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Synopsis of Previous Chapter,.
Philip Masters, a gontlcmau In distress. Is
relieving a night watchman on Kinfftway,
I-ondon, when ho sens a lignre crawl out of
a houso and stop In a tronoh. Tin* next
morning the murdered liody of Captain Pol-
loifon, a rottrod soa captain, la found In tho
tronoh. The bouse Is oallod tho Corner
House nnd is kept by Adrian Hilgay. who
furnlshea lodging to distressed gentlefolk
only at 12 cent* a night, l'hlllp meets —
CHAPTER V—(CONTINUED).
, Giralda,
The coroner finished writing, and re
sumed his stare at the portrait of the
Prince of Wales.
Mr. Adrian Hltgay, who fbilowed the
doctor, was the first of the wltnesaea
who wept. The respectability of the
Corner House had been ahaken to Ita
very basis by the - murder. The coro
ner eyed him aharply.
"Your lodging house Is a philan
thropic undertaking, Mr. Hilgay?'
asked, after the preliminary questions.
"My boarding house'
"You need not trouble to correct my
phraseology," Interrupted the coroner.
"I said lodglilg house."
Mr. Htlgay flushed. “It pays
way."
"What do you charge ?”
"Sixpence or a shilling a night.'
"And that pays? Rent? Interest
on capital? Managerial expensea? De
terioration?"
There la no rent. I am the man
ager. I accept no salary. I make a
>resent of my capital to the concern.
haven't had time yet to think of de
terioration."
“When you say It pays Its way, then
you mean that It pays for cleaning and
service and that the meals are not
served at an actual loss?"
"Yes."
"You are new to philanthropy?”
"We must all begin," said Mr. Hll-
gay.
"Just so." said the coroner. "You
think you are alleviating the poverty
of London by your venture?"
"Certainly."
"Ah! What Is your age. Mr. Hil
gay?"
"I do not see”—
"How. old are you, sir?”
"Twenty-six." ■
“You have Identified the body of the
deceased V”
"Yes; It Is the body of Captain Pol-
lexfen, who took a room In my house
about ten days ago,
'The exact date?"
"The tenth October. I am nearly
sure.”
"What was his Christian name?"
"I do not know."
"Of what ship was the captain?”
"I do not know.”
"He had retired from service?”
"I believe so."
"What were his hablta?
"For a week past he had been unwell
and stayed In his room, except occa
slonally for meals."
"Did he strike you as being pool
reduced, circumstances?"
"I Imagined him to ba like moat of
my boarders-v-hard pdt to It, but re
spectable.”
"He did not talk much?”
"He didn't talk at all."
"Never chatted with you?"
"Never, except about the weather.
He would usually mention the precise
direction of the wind."
"At meals did he Join In the con
versatlon?"
"Very little.'
"And he had no friends, no ac.
qualntances?”
"There was a negro named Coco, who
came to see him sometimes.'
"In his room?"
"Yes."
"Do you know If he had Just come
from a voyage?"
"I do not."
"When did you last see him?"
"On Tuesday evening about
o'clock." It was at this point Mr.
Hilgay wept,
"Where?”
"He came Into the house and went
up stairs. His room was on the first
floor."
"You said he had not been out for a
week.”
"That was the first day he had been
out. He had been out twice. Once tn
the afternoon about five, and again In
the evening, after our dinner."
"How do you know that?"
"I saw him come In each time.’
"Where were you?"
"In my office to the left of the hall,
The door of my offlee Is of glass, and
from my desk I can see every one who
comes In or goes out."
"How long did he remain the second
time?”
"About half an hour."
"You eaw htm leave?"
"Yes. I went Into my offlee after
dinner, about seven, and I was either
In my office or the hall continuously till
4 o'clock the next morning—Wednes
day.”
"Did you receive any new lodgers
that day?"-
No. The house was full.'
And your old lodgers behaved as
usual?"
