Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-10-09

HIc you III your III SCuStS
More so than you, when You killed"
Hush !" saiu Gray. " For heavens
sake don't spoak so loud. viii you take
five hundred dollars?"
"No.'
"You are obstinate, but the information
you have. may be worth the sum you de-
mand. | will give you half now. and the
balance in the morning, but you are never
to approach me on this subject again. You
understand
Amcs consented to the proposition.
Now, tell me where this man was
born. said Gray. after handing him roll
of bills
"In this village"
when 2"
Der"
In what house ?"
"Mr. Wallingforl's.
His name. then was-"
Roland +. Wallingford."
"The mill-owncr's son ~
mo; his nephew"
But George Wallinsford never mar
ried!'
" His marriage was never made public"
Are you certain that you have made
no mstake:"
Yes"
al want you o go back to my office, and
look at the body with me. Will you goa"
"Yes"
"Tcll me what you know about this
mans mother" said Gray as they walked
along together.
"She is dead
:" How long since -
"About Il year,
"Wcll, so on
Il knew them both in Boston. They
lived near me, and when | learned who
they We're, l made it my business to keep
track of them. Mr.. Wallingtorl supplied
them with money until II little while ago"
"After all.'' thought Gray, 1.-THE blow
was lucky one. The fellow would have
made trouble. Now. the way is clear for
the man who will divide with me. But he
must never know how near he came to los
ing the fortune"
"You have been mistaken all the way
through" said the ready attorney, address,
ing his companion. "The child born in
Wallingford House, twcni Y four years ago,
still lives. and in this village. Mr.. Wall
ingFord knew the child would be his heir,
and he wanted him under his eye. wo-
man OF the same name-thc wife of the
assistant superintendent i'll the mills-@ave
birth 10 II male child the same night, and
without her knowledge. the children were
changed. The heir to the Wallingford es-
tate is alive and well to-day"
Gray watched tl!c mans face very
closely, while l,na ing this explanation, and
was plcascd to SEQ That lie understood ii,..i.
"Yuu can remember all that distinctly
If 1t is necessary. | uppo5e.' he SAID, de-
-. tI,n ,nrf, tlsr ~ =.
RANGED.
want more pay for it,
{" You shall have it. my good man, II all
comes ont IA desire.
"But who is this other covcy ?" demand
cd Am g. Is he Il snoozsr what will
come down -
Never mind him." was the reply, "you
must look to me for your pay"
BY this time the plottcrs had reached
Gray's office.
g" want you to be certain that this is the
person you knew in Boston," said the at
torney, unlockin. tn door. " His secret
might have leaked out, you know, and
some other man taken advantage of it
The fact that he came here as a laborcr,
and declined making himself known,
Strengthens this suspicion. Can you see
without Il light 7" he asked rs they stood
inside the door.
yes was the reply, " would know his
cursed face anywhere. / tackled him for
money once, on the score of old acquaint-
ancc, and when WAS II little rough, he
turned me over to cop. d--n him y
AS the men advanced into the room,
they saw that the rough table where the
body had been left, was vacant.
Their exclamations Of surprise and rage
were heard by the listeners below, bat the
attorneys nervous examination OF the
papers in the room, of course, escaped
their attention.
"rhc body was taken by no ordinary
thieves" he said, d" Tor not Il thing III the
room was molestcd ly them.
The search ut once instituted. availed
nothing, although large number of people,
aroused by the noises and Lights about
the Office, assisted.
"How was the loss discovered at this
time of night. ask, | one of the group.
which assembled about the Office, after the
search had been abandoned,
'' missed some papers. said the at
torney," and came back to look for them.
This matter has been great inconvenience
to me" he added, and although SINH
lar case might never occur again, shalI
secure an Office on the first floor at once
Glad of any prcteXt to abandon the
rooms with which such terrible associations
were now connected, Gray seized upon this
plea with avdity.
Il don't blame yon for wanting to
move" said one of the villagers, nervously.
IF it were me, | Should never want to
enter the room again
at is foolish, adait.' reioinct the at