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chapter vii.
THE THEORY OK THE BOUT,.
When Eugene left the lawyer's ofHce^jW'
recorded in a previous chapter, he watw&l
briskly in the direction of homo.* He
knew that Bertha would he waiting for
him, for she expected that the mystery of
the morning would he solved tipon his
return, and his consciencenot altogether
easy at his treatment of the faithful
girl.
And Fanny ! His love for her was a part
of his life. It seemed to him that he had
lnvurl her nlu-nvR. Rilfc n> Tin t.imp ilnrinv
th?? period of his acknowledged affection
for her, had ehe seemed dearer to him than
now. The occurrenccs of the very next day
might place him far above his afllanced
in worldly position, but instead of sagely
thinking that perhaps he had been hasty
in binding himself to an early love, as
many others would have done under tho
circumstances, he "was ready to accrpt
any advancement that might come to him
all the more gladly, because his darling
could share it wit h him.
Communing with his own thoughts alone
under the soft starlight, he remembered
with regret, the grieved look her fice had
worn when he left her that morning.
Had her eyes expressed resentment at this
his first want of complete trust in her, he
would have felt stronger in the course ho
had pursued. But now, the memory of
the pain on her sw?et face, together with
the thought that he alone had been tho
cause, troubled him.
The house where she lived with her
father and a brother, her mother having
died a year before, was but a few steps
from the main street, he would follow to
bis own home, and he resolved to turn
aside, and enjoy her company for a few
moments. When he reached the/house, a
light was burning in the sitting-room below,
and with the familiarity of an always
welcome visitor, he entered, without the
formality of knocking.
The room was vacant. A bright, wood
fire was burning in the stove, and Fanny's
fiiLLUU was |juiriiijg buii/Ij uu a rug> t?ut
there were no signs of her mistress.
More disappointed than he liked to admit,
the young man was about to return to tho
street, when a light in the upper hull attracted
his attention. Knowing that
Grover Clayson's room was just at the head
of the stairs, Eugene, thinking that he
might learn something of Fanny there,
ascended and tapped lightly at his
friend's door. There was no response, and
he pushed the door open and entered. A
lamp, standing on the mantle, was burning
dimly, but its faint light revealed no one
in the apartment, save himself.
He listened a moment and heard footsteps
in the adjoining room. The door between
the loom was slightly ajar, and,
knowing that Grover was the only person
likely to be there, the young man peered
through.
For a second lus eyes seemed riveted to
the objects within, and then he started
back in horror.
His face was ghastly pale, and as ho
drew his hand across his forehead, as if to
clear his senses, he found that it was bathed
in a cold persper.ition.
Rn.ronp Wal!in<rfriivl ivns nrvfc a mfin tn
? v " o ? ?
be easily frightened. '1'he scene that his
gaze rested upon would nave. Tor a mo
ment, unnerved a stronger man than he.
At first, he only sa his friend bending
over a long table, in the centrf of the
room, He seemed to be working Intently
with something which resembled a steel
instrument, for Eugene caught the glimnur
of a polished surface as it moved to and fro
in the light
When Eugene first looked upon tlie object
over which Grover was bending, it
was almost entirely concealed by a long,
white cloth. Presently, however, Grover
drew the covering away, and stepped
aside.
It was a nude human body!
As it lay, white and rigid, under the
clear light, the wat her saw that death
had occurred but rec itly. There were no
evidences of decomposition, in ' fact, the
the body had the appearance of being prepared
for the grave,
" Is Grover a murderer ?" was the first
thought that came to the horrified watcher.
A moment's reflection, however, convinced
him that the body was there for
another purpose than secretion. His
first impulse was to hike his position at the
door, and watch the actions of his friend,
but his whole soul revolted at the thought
of thus playing the part of a spy in that
house.
" I must know the meaning of this
mystery," he thought. "I owe it to myself
and to my friends?my more than
friends?in this house, that I should not<?o
away with any suspicion like that which
just entered my mind. Even at the risk
of losing Grovel's esteem forever, I will
make my presence known to hiin, and let
him know what I have Been."
Accordingly, he tapped loudly at the
door. In a moment G rover Btood excitedly
beside him in the room, with his hand
held iu seeming carelessness against the
door.
" Excuse me for intruding upon you at
this late hour," he said, "I want to see
Fanuy, if she has not already gone to her
room."
" Fanny is not in the house," wa3 the reply.
" llavu you l??en home ? I think
she must be with Bertha."
" 1 oiiL'ht to have thouirht of that be
fore," said Eugene, still making no movement
to retire.
' What ails you, Eugene ?" asked Grovor,
his excited face turning white, as he spoke.
" Have you had a quarrel ? You are palo
end trembling, old fricud, what doea it
mean ?"
Eugene did not reply.
" You act as though you had Boon a
ghost," Grover went on laughingly. " I
hope you have met no spirits in this
house !"
" I think this the likeliest place to meet
them."
' What do you mean ?"
" I mean?may God forgive us both?
that I unthinkingly, looked into that
room you are guarding so closely, before I
knocked."