•Absolutely.'
(Copyright, 1906, by Eden millpotts nnd Arnold Itenuott.)
"He been captain of anudder darn I
have crept past your office door un
seen by you?"
"I think not.”
"Where are the stairs?"
"They begin Just at my office door,
and are In lino with the hall."
“There are no other stairs In the
house T'
"There are the back stairs,” said Mr.
Hilgay. "Used exclusively by the
household staff.”
"Ah! There are the back stairs.
What Is the household staff V
"Five boys and two female cooks.”
"Where do tho back stairs lead to?"
"To the back of the house. The
kitchen. There Is a back yard."
Here the policeman, with an air of
apology to the coroner, lighted the gas,
after having struck two matches.
"Yes,” Mr. Hilgay answered, blinking
In the new glare. "It gives on Little
Glrdler'a Alley. It Is bolted at night.'
"What time?”
"After dinner—about 7 o'clock."
"Bolted on the inside?"
"Yes."
So that anyone could opan it from
A InaMAf
Pollexfen came In
"None."
"Now, mind what you are saying, Mr.
Hilgay. You told us that no one
could leave your house without your
knowledge, and that you aaw no on*
leave it after the captain came In. Here
he Is In the house, presumably In his
room, at 8 o'clock at night, and yet
early the next morning hla body la
found In the sewer trench. How do
you account for that?"
T can not account for It”
Either he was murdered In your
house"—
"Impossible, sir! protested Mr. Hil
gay.
Nothing Is Impossible, sir." said the
coroner. "Either he wee murdered In
your house and hie body carried out, or
he left your house alive and waa mur
dered outside. You think no one could
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"Could a parson go down the back
atalra and get out without going
through the kitchen?”
"Yes.”
'What time are the light! turned out
In the back houae?”
About II o’clock.”
Little Glrdler'a Alley runs Into
Strange street at right angles, and
your house Is at the corner?"
•Yes."
‘Where waa the captain'* room situ
ated ?”
"The window looks on the alley."
"Who occupied the room next to It?"
"A widow lady named Upottery."
"She Is here?"
"She Is III In bed.”
"And on the other side?" .
"The other eld* I* an outer wall of
the house.'
"Then the door of the room Is nearer
the head of the back stalra than to the
front stairs?"
Mr. Hltgay meditated. “Yea. Nearer
to the back atalra."
"You agree now that It would after
all have been possible for the captain
to have gone, or to have been carried,
out of your houae without your knowl
edge at any time of the evening?"
“Y—es," said Mr. Hilgay. "Only the
back atalra are not used by my board
ers."
"Doubtless," snapped the coroner.
"Still as he didn't probably Jump out
of the window"
He must have walked down ' the
back stairs after the staff had retired."
"But why should he do that?”
"I cannot guess. There could be no
reason. He was a man of Irreproach
able respectability.”
"Then It appears most probable that
he was carried out?”
"I cannot 'admit the possibility of
foul play having occurred In my house."
"How many lodgers have you?"
"About sixty."
"Yon satisfy yourself that all are re
spectable?”
“I use my Judgment."
The coroner put his lips together.
?”‘h
tramp, sah—beg pardon. Judge.”
'"What was the name of the ship?"
Any questionsT* he abruptly turned to
the Jury. ,
The foreman of the Jury, who was a
retired chemist, would have given a
guinea to have been able to think of n
few shrewd questions to put to Mr. Hil
gay. But he could evolve nothing, and
Mr. Hilgay stepped down, wondering
why a philanthropist should receive
the treatment of a suspected criminal.
The coroner resumed the contempla
tion of the chromograph, and then an
old negro, dressed In ample shining
broadcloth, with a red necktie, was
marfeuvred by a policeman Into the
witness box. He was clearly In a
high state of nervous excitement, and
the tears were already starting from
his eyes.
What Is your name, my man?" be
gan the coroner.
