Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14

account of The personal appearance oil either.
The ladv's face was hidden by a veil, and
there had been so many people rushing IN
and ont Just at the last that there had oeen
no time for her to observe these two, VINO
came in late This much she knew, tha1
the lady seemed in n kind of faint or stupor'
and the gentleman hal to carry her In his
arms .,
O.cs furnished with q clew professional
intelligence wa, quite equal to taking up
This woman ut Parminter must lie takea
to Mil dale to ileItity the bod" SAID the
chief official in the detective line, and we
must watch this fellow Foy, SO that he may
not give Us the slip"
He is to be married to his employers
daughter tomorrow ~moraing," said the
vicar. TO leave GraTdcaester before 10
morrow would be tan amount to a confess
sion Of his guilt. 1t would bs throwing up
the cards altogether
: "The symptoms you describe sound Ike
arsenical poisoning" sail the officer; anu
then he and his colleague whispered 10
gether for a minute or so.
II don't think there's anything more l can
do tonight" said the vicar.
mo, sir. You may leave everything In
our hands"
@Precisely. But remember, II you dont
want this Young scouudrel TO be married 10
a respectable young woman at eleven
o'clock tomorrow morning you'll have to
look sharp"
The vicar went back to the bosom Of his
family at Freshmead, thinking that he had
done a pretty cool days work.
Before ten o'clock that night two facts
IL 49,. l,-oo-on,l -, tka lippra phU Of Mr..
~Foy-First, that exactly three years before
he had been married at a registrars Office 10
Jane Dawson, spinster, daughter OF John
Dawson, master mariner; and secondly. that
he. or a man exactly answering to bis de-
scription, had bought small quantities OF
tartar emetic and small portions OF laud-
anum at divers times within the last two
months, and at several chemists shops In
the obscurer streets Of the great, busy town.
These two discoveries the police commu-
nicated to Mr.. Umpleby late on the vigil OF
his daughters wedding.
The evidence of the marriage was indis-
putable. Much as Mr.. Umpleby was in
clined to discredit the charge brought
against his INTENDED son-i n law, he could not
disbelievc the legal proof of the marriage
before the registrar; and con' soVed OF haV-
! ing concealed O prior marriage, MIR. Foys
character appeared in a new and doubtful
light.
an put off tho wedding" cried Umpleby,
who had spent the evening marching about
his house and garden in a state of suppressed
agitation. al won't nave my daughter mar
ried to q liar and q trickster. There must
be something wrong-no smoke without
fire"
He sat down directly the detective had
left him and wrote with his own hand to
those GrandcheSter magnates who had been
hidden to the welding.
Let these letters be delivered by land
before eight o'clock tomorrow morning."
he said to the respectable man-of-all-wock,
who had been yawning dismalIy in a pantry
at the back OF the hall; 'and let that letter
be taken TO Mr.. Foy at the Crown hotel"
Foy was to stop at a hOtol in Grandca es-
ter on tho eve Of his wedding, in order TO DO
on the ground early.
Mr.. Umpleby felt ahappier man after he
had lone this decd. Hn went up 10 bed more
at ease with himself. But he did not awaken
his slumbering wife TO tell her the unpleas-
ant news. There would be q scene in thu
morning, of course, with all these women
MYSTERIES, fainting fits, recrimination, in
which he, the husband and father, would get
the worst Of it.
Mrs. Umpleby's lavender moire-antique,
her brand new Honiton shawl, were lying in
state upon the sofa. Would any woman for
give a husband for upSetting the festival at
which those splendors were to be worn!
There had been fuss enough about the gown,
about the breakfast, about every one of the
wedding arrangements, and now, 10 and be-
hold, the fuss had been all for nothing!
i never liked him. unused Mr.. Umpleby.
at was the women who talked me over. To
begin with, tho mans half q foreigner, and
| want no parlez-voui in my family
His letter to Foy had been Of the briefest.
Look round the first thing tomorrow
morning; | want to talk to you"
Thu father was up betimes, too agitated
10 eat his breakfast. He carried his cup Of
tea TO the study at the back of the dining
room, and paced that snug apartment, wait
inr for Mr.. Foy. Up stairs there was wild
excitement among the feminine part of the
HOUSEHOLD, rushinys and hurryings from
room to room-Spectral figures in long,
white raiment aud flowing hair, crimping,
| Mating, hooking and cycling. Here on the
lAOOA was GAIA a " ~
Presently CASTOR Foy came in. He, who
was usually so pale, had this morning a
hectic spot on each cheek. He, too, shared
in the general excitement. Looking at him
closely Mr.. Ump!eby saw that his lips wero
dry and white.
Nothing wrong with Bella, l hopper he
asked n~ervously.
Bella was the bride.
mo, there is nothing the matter with
Bella at present. 1t is about yourself l
want to talk. l think-when we first knew
you-you told me that you stood quite alone
in the world-that you were an orphan-had
fought your own way in life-had not o
living soul belonging to you"
"All that is quite true" answered CASTOR
Foy, looking straight at the questioner, with
q face that showed no trace Of emotion or
surprise. "Why discuss the matter this
morningl 1t is not a cheerful subject"
You have deceived me- said Mr.. Umple-
BIZ. II am tod you have q sister"
This time the young man was palpably
moved. Strong rs he was in discrimination,
his s~elf-control failed him. For the moment
he stood staring blankly at his accuser-
wordlesS Then he suddenly recovered him
self, and looked at Mr.. Umpleby plcadingly
with n deprecating smile.
You have found out my secret" he said,
mournfully. At is u sorrowful one. Yes, |
have a sister; yes, l have kept her existence
a secret from you and all | love in this house.
Poor grill her life has been-is-a burden to
herself and Others An invalid, almost an
imbecile, my afflicted sister Shrank from the
world as the world would havo shrunk from
her. Had you seen her you might have been
prejudiced, you might have regarded her as
an obstacle TO my marriage"
You ought to nave told me the truth"
answered Umpleby sternly. "Ilearn that a
few days ago this girl was living with you
at Parminter. You removed her from there
in a weak state of health. Where is shs
nowF'
AT the seaside"
"Where"
AT Howcomb."
He named n place at least fifty miles from
Grandchester.
"Alonel'
|No; with friends OF mine"