Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-01-27
AUNT and Niece,
Or. -
The Mistress Of
HazelwOOd.
ry GERALD cARLroS.
cnAprER xxL-coxnxrrp.


You may take your oath l would. rnluck-
ily, can't. Would you like me To put my
plan to you moro pIainlyf"
Yes"
~Gooi Imarfy the citi up stairs, eiv-
Ing her fal q namc for tho occasioa. aud
hint At the Office shii I'm going 70 be
sphccj. iasuro her life FOR a small sum
say ave hundred. They will accent her life
with little inquiry. On tho strength OF their
accept ng it. other con-ronies will jump at
the chance of doing tho same al larger
sums.
rPerhaps.~
"There no perhaps about H. know the
business. said Jack. Il lave all the de-
tails here. touching his forehead That
part Of the affair cant fall through. They
VIII accept, they will pay up. and they Will
have no suspicion"
"Weil?-
After bit my poor wife falls III; sho
grows worse and worse. whispered Jack.
wishing that the hcggar was not quite so
sharp. and inwardly cursing the necessity OF
having TO tel him all.
"Weil2'
"And then she dies.
Real y?n
The beggar. with curious expression.
bent forward as lac put the question.
Good heavens. mol" cried Graham sud
denly but earnestly. -Reeall the second
fact the denth-like sleep.
All RI ght. governor. Go On"
The doctor who was supposed 10 have
attended her has gone abroad, | say TO my
friends, fact, number four)--or is not get
atable, but he has left private note TO me
IN which he gives name to my poor wife q
illness"
-wel?"
Never mind how" said Jack. Il know
how My friend the doctor secs her lying
dead as he thinks"
And finds --"
No, ne doesn't. He does nothing but
what want him 10 do. Ho believes her 10
be dead, and he furnishes me with certih-
cato OF her death. Never mind the unim
poftanf things Take my word for il thai
part OF the affair can't fail. Why look
here, man, Jack added, With q sudden
burst of wicked Joy, the secretary OF the
biggest insurance company, ont Of friend
ship for me. follows her TO the grave. How
VIII that look. Suspicious, don't thinkfr
Buckley Rrirned
And who is the undertaken"
Why you, Jack answered decisivcly.
Buckley laughed. rubbed his hands aud
shook his ugly head.
Its very pretty" he said. very pretty
but it's too pretty As you ve got IL there.
It's so pretty and clever that it's buuad 10
smish."
That's not your business Are yon glmo
TO help me on good terms. with NICE little
! fe annuity, when It's ali over, for your
silencef"
I'm game enough, Buckley returned:
bat tell you It's too pretty.
The beggnr having given vent TO his
opinion filled bis pipe put It between his
teeth. and forgot 10 light IL. JACK Graham
looked NJ him intently--it was evident from
the mans words and manner that he had
something important to say, and that he
hesiiated TO say Il. II was also painfully
evident % Graham that The mendicaat +
brains we're as finely mathematical as his
own lie had seen. directly be spoke with
ihe man for the FIRST time, that. instead OF
being. as bis profession sometimes com
pc led him T. pretend 10 be. an idiot, ho
was though not we'll educated. unusually
intelligent and unusually inscriptions.
lie wanted an intelligent and uugcrnpu ons
man, and SO he hired the beggars services,
and knowing that he would be extremely
useful, had now confdod the story Of his
plot TO him. lie lid calculated that Buck
ley was clever enough to serve his pur-
poses well ani that when the necame.
and ho had no farther uee for hin he could
easily Rst rid o. him. lie did NJ think so
nov. lie already regretted hasi x placed
himself iu the mans power, but be knew
that he had gone too fir now to throw him
aside without hunting himself.
~Blay J speak straight ard p'aiB, COVER
norf@ said Buckley, after few minutes
silence.
Yes. Go OF. What have you 20 sayg
Whnt DO you object tor
= object TO having YOUR own undertaken.
gaid the mendicant Il OBJ to riahinr
whether you can keep tito doctor bl0ks
from looking at her too close doat care
what You say its q fisk. He'd spot n
n mile OF ifh he know his trade. That's al !
You're o fool. after al. Bnckley. Jack
returned, "and 90 against your own inter
ests
'Noi me-.
aBns you do. said Jack aYon sny don't
have false undertaken. You mnst be mad.
] must have one
buckley SHOOK bis head.
hv. inan Jack 0faf ou, cant ron zee
thisy suppose ! bin n real undertaken
10 my came what use have ! FOR Won be-
yond trivial things which I could doas well
myself Let m8 hear wbnt you have % sng
by all means though v0u ro an asa. or g0u
wOu.da't recommend my doing nway with
The one part Of the business That puts money
in your pockets.
-Noi Amt an ass buckley returned.
quietly and cm DO of more use 10 you
than YOU think FOR.
a1hese here premiums. aud mauiaee.
and 40 the rost n itli be a cashy affair,
won't itY'
yes
aYon ain got enough 10 carry on With.
have YOn. Rofernor,
-NO. scarcely.
"highl yo1 fe. III sink nay fortune In
the eime. In lend you three hundred and
seventy pounds
eAon, exclaimed - ID in surprise.
Th4fs it.r said the hegglr. @One way
and another I have ma 1aged 10 sorape that
little sum together. ! aiut been ga idiot
aud Grippe. Rad ihen d0dgea nil NV liia
Tor nothing And } u ieil you pnoihoi
On ing ! can DO as quick al you Ike. J eau
Get back 10 Perihnfd ag soon as you eau
spare mc.
Why 70 thefef
Because nay cutting just = ihe time
when che cuts. looks lehy. ~ take mq
oath some OF emil think ! had o hand in
it7
They viii question you
Course they Wit. and she'll BE- obliged
10 tell em aii about it You can make uu
the story. yon know
Cool. You'll pot them 90 tho WRONG