"My name, Judge? Masaa Coco,
sah.”
•But your real nama?”
"My name Maasa Coco ebber since I
was cook at da Ice House." He spoke
In a thin, whining, high-pitched volce-
the voice of his race.
"The lee House?"
“Yes, sah. In Broad street. Bridge
town. Judge.”
"Bridgetown—Devonshire ?”
“No, sah. Blm, sah.
"Blm ?”
"Barbados, sah. You see, sah. Ice
House, big restaurant, sah. I was de
head cook, sah. And de odder niggers
dey call me Masaa Coco because I waa
so respectable, Judge. Captain Pollex
fen tuck me away from dere, sah.’
You knew Captain Pollexfen?"
Oh, ye*, eah. I waa one of his bes'
friends, sah. We was Intimate, eah."
"And he took you away from the Ice
House?”
"Yes, sah. He took Massa Coco to
bej cook on his ship—de Cobra, sah."
What line?"
No line, sah. Just a dam tramp,
sah.”
"Do not swear, my man."
"I'se so sorry I spoke dlsrespec'ful,
sah. But she was Just a dam tramp,
sah.”
Was that long ago?"
Long ago, Judge? I should say It
waa long ago. It was 30 years ago."
‘And you stayed with the captain?"
'Yes, sah. I stood by dat 'bomlnable
ship sixteen years. Judge. Because I
like de captain.”
'And then you left the ship?"
De'shlp left us. Judge. She sank In
Carlisle Bay, Judge.”
Who were her owners?”
Oh, me good sah, don’t you ask me
who her owners were, because I don’t
know, sah."
’And what did you do after that?"
i Jus' stopped In Bridgetown, eah,
and sold mango*#, sah."
And the captain?"
He left Blm, aah, In a royal ipall
boat, sah.”
"That was live years ago. When did
yot» meet him again?"
The sing-song voice fell a little as
the negro answered. "I had to leave
Barbadoes. Judge. 'Count of difficulty
with colored prisoners. I shipped cook
on anudder boat, sah, and come to
Southampton. Judge. And there I aees
the captain, sah, on d* quay at South
ampton.”
When was that?"
In September. And I run aft him
like de debbll. Judge. He glad to
see me. He bring me to London, sah.
He says he going back to Blm, soon,
and he take me, because he want me to
help him.”
"What with?”
■A secret, Judge! Must I tell you.
Judge 7”
"Certainly.”
Treasure, sah! Hidden treasure!
Sunk treasure! He tell me and he
tell nobody else. Judge.".
The court smiled.
"So the csptaln was going to Bsr-
badoes again to seek for treasure, eh?
Did he tell you what he had been do
ing during the four years T’
"I don't know, sah. But he been to
Russian ports, sah."
"And how soon were you to go to
Barbadoes?"
"Soon, sah! Oh! Soon! But de
captain couldn't settle wlv hla ousters,
sah. I not understand. Then he waa
III, aah."
"When did you last see him?"
'Tuesday, Judge. Tuesday afternoon.
Two o'clock, aah."
“Ho waa better then?”
"Oh, yes, eah. Plenty better. Judge!
Plenty better. He quite cheerful."
"What did he tell you when you last
saw him?"
"He said we start soon, sah. He said
he take bertha next week, sah.'
"Do you know If the captain had any
friends?"
"He had Massa Coco, sah."
"Yea, but other*?”
“No, aah."
"No relatives?"
The negro paused.
"Yes, sah. He hab relatives.'
"Well?"
“He hab a brudder, sah. Free weeks
ago I go wlv htm to see his brudder,
sah. At de Obelisk hotel, Waterloo
road, aah, London, aah. I told all dat
to the gem'men yesterday. You see,
Judge. I waa Just coming to see de cap
tain Wednesday morning—I lodge In
Seven Dials, sah—ana 1 sees his
corpse, sah. I cry, then policeman
asks me questions. Most rude 'peril
nent policeman, aah."