Grover staggered back in em-prise,
X..L .12 J ? ...Li. J T.1 1 i._
uul uiu uut bjjua&j anu ?ju?uue curaeu \aj
g?"Don't
go yet, Eugene! I can't let you
leave ine with that look on your face." And
Grover caught him by the arm, and almost
forced him into the room where the dead
body lay. He then locked the door.
" Eugene," he continued, almost iraploringly,
" we have been frionds too long, to
be estranged by this night's imprudence on
my part. I will tell you all, and you can
curse me, if you will. Hut wo must not
forget Fanny. I swear to you that she
knows nothing ot this. It would kill her.
You must promise not to tell her."
Eugene hesitated.
Grover's face brightened. " It may not
bo as bad as you think," Eugene," hesiid.
" I will not insist upon a pledge of secrecy,
until 1 have told you. Lix>k here."
Grover stepped to the body, and pointed
4? Vv.iorl ii>Ki/iV tlnil i Via Irmffl
IIS tllC lituu, ?? HIV.ll KUUU ktio iUiUO
had already been busy upon it.
"You see why this subject is here," he
said. I brought it an hour ago, when no
one was stirring in he house. With the
exception of one man, you arc the only
' person in thejrillago who even ? Ejects th
x have carried my researches into surgery
so far as this."
*" Surgery! I never knew?"
Nor anyone else, outside of the family,"
interrupted Grover.
. " Why do you keep it so secretly ?
Surely it is not a crime to engage in the
study of surgery, where it is notcarricd
too far."
And von think I have carried it too
far," said Grover, blushing. "But time
only can tell that."
" Have you never consulted with the vil'
Jage physicians?" asked Eugene.
V ?>They woul,donly have laughed at me and
my theory," was the reply. " The fact is,"
he went on, " I have not studied surgery
with the idea of becoming a practitioner.
I have a mission to perform, Eugene,
which can only be fulfilled by the aid of
that science, and I use it simply as a
means to aid in me great, ena.
" Can you tell me what that end is ?"
" The location in the body, of the human
souV
" Grover! Are yon mad ?"
"No; I am not mad. I know that it
exists?apart from the brain, and apart
from the vitality called life! I know that
it can be removed, taken away, replaced,
and always make one possessor just what
it made another?and this, independent of
brain development."
" Has study turned your head, my poor
friend
" Don't mock mc, Eugene. Wiser men
than I have spent their lives and their
fortunes in pursuit of the same knowledge
that I seek, but they had not the light of
modern science to aid them and they
failed."
" And you are hewing into that dead
body for a living soul!"
" I have only one locality to examine,"
said the student, eager to explain everything
to his friend, now that the ice was
broken. " You don't understand anatomy,
and so I will abandon technical terms.
At the base of the neck, the brain nerves
uuutru in Lei u. pecuiiur auuswince, wn en IB
protected more carefully tlion any other t
part of the system from injury. It is at
the very apex of the spinal column, ami
has been the subject of more than one
theory. I believe that tho animal in the
human form ends there, and that there tho
spiritual begins. I believe that tho brain
only takes up and uses the intelligence it
draws from this point. I see that you are
disposed to treat my theory as others have
treated it," Grover added sadly, "and l will
say no more about it. I bavc trusted you
fuliy, Eugene, will yi>n promise not to reveal
what you have seen here to-night ?"
" On one condition."
" Name it."
" That you will endeavour to pursue
your theory without this ghastly work."
Eugene pointed to the body.
" This is my first attempt in this direction,"
wiis the reply, " and if I make a
failure now, there is nothing to do but to
try ngaiiir"
" How can you keep the knowledge of
your pursuit from your father and Fanny?"
" They never enter this ronm." wan tli?
reply, it has been sacred to u>y ono pursuit
for a year. I never go out without
locking it. I can trust you, then?"
" Yes? for the nrf-sent at least."
" I thank you, Eugene. What! must you
go bo soon}"' For Liuyene had turned toward
the door.
" Yes," he replied, " I can't endure the
atmosphere of this room. Besides, lateaa
it is, I have an appointment to keep.
Can't you take time for a walk ? It is a
gloiioiiB night, and a stroll will do you
good."
" Wait," said Grover, " tho door is looked.
I will change my clothes and go with
you."
In a few moments the two young men
emerged from the house and walked up
the street. As they aid so, Eugene glanccd
at his watch, and saw taat it was eleven
o'clock.
"Bertha will bo anxious," he said, " I
havo not been .home since this forenoon.
Besides. I fear I have missed my appointment
with Mr. Gray."
" With whom ?" asked Grover.
" Ah !" said Eugene, " 1 havo a secret
as well as you, you see. But I cannot be
as frauk as you have been. My lips are
sealed until to-morrow."
This reply seemed to satisfy Grover, and
for a time, the young men walked on in
silence.
Presently they were overtaken by a
mill hand, who was returning from the
attorney's office.
" Have you heard the nows P " he queried.
rieinfj answered in the negative, the
man told the story of the tragedy at the
attorney's office.
