The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-02-13
MANUSCRIPTS,
TEE BODY SEARCUER
OR THE WAX FIGURE.
FROM
THE diary or "A PHYSICLRN


"that's the pleasant sort of row we have
heard all the morning. Now. sir, what is
| to be done? 1t appears that old Mrs.
! Flackie left with another old woman,
Mrs. Tweede, your note, and said she
was going TO the address there given, and
/ this Mrs. Tweedle has made all the up
roar, by reporting that as Mrs. Flackie
| has not come back, you must have taken
/ her for the sake of her body"
"ConfOund her body"
Just so,'' said the beadle
! .'Sir," I said, Il will tell YOU all that
/ know of this most troublesome business,
and if YOU come to a conclusion that
! have not acted with perfect discretion,
( beg that you will believe | meant we'll
| then related all that had happened with
regard to No. ,, South-terrace, and con
cluded by saying
Now, sir, all can say, is that place
myself completely at your disposal, to act
in any way you may think proper"
well, doctor, you can't say fairer than
/ that. only wish you had gone 10 the
| police at once. But what say you now to
/ accompany me, and our beadle here, and
( the porter of the house, who is a stout man
4
make iuqujry?'
Il am quite ready 10 DO So
LEFT wheel!' cried the beadIe; ''quick
march, and away we all went, the gate
porter being summoned to the duty OF ac-
companying Us as we went along, while
could still hear the groans and boots of
the workhouse people, who were each
moment getting more incensed at the non
appearance of old Flackie, whom they
had been wishing at the devil for years
past. But | suppose they made the row
upon principle.
As we got upon some rising ground
which commanded view into the work
house yard, | saw i wretched looking old
woman standing on a washing tub. and
addressing a congregation ofpaupers with
the most violent gesticulatons.
The churchwarden intimated that this
was Tweedle,-
And what is the most extraordinary
thing of ALL" he said, "she and Flackie sell
dom pass day without violent quarrel,
and yet, you see, now Tweedle would pull
down The workhouse walls in Flakes
cause. How do you account for that,
| beadle!
Never accounts for old women, sir;
encumbrance TO operations.
you are about right said the church
warden. Come on, come on. | sin
cerely hope that this affair will have some
satisfactory termination"
Ii did not take us long time to reach
the house where such mysterious occur
rences had taken place, and when there
we found that all the blinds were still
drawn down, and that there was no ap-
pearadce of anything living in the interior
of the dwelling, and we glanced down
towards the kitchen, but there was no
cheerful blaze of fire to indicate the
preparation of the mornings meal.
All was cold and desolate-lookIng.
"Wh hat do you think of this!' said l.
'WilI you knock?"
"Certainly," said the churchwarGen.
'I'll knock, and if they won't let us in, |
shall proceed at once to a magistrate, and
state all circumstances; when the police, [
have no doubt, will force all admittance to
the place. Do you know, doctor. L really
begin to be afraid that something very
wrong has taken place
"knock, slr!" inquired the beadle
"Ies-yes, certainly, and knock loud,
too, if you please, while | ring
The beadle executed rather a tremen-
dOus appeal at the door of the house, while
the little churchwarden, whose pomposity
had all thawed away completely. rung the
bell close to which was little brass plate
with the words "ring also"
"Enemy won't answer" said the bea-
die. "Have TO storm garrison. Get in at
first floor easy enough with long ladder.
genlemen.'
A this moment man arrived, and as
cended the steps of the house, carrying in
his hand key.
"What do you WANT" he said. The
Blundercups have gone away. Do you
want TO look at the house?-cOs if you do
you must get card from the agent |
can't show it without. It's well aired.
They only left at five o'clock this morn>
ing
"Is the house empty then! Why, |
cant sec the curtains in the parlor,'' said
the churchwarden.
Il hope SO, !" said the man; SIT would be
odd if the curtains had walked off. 1t
was left furnished. .
Open the door directly" said the