"Yes, but about the brother. You say
the captain saw hla brother at the
Obelisk hotel. What passed between
them 7'
“Don't ask me, Judge. I don’t know.
But I heard the captain speak berry
sharp to his brother."
"Have you seen the brother since?"
"No, sah."
"Any other relatives?"
"Yes, sah. Lady, sah. The captain's
daughter, sah. But captain tell me he
not speak to his daughter for long time.
Because she gone on stage. Hussy,
sah! It make de captain very angry. I
walking down Klngsway wlv him one
day, and he show me her portrait very
big on de walls.”
"Ah! What was her name?"
"On de portrait, sah 7"
"Yes."
"Giralda, sah."
At the Introduction of this famous
name a rustling, uneasy movement
passed like a wave across the court: I light went out, the hour being rald-
and everybody except the coroner, the night.
policeman and Mr. Varcoe, whom Philip He got Into bed, and did not sleep
now noticed for the (list time, seemed till 5 In the morning, a distressing phe-
to be suddenly excited and expectant, nomenon conceivably due to the violent
An hour ago there had been only one pattern of Sir Anthony's pajamas, a
reporter, a youth, at the reporter's ta- choice sample of which he was wear-
ble. There Were now three. A silence I Ing, as his own little bag of necesaarles
ensued, and the gaa sang In the silence, had disappeared since the dlsappear-
“Can you throw any light on the nnce of the nnvvy from the Corner
death of the captain?" demanded the House by Jlu Jltsu.
coroner, In a low tone. He overslept himself, and had to In
"No, no. Judge! No, I can't frow I terrupt his regime of economy by tak-
nny light,” whined the negro. Ing a cab to the coroner's court; and
The coroner glanced at tho Jury. even then he was late. The court waa
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Don’t ask Coco! ...
tbe negro droned. “Captain never told trench waa being examined,
me nuffln.' "How long would It take to dig out
But the foreman had at length I the earth, put the corpse In, nnd re
thought of a masterly query. I store the earth?” the coroner was ask
•What were you doing on the night Ing.
of Tuesday?" "That depend*!’’ grumbled the ganger
"You are not bound to answer that "On what?"
question unless you like," said the "It depends whether him as waa
coroner quickly. digging It knowed one end of tho
"Oh! I answer It, Judge," Coco ob- spade from the other?"
served, wiping his eyes anew. "I was "Should you aay that the person who
Just asleepln' as I sleep ebbery night, buried the corpse knew one end of the
1 give my 'ddreee to de young police-1 spade from the other.?"
mon, sah.” I "Ay! As well as I do myeelf.'
Mr. Varcoe etepped on tip-toe to the "The work wfl8 well done, by an ex.
coroner's desk and whispered In-his pert?'
ear. "Yea.”
"The Inquiry Is adjourned until 10:30 "Then how long should you say It
tomorrow, said the coroner, consulting took?"
hla watch. "Piece work It 'ud take about three-
And In an Instant he waa packing quarters of a hour or hardly. Day
wage It might ha' taken a couple o
hours.”
Tho coroner checked a smile. That
will do. my man."
"Yea, that's all very well.” the gang
er muttered. "But what about my ex-
hls brown bag.
CHAPTER VI.
The Verdict.
Philip's feelings, to hla own surprise,
were profoundly stirred by the drama I " naeVr , ”whar abour'my "e'xpenae'a?
of the Inquest. The vision of the sail- And ho was led away repeating In a
oris corpse remained with him; * he disgusted diminuendo murmur: "What
could not get rid of It. And then the | shout my expense?"
sudden disclosure of the name
Olralda! And the hounds of Justice, I IX'n.'a'ITdw'ho^t'^Th'aYh'e’haA'been
at fault yet, and yapping with eager, summoned to his wife's bedside by a
puxsled Indecision; but sure ultimately boy, aged about twelve; and two much
And the scent and to single out the|more prosperous Individuals, the land-
murderer from six million, of h's *•«- j^^i h e.?re U oiSi?