" Poor Gordon," said Eugene," I wonder
if he was the one I saw enter Gray's
office a6 X left? Aud the body," he added
"is still in the attorney's officer"
"Yes; it willjnot.bejUioved until morning."
Gi'over started.
" I think I won't go any farther to-night,
Eugene," ho said, as the mill hand pursued
his way home. "I am anxious about
u?y subject and must be at work."
" Why not go on with me? Then Fanny
will have company h> no," said Eugene.
" That is what I wanted to speak with you
about. You know what I am doing tonight.
Can't bertha persuade Fanny to
remain with her until morning ?"
" I suppose so."
"Then have her do so, by all means. I
can't bear the thought of having her in
the house to-night."
And the young men parted. Eugene
going directly home, and Grover hastening
in the opposite direction.
Arriving at his own door, Grover stood
upon thestep a moment, as if in thought
" Why not ?" he was saying to himself.
" The man has been dead scarcely an hour,
and 6uch an opportunity may never occur
again. The office is easy of access by
the rear windows, and no one will know.
It is a dangerous job, but what would I not
risk to gaiu my point ? I will do it!" he
6aitl, resolutely. " Tiiank ,God the^houso
is clear for the night."
ILiving thus made up his mind, the
young man sought his room, provided liim>
self with a few articles which bo would
need in his hazardous wi>rk, and then
started out to secure the assistance of a
tuun whom he knew he could trust.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE WORK OK X NIGHT.
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Urrorer v.a.ij'soii ?ui uwui uu uw>w>^uv
expedition so energetically, that in half an
hour frcm tiie time of leaving Eugene,
he found himself, accompanied by an assistant,
who had long been his confidant, dircctly
under the rear windows of the room
where the dead man lay.
llie companion, Uncle Billy, an he was
called by the villagers, wits ono of a class
of men to be found in nearly every place.
Having no trade or occupation, and no
family, he did such odd jobs as came in his
way, and lived alonein a shanty by the river,
not far from Mr. Clayson's house. Thero
were rumours in the village, which gave
the old man hardly the best of characters,
but as nothing criminal had ever been
proved against liiin, his neighbors wero
content to let him alone, especially as he
was good-natured and obliging, and appeared
to be well satisfied with any treatment
the villagers were disposed to bestow
upon him.
"I am not certain," said Grover,'glancing
up at the dark windows about a dozen
feet above his head, " that n bolder course
would "not have been better. It is not too
late now, however, to seek entrance by one
of the doors in the hallway, if you think
that course advisable, Uncle."
"It ain't safe," was the old man's reply.
"This affair must be mighty well aired in
the village now, an' folks as are curious,
not knowing the place is locked, may
be a-prowlin' around t.he office, for a chance
to look at the body. Wo must get it out
of this here window, if wo get it at
all."
' Agreoo/' . answered urover. aii we
need now is a ladder. Do you know where
one can be found near by ?"
' Yes; I tinkered one for Fnilick, this
mornin'; it must be in his shed on the
back street now, I will get it."
" Be very careful, Uncle," urged Grovor,
' I judge the people around here arc restless
enough to-night, and the barking of a
dog might play the Old Harry with us."
.? t ?u ^ rti,i
J. >YIU tuac cu/i c \jl nui/, o.iiu kuc viu
man, drawing a long, keen knife, and disappearing
in the shadows of a row of outhouses.
" I wish it wasn't bo clear to-night,"
mused the young man, after he had gone.
*' It's almost as light as day, and we will
have to adopt a new plan for carrying oil
the body, if the Bky don't cloud up."
Even as he spoke, he noticed a long
hank of dark clouds driving fast, across the
heavens from the West, accompanied by
fitful gusts of wind, which portended rain
before morning.
" The old lawyer's office has been put to
a use as new as it is strange,1' he thought,
seating himself in the deep shadow of the
building. " I never knew Galen Gray to -V
attempt the obliging before. I wondor if
the old fellow is doing anything about the
property? It is strange that there shouldhave
been no will found. Mr. Wallingford
was too careful a man to make so gr'eat and
so irreparable a blunder as he is now claimed
to have made, in dying without revealing
wherer had hidden the will, for everyone
that there was a will, and
some say that Galen Gray has it in hia
possession, but 1 can't believe that."
Then the young man's thoughts reverted
to Eugene.
" Wlia^, business could ho have had with
Gray, ai- this time ol' night?or at any
other time, for that matter he queried.
"The name is the same?Eugene's father
traced relationship between the families!
Can it be possible?"
The young man's reflections wore here
interrupted by the approach of Uncle
Billy, who carried a long, light ladder upon
his shoulder.
" I came mighty near beinsr caught," he
said lowering his burden and droning jI
down by thy young m m's /ide. " Th?
dog barked, ami I had to qfiot liiiu with
thin."
He drew the knife from its sheath, ami
Grover saw that it was covered with
blood.
" I am sorry?very worry this happened,"
he said. " Waa thf.re no other way ?"
