Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
DETECTIVE VICAR.
MISS VI. +. ~BEADDON.
CONCLUDED
CHAPTER ".
MYSTERY OF ROSE COTTAGE

,,rthy'S next call was a. klbble
NE T,by,s Here he acted with greater
StmL He asked to see the head clerk
aois'2 nod that gentleman that he had
srd m-,r,mended 10 apply there for q
ben Ir;rs which he had been unable to
sraA nv where else. He wanted a letter
ctdoD' a correspondent at cadiz and be
NT1'sI found anybody in GRANDMOTHER
BAD Lnsv enough Spanish to write such a
Va' ~ him He had particular reasons
LITER ~ lining in French Of English, as his
for nc. stio1 WAS OF a strictly private
N1n. and the gentleman to whom he
cSaEa>,,n 70 write understood no Ian.
-,,,s bu: his own.
gaI7 -, rod Won have a clerk who Is a first
TS,sb scholar Mr.. Lsworthy said
n',l nm, sir. Oar foreign clerk, Mr..
Er,us Spanish as we'll as he Euows
E'' and can write you as good a letter
Fe-.E on or Portuguese as in either. It's
~ YOU looked in this morning,
n-"t Tomorrow would have been too
AIIyr,I i he leaving your
~, ctrS Erinnrd
Ew. fortniSht's holiday-rather an
-. event in his life. Hes going to
,-r.sl tomorrow morning-to the
.e r..-rs our junior partner, the younges:
- fsfS roing 10 be married tomorrow
congratulate him-and the
I 'aly. Ha, it been a long engage
I.' ,,,,~ and a half. The old gentleman
.,~r much against it at the first
W, hi, daughter might have looked
IS Of course she might, though she's
-7 , .arye family But the firm had
.s,s,I with n, young man, and the
man hal got a footing in the firms
70 which Is more than the common
p, G0-uuleSs it's u bit Of a kick-up
-C.-..mas time. in a cOndsSceuding way,
- ,a NAV appreciate or may not ac-
- %, the b-nc Of u minds But this
F.v Is musical, and he's half a for,
- ami those two things have stood him
-,i seal with the firms families; and
,,.rl. of il all is that he is going 70 be
- % the Youngest Miss Umpleby the
4-r af.ar tomorrow
-g.g.t I seq him foc a few minutes
s,n': la,aln him long"
IRA uly, sir; I'm sure hen be happy to
.... YOU" Slii the clerk, who knew all
. The vicar Of FreShmead, one Of the
90. rrrg,ar men within twenty mites OF
g-5.rlss.yr.
srssrk went 20 fetch Mr.. FOy, and re,
~-.l presently with that accomplished
ma man. The vicar was a student OF
-~e-.s.e-. He hal not spent all his days
anil tho green pastures Of Freshmead,
>..nve.rs Of his life had BEEN devoted tC
r-...u- and teaching, and doing all man,
r.-.f-15! works, in M of the vilest and
MS n.ru.0uS districts Of East London. He
ballad p.enty to do with scouudrelism in
L,t.ue. Gg knew a scoundrel when he saw
Cd. an his first glance at Castor Foy con
7a,-i him that this young favorite Of for,
time vas as dark a villain as ever wore 8
sa,.E face to gull the world
y, despite his polished manners, hi
-sa.e AMI inSinuating smile, and the oily
J.aa.aess OF his legato tones, the vicar made
20 his mnd that this was the villain ht
wanted This was the man who had
lru-a, his dying victim to the railway sta
Ton and transferred tho burden Of his crime
~ua,Il2Ea-.
U.Or-s Cauldeld had minutely described
De mans appearance, and this man, il
Hrs feature, corre>pOnded with that
..rat,ol That lie seemed perfectly
bal. ID, aa nc ease did o surprise Mr.. Ls'
r.r.hv. To n creature Of this Kind dis
limitation was second nature
Ih.srJr stated his business, and sat down
,a.. KS desk 10 write a rough draft OF
r.. g. be translated, but after writing
o-a.srr he stopped abruptly.
-auu>iagss that requires some thought,
g,.. III vou'u look in 81. my hotel this
...na: aaI let me dictate the letter quietly
,..-r shall esteem it q favor. ! won't
keep goa hrlt an hour, and you'll be doing
a-u u,rt.malle service