The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-05
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it is not an important one. Excuse me
one moment" said Mr.. Harrison, as he
went into the next Office.
In few moments he was back and
said:
SHOW go OH, Mr.. Waterman. with your
story"
"We have come TO the marriage of
my father to Careline MowbrAv. Some
two years after this Dr.. Walters left
Savannah, and no one knew OF his where
abouts. One morning. about ten months
after he had left, noticed package in
the mail addressed to Mr. Wilson. II
was peculiar looking parcel. and had
q peculiar smell. The handwriting
appeared familiar to me, but could not
place it. About three weeks later
another package came, and in the same
handwriting Thought nothing of those
things then, but in the light of later
developments they came to me with
great force Soon after the arrival of
this last package NJ. Wilson fell Ill and
never rose from that bed. He died in.
side of the month.
"Now for some curious facts. The
will was i'll the handwriting of Mr.. Will
son, but also signed by two witnesses.
did not know it's contents. except that
Mr., Wilson once said laughingly i
have provided for you IN my will Rsl ph.
Yet, when the will was read, there was
no mention of my name. 1t left the
whole property, real and personal, to
his beloved wife, Caroline Wilson, in
trust for life at her death to his rela-
tives, share and share alike.
81 happened to be looking at Mrs.
Wilson when the trustee read in trust,
and | distinctly saw her bite her lip
until the blood came. Somehow be-
gan to suspect that woman. had al
ways felt that she would hesitate at
nothing, and now [ telt con tirmel in my
suspicious. asked to sea the WILL and
it was handed to me. The signatures
of the witnesses were all right bu5 the
paper was strangely Iii scolorel aud when
l raised it closer to my face / noticed
again the peculiar odor of the package
that had come by mail t, Mrs. Wilson.
though at once 1t had been tempered
with but why did she leave the money
III trust" Then [ looked for that and
saw that the space occupied by in trust
for life, AMI ut her d -ath to his relatives,
share and sh re alike, was the true
color of the paper.
II made up my mind very quickly
what to do, and did It, I must tiud nu5
what had been the agent used to eff 2ca
the original will Quick as though I
pinched off Il small corner of the paper
that was discolored and slipped it in my
pocket, at the same time handing the
will back to Mr.. Ogden, the executor.
As soon s I could find time went to
chemist friend, and handing him the
paper, asked BIN if he could tell me
what had been used upon it. He gave
me the technical name AMI showed me
some of the art Gle. purchased some
from him, and going home sat down to
experiment | wrote upon some paper,
and then made solution of the acid
and flooded it. Ina few moments every
trace of ink had disappeared.
"Off [ went to my friend again. and
showed him the effect. We both went
to work then to find chemical that
would restore the ink We could find
not ling. I knew there would be no use
in exposing Mrs. Wilson unless could
produce q chemical that would bring
the original writing back.
well, Mr.. Harrison, to make long
story short, took ND the study of
chemistry, to find the chemical wanted.
I am now professor of chemistry in a
prominent Northern college, and my
fourteen years of patient study and
experiments have been rewarded by
finding the chemical which will bring
Mr.. Wilson's original wiring back. and
I am here to get you to aid me in max
ing the experiment on the document.
I discovered the fact of my being his
illegitimate child through one of his
friends. Now can you help me in this
matter?"
"Well, well, upon my soul. Mr..
Waterman, this is most wonderful
story you have told me- / am convinced
of the correc ness of your statements,
hut I am bOthered how tn nrocaad Tet