"Nary," was the brief reply. " X didn't
like to do it, for'Bruce' was a fine dog.
I've huhted with him many a time. But
he didn't propose to renew acquaintance
with yours truly?jumped for my weazon.
and I had to let him have it. Ho know'd
I was there for no good, poor fellow."
" We may as jvell get to work," addod
the old man, after a short pause
" Wait," said Grover. " It will bo dark
in a few momenta. See; the clouds ar-!
shutting out the light very fast."
The young man spoke truly. While
he had waited, the mass of clouds
which he had noticed, had nearly overspread
the sky, and it was with difficulty
that surrounding objects could now be diacorned.
Presently it wa?< sufficiently dark for the
two men to commence operations. As
they did so, large drops of rain began to
patter around them.
"We are in for a soaking," young man,"
said Uncle Billy, raising the ladder against
the building. " But I won't mind that if
we &in't seen."
On ascending the ladder, Grover found,
to his great joy, that the windows of tho
rear office where the body lay, wore not
fastened. In a few minutes, therefore,
bolii himself and his companion, stood in
safety, by the sido of the prostrate form,
which had been left lying on a rough
table of pine boards.
In leaving the body, the men who had
gathered in the office at. the time of the
supposod accident, lud simply composed
the stiffening limbs, washed the blood j
away, and loft t'ie neat suit the victim (
of the lawyer's rage..had .worn, on his
person.
" I am glad of this," said Grover, " for
tho circumstance will greatly aid us, in ,
carrying away the body." ,
It w:is the work of but a few moments to
wrap the body in a large cloak, brought for
that purpose, convey it to the open window,
and lower it to the ground below, by means
of a rope. Scarcely had the bidder been
withdrawn, when the sound of voices was j
heard in the room they had just left.
The rain was now falling rapidly, and in
the noise of the storm, the two men could
only catch fragments of the conversation
going on, on the other side of the open
window. |
" My God!" exclaimed a voice, which the
old man recognized as that of Galen Gray,
" the body has disappeared!"
A voice, unknown to the listeners, gave ,
vent to an ejaculation of surprise, plenti- .
fully mingled with oaths, and then, the j
violence of the storm shut out the conversation
for a time. t ,
Presently, there came a lull in the rain,
and the voices of the attorney and his
companion again reached the ears of the
anxious listeners.
" What object could anyone have in ro- ,
moving the body ?'' the attorney demanded,
" And how could it have boen taken away
without detection ?" j
" See! The window is open!" exclaimod
the strange voice. " The thieves may not
be very far away."
"Look," said the attorney, "youroyes
are sharper than mine."
The two men below, drew near to the
building, as they heard the man's clothes
brushing against the window sill.
Grover's heart boat excitedly, as ho (
wnif.iil f/ii? lii tn f?\
" I can see nothing for this cursed darkness,"
they heard the man say. "It is
safe to make a light now, I suppose."
" Yes, yes." said the attorney, " any- ;
thing to recover the body."
" 1 say, youngster," whispered Uncle (
Billy, " we must climb out of this. They
will be down hero in less than no time,
smelling of our tracks, like so many
dogs." j
Shall we attempt to move the body
now ?"
" It's ri?-ky, but it won't do to leave it
here for them to return," was the reply.
" Where shall we take it ?" asked Grover, ,
rendered almost incapable of thought by
his fear of discovery.
Uncle Billy hesitated a moment.
" I have it," he finally whispered. " Wo
are but a short distance from the river. I
saw a small row boat, tied just below, this
afternoon. Wo will take the body to the
bank, and then drop down to my place
with the current. No ono will think of 1
looking there."
Grover gladly fell in with this arrangement,
and the two lifted the corpse, and 1
silently made their way in the direction of
the river. ,
Arriving then', what was their chagrin
to find the boat gone I It had drifted
away.
" We will hide the body here in the
thicket," said the old man, " and you 1
watch near it while I search the bank for a
boat. I know every inch of this shoro
fm- tnil.ta rl/iirn imrl T Mn'k lllisB of finn.
ing one soon."
Saying this, he hastenod away, leaving
Grover alone with his ghastly charge.
He waited in silence for some time, and '
then, anxious to know whether they were
being pursued, he crept back in the direction
of the office.
Arriving at the fence, which skirted the
rear of the building, he saw. lights moving
in the yard underneath the window, ana
knew that a crowd was collecting. He
soon discovered, also, that some one was
coming in his direction, and therefore, ho
hastily roturned to the river bank.
Uncle Billy was just drawing up In a
boat, and directly, tho two men were drifting
down the river. >
" Do you hear that ?" the old man asked,
as a rumble of thunder echoed over the
river.
" I do," waa tho reply. " But how can
it effect us?"
