Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-25
CHAPTER XIII.
RAYMOND AT THE MoRGUE.

N1AL ALL
RAYMOND AT THE MoRGUE.
There is morgue not far from the
onVent. Ia fact there are several OF
them, but this particular morgne had
peculiar keeper, a man On the shady
side of so. His greed for place, power
and profit was an ineradicable feature
Of his character, and there was no risk
he would net take to advance himself.
This was the man who two days aft
or Raymond's rebuff by Mother St.
Gertrude welcomed the political chief
tain into the private Office Of the NOR
que with:
"Arrah, Mr.. Raymond, how are you,
man? Sure I'm glad TO see you. And
! what has brought you up this way, at
ell, at alp"
Il thought I'd drop in to see yen.
How are pou getting along?"
Fine. The divil a. many are both
erin me these times. People are get
ting TO think more OF life every day In
the year"
Then you haven't any bodies here
now?"
"Only one"
HAS this body you now have been
| identiied?" Raymond asked.
THE devil oft Of IL. 1t will go to
potter's field. Two women came here
to-day to SEQ ia mother and daugh-
! ter. The Young woman looked at 10
and said it was her brother. She was
about TO faint. The mother wentcloser
and said: 1t was not our VIII. The
teeth are all here You see, the
man they were lookin for mad brok-
en- tooth. The head had good deal OF
knockin against the piles 10 the water,
but if the blaggard had kept his lips
closed and not showed bis teeth these
women would have given him dacent
burial.
His clothes were all tattered," the
morgue keeper went on, land the face
battered. The wagon will be here TO-
morrow for him. aud it's mose1 won't
be sorry to getrid of his company"
"Did you know Laurence Mangan"
questioned Raymond.
Ibid 70" repeated the keeper. In
dade Ibid. Was he friend OF yours|
You ought TO know batter"
Pm glad he wasn't. He was
cheeky fellow. Now, II he ever came
out here on a special case, he'd insist on
me draggin up the body. Tho other re-
porters take my word and copy the do
scription out OF the book. You see II
the body is picked up, il gets little no.
J tice, but IL It's case OF murder or sui
eide they rush here. II man is found
alongshore and no letters in his pockets
10 saw who he is or where he KEN from,
he is brought here, and few lines IN
the paper end him. That's all this
fellow got. But you were talkin OF
Mangan?"
Eyes You couldn't say this was
Mangan, could you?"
us there any reason / might?"
"Will you say up"
"Seein as you ask me, will. But
what use? He'll turn up"
'Never mind that"
"AH right III tell the boys at po-
lice headquarters that think its Man
gan. II didn't know its mese', I'd
take it to be Mangan."
"Some day later on" said Raymond,
'Ill call upon you. II will be rich
Joke on MaugaD, the better because he
is out Of town.
bad cess to him, It's mesel' that has
long been wishin for this slap on him.
Why, do YOU know it, sir, now that |
took to thinkin it is Msngan, I'd like
TO kick the body. It's had weltln
enough, but my toes wouldn't itch SO
much if had one good crack 80 IL.
"Pll 20 out now" said Raymond,
with a forced attempt to smile. Il feel
little III and the outside air Is better
for me-"
Pm sure I'm much obliged to you
for calm, Mr.. Raymand," said the
morgue keeper when they reached the
sidewalk.
"ItisI who am obliged to you. Good
day." was Raymond's parting saiuta-
"rm thankful to you, Mr.. Ray
mond."
The keeper went back IN the Office
and rang up the reporters al police
headquarters.
"Heno! Hello. Is that the report
ers? You haven't been up here TO see
that body. 1t didn't amount 10 any
thing, YOU say? DO you know II Man
Qan's about? No? Well do VOC know
This body looks like his? Yes, that's
what I said. / hope II amt but would
some Of yon come up? Oh, you can see
IL any time. You WHIP All right
Goodby."
Such were the telephone sentences
he delivered 70 the reporters, and
they suggested what the queries OF
Mangan's comrades IN the journalistic
profession were. Usually one man
goes ont on an assignment like this,
but nearly all the reporters went Or
20 the morgue TO see the body, trust
ing that they would not find IL 70 Be
ManFan's.
Meanwhile Raymond had eommUnl
Gated with the Office Of his newspap 81
organ and ordered q man 10 be SEM C
uIm. There wes one there, by Ray
mond himself appointed, whose stories
were passed unedited. They were un'
derstood 10 came from the chief. Tbl:
man staid in the Office, killing time q.
best pleased him generally al easy dess
work, ready 20 respond TO the Summons
OF ais superior. In few minutes be
was in the private ofice Of the registrar
of arrears, which Raymond mad lately
been making his headquarters.
Raymond's faetOtum was not news
paper man by training. He was an 10.
tellieent fellow who could write fairly
we'll and drew two salaries-one from
the paper and ore from the city govern
nent-- for doing nothing, with facil.
itv uaeaualed. he had sense enough
70 realize that Il was none Of his bust
ness to be iBouisItiVe. II did not come
within the province Of his duty to ques
ton motives, 70 ask the why or where
fore Of this or aBy other matter hS
wrota from dictatiOn. That bis instruc
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