The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-02-08

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lian had robbed us Of hundred
thousand pounds at least, and | lay
speechless there.
"Mr. Morris will repeat the state
ment which he has already made TO
me. You. Mr.. Fellows, will kindly
take IL down and we will have it at
tested in the presence Of Capt. Philip
son. Mrs. Wheeler, you need not stop;
il will only be painful for your feel
ings. Indeed, | think you had better
go away"
"Sir," said my dear wife-oh, how
her dear voice rang through my
BRAIN whatever Mr.. Morris may
have to say, Inever shall believe that
my dear husband was a thief. l
have known him TO be true hus-
band and a God-fearing man for
nearly 30 years"
"Ah Mrs. Wheeler, how appear
ances may deceive. had TO the full
as much confidence in him as you.
Before you think that | misjudge
him, hear what Mr. Morris has to
say"
Philip Morris began his tale. 1t
flashed upon me in an instant that
he had awaited himselfofmy supposed
decease 10 fasten his guilt upon my
head. But / had never imagined
that any one, i'm his circumstances,
could have carried the matter through
with 80 easy an air. There was even
an Alteration OF pathos in his tone
as he filled in the details of his hor-
rible lie.
II had been spending the evening
at Mr.. Fisher "-Mr. Fisher was one
of the minor canons, n bachelor, who
was reputed to have n taste for whist
and for hours, which were perhaps n
| little uncanonical-"I was returning
home, when, on passing the bank, |
noticed that there seemed to be n
light in the office in which the safe is
kept. The window as you know is
but few feet from the ground. /
have often pointed il out how easy
it would be for thief % get in that
way"
II know you havel know you
have' said Mr.. Burton.
The hypocrite went ON.
"To mysurprise found that it was
Unmatched. | opened il. Whoev was
within was too much absorbed
in his occupation TO notice what /
did. looked through the open win
dow and saw that some one was in
the inner office, but who IL was could
not ut first perceive. climbed
through the window and went in. Di-
rectly | entered the man looked up; it
was Richard Wheeler. Whel he saw
me he gave the most awful scream
think ever heard. and fell down
dead So soon as | had recovered
from my bewilderment, went to the
window and called for help. A con-
stable who heard me came TO my
assistance. Together we examined
the room. That is all have to say.
/ only wish that | had not to say SO
much"
"But there is more that must be
said" Mr.. Burton took up the
strain. "In the CRATE were found the
half-consumed Fragments OF the nc
count which, II they had been suffered
to continue inexistence, would newt
ably have betrayed the dead mans
crime. The safe was found wide open
lit is still a mystery how he con-
trived to openit-ransacked ofall the
chief valuables IL contained. On his
desk was found a bag containing five
hundred pounds In gold, and in
his pockets notes for "a thous-
and pounds. But notes and gold
TO the value of ten thousand
pounds and securities TO very large
amount are gone. We have still TO
find out where. / am sorry to tell
you, Mrs. Wheeler, that to search
this house is one ofthe purposes which
have brought us here"
"Sir, said my dear wife, "you need
make no apology. You are welcome
to search the house from attic TO
basement. You will find nothing that
was not righteously my dear hus-
bands own"
III.
For five days lay there-dead.
Words cannot describe the agony
endured. Conceive il II you can what
you would suffer then. Far better
had indeed been dead.
On the second day they came and
measured me for my coffin. Think OF
tia living mani On the fourth day
they brought il home, and / was
placed within. There were two of
them that brought it, and ns they
placed me in that narrow box they
cracked their little jest.
"A tight fit, isn't he?p said one.
"Ah,r replied his fellow, they'd