The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-08

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packed some stores which had come
down from Vermont, and done some
WORK out in the garden.
"What did no woar?"
II think he wore tho pepper.aud.Salt
trousers and the black vest He wore
no coat while at work"
Mr.. Dix went quickly back to fathers
room aud his closet, l following. He
took out the gray trousers aud the black
vest and examined them closely.
"What did he wear TO protect those ?"
he asked.
"Why, he wore overallsw | said at
once. As spoke remembered seeing
father 60 around the path to the yard
with those blue overalls drawn up high
under his arms.
where are they?"
Weren't they in the kitchen closet 2"
mo"
We looked again, however, in the
kitchen closet; We searched the shed
thoroughly. The cat camo in through
hor little door rs we stood there, and
brushed around our feet Mr.. Dix
stopped and Stroked hOr Then lie
went quickly 10 tho door, beside which
her little entrance was arranged, nm
hooked II, aud stepped ont. ] was fol.
lowing him, but no motioned me back.
None oil my boarding mistress Win
dows command u.s." no said, "but sho
might como 10 h9r back door"
watched him, He passed slowly
along tho little winding footpath which
Skirted tho rear OF our house aud ex-
tended family through tho grassy field
TO the rear OF Ph@DO Dolo's. lIo stop.
ped, searched n clump Of swOeLbriar,
went on to nm old we'll, aud stopped
thOre. The well has been dry many n
yenr, mud was choked up with stones
and rubbish. Some boards arc laid
over 1t, and q big stone or two. to keep
them in place.
Mr.. Dix, ganciu2 across at Phnbe
Dolo's bacl; door, wont down on his
knees, rolled tho stones away, thou TO-.
moved the boards, mud pcerod down
tho we'll llo stretched far over the
brink and reached down. llu made
many ODortsi thon be got np ind came
to tho, and Nskod mo to get Tor him an
umbrella with crooked handle or
something that ho could hook into
clothing.
drought my own umbrella, tho sill.
yer handle ot which formed an OxuCt
hook. Ito went baCl; to tho well, knelt
again, thrust in tho umbrella and drew
No, easily enough, what lie hud been
failing Tor ThOn hO came bringing 1t
to mo.
Don't faint" ho said, and took hold
ot my arm. gnspnd whom saw what
ho hai-my fathers blue oyoralls, all
stained and splotchcd with bloodl
looked nj them, thOn AZ him.
Don't faint" hOsNid again. "Wo'to
on tho right track. This is whore tho
button cams from gOO2' lie pointed TO
ono OF tho straps OF tho ovorRllH, and
Tho hnthn was gone. Some white
tNrOnd Cinhg tniL Another black metal
button was acwod on roughly with tho
same white thrend tlHt mad found on
lhO button IN my box OF clues.
what door II inBan2" gaspOd ont.
Ny brain tpuloh.
"Non shat know eoon," ho said lie
looked NJ hlS watch. Than he laid
DOM tho g.RStly bnndls he carried.
ut llao puzzled YOU to know how tho
nnrlotor ven, In and out, aud yet kspt
tho lootN locked hm II nnt7' ho Blil.
"YOa"
""oll ] Am going ont now, Hook
that door nilOf ne"
o won't out, still carrying nv nm.
btnlla hooked tho door. prosonlIv
! saw tho lid Of tho Cits door lifted aud
Ills hand and arm thrust through. lilo
curved hl0 arm NJ toward tho hook, but