I never heard thunder like that, vr
unless it was followed by sharp lightning cl
before long," said the old man. "We ta
must hurry, or the flashes may reveal ua
to our pursuers." " cl
The oai-3 were set, and tho boat was w<
Boon gliding rapidly toward its destination.
if
Look sharp l" cried. tfrover to the oia bu
man, who was rowing, " there ia a rock ra
just ahead. I saw it by that flash of
ligb tiling." wi
Uncle Billy sheet,*! sharp off to the
right, but he was too late, for the boat was co
almost overturned, and a flood of water
rushed over the side, hulf filling it. od
Qrover commenced bailing the boat with co
a pail, evidently kept there by the owner
for that purpose, and the rower redoubled ra
his aTorts.
Suddenly an unusually vivid flash of G
lightning lit up the river and the boat,
and as it died away, the old fa*11, rl|j?n > W
anil grasped tightly, and Qrofer's voice .'to
^"My' (^^^Uncle 1 th? vengance of' so
Heaven is upon usl The corpse i? *nov? Ti
ing J1' ai
" Impossible/1 said the other. "It must Bt
have been the motion of the boat."
" It was not, asserted the other. " It ia
aow flitting up, and glaring upon us
with its horrible eyes. My Godl what Cl
ihall we do?" m
" Listen!" ar
It was Uncle Billy who spoke.
Above the storm, vrhich was raging
lwim nKnun fliA rilflll r?f t.llA tu
?ivuuu utigiU) Hwviv viiv ?
water, and above the oxcited lwating of
their own hearts, the two men heard the
sound of human hands, clawing aimlessly W(
against thcsideof the boat.
Neither of the listeners spoke. Pa
With bis hand still grasping the old
man's arm, Grover, trembling like a leaf,
waited with his companion, for the next
3ash of lightning to confirm or allay r0
their fears.
And along tho rivftr bank from above, 6c
:ame the sounds of pursuit ar
th
til
CHAPTER IX. W]
Be
rnB ATTORNEY MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
to
"When the attorney, renderei desperate
(>v the movements of tho man who waa ,
* . J A- i~4. i.: m:
louowing iirai, rumen auout uj mm
come up, he hud not long to wait. 8e
" You did -.veil to wait, Lawyer Gray,"
raid the man grufly, as he stopped at the ro
attorney's side, " I want to seo you."
'Then you should have called at my P*
office, during business hours," waa the
reply.
"I don't know alwuHhat office o'yonrn,"
said tlio man with a laugh, " folks fall en
down stairs there sometimes."
"Well, sir, what then?" demanded the
attorney, drawing a Btep nearer, to get a an
good view of the man's face.
" Nothin'," was the reply, " only I seen Sa
that man fall to-night."
" And made no effort to save him ?"
" It wouldn't a' done him no good if I
hnd." ce
" What do yon menit?"
The terrible suspicion that his secret ?n
wna in the possession of this man, was ?-1
working in the attorney's brain, and be retained
his composure only with great 071
effort. 80
"I moan," said the fellow, "that I
could a' saved that man's life, only by Pr
be-in' at the head o* them stairs, and on 051
the tother side o' that door!"
" Your object, probably, is to frighten me
into giving you money, with this remarkililo
story," said the attorney, " but you "?
ire mistaken In your man! It is unfor- ex
tnnate that the accident occurred at my nc
bllice, but that is all; I am not to blame." ??
"You can't dose me with such chaff as "a
-- ?u- 1- ? T
that," said the otner, insultingly. - x
watched the young chap when he went to "?
pur office. I was in the hull when you P?
grappled him, an' if you had oponed the
loor a sccond sooner, when you set bim up
like a uiumuiy in tho lia.ll, you'd a' seen "?
this chicken." w
"What right, what business have you to
sneak and listen around my door?" de- W1
'uanded the attorney," and place your own
construction on what you cannot under- n,<
jtand ?"
" I knowed that chap, Lawyer Gray, and a'(
T knowed why he came to this here vil- *'
lage," was the reply. " I hated him Pe
because he sent mo to prison once, and I wa
was dogging him, that's nil."
" You knew him, then ?" "J
" Ever ainco he was a baby." Ai
" Where was he bom?" "t
"See here, mister," said the fellow, wc
shrowdly, " if I tell you what you want ter ^a
know about that man, and keep my clapper W1
mum, how much will vou give me?1' br
" You can do me no harm by telling any- rJ1
thing you choose, although it would be un. c"
plcaHant to have such rumors started," to
said the attorney, " but I will give you two
hundred dollars for certain information
ibout that man."
" Moresaid the stranger. *
During this conversation, the attorney
had been examining the features of the
man before him, and mentally, comparing N
them with a description in ms now doojc, con
which tho reader will remember. When ,.
he spoke again, he was satisfied that his ;
suspicions were correct. tioc
' Well, Mr. Jacob Ames," he said, " how aha:
much mo.jf" t
The man started. .
" Ynu know me then," he replied. "Well, w
I want just a cool thousand." "8P'
" Are you in your right senscB P" tool
" Wore so than you, when you killed? " Bjmj
" Hush 1" raid Gray. " For heaven's ..
sake don't speak so loud. Will you take
five hundred dollaru?"
" No." host
"You are obstinate, but tho information as i]
pou have, may be worth the sum you de- ? *
maud. I will give you half now, and the
Uiluncc in the morning, but you are never one
to approach me on this subject again. You of w
understand." jn ^
Aiiicb consented to tho proposition.