!?* m |*mn5Trihll ar ^hS! m Ihl le, * ee nnd mantt * er ot th ® Mttropoll
RSftSr »n theater and Pleasure house.
menu , S3SU2%35SlS Kl ^‘’’^ri.T m b. *th. 7e"
g&SJE? and br “ ,hed ’ a,e nnd I c W ea^'e C “ro.h^ had d quS > tt.'? the hotel
r h z p H„ h „ ad I 'Si
Euston Road, and hour, elapsed after- Lnd thJEwSce
m 0l go b to°h'ls h oS2rter. Pe m U |he CoraeJ behind him; he had never returned.
TTmnui 1 Thi* Mri* 1 Mr. Oncer Talk® etated that on the
i received's ‘telegram ‘fronf'm^sb ofr.’idS
j*Mf ■? ss ESSKti S ^V d «hV« , lr a c"of u i ^y Qlr p
ft? elaborate ministration ofOxwleh "jLlgJ ** MtooSStaSd
But how the cubicle of the dead cap- J>y»no^llfe Her flat
tain was empty, precisely that and no L 1 ""}*KAwJjLT.vSfnT was shut ud
other, the police had finished with It: I ln .Shaftesbury avenue^ was.sPntHft
Mr. Hilgay had offered It, with a cer- ^ ^Ji.A^'of xni/oiralda's
tain air of apology to Philip. And H * had no knowledge of Mlae Olraldas
Philip, after an Instant's Irrational parentage. Mr Talke *h®
hesitation, had accepted It. ganger In this, that he seemed to hay*
Aa he passed Into the Corner Houae J grievance
he saw Mr. Hilgay at his post In the h«*5° 1 ‘® “ ““"Wh. some one had mur-
office. They nodded to each other. Mr. d*™ 1 w t *P* lUn *L°!j** f ' n ,n order 10
HI1f?»y’M thou*ht» were too deep for
words that evening—and Philip went . Then,
upetalr*. The cubicle, with Its electric had described to the coroner how he
light. Its narrow green bed. Its com- had searched the cubicle ‘he dead
blned waahstand and dressing table, Its m*" a" d ,( ™"d tyithlng In to* snap* of
armchair. Its row of books, its polished a clue, nothing'even to Indicate the
bare floor and Its three reproductions, slightest struggle Philip heard «he
costing threepence each, of roaster- coronsris ofllcer discreetly enunclat-
pleces from the National gallery, had log: "Philip Master, and he stepped
the mildest appearance in the world. Into the box and was ‘worn.
It aeemW to be leagues away from any The coroner examined him with a
tragedy. He looked around. The dl- swift and Impartial glance,
mansions of the place were so restrict- "W hat have you got to tell us.
ed that, owing to the situation of the asked the coroner shortly,
toilet stand, he could not shut the door | Philip relatsd, nervously at first, hla
without almost getting behind It. He encounter with the watchman, and how.
examined everything with a sharp af-| after his sleep, he had seen a mys-
frighted curiosity, and then he shut thelterious form emerging from the sewer
door, pressing himself egelnst thp bed I trench. •
In order to do so. Chance directed hit I "What time was that?'
gaze to the comer behind the door, "About 2 In the morning,
and He observed that the boy cleaners "Did the figure seem to you to die
had demonstrated that they were bu- appear Into the Corner House or up
man and boyish by omitting that cor- Little Olrdleris alley?
ner from their scheme of things. In | "I can not be sure, but my Impres
by tho Jury, and mado a sensation. Tho
reporters rejoiced ln excellent copy and
foresaw a cause celebre of the first
order.
"Now, Mr. Masters, you say that
you were practically penniless on Tues
day night, and that you accepted the
offer of the watchman on that account.
