Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

9 e!5 saRi9IZ, pet swing time for any dis
moment he answered with a look of thu
utmost ahto6hhmeht: "Sir, I really dc
not understand you. The bottle you
! bsopgA 4 I gavA 1pctp1, fodfm tb the
stopphg you ho]se ahdab6as Aoompan'
! you allude to"
! But need not enuhsrats thSansttera
by which he fenced off my inquiries
suffice it to say he denied all knowledge
whatever of my adventure and stoutly
affirmed be had not left the house since
the previous day. What annoyed me
still more Was the conduct of the stew:
ard, who appeared to regard my state.
ment as proceeding either from, weak
intellect or too free use of the means
supplied for my recovery.
+ There was nothing to belgleaned from
Stevens, 30 of courses lie went his way,
and I remained with the steward: Soon
after daybfeAf, Df. Seyton rejoined us,
the invalid was sleeping, and all imme-
date danger was over, 30 orders were
lgiven for our horles to be put to. In a
few seconds news was brought in of some
of tho farm laborers having discovered
the lifeless body of man lying in the
road; the remains had, been removed to
one Of the outhouses, 3whither We }pro.
ceeded. 1t was dreadful spectacle; the
| features were. quite undistinguishable,
and presented the appearance Of having
had some tirearm discharged close to
them.s The; steward and Or. Seyton
ninutely whispered 'conve rsation to.
gether, the doctor drew me on one side
and advised me not to mention any of
! the circumstances connected with my
late adventure, but to wait until the in
quest; then, as medical aid was perfect
~ useless, we took our departure and
drove home.
Two days afterwards d letter was re-
ceived desiring our presence at Maze
borough house, and Immediately on our
arrival J. was ushered into Mr.. We'll
testers private room. Our interview
was heightened one; we then descended
to where the inquest was being held.
The best report of the proceedings was
given in a local paper published day
or two afterwards, which, if I remember
rightly, ran thus: ( As some farm
laborers in the employ of Hon. Frede:
rick Wellester, Of marlborough, were
proceeding. to their work on Tuesday
morning, they discovered the dead body
of man on the highway. The remains
were at once removed to one Of the farm
buildings, where the remained till
Thursday last when an inquest was held
upon them. No satisfactory evidence
was produced tending tosthrow any light
upon either who the unfortunate person
was or by what means he met his death,
although it is conjectured, owing to the
frightful spectacle the face and head
presented, that some pistol or gun must
have been discharged close to him; but
whether by himself or by some one un-
known, no. clue could be obtained. A
pistol ready loaded and capped was
found in one of the deceaseds pockets,
but no papers or other means Of identi-:
fcation. A strange fact in connection
with this case is the. disappearance on
the same morning the body was found
of one of the domestics, named Stevens,
formerly in the service OF, Hon. Ernest.
Wellester, half brother to Tie proprietor
of marlborough house, gentleman who
for some years past has resided on the
COAbAAOAVs 4ulS OCCuIE0uCO las OILY
tended to throw greater obscurity upon
this mysterious affair. In consequence
of the utter want of all evidence, the
jury returned an open verdict-found
dead"
"Such," continued GLADDEN., "was
my uncle's story. l. You have followed
him to the grave and seen the prepare
tions for razing to the ground Mazebor-
ough house; the Caultdale title has been
extinct; Hon. Frederick Wellester, who
succeeded to it, died a few months after
wards without issue; and although dill
gent search was made for the next of
kin (his half-brother Ernst), no tidings
could possibly be obtained 1of I hi il >. :
= "But,'' said I, "surely your uncle"
"Lived at time when wealth and in
terest could influence everything and
almost eyeFybody."t : *y~
: 81 see,,firejein@d; cit was what is
what is called hush uf' But Itsuppose
the body that was found was that of the
half-brother Ernst?"
"Precisely."- Chambers' Journal.