" Now, tell me where this man waa 8^e(
born," said Gray, after handing hiin a roll
sf bills. dila
"In this village." anjr
' Wheu ?" g .
" Twenty-four years ago, come December."
"tar
" In wliat house ?" that
"Air. Wullingford'B."
" Llis name, then was?" ,,
" Roland E. Wallingford." Dle
" The mill-owner's son ?" 'mn3
"No; liis nephew." ranj
" Hut George Wallingford never mar- je3?.
ricd!" .
" His marriage was never made public."
" Arc you certain that you have ma Jo race
no mistake?" triui
" Yes. badl
" I want you to go back to my office, and ,
look at the body with mo. Will you go?" (
"Yes." "Da
"Tell me what you know about this ^usi
man's |mother," said Gray as they walked
along together.
"She is dead." "ls c
" How long since ?" road
" About a year." a ck
"Well, go on." , .
' I knew them both in Boston. They
lived near me, and when I learned who miS'
they were, I made it my business to keep origi
track of them. Mr. Wallingford supplied ^liat
them witn money nnui a unit) wmie ago. ,
"After all," thought Gray, "the blow r
ivaa a lucky one. The fellow would have
made trouble. Now, the way is clear for thin
the man who will divide with me. But he spru
must never know how near ho came to losing
the fortune."
"You have been mistaken all the way
through," said the ready attorney, address- M:
ing his companion. " The child" born in Bajj j
Wallingford House, twenty-four years ayo,
atill lives, and in this village. Mr. Wall- B'eai
ingford knew the child would be his heir, ge
and ho wanted him under his eye. A woman
ot the same name?the wife of the 80in(
assistant superintendent in the nulla?gave | nis c
birth to a male child the samo night, and '
Ithout her knowledge, the children were
landed. The heir to the Wallingford este
is olive and well to-day." X
Gray watched the man's face very moJ
osely, while making this explanation, and
is pleased to see that he understood him.
" Ynn ran rAmcmliftr all that distinctly coal
it is necessary, I .suppose," he said, d?- m01
ring to have the matter perfectly ar? , ,
nged.
" Yes, but It's an extra job, and I will
mt more pay for it," . obv
" You shall have it, my good man, If all jj0r1
mcs out as I desire." ~ "
But who is this othor covey P" domand- ??'
1 Ames. "Is he a anoozer what will the
me down ?" 'itW clos
" Never mind him," wa3 the reply, " fQH
ust look to me for your pay." .. , Jl
By this time the plotters had reached a
" I want you to be certain that thfa J
ight have leaked out, and:" > '^'8
me other man taken wer
be fact that he cameh<V^tfc& laborer,-haa
id declined making ^ahn'self knowri^. g
rengthena this suspicion. an you see
ithout a light ?" he a8]cedj as thoy stood
aide the door. ' . hol(
" Yea," was the reply, " I would know hia
irsed face anywhere. I tackled him for
oney once, on the score of old acquaint- * 1
ico. and when I was a little roueh, he "to<
irned me over to a cop, d n him !" aa
As the men advanced into the room,;1 ^ut
ey saw thatthe rough table where the
>dy had been left, was vacant.
Their exclamations of surprise and rage w&i
are heard by the listeners below, but the me
torney's nervous examination of the j
,pera in the room, of course, escaped .
eir attention.
"The body waa taken by no ordinary flan
ieves," he said, " for not a thing in the He
om was molested by them. ^
The search at once instituted, availed
thing, although a large number of people, hot
ouacd by the noisos and lights about fi
e office, assisted. ?<j
"How was the loss discovered at this ?
ne of night P'. ask.:d one of the group, " J
lich assembled about the office, after the teaarch
had been abandoned, ye t
" I missed some papers,-' said the at- ;
rney," and came back to look for them. r,
us matter has been a great inconvenience '
me," he added, " and although a simi- j H
r case might never occur again, I shall thoi
cure an office on the first floor at once." ' 0jr
Glad of any pretext to abandon the I
oms with which such terrible associations |w"?
jre now connected, Gray seized upon this beai
ea with avidity. ! ?]
'I don't blame yon for wanting to g^ol
ove," said one of the villagers, nervously,
[f it were me, I should never want to
ter the room a^ain." upoi
" It is foolish, I admit," rejoined the at- ten
rney," but I partake of the same feeling,
.d I shall lose no time in removing."
Among all the theories advanced re- the
.rding the disappearance of the body, it 0
juld have been strange, indeed, if no one j m
d guessed aright, and no Booner was the ^
sa of the case presented, tnan it wan acpted
by all. es* ]
"What doctor In this vicinity is bold etro'
ough to attempt such a thing," asked noo,
lies, anxious to help this theory along.
" There is not one," replied one of the wa^
owd. " It was without doubt done for ed, 1
mo city college." inst:
" True enough," Baid another, " and it is jj0
obable that we will never know what be- '
me of the body."
