The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1905, Page 11

The News Vew Mystery of a Hansom Ca By Fergus'Hume, | oor, 1904, by the Natlomd) Press | Sat Ero g mali mpoe wren CHAPTER XII. (Continued.) _ A Friend of the Prisoner, Duncan Calton hed a kindly heart, and fras anxious to helo Brian, but there ‘was also a touch of self-interest in the Matter, He had recelved @ note from Mr, Frettlby, asking him to defend Fite @éreli, Which he agreed to do with avistty, as he foresaw in this case an opportunity or his name becoming known throughout the Australian ¢ole- len, It is true that he was already 8 eplebrated lawyer, but his reputation ‘was purely # local one, and as he fore- waw that Witegerall’s trial for murder ‘would cause @ great sensation through- oat Austvalia and New Zealand, he de términed to take advantage it I ei ue er In the ladder {) ow raatth ‘and position. So this tail, keen-eyed mnan, with the clean-shaven ‘face and: expressive mouth, advanced ato the cell, and took Brian by the foand “Tt ts very kind of you to come and ee me," sald Fitzgerald; ‘it ts at a time Mke this that one ampreciates Criendship.” “Yen, of course," answered the Midi fixing his keen eyes on the other's iJ face as tf he would read hile tnner- apoat thowwhts, ''T came partly on my ‘own account and partly ‘because Frattiby asked me to 2¢¢ you as to your ” fi “Me, Frettiby?’ said Brian, in a me- |Your way home! It ‘won't Sa wppointment to meet some chanical way, “He ts very kind; I thought he belleved me muilty."' “No man(ie considered gutlty until he tas, deon- proved 20,” answered Cal- |. tom, evastyely. + Brian noticed how guarded the an- @wer was, for he heaved an impatient hed Miss Frettiby?” he asked, ina tesitating manner, “fhe weclnes to belleve you guilty, and will not hear @ word said against you,” ‘ \fMeaven bled her!” sak Bran, fer- vently; “ahe fs @ true woman. 1 mup- Powe I am pretty well canvassed?” he added, bitterly, “Nothing else talked about,"’ answered alton, calmly. “Your arrest has “for the present suspended interest in the- Gtres, cricket matches, and balls, and You are at the present moment being dimougsed threadbare in clubs and draw. ing-roome.” “But this fs all {die chatter,” eatt Calton, taking ~ scat. “We must get te business. Of course, you will accept me as your counsel.” “It's no good my doing #0," replied Brian, gloomily, “The ropo ts already round my neck.” “Noneense,” replied the lawyer, cheerfully, ‘the rope ls round no man's neck unt! he is on the scaffold, Now, you need not say a wor,” he went on, holding up his hand as Brian was about to speak; I intend to defend you, whether! you Ike {t or not, I do not know all the facts, excopt what the pa- Pers havo stated, and they exaggerate 60 much that one can place no rellance on them. At all events, I believe from my heart that you arm Innocent, and you must .walk o\t of the pNsoner's dock @ free man, If only for the sake Of that ioble girl who loves you," Brian did not anawer, but put out bis and, which the other grasped warmly. "1 will not deny.” wene on Calon, “that there is a little bit. of profes: sonal curlosity about me, ‘Thus case is such @n extraordinary one that I feel as if I were unable to jet giip an op- portunity of daing something with it; 1 don't care for your, humdrum murders th, the poker, and all that sort of thing, but this {s something clever, and therefore interestng, When' you are safe we will look together for the real criminal, and the pleasure of the search will be proportionate to the excitement ‘When We find him out,” HU | perce with everything yo say," geld Fitagerald, calmly, “but 1 have no defense to 0," J 5 “No defenge? You are not going to led him?’ | confess yo! No,” wth an angry flush, ‘but there ate certain pircumstances which pre- vent me from defending myself." "What nonsense,” retorted Calton, pepe “as if any olroumstances should prevent a man from saving his own life, But never mind, I like these abjections; rey, make the nut harder to crack-sbut the kernel must be worth Setting at, Now, 1 want you to answer oerta.n ect “IT won't promine,”’ “Well, we shail eee," sald tho lawyer, oheerfully, taking out his note-book and resting {t on-his knee, ‘First, where were you on the ‘Thureday night proced- ig the mumer?" T oam't tell you,’ i “Oh. yes, you can, my friend, You left St. Kilda and came up to town by the 11 o'clock train,” Wis “Bleven-twenty,”’ corrected Brian,’ Calton smiled in & gratified manner @e he noted this down. “A little dip- lonvacy {8 all that’s required,” ho sald, mentally, “And where did you go then?’ ha added, aloud, “T mét Rolleston io tho train, and we took-a ‘cab from tho Filndens etreet @tation up to the club,” “What ojubt!’ “The Melbourne Club.’ one om inter tively, ielleston went home and T went {nto the club and played cards for a “ime,” “When did you leave the club?” "A few minutes to one o'clock In the morning,” "And then, I suppose, you went home ‘ "No: I did not.” ‘hen ‘whore did you go?” Down the street.” "Rather yaeuo, I presume you mean Collins street?" "Yea," "You were golng to meet some one, I suppose?” peyer sald re ts; rae ‘obably nots but youn meh don't Wander about the streate at nent with- out some object.’ os pet mY whee to look for CHAPTER XIII. “You Must Prove an Allbi.” ' HE thought flashed through Cal- ton's train as to whether the young. man before tim le ty. or not, ond /he was datlged 40 pve fees that thingw docked very black egainst him, “Then what the newspaners sald was cornet : “Partly.” ; "Ah!" Calton drew @ long breath— here was @ ray of hope. Lee aid mot know it was Whyte jen you found him lying @runk nedp the Scotch Church?! s “No, I did not, Hed I known tt was hed would not have picked him ip," “Of coun you recognized Gm after- “Yes, I did. And, ae: the. paper mated, I dropped him and walled away," 0 lyvt ? “Becayse 1 detested ‘him," he sald, shortiv, “Why did you detest him?”’ No answer, f Frettlby. and from all, appearances, “And pow," sald Calton, ‘ienprea atvely,)‘Tile te the whole point upon which tho case turna, Why did you get Into the cab with him? "TE did not getinto the cab," “The fe 18 wrong. | I never camo back after I recognised Whyte." the cab with Whyte?” "T don't know." “Youhave no jdeat’’ “Not the Jeast. "You are certain?” ER aidnahs ge go Ar ah Greased ex- Some Cures ‘Suggested by Evening World For Insomnia. actly ike you?" ‘ “Veryprobably. I could mame at least & dosen of my acquaintances who wear Ught coats over thelr evening dress and soft hats.” “Do you know {¢ Whyte had any ene- mies?" "No,. 1 don't; I know nothing about him, beyond that he came from England & short time ago with'a letter of intro- duction to Mr. Frettlby, and had the impertinence to ask Madge to marry ‘nim,"' "Where did Whyte live?” “Down in St. Kilda, at the end of Grey street.’ nie do ou Rita aes “It was In the papers, and—and’— hopeatoRty tatlba on him,” “To ‘gee It he would cease thts atten- tlons to Madge, and, to tell him that she was engaged to me,” ‘ PAnd what did he say? hLaugher at ne,” “You had high words?" Brian laughed bitterly, "Yes, we had." HDid any one hear you?" “The landlady did, I think. 1 aaw her ngtho passage as I lett the house,’ he prosecutton will bring her for- td as a witness," Very likely’ -rindifterently, ‘Did you gay anything likely to in- Srentnate ae eda \ K rald turned ay his head, “Yea, he answered in Tt Yow volce, "1 spoke very wildly—indeed, I did ‘not know at the time what I sald.” “Did you threaten. him? j “Yes, I did. I told him I would ktli him if he persisted in his plan of mar- Wa Madge,"’ “AN! If the landlady can swear that she heard you Say 90, It will form a strong plecé of evidence against you, Ho far as I can see, there Is only one defense, and that ts an easy ‘one—you must prove an alibi,” y He angwer, fn “You gay you did not Y et Into the cab?" auld ‘Gatton atthe dng the face of the other closely, “No, {t Was some one else dresved “And you have no {dea wh pe ‘No, T have not,” il “Then, after you left Whyte, and walked along Ruseell street, where did you go?” ‘'T can't tell you,’ \ “Were you intowloated? “'No}"' indignantly, “Then you remember?! “Ye. “And where were you? “T onn't tell you.’ Take time to consider. You may have to pay heavy price for your tee fupal,'’ "If necessary, T will pay it,’ deat you won't ‘tell me where you rere,” “No, T won't,” Calton was berinning to feel annoyed, “You're very faalinn,"? ald Hane. rifteing youn US to wor feeling of folee modesty. You must ‘ov allhi” La al No answor “At what hour did you get home? "About 2 o'dloake In ithe morning,’ “id vou walk homes Orne: "Yoe—through the Bitzroy Gardens," “Did yeu see any one on your way home?” “T don't Know, I wasn't paying ats tention.’ “Old any one see yay?! pity that I ow bain hana "Then you refuse fell me wh uu were between 1 and 2 o! Flan moening Bock ob "Abeolutely,"” “Did. you inom dbae Whyts: cniried f a " rt ie he! ee ie osarlouk at waste valuable wi Maser a ce Rant She du" Waa fe ebay tne, Thureday *‘venin g. Mar hoireerierpinaentieesieierphenter niet teem trmrt Se tlre ALAN RRR AVE ERR | Sunt Will Be Popular This Spring. | | l The Lo b eR ERO ; Coat RREKMN RAE ARK RE RG AR RR OR ICN GR “Why 614 you leave ‘him go, abropt-|' { ey f nating Hétle, chenilsette, “is prey and, " pesceniog pais ae hb e86, supplemented wth Saris wae oo . over the hips, ‘wi in the; ‘i spring walking: quits, ‘The handsome Leger deat Byont Bhi tosh , fan costume {ilustr@ted 19) of clear: brown: 4 } silky moat,‘ plalted td an sult, |Pn'the tony, deh seater ee with @ coat which redily forme an’ skirt, ‘The platted warst, ti held by Gevoan tna Oat antag meme aad. 1 dg matching, showing the dainty stock mith po py 9 bias with the popular tiny neck reftla, The] yi i int, Ip of white lace, faced, with folda’ of taalne ported Ve N the matter of walking euits, there |decidediy’ come fate thelr’ own again, Years ago, when they. were called ‘‘al- Deca,” they were #o useful that old- fashioned folks,‘oluing to. them long af- tor thelr vogue ‘was dead; but if ever hig did us @ good turn, it in the ;{resurreotion of ‘this old favorite, and, as te usual nowadays, it ie in texture and colore till its is'no doubt aout the length of the spring skirts; in any form they may Aseume they are to clear the ground so “ ; that no holding wp mey be necessary, ‘Was Ht “because te admired Miss |""Co a in the matter of atyle, one falla to . seo how this can be ‘improved WAN Pooats eats |the aktete are simple in \dea, 1 ;] most piath, the clroular elcirt again tak- tng ita place among the models, while others, guoh as the charming small heck wooltex sult shown in our fiue- tration, hang Jn full cabmas , (}6 well-ftted upper Gacrares that 70 aN! being a snug fit over the bins and @ folk flare from or above the knees to the “Then who wes the man who got into ou which measures about five yards, ‘There ts really nothing wart tn the epring anodes, a Mohoirs in thelr various forme have _Long coats, by the bye, are running the bolero @ close second in the rac for popular favor, Doubtless the Hon- ors will be equally, di are venaible” endvgti where one may, be becoming might not ¢. #0. Some | short /modele are goon, byt.J¢, t WAH gain great vorue, ‘The fall blouse cont, @nished by the, nicely er-poned eirdie and 4} a sed plnita from. int; the main idea, $5 tor the Best Answ . Should a Husband N tho farce, Mrs, Temple's Telegram,” Theatre, Frank Temple goes out at n Ferris Wheel, rides in'tt, and his car 1 caught at the top ofthe where it remaing all night. ‘When)the breakfast he tella his wife the truth, : “I went up dn the Ferris Wheel, it broke down and kept me uf in the alr ho says earnestly, Mrs. ‘Templo sweeps angrily across the stage, “And do you expett mo to believe any wild story Ile that,” @he ories, "You'll have to do much better than that, Prank Temple.” Then, Br, Temple lies, He says he has spent the night at the home of hie frlend—name, John Brown; address, Blm avenue, Plekleton, ‘This is bolieved and peade ensues, Out of (his situation The Evening. World evolves: thin’ question, which it Puts to ite readers, Ts a lnsband ever justified in lying to his wife? Ifa, when? Hor the best answer in 150 words or less The Evening World will give a prize of $5 In gold; for the second best, $8, and for the third beet, $2, - is, answers to “Domestic Dilemma Hdjtor, Hvening World, Now ROW running at the Madiao: Young man returhs home th time tot To tho Halter of The Wening World: | To “Viotim of Insomnia; The old | remedy of the South has never falled me. One tableapoonfil of sugar in one: | quarter of glass of water on retiring, Very simple, but a positive cure, Inhale five long breaths through the nostrils slowly and exhale through the mouth fs also o great help, ‘Toke long walk, breathing in the alr through the nostrils and exercising the arms at the samo time, Before going to bed eat an apple, and, moat important of all, try and fonget it, pi If you are between forty and alxty you ought to be put out to grass, or It fot, take @ long conclusive, draw at & soaked with chloroform. one 188 MORPHDUS, Manhattan, When retiring have the mind, free from any subject whatever, forget everything, whole body relax, Five or ten minutes of breathing exercises before golng to bed are wonderful adjumote to promote & healthy fatigue, Overalls for the Boy. tut Jealousy takos the palm." fond mother, Made In denim or ging-| ‘Are the most axpert etone throwers.’ ham, ‘these will, prove quite invaluable, | Yes," wald ‘the Pessimist, “you mey \ F For a medium sixe, 28-4 yards of 21-| wasn to the head of the class, Molo, inoh material aro necessary, Evening | All this talk about Amal, boys being World Pattern No. 9701 B is out in sizes | thi 1,2 4 6 and 8 years, Matied post pal fe only ones who ean throw a stone on recelpt of 10 cents, Bee coupon, If Ingomnia” will saturate two clean napkins with cold water and apply one on bapk of neck, the other 0 and over. eyes, he will find some ine R., Boonton, N. J. as {8 well-known, in many cases caused amount of blood in the brain, The actly- {ty of the brain oannot be suppressed, Now, {If at such times you wage both hands Ap and behind the ead, as far as you can conveniently jach without discomfort an additional quantity of blood will be required for the arms and will be withdrawn from ‘Try thts suggestion at any time you may find {t dificult to sleep, and you will be surpNsed at the satls- factory results, ducive to sleep. MARIE MORRIS T suggest taking Osteopathic treat- It ds @ eure cure, believe It consult a good Osteovathic and havo {t explained, {t will do the work, AN OSTHOPATH, It he drinks coffee or tea, In excass or moderately, cease immediately and substitute therefor malt coffees, a systematic water-dirinker th extent of ix to olghit glasees a day. let him become go, and never leave off. In the morning yo may take alter. nately one glass of hot and then one glass of colji water at short intervals, The water must nat be hot, but rather Hot. water jl the’ time ere | will tuln his stomach, It he haa been agoustoned to eat three meals a’ day, let him try two, I go. without any drenkfast all the year round, “ He will find out HIM, bualest little person jn tho house needs something to protect 6 just as much .as mother needs an apron, Here are some fetching little rompers for this same lad, With plenty of fulness for hiv ousé-Cleanin By ‘pita 4, Ret, No. '3—Renovating an Reupholstering Fur: ., ture—Recoloring |W tok: ‘er Chaira—A' Good Fur, niéare Polish ailing SS i = x &t iis i it in atttohed plaita:h 1 way 'to the ienees; the Mouse: coat, ta. short totem | move RAG , is |draped over 9 ftéatherboned form, whe by 81” or aheor but atrong lawn ie the geet a axiorned with white og- | i inghade in green eter aR brown and orepm. The fullipkirt: te set, the chécks. are By Allce'Rohe, | GET Rover beard uct ‘toretblo tristan | EM ge | if tions,”” said the Amateur Philos. | of» Opher, ''Inainuations ‘would: be | Woman putting dt mild," replied the Posaleniat, | Out of Prasad wore atraight from the shoulder “But I don't thine {t te right to’ at» P. tack character 90 ritsheoaty hala the Philosopher, . ‘Tt dows @ great’ deal of. barn and no good, ; “Besldew that, | ight for a few hours. He visit hf t Ve 0 the tree with the ripest fruit, aw some. | \ o f ‘Ody ald, Go cheor wp; it'e a nice thing | ¥ re on Sone atte seme COLONIAL RR: The Evening World’s te, ,crmoip You with” Dat | aan Ba | MOTOR-BOAT | wera gt, ese, ming a ADIROR Daily Fashions. |sss mst nor Zuni sar at pea & masty way to get tt. Imitation and ; Jonlousy aire. réval bouguet-throwers, JOE Women,’ observed the Philompher, and not miss alm goes up in’ mhutte GRAND DOCKSTADER'S wiben the doar, sweet ladtés get in the UNE on META tn, LASC Pr wiih doesn't have to, Inherit the ESE CARTERS ctae ee masculine twist of the arm, that, the epee —pearerietnietanioe aetna Small boy triumphs in to throw. eto i Sho has od enough sewing for thet BIJOU™ $, ite ig ‘] s0rt of business without hult.crying | WARFIELD , "wind iierrn, You see, ahe jikes the work, It's. de- J structive, Women are Uke the small | LKW KIRLDS Sone e868 By .a-t9 ¢ boys in more ways than one, They | mheatre see (| HUUONECL NORAD love to tear things ito pieces. 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