Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
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the street.
aWhat became of that little, old.
fashioned oak escritoire that used Il
stand between the windows oil your
sitting-room in Dover street@
"Wby DO you ask? inquired Kegl
maid.
"Because recognized it in Mr.. Jones
Office. Where were your eyes, man?'
said Bob.
al did not notice it; but its quite pos.
sible, for when left Dover street
owed some rent, and being at the time
in q considerable hole, prevailed on
NV landlsdy to accept my furniture In
discharge of arrears" exclaimed Regi-
male.
'iThat,s it, then! The things were, no
noubt, sold, and our friend Jones pick
ed up the escritoire eheaply some,
where, ~ said Bob, exultingly. II feel
confident it is the Identical article :.
.srWbat MEMORY you have, bob.
/ Alf the sane, don't see that your ctue
can possibly lead to anything, SAID
Reginald. 81 never kept anything in
IL of value, and / carefully cleared
everything out of il before / came
away"
"Eet us stroll to Dover street and
have a chat with your old landlady, at
all events" suggested Bob.
Reginald aequiesced, and at Dover
street Bob had the satisfaction OF learn
ing that his friends furniture had been
sold to dealer, as he anticipated. The
landlady seemed rather reticent about
the transaction, probBbly from the rec
objection of having made three times
the value of her rent out OF 1t. But
Bob suspected there was something
more behind, and at length elicted the
fact that few bills and circulars,
which had come addressed to Reginald
after he left, and been placed in the es-
critoire for safety, had been overlooked
when the furniture was disposed OF,
and, had, probably, fallen into the
hands Of the dealer.
"Were there any letters? How do
you know they were all bills?' In
auired Reginald, suddenly interested.
al know the look of bill, sir. Trust
me for that Pve took in gentlemen
dodgers too long to make any mistake"
said the landlady confidently.
"Still, Mrs. Andrews, / believe there
was one letter at all events" hazarded
Bob, speaking with an air of certainty.
"Dear me, sir! Well, now you
mention it, there was one from
abroad,n said the old lady, taken
aback. "But there was nothing init
except"
Except what?" demanded Bob, ex-
citedly, as the iandlady suddenly recol-
lected her indiscretion, and checked
herself in great, confusion. "Come
Mrs. Andrews, you opened that letter
and saw what was inside. What was
it."
81 assure YOU, gentlemen, that the
envelope almost came open In my
hands,"
"Never mind thatw cried Bob; "all
is forgotten and forgiven, as the news
rapers say. What did the envelope
contain, Mrs. Andrews"
"NOthing at all, sir" said the land
lady in a great fiuster, Except a copy
of the marriage lines of Mr.. Courtney's
father, by which, it seems, he married
at Geneva lady young enough to be
his daughter"
az can't understand it, Bob" said
Reginald, a few minutes later, when
married that girl! What on earth did
he mean by sending me certificate of
his marriage without word""
'Looks as if he wanted to rifle you,"
said Bob shortly.
"On the contrary" returned Regi-
Maid, ~ take it as a sign that he was
inclined to be reconciled to me. Would
to God | had known of this earlier"
"No use crying over spilled milk"
said Bob, sagely. "Cheer up, old chap.
For the sake of your wife and children
you should be light hearted now.n
"Why? What do you mesn" in
quired Reginald, in surprise.
Don't you see, old boy?" exclaimed
Bob; "your fathers subsequent mar
riage revoked his will. and consequent
ly you are entitled, legally and morally,
to the whole of his property, as heir-at-
law and next-ot-kin"