"No so," said the attorney, " recalling fidd
e peculiar circumstances attending my prog
end's death, after leaving the office, I
.d fully decided to insist on a post mortem
amination in the morning, and I shall e"T
>w uso every means in my power to dis- ^
ver the perpetrators of this outrage, and 8<
ive them brought to justice." .
The attorney spoke falsely, bat he be>ved
that this story would strengthen his 8 ?
>sition with the villagers. plea
It was very late, and the gathering slowly ?i
spersed. As the attorney locked his .
or, for the second time that night, he reBmbcred
that in the excitement, he took
d neglected to keep his appointment use
th Eugene. chai
' I must await }iis visit here in the .
jrning," ho said, au-l went to the hotel. 10 I
" Let me see where I am," he muttered, S<
^r reaching the room assigned him. Wic
Eugene is certain of gaining the prorty
now that .his only rival is out of the
.y." lie shuddered at the thought cf r '
w the second claimant had been silenced, tice
3von if this mill band circulated his story, ygcti
nes' testimony will put matters to
flits. That estimable wife of his must be
in over to our side, of course. I ought to ^
ve instructed Ames regarding his course ? .,
th her, but I i.an attend to that after
eakfast. So, at last," he continued, ^
bbing his hands exultingly, '* my way is put
iar, but I must double up on the fee I am pjjjjj
get from my wetk-uiiuded client."
to be contijtubd, in t
?
II 8COTTS FIRST ICXI'ERIENCB V* .
RAPID TRANSIT.
11
Fow that Hon. Thomas A. Scott ha# b??
le the acknowledged "Railroad King" Th
he world, and his railway manipal*- only
is are at present attracting no small cage
? nnMi* atfunfinn. if. would not I Knf. '
IC V* uuo j^UVUV WW1.MV.V.., - - - ?*% ? ,
minteresting to our readers if we would rcma
te an episode in the life?in the way of the I
sed"?of this remarkable man, that tulet.
: place in Mercersburg, when ho was him ply
a dry goods clerk, and long before one giant
enterprises were dreamed of. 0thei
old Brooks, now deceased, a colored Mr
;len, as well known in this community ingly
a Mercersburg, and a universal favorite, the b
charge of the stable connected with se,
of the hotels at that place, the owner pape]
hich had some splendid trotting stock g0 01
rhich Brooks took great pride, and the can j
sd of which formed a great staple in hot h
conversation. One day when he wan jjja <
ting on the merits of his respective holly]
- * ?*4-1- ??~ noiial
Q3-1S Wllil LLiUl U tUtlii uouui vuu o
;t interrupted him with the following
tling banter: "Brooks, I'll bet you $5
; I can produce a pony that can pace ^
er than any horse you have in the sta- war '
can trot." Brooks accepted the banter ^ort^
lediately, the preliminaries were ar-j
fed and a handful of "flips" and "lev-| ox
?the perquisites of his position?was^ me^'
up by the enthusiastic hostler. The1
came off. It was Tom Scott's first i ?n 0<
mph in rapid travel, and Brooks was j ?
y disappointed and defeated, and as
jften remarked, in telling his story, q
rn it, he took de money, dat was de , .
" and si
i. But the unfortunate horseman _
not forgotten, and up to the time of j
loath, he received from the great railmagnate,
at unexpected times, many
"1 ? Wlin l-nnwi
01 UU 1UCJ>U ikiuvuuwt <> .? .. _ .
what this slight triumph of Scott's I P*?
lit have hccn the germ from which j ?pider
inated schcmes in hie mighty brain! estate
have placed in his bands lines of rail- b?3(*
from ocean to ocean?a girdle almost kidinf
J to that conceived by "Puck ?" Great bouse
gs in science and mechanical arts have! ^ey
ng from similar events.?Fulton Re- J ^ie 1
ican. lot
^ to tin
r. and Mrs Sartoris have arranged to a
Tor Europe in May, by the Whito Star rubt"
ncr Celtic. amonj
jacket
nator Eaton, of Connecticut, is said by their i
; to have a look of perpetual anger en ; her bj
ountenance. j mo&
KEWSPAl'EU IMPORTING.
commenced newspaper life with t&9
rfc cheerful anticipations. 11, seemed , a
)le8ome thing to puff so'mebody's sugar*
;ed hams, and have one handed in the next
ning, with a yellow frock on, and a loop _
tang it up by; to attend horse trots and
ler-life camp-meeting qad pick the
ious points of the best trotters and ex- J|
kers, must bo a moat agreeable labor. . ^
too, it would be a sweet duty to ^
oouuary or a. ugcr-ocw
: might also bo added, as ft tribute to
business integrity, that bit remnia*
ecarect |g? onk bia own crystal. iot^viUk
no superior in the market.
fter writing a few days', r started off
i some grotesque sketches of the house* :
I of Hosea Jane*, describing Myself ?f' > <
bald-heaied and unsophisticated siro ol1^;'
lumerous family. Many rani 'tmSSnQ'\ '''
)k this all for corn." Only one man felt
affront. He had studied to b#r9lv
\ ,vVSF *
cher, and was a success. Hs'xrai; 4-' r"
^healthy man. His knucklMwerelifct
rns teeth, worn down. He called upon"
early one morning. He wai lobster.
