Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-01
MbeeIin9 Resister
OVER THE BORDER.
By WALTER BESANT,
CONTINUED
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CHAPTER VI.
THE LETTER AT LAST.


It was strange that about the tim,
when Rslph's disappearance was first heard
OF, rumors ran about the town that perhaps
the mill would turn out, after all, to be the
property Of Mathew Humble; that tbese
Fumors were revived at the approach OF
Rslph's 21st birthday, and that again.
when Mathew first began his approaches
u me, ths rumoI was again circulated
BY the help OF the fugleman l traced these
rumor5 to the barber; and, still with his
heip-becauSe every man must be shaved
and, while being shaved, must talk
traced these to none other than Mathew
himself He had, then some object To
gam; knew not what at that time. Later
on l discovered that his design was to
make it aPpelr-shOuld Ralph ever return
that had taken him tor husband when
thought he was the actual master and
owner of oil; for believed he allowed
himself no doubt ~ 10 the result of his
oilers. Doth IL not seem as if the. uglisr
the older, the less attractive & man is,
whether IN person or in mind, the more
certain be becomes of conqUering a yo-
mSo's heart?
The rumOr on this occasion was mora
Certain and distinct than before. Ii was
no" stated that Mr.. Enp'aton WIS dis
covered to have made later will, which |
mad been proved, and was ready to be pro-
uuced II necessary; that in this will the
teStator, after Exploring the badness of
h"aJt manifested by EIS nephew Ralph.
devised the whole Of his property to hi9
nephew Mathew. The barber, for his
part. had no doubt of the truth of this re-
port but those who asked Mathew whether
1t was true received mysterious answers ss
that time would show, that in this world
no one should be certain of anything. that
nanny IL the slip between cop aud lip; that
sho1sd an occasion arise the truth of thu
Story would be tested, snch oracles as in
cline the hearers to believe all that hs q
becl said-and more. Barbara, MS sistejI
Tor her own part, showed great willing1si
I" answer any questions which might J
put to her. But she knew little, b
brother, she said, was q close man, W.
sat much alone and spoke little.
And then the tugleman told me a w
strange story indeed, and one which seq
81 to bOde no good to any of us. By rs NiI
TINE | SO regarded Mathew that | CID B1s
apt believe he could do or design aht i
1ut evil. ThSs WAS wrong, bat he az Sit,
most certainly q mau OF very evil is 6r'
POSITION. foe
His own private business, the fuglan N
old me-this was nothing in the I'D, isasl
: very well knew, but the suarf OF "rlG
aoD'ts, hares. partridges, and otheI4me
q the banks OF the riyer-led him Dme. D'ot
INES past Norwich Mil, in the suing \
late &c night. Tasre was a room the Oh
same room in which lthew neIe
,aS yanquished and baaten-the ,ndow moth
which looked ont upon the riysryhich first
hare broad shallow brook. III bank the
Se5 steep on the other side, and islothed Orea
iih thick hanging woods in whic no one stole
'ef walked except the fugleuan, nd he thns'
T those Purposes have Just mationed eomI
ways alone and after sunIowr Now ou.
= eyes were like unto the eyes ola hawS; rs 10
ry knew not distance; tley csuld SEE, ~sS
lite far OIL, little tbipos q wei ns oress after
lugs: and the fpOlepsp r,vt nigbt aftr dOls
ght, that Mathew HUBBLE vas sitting nor
rxsd nm in bis rnor, sy,,,,,sTl i, ,vriti,S was
COpyiDy sometime 4 belieCa that n as WI
g fuglemsu had L,roqp how ~ rsaJ ,e now
S''NaN H'A hHo II INV ~ lreiu' U .--r
mid have read tie writing even al; ~ c"oi
q cf'er. Unhappiy. = ne had never le0rrsd Suen
at al. Mathew Sess makino FfS- tss teS Y,
slemsu SAID, Of some other documeIt Sne'
II what that document was he could Ibt iaVo
4. 1t IVES something on large sheets of Loo
per, and IN big handwriting He wrote "h7
~ slowly, Comparing word for wFd som'
ID the papers which he seemed copying IN c.
ice when there WAS a noise "a OF some al '
. at the door, he huddlsd all the papers seno
,ether, and bundled them away in cor In al
r quickly and with an affrighted sir -
was therefore doing something wicked CUES
'aN could il he? l.
Mite he thinks" said the fugleman, sea-
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