You no longer have the air of being
penniless. In fact, I should say quite
the reverse."
Philip, who wore, Indeed, a new frock
coat, made by a good artist, not to
mention a dark necktie chosen by Ox-
wlch, quailed Involuntarily at the cor
oner’s tone. His absolute Innocence
notwithstanding, he had a tremor as
the light of Justice came beating down
Into the privacies of his career. • He
Informed the coroner that a friend
had furnished him with money.
'Ah!" remarked the coroner, and re
sumed hla stare at the Prince of Wales*
portrait. Philip comprehended thnt the
coroner, while reserving his opinion,
had done with him.
"That Is all, sir,” the coroner's of
ficer whispered to the coroner.
"Excuse me," said a firm, rich, con
tralto voice. "I wish to be heard."
And a middle-aged, rather stout,
rather tall woman stood up nnd pushed
forward to the front of tho court.
"Who are you, madam?” tho coroner
blandly Inquired.
"I am Mrs. Upottery," was the reply.
"I was 111 In bed yesterday, nnd I ought
to be 111 In bed today, but seeing tny
name dragged Into the papers thlH
morning, I got up, wank ns I was, and
I have come here to clear my charac
ter.”
"If you can assist this Inquiry," said
the coroner, "I shall bo glad to hear.
you, but I am not aware that your
character has been assailed."
Not assailed!" protested the wo
man. “Then”—
Calm yourself, my good lady," tho
coroner soothed her. “And take the
oath.”
She took the oath as Caroline Upot
tery, widow.
“Now," said the. coroner.
(Continued ln Tomorrow's Georgian.)
REDUCED RATES TO
MACON
Via
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Account of Democratic Stato Conven-
ilnn September 4th, The Central of
Georgia Railway will, on September
2J and 3d, and for trains scheduled
to arrive Macon before noon .Sep
tember 4th, sell tickets from all
points at rate of one fare, plus 25
cents, for round trip; final limit, re
turning, September Stb.
W. H. FOGO, D. P. A.
Atlanta, Ga.
the day time that corner would be In sion Is up the alley."
attsiNniv Ansi IP A at nntv Aiia In lha I M A nvthlnff Flkp’’"'
the shadow, and It was only due to the
position of the electric light that he
could not now see the pile of duet. He
bent down and picked up a email am
ber-colored object; It was a tooth of
a tortolee-ehell comb. He attached no
Importance to this discovery until It
occurred to him that the comb to which
that 3-Inch tooth belonged could no:
have been a man's comb; It must have
formed part of the structure of a wo
man’s coiffure.
At. the asms moment tha electric
Anything else
"I found s bit of stone with a Anger
mark on It—which I now think must
have been In blood—In the trench, and
I put It ffl my bag. But the bag ha*
been mislaid.'
"Mislaid ?!*
••Yes.”
"Anything else?"
And Philip produced the fragment
of tortoise shell which he had discov
ered behind thfc door of the cubicle.
It was examined by the coroner and in south Ge
THE WAY TO FLORIDA.
When traveling to any point ln south
Georgia or Florida, be sure to a-e that
your ticket reads via tho Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway from
Macon, Ga. This popular line operates
five trains dally from Macon to TIfton;
four trains dally from Macon to Val
dosta; two trains dally from Macon to
Jacksonville, and two train* dally from
Macon to Palatka. All night tralm
carry sleeping ears, and day trains
carry parlor tears and nice coache*.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway operate* more trains to point*
In south Georgia and Florida than anv
other line running out of Macon. The
S artor car service between Macon and
nrksonvllle Is unsurpassed. Only 50
cents Is charged for u seat in the parlor
car between these points. LoenI sleep,
ers running between Macon and Jack
sonville on midnight trains are ready
for occupancy at 9:
lunches are served
through passengers,
mileage Is accept ‘
on the Georgia f
Railway.
With Its mod
tracks, fast am
the Georgia Sot
w ay offers