The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-08

earrie~-I am not triiiing, Franz.
Here is a letter in his handwriting
posted yesterday frQnAthe spirit world
! have receiyed fhSfn regularly ever
since you began visiting here. have
had them cxaminedlby the best experts
in Handwriting and compared with
letters Of my late husband. and they
say these ghostly letters are written
by the same hand. Besides, in some Of
the letters are secrets known only by
my late husband and myself.
Frank takes the letter and reads: II write
these lines from the spirit world to let you know
faithless woman, that everything you do, say
or think Is known to me- You want to marry
again. II you do something dreadful will hap
pen. Beware! Your late husband,
-"PELEG VAN SLycK-~
Carrie--So you see I dare not marry
again. There is no mistake about the
letter. There is the envelope with the
New York postmark, station D. dare
say he is in the room right now.
Frank with clinched teeth IL wish
he was. I'd make him wish he was not.
Carrie, is this the only obstacle to our
| union? ssl-s-ssss44l
Carrie tblushing, with avertcd face)
Yes.
Frank-TheneI'll clear this mystery
up in short order just let me have
that letter and envelope. And now
farewell. exit Frank, after pro.
longed osculation.)
Scene III private Office Of Inspector
Byrnes) There are present the in
spector, Frank CORTLAND and an Eng.
lish-looking servant in liveries with
mutton chop whiskers The latter is
on his knees and weeps bitterly.
Inspector Byrnes fixing his eagle
eyes on the wretched culprit) Now
make clean breast of it or it will be
the worse for you.
Mutton Chops (wringing his hands,
Indeed, sir, I'm hinnocent as babe
hunborn. Inever saw old Shakespeare
at hall. ham no Frenchy No. 2 but
an Englishman. | never butchered
hanybody.
Inspector fsterniy1 I've learned
enough about that. Nobody accuses
you of murder, but you had better tell
all about this letter from your late
master, Mr.. Van Slyck, which was put
in the letter box by yourself. Did you
write it YOURSELF
Mutton ehops-Mr.- Van Slyck wrote
those letter hisself, sir-lrindeed he did.
Inspector tstill more sternly) -+When2
Mutton Chops Before he died, sir.
Frank--Ah! / suspected as much.
Inspector tsoothingly) now,
just tell us all about it.
Mutton Chops lin confidential whis-
| per)--Well, sir, for month before he
| died, Mr.. Van Slyck did nothing but
write letters to his wife, threatening
her hif she married again. He said to
me that he believed his WILDLY would
! try to marry some young fool, who is
after her money. Drank squirms).
Says he to me, if yon see hany of them
long cared doods ere courtin' my WILDLY
halter ham dead and gone, just you
keep hon postin' these letters till she
gets hafraid and tells i'm to stay away.
As soon as this young gentleman came
to the 'ouse began postin' the letters.
/ was hafraid if my mistress married
this young gent-and L seed for myself
she was lawfully gone on 'im-I might
be discharged and lose my place. I've
got arr bushei more of the hold gen.
tleman's letters in box, sir.
| Drank becomes delirious with joy,
shakes the inspectors hand and even
embraces Mutton Chops, after which
he darts out of the office and is lost to
sight.
| The following item has since APP
peared in the society column Of lead
ing New York paper:
1.-THE rumor that the beautiful and wealthy
Mrs. Van Slyck has broken her engagement
| with that dashing society man. Mr.. Frank
Courtland, is now authoritatively denied In
fact, It is generally understood that the wed
| ding will take place Within short time, and
/ will be one OF the most magnificent affairs OF
! the kind New York has ever witnessed, The
newly married couple will spend their honey
| moon in Europe"
Alex Il. Sweet, in N. Y. Herald.