?boiled in bis own passions. He was
>um1 n?/1n? Vt?a f]lA . t
V/55W LUJCkX plU^O lAMUCt WW VJVip ??wiw*w
gas of his ears seemed to be on fix*, ... .7
looked like a man who had walked oS
hij ear bo rapidly that he prodacad ? * .
bex.
.'e rashed upon mo, shouting:
STow I've got ye, and I'll hammer the
) out Of yo, yon mean puppy. I'll put
buscuit over your peepers. Ill learn
0 epeak disrespectable of me and my'
-era, you "
Mr. Jones," I faltered, "this ia a-joke."
e Jcame on, glaring and snorting. I
ight how hard it wa?4o be smashed out
oristence in the glow of youth, with th*
le earth filled with greenness, fruit and
lty.
['11 get the file and see about it? I ?
ited, as I fled. I think the ved man ir
r me yet. I think he will sweep dowa .
a me some of these sunny days, V of- "
dream of being in the shambft;seav
ulaughter-house, and hear lum< order * '*
boy to bring the sledge-hamme*.bituary
writing has been my bestimldi
ote one for the captain of a Saybfeoofc * i
>oner. I was told of his death by~hon?
people. I sketched him as; he.- gailylied
down the golden streets, afterr *
1 lunch of nectar and ambrosia* to*
to make his family prooxL- lalso-odd- /
bo be impartial, the customary-musical
rument. It was not a harp> however.
I slung him with a baes. vioL The
ain, when on earth, was* ait excellent
ler, and therefore, with an. eye- to his
press in all things, I accredited him
i a bass viol. I added a. stanza. ?f po,
as follows: k '
SVhile here below the bottTorwna-hfs'lffve,
) he should have a baaa viol whan- above."
week after, the captain ?alled on me^
king a brier.wood pipe. E* was mncka
sed.
rVhat's to pay for that-writing?** h*>,
cL "Me and my wife and the girla
J wif h if. T nmnf. vnn a
. OUiiU UISAU1VSJ. U n*W? *V. A W ?MBV
it when the right time*-comes. t?
ged the captain regulars cemetery>rices.
Six feet by two. one insertion.
>me time ago, the venerabM widowks
lost her son Fhineas. Lost' Eall shehis
remains removed to CoBnecticat'
burial. She sent mo a brief no?
for publication, with privilege of oo&~
on. I was aa follows:
HOWB AT LAST. "
e learn, with unfelt Borrow, that Mr*,
itable Wicks has brought the remains
'hineas home for dotermerit. She will
two (2) stones over hia grave, with
TTT-.1 ..J D ?.
eua YV IL'JLO UU OUU ?UU JL? ? # Wi kU9
r. Mrs. W. hao been to great expense
hese panicky times, bat she trusts
the public will appreciate her efforts
ike buckle and strap meet
mblished it as follows: j
P. W. WELL FIXED At LAST.
ings come round right at last, if yot
lay low and keop dark. Witness the
of Phineas Wicks. He died abroad
now his doting frieed has freighted his
ins to the Nutmeg State, which bears
ippropriate motto of Qui rustenet trans
She will set up two stones above
? a headstone and a hindstone. On *
[rill be carved "Phiner," and on the
1 "Finis," wnicn is l^aun ror jfmny.
t. W. has put out her stamps trnspar*
to do this, but she believes in "letting
lil go with the hide."
riously, one thing is sure. A new*.
r man can never dio. His name may
it, but the light of his little candle
lever quite cease. What he writes in .
08te may cool into an eternal carving.
jvery-day paragraphs, like the lowly
locks, may flower beautifully in a seo- . TJ;
urnmer.
. * *!*?%?
>n after the termination of th? late J|
a lady came to Richmond from the Ij
i and stopped at the house of one of- '
tizens of that city. After a time she i I
A1
ited symptoms of mental derange- a
, and finally died. She left a trunk - m
the family sho stopped with, in which,
:>king over it lately, was found on a I
parchment topped by an American -.'*1
the first commission as a Lieutenant * J
i Army of the U ited States of Major "
al John N. Schofield, dated in 1859
gned by Robert E. Lee, the Military '
intendent of the West Point Military
my.
J
ABOUT SP1DKBS.
I. E. S. Morse says : Oaly the female
a spin webs. They own *11 the ml
, and the males hare to live * vagalife
under stones and in other obscure
j places. If they come about t* '
so often as to bore the ruling
are mercilessly killed and eeV"
pider's skin is unyielding as the sh?k f
sters and crabs, and is shed from time
i8 in the same way, to accommodate
nimal's growth. If you poke over the
)h in a female spider's bock yard,
j her cafit-of corsets you will find the *
;s of the males who have paid for
sociality with their lives?trophies of
irbarism as truly as scalps show the
9 nature of the red men.
^