Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-26
A WOMANS DOUBLE ACHING.

may have been @ constant leakage. One
house is only half damaged, indeed. but
I should say i- would be difficult for ,na
owners TO prove to @ jury tina, electric
t-y can escape upward as we'll as Gown
ward. and ,ll, any day we may expect
90 see iorked lightning shoot out or the
ear,l instead OF the skies.
81 do wish YOU would ccnfne yourself
ID facts and leave theories TO experts.
/ Can you discover whether there was any
repcr,
NO report has been made as yet, sir.
IL don't mean an official report
mean was the explosion, CT whatever IL
was. accompanied by any great noise,
which might be caused by gas? -
cor thunder?
con. hang your thunder theories! Do
stick TO facts
"It is very difficult to stick to facts
for the simple reason that peoples i'm
agmadon runs away with them Some
say they heard a sound like clap OF
thunder, others say that they heard
nothing but felt q terrible shaking and
We-e thrown down. / have seen all the
witnesses available and taken their
statements. each of which is diane
rr.aUy opposed. I'm fact, the only thing
Which IS certain is that there is deep
assure i'm The street and tha, the horse
and Che four-wheeler which stood at the
door nave been blown 10 atoms.
"Thc cabm8n, you say, cannot De
fouua?"
"He has not turned up yet but whe-
tber he was blown to pieces or merely
wen Tor a drink ct the corner puOhc
house. and beink frightened, ran away
IS NO. known.
HAS The number ca the cab besn
Jakcn?"
"I- cannot be found.
"Th.s is q mysterious affair, and 1t
seems To- me that it is very serious
business for the Budget.
The Two speakers were the pcstnlas-
ter general and Mr.. james Thompson
an energetic young man VINO mad TOT
some time acted as his private secre-
-erv. There was q chird person III the
room who so far had said nothing. lie
Vas the home secretary, who had come
I'D Iaern ali his colleagues, and MS as
sfe-arts. could So her about the recent
alarming and unacc0unable explosion
in Harley street.
"Ts tbeIe ny,hing more 10 be learn
cf2" aid the home secretary, as the
door shut behind the young man, and
his r5.reatiug steps were heard dying
away ,..
"I- IS difficult to- say. Your detectives
9ra convinced. you tell me, that the MS
chief has been caused by a leakage OF
electricity or gas or combination OF
BOTH
and must say / agree with tneL.
Naturally YOU do. but l 90 not
"Tha- is equally natural on your part;
but on what grounds do you base your
incredulity2
- fesI certain that there are two per-
sons who could tell us all about the
whole affair.
"ard Gre they here?
'T1e caoman. for one.
"Aud the other?'
somebody who lives, or has hVeu IN
the street.
"Hlra Won cleWt
"I may have. and. in spite Of my lee
t,~s -o v9urg Thompson about romantic
-baor;zing I viii tell YOU story
pray so on. -,
Taa Postmaster General settled NM
self fin his deep armchair and began
CAS- j dare say you know, several
,s-~s before came into the CaOlne1 /
Isl5 very much the same position WhlcA
,-,,,~o- Thompson holds now as my pr'-
va-a secretary. and q great portion o.
nv -.me was spent a. ST. Martins lie
l-,r3 and I WAS often detained late at
~. office On one occasion l had
,.s~,- reroarll8ble adventure. l was Urea
ne sitting and writing letters all day,
and although the streets were lUIl Oh
r5in November fog. determined 10
walk instead of driving home / starteu
I'm uCrtLwesterly direction as /
+1eu-n-. but knowing Ettle OF the he.sn,
bcrac0i and being somewhat conluseQ
nv the mist. 1 saw after time 1h@I l
had lost my way
..T-e-e was net a cab to be found
and So I had nothing TO do but ask my
r,v This too. was a difficulty, I0r
there was nobody about-or seemed not
to be- Before. however, 1 had gone
MANY stems / walked into a party OF
nars-rs which the fog had yelled from
mo II consisted Of five persons, ana
.hev we're eagerly discussing something
u-fer the street lamp which stood IN
rraDf eff dark and apparently empty
house. Iraised my hat and sad
"'Can you oblige me by putting me
right FOR Oxford sueet|
cone Of the party, woman, stepped
forward and said
on Won take the third on the right
and he lcond On the left and keep
straight Oh you viii come 20 OAIord
street in about five minutes.
"She spoke In perfectly pure Engish,
and fin siugularly low, sweet voice,
which I did not expect TO find assoel3-
tel with the dirty, unshayed looking
~ufians with big crava-S VINO were her
companions in this sIual.d street.
81 raised my hat and thanked her for
the information. and. as she bowed IN
return. 7 could see that she wore q beau
aul and costly cape Of sable tails, and
that her golden hair was beautifully
dressed 90 the back AS l stepped out
.nto the fog I could just hear the man
whom I had addressed say to her
'Oue vous etes folle. Marie, de parler
I'm Granger. C'Cst trop dangereuXH
"These words, the woman's appear
ance and the strange disparity Of her
cemna1icns. interested me strangely,
ana j kept wondering an the way home
what could have brought person Of
her obviously high class 10 such quar-
ter On such nm evening, and In the COM
pa1y of such ruthanly locking scOun-
drels To was ,his which made me count
the lamp posts TO the corner and then
ask -le first person / met what was the