The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-02-07

tinR Hnseed pouitioo % mt AZ tha bach a
my cad, IL being calculated 10 remove pain,
as was told 10 me. when q nus. by a doctor
In the horspital, . now being IN business for
bisself, at GeelOg, with q large family,
avin' married early. Just q was leavin'
the kitchen card Mr.. Fitzrerald a-comiup
In, and, turnIn' round, looked At the clock.
that 'avin' been my custom when my lats
husband came In the early mornin,, bein' q
preparIn' fs meal.S
"And the time WnsFs aSlrod Mr.. Gorby.
trcathlessly.
"Five minutes to . oiclock,n replied MFa
Sampson.
Mr.. Gorby thought for a moment.
Cab was hailed AZ o'clock-started forEk
Kilda about ten minutes past-reached gram
mar school, say at TWENTY-FIVE minutes past
Fitzgerald talks Eve minutes to cabman,
making it half-past-say, be waited ten min
rtes for other cab TO turn up, makes II twenty
minutes 10 Sit would take another twenty
minutes to get 70 East Melhourne-and Eve
minutes to walk up here-that makes Il Eve
minutes past Q instead Of before confound itl
"Was your clock 10 the kitchen rightP be
asked, aloud
"Well, think 90" answered Mira 1amp-
son. at docs Est 4 little slow sometimes,
not hvin' bin cleaned for some time, which
my nevy bein' matchmaker allays 'ands
It over 10 i'm"
"Of course 70 was slow on that might, aid
Gorby, triumphantly. "HO must have como
In at I've minutes past 9-Whieh makes u
right"
"Makes what rightr asked tho landlady,
sharply. "And 'ow do you know my clock
was ten minutes wrongF"
"Oh, IL was. was itf' asked Gorby, eagerly,
I'm not denyin' that 10 wasn't" replied
MrG Sampson; ''clocks sin't allayS 10 b 70
lied on more than men an women; but %
won't DO anythin' agin - insurance, viii IL
as in general 'eS In aforo 12F'
"0h. all that will he quite safe" answered
the detective. delighted at having obtained
the required information. "Is this Mr.. Fits-
gerald's roomF
"Yes, It Is" replied the landlady; "but .
furnished it 'lmself, bein' Of q luxurus turn
Of mind, not but what Us taste Is good, tho
far be Il from me to deny I elped i'm to -
lect; but 'avin' another room Of the same to
let, any friends a. you might ave In search
Of 4 ono I'D DO well looked after, my refer
ences bein' very Ugh an my eookini tasty,
an r.
Here q ring at the front door bell called
Mra Sampson away, 20 with hurried word
10 0orby she cracked down stairs. Lsft 10
himself, Mr.. Gcr5y arose and looked around
the room. It was excellently furnished, and
tho pictures on the wall were all In good
taste There was q writing table at one end
Of the room under the window, which was
covered with papers.
"It's no good looking for the papers be took
out Of WHITES pocket, suppose aid the
detective to himself, a. 10 turned over some
letters, ''as don't know what they are, and
couldn't tell them II saw them; but I'd Ike
10 find that missing glove and the bottle that
held the ehloroform he's done away
with them. There doesn't seem any sign Of
them bore, 20 I'll have a look in his bedroom
There was no timn to lose, a. Mrs. sampson
might return at any moment, 90 Mr.. GorbY
walked quickly into tho bedroom, which
opened Oh the sitting room. The hrsa thing
that caught the dotective's eye was 8 large
photograph Of Madge Frettlby In Q plush
frame, which stood on the dressing tabla II
was the same Kind he had already San IN
Whyto's album, and he took Il IN with q
laugh.
you're a pretty GIRL" be said, apostro-
phizing the picture, 'but you give your
photograph TO two young men, both IN love
with you, and both hot tempered. Tho 70
suit Is that ono is dead, and the other won't
survive him long. That's what you've done"
He put IL down again, and looking round
the room, caught sight Of light covert coat
hanging behind the door, and also a soft hat
"Ah," said tho detective, going up to tho
door, there Is the very coat you wore whan
you killed that poor fellow. | wonder what
hand into them in turn There wa. an old
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