don't know what they are, and couldn't tell them if saw them: but I'd like to find that missing glove and the bottle that held the chloroform-unless he's done away with them There doesn't seem any sign of them here, so I'll have look in his bedroom
 There was no time to lose as Mrs Sampson might return at any moment, so Mr. Gorby walked quickly into the bedroom, which opened off the sitting room. The first thing that caught the detectives eye was a large photograph of Madge Frettlby in a plush frame, which stood on the dressing table It was the same kind he had already seen in Whyte's album, and he took it up with a laugh.
 ''You're @ pretty girl" he said, apostro- ph1zlng the picture, ''but you give your photograph to two young men, both in love with you, and both hot tempered The re- suit is that one is dead, and the other won't survive him long. That's what you've done"
 He put it down again, and looking round the room, caught sight of a light covert coat hanging behind the door, and also a soft hat.
 "Ah,' said the detective, going up to the door, "here is the very coat you wore when you killed that poor fellow. I wonder what you have in the pockets" and he plunged his hand into them in turn. There was an old theatre programme and a pair of brown gloves in one, but in the second pocket Mir. Gorby made discovery-none other than that of the missing glove. There it was-a soiled white glove for the right hand, with black bands down the back; and the detective smiled in gratifed manner as he put it care fully in his pocket.
 My morning has not been wasted" he said to himself. five found out that he came in at time which corresponds to all his movements after l o'clock on Thursday night, and this is the missing glove, which clearly belonged to Whyte. If l could only get hold of the chloroform bottle I'd be satis- fed"
 But the chloroform bottle was not to be found, though he searched most carefully for it. At last, hearing Mrs. Sampson coming up stairs again, he desisted from his search and came back to the sitting room
 "Threw it away, expect" he said, as he sat down in his old place; ''but it doesn't matter. l think I can form chain of evil dence, from what have discovered, which will be sufficient to convict him. Besides, l expect when he is arrested he will confess everything; he seems to have such lot of remorse for what he has done"
 The door opened and Mrs Sampson cracked into the room.
 "Did understand you to say, Mrs. Samp- son, he went on, "that Mr. Fitzgerald would be at home this afternoong"
 "Oh, yes, sir, e will," answered Mrs. Sampson, ia drinkin' tea with his young lady, who is Miss Frettlby, and las got no end of money-not but what mightn't lave lad the same lad I been born in a higher spear"
 'You need not tell MT. Fitzgerald have been here" ;" said Gorby, closing the gate; ''rn probably call and sec him myself this after noon" "What a stout person e are," said Mrs. Sampson to herself, as the detective walked away, "just like my late father, who was always feshy, being great eater and fond of lis glass, but I took arter my mothers family, they beinn' thin like, and proud of keeping 'e1nselves so, as the vinegar they drank could testify, not that indulge in it myself" She shut the door and went up stairs to | take away the breakfast things, while Gorby was being driven along at 8 good pace to the DOiCa office in OrCar t0 warrant fo,.