The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-24

in, and still the mystery was uRsolved.
II think" said Mr.. Redeem one day
"my vile must have been seized with ali
Of temporary insanity and Wanderedawa
and may at this moment be in some luna
tic asylum"
~ remember" said Charles, "that OF
one occasion she was taken suddenly Il
and put her hand on her head, and | hal
to get her some water and q glass Of Winr
She babe me say nothing about it, and 81
never told you or any one Of the fact"
"When was that?" Mr., Redeem asked
ut was about Q fortnight before Christ
mas" Charles answered, Layton haC
dIaRnER picture Of ship In q storm, anC
l said, Remember, that 1t was very clever
and ! would show Il to my mother HI
said, Don't tell her who drew IT, Ant
then he said; Artists generally put theil
: namta on their pictures, and suppose |
pnt one, just for tunP Then he put
name In the corner, and l said: 'Ihsts
not your nams.' u know that he replied,
and that's why | put it there Ihave
the picture still and will get It,"
Charles went to his room and speedily
returned with a very startling drawing
OF a ship in q storm. In the corner were
the words; "JOhn Winstantley."
There was something in this name
which attracted Mr.. RadleTn's attention
and set his mind to work, Where had he
seen it?
After hall an hours musing 1t came 10
him like q flash. Within the frat week Of
Mrs. Redfern'a disappearance he had visit.
ed leicester and examined the names OF
those who had booked for places on the
mail coaches going north and south, and
he remembered distinctly having seen the
names OF Mr.. aud Mrs. WinstGnley book
ed on the northern mail, Strange Buspi-
cious entered his mind, He had married
his wife when he was In a small way Of
business in Chesterfield, She had come
on a visit to a friend there, and he had in.
CURED little into her a~ntecedenS. His
friends in Chesterfield were highly re,
spectacle, and that had been enough for
him. Now, however, ii Dehooyed him to
make some inquiries.
He started for Chesterfield and found
his wite's cousin still reading there, From
them he ascertained that she had been
born and brought up at BedRle, in York.
shire, but that all her relatives there were
dead. Thither, however, he went, and,
strange as 1t may appear, found the miss.
ing woman and the man Layton living
there as husband and wife, withtwo groHn.
up children, all passing under the name
OF Winstanley.
~ am the wronEed man." said Win.
stanley; three years before you knew
this lady she was a very lawful wife and
the mother OF these two children, In
thO3e days | wa an artist, and We met
when | was making q tour OF Wharldalo.
We married and lived happily in Scotland
until | was falaely accused OF 4 heinOus
crime, convicted aud sent out OF the Coun.
try. Then my wife went back to her
friends, and, pretending that she had
been serving as a goverEes5, shut OF ell
inquiry. Only one person knew the Sc
Cret, and that was my aunt, a widow, re.
siding at Berwick, as she took caro- Of the
children. On learning OF my wife's mar.
riage to you my wife represented to her
that the children were dead. For many
years my lie was passed among criminals,
but at length | was free, and, up to with.
in a few months, have pursued the ca
reer OF a sailor. returned finally, to find
my children grown up. l had learned
years before OF my wiie's marriage. |
found her out, aud by the Q Of the
drawing which | gave to your son | com.
muDicated to her the fact that John Win.
stanley and l were the same individual.
After that We met many times, and at last
she resolved to 80 back to her lawful hus.
band.
snow, perhaps, you will DO prepared to
hear Of something quite as surprising as
what | have already told you.
~ am the burglar who stole your silver
and robbed the bank. Now call in a con.
stable and arrest me, II you think 1t.
"Do you remember when your vile
heard from London that her grand-unCle
was dead and had left her all his valuable
silver plate and Gl4,0OO2 And do you re.
member how easily the attorney In Lon.
don put her in possession Of 1t?
THAT grand-unCle was my graud.uncle,
and l caused the silver and money to be
transferred to her. At that time | had
foolishly resolved to leave her alone, and
TO let her pass all her days as your wife.
Atterward l changed my mind. She aug.
gested the robbery Of the silver, and al.
mitted me into the house. The night the
bank was robbed she visited the house.
When she was leaving, your brothers.
wife saw her to the front door. She had
purposely left her .mutF up stairs, and
while your sister.in-law went for 1t she
admitted me with the implements l had
proCured-you need not learn how-be.
torehand. | had been among the craft
too long not to know how to manage a
job like that. We had talked 1t over,
your wife and /, and had resolved to get
possession OF the silver and tho money,
which were your wife's,' and as we knew
there was no other way, we arranged that
| should turn burglar. Why did | open
the back door when l could have left more
easily by the iront2 l had studied II all,
and came to the conclusion that the back
way was the safer.
"Now you may arrest me, il you like,
for | shall not try TO escape"
Mr.. Redeem returned to Market Bos.
worth and devoted himself to his children.
He left them well of. His brother, the
banker, survived him many years, and
when he was o quaint old gentleman, in
small clothes and a blue %swallow.tail coat
with brass buttons, the writer heard him
narrate the foregoing story.
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