Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-06
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clearly and dispaesi0nately. his the
fellow an upward blow in the chest that
sent him staggering and gas:,ing against
the wall.
"You scoundreIc said l. "Get ont
of this or I'll break your 1hievish neck q"
"Ho!' said the man, glowering at
me. "Open for more business: One
murder per noctel:, not enough for ycu:'
"1'll give you in charge to the first
policeman that comes as thief
said to him.
,"And !, Mr.. Thingumbob, will de-
nounce you to the first guardian of the
public morals can come acruSs asa
murderer-a red handed murderer,
caught in the very act Yes, sir, I'll
stake MY medical reputation on that. y
And Off he ran in the direction Of South
; Audley street, bowling "Murder!' at
the top of his thin, cracked voice.
stood still beside the woman's body
l didn't know what on earth to do
whether to fly or whether to stay be-
! side her. A hundred thoughts flashed
! across my mind, but chiefly | cursed
myself for being there at all. 1t was
all the fault, suppose, of being in
love. Gu the strength of new promotion
had gone that night to the girl who1a
had loved long before she had left the
| schoolroom, and had become formally
engaged to her. I left tho house in a
maze OF joy, her kisses fresh upon my
! lips.
was staying at the First Avenue
hctcl in Holborn, and my most natural
! rout" was along Piccadilly and Shaftes-
bury avenue; but, lost as was in hap
! plest thought, from old associations
turned down Park lane and was some
distance up before I discovered my
whereabouts. l had sense enough left
to remember that two sides of a triangle
are greater than the third, and fastened
to retrace my steps, intending to cut off
corner by taking down Curzon street
and one Of the many branches into Pic
cadilly. As. my i'll luck would have it
chose, Back Savil]e street, and there,
half way down that deserted way, l
came across George Fenton and his deed
OF darkness And now, as I stood there
hesitating, thinking I ought to stay.
much more than half inclined to take
; to my heels, heard footsteps approach
| ing, and before | knew who had come
a policeman was standing at my side
Behind him was the tall, lean man of
the seedy black suit and the broken um.
brella.
'There you are, Robert, " said the
latter. "Caught in the very act. Rob-
berry and murder. He's got the watch in
bis hand this minute, jeweled in II
! holes, and please to remember that it
was me that gave the information, and
I'm the man that wants the reward.
Dr. Fltzgerald's my name of Z. G.. D.
: and County Waterford l haven't got
CART on 1ne at present, but don't forget
the name"
The policeman stolidly waved the
shabby man aside
II hereby warn you, " said he to me,
with massive slowness, that anything
you may say now is liable to be used
against you afterward.
why, you COMPOUNDED ass,' rap.
ped out "you don't mean to say YOU
are fool enough to believe what that
loafer tells you. bad nothing to do
with killing this woman! l simply
found her!"
"You hear, Robert said the shabby
man: "He simply found herr
Where did you get that watch and
cham from:' asked the policeman, liz
noring the last remark.
THAT b]ackguard who brought you
mere attempted to rob the poor woman's