Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-10

| ''OQ, no, uOn |, retOrteu Miss QiuA, eating a sweet. Don't be nasty, Billy, or I'll tell you nothing" Her brother shrugged his shoulders. He was very fond of Aurora, but he saw her many faults, and she certainly had too long tongue for one engaged in private matters. "What about Hay" l he asked.
 ! Aurora raised her eyes. "I thought you wanted to know of my discoveries at Christchurch? she said, pouting. 1 "Well, do. But Hay"-
 "Oh, he's all right. He's going to marry Miss Krill and her money and is getting cash together by f1eecing young Sandal That fool will play and keeps losing his money, although I've warned him."
 "Then don't warn him. wish to catch Hay redhanded."
 "Ah," Miss Dian nodded, "you may catch him redhanded in worse mat ter than gambling"
 Aurora, you don't mean to say he has anything to do with the murder of Aaron Norman?'
 "Well, I don't go so far as to say that, Billy. But when I got settled ill the private sitting room of the Red Pig on the plea that had come down for a change of air and expected my brother"-
 (Which you do without any lies"
 ''Yes, that's all right, Rilly," she said impatiently. "Vell, the first thing I clapped eyes on was a portrait of Grexon Hall in silver frame oa the mantelpiece."
 "Hum," said Hurd, nursing his chin in his hand, The may have given that to Miss Krill during the engagement"
 "I dare say," reioined the actress tartly, 'for he has been engaged for many a long day-say two years" "I thought so," said Hurd trium- phantly. T always fancied the meet ing at Pash's office was a got up thing"
 What made you think so?" Because, when disguised as the | Count de la Tour, I overheard Hay | address Miss Krill as Maud, and it was the first time she and her mother | came to his rooms. Sandal was there, | and gambling went on as usual. 1 lost money myself" said Hurd, with grimace "in order to make Hay think I was another pigeon to pluck. But the mention of the Christian name on so short an acquaintance showed me that Hay and Miss Krill had met before. expect the meeting in Pash's office was got up game"
 You said that before, Billy. How you repeat yourself! Yes, there's m inscription on the portrait-'From Grexon to Maud, with much love- Sweet, isn't it, when you think what an icicle the man is? There is also date. Two years ago the photograph was given. l admired the photograph and asked the landlady who was the swell"
 What's the landlady's name?"
 "Matilda Junk"
 Hurd almost jumped from his seat. That's queer" he said. ''The woman who is devoted to Miss Norman and who nursed her since she was baby is called Deborah Junk"
 q know that" said Aurora. "I'm not quite a fool, Billy. I mentioned Deborah Junk, whom saw at the inquest on Norman.'s body. The land- lady said she was her sister, but she had not heard of her for ages. And this Matilda is just like Deborah in looks-a large Dutch doll with beady eyes and badly painted face"
 "Well, that's point" said Hurd, making a note. What did she say about the photograph"
 "Oh. that it was one of MT. Hay, who was Miss Krill's young man, and that they had been engaged for two years"-
 Matilda seems to be chatterbox."
 "She is. I got a lot out of her"
 "Then there can be nothing to con- ceal on the part of Mrs. Krill"
 Well" said Aurora, throwing the empty sweetmeat bag out of the win dow and brushing her lap, ''so far as can discover, Mrs. Krill is a perfectly respectable person and has lived for thirty years as the landlady of the Red Pig. Matilda acknowledged that her mistress had inherited the money of Lemuel Krill, and Matilda knows all about the murder"
 Matilda is wrong." said the detec- tive dryly; Miss Krill gets the money"
 Aurora smiled. Prom what heard, Miss Krill has to do what her mother tells her. She's nobody, and her mother is all the world. Matilda confessed that her mistress had behaved very well 70 her. When the money came she gave up the Rel Pig to Matilda junk, who S now the landlady."
 With a proviso she should hold her tongue"
 "No. Mrs. Krill, so far as I can learn, has nothing to conceal. Even If 1t becomes known in London that she was the landlady of small pub don't think 1t will matter"
 Did you ask questions about Lady RacheIs mur1erI'
 No. You gave me only a hint when you sent me down. I didn't like to venture on ground I wasn't sure of. I'm more cautious than you"
 "well, I'll tell you everything now" said Hurl. and gave a rapid sketch of what he had learned from the news pape.z and the Scotland Yard papers relative ts the Sandal affair. Aurora nodded.