The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-18


The old haronte may nave been helped
out OF the world by hts ui4sSns, for ]
could see that was wket Eea thought.
but how would the discovery Of muir
der help us to find the rajasl's heir
h1or,2 So / corI.tnued so keep sharp
eve on all the inhabItat'!s OF Manning
ford, whilst he was busy with his APP
plicatson to tho home secretary. These
sort OF things gtue:nlly take some slime
but at last tlle order came, and down
eame Ben with It TO Mannlngford.
There was q tremendous scene at The
Gables when our iTGcrGlons were made
known, The widow protested agninSt
the disturbance OF her lsEe husbands
remains. She declared s. was an out
rage and an indecency. and she would
not allow n. But Ben only winked his
eve when she wasn't looking, and as
sured her, symparshetIoasly, that she
hadn't o voice in the matter, and that
government had good reason for the
demand. The Divert. Miss Craley. who
appeared to have gained some tnktihg
Of what was about TO happen, seemed
delighted at AIhe idea. She capered
and screeched all day. constantly max
Ing signs with her hands that she
wanted the earth removed from the
coffin, and then pointing to her own
tnota.h, and then to the downSer, Lady
Ellesmere. as though she would inti-
mate that she had something to do with
her beloved patron being put under
ground, until really began TO be-
lieve myself that Ben was right after
oil, and the widow had given the old
gentleman his qulctus. And yet he
had treated the idea OF lover with
Indifference. Aha! / said TO myself.
Ben may supplement the discovery
with another. but he II find I'm right
otter ell. and that the jewels were tax
on BY her and delivered over to an ac-
complIce-the one. doubtless, who
heiped her 20 hasten her husbands
death. But the idea OF that beautiful
face and figure in the dock didn't please
me, olnd wished Ben hadn't been quite
so sharp. but contented himself with
looking after the lot,t property.
y The elimination was carried out
very quietly. The coffin was dlsh-
TERED by night and conveyed to the
mortuary chapel, where two medical
men beside DR.. Stone were prepared TO
examine II, and Ben. OF course. being
present. with Sir Charles Elesmere,
felt very sad as watched the pro
ceedIags commence. l was thinking
Gables, and how Il would fare with her.
II Ben's suspicious proved correct. !
have rather q soft heart for women;
/ can't help u! II seems 50 terrible 10
me that they should ever 70 wrong.
when there's 80 much good In euch one
OF themI As the coffin lid was re-
moved, stepped forward rather curl
ously 10 view the corpse. II was tilaG
OF nm attenuated, shriveled-up old man,
with a stern expression. The appear.
ance OF the body was almost unchanged
by the short time Il had been under
ground, but as t9le doctors moved II
about for the purpose OF performing
the post mortem, the stencil became
unbedruble. and I saw Sir Charles turn
deadly pale and make q bolt for the
outer air. ] wus about 20 follow him
when was startled by an exclamation
from one OF the medical men.
why! what is thls7" he said, as he
took something from under the corpse
and held II UP. II was glHterIng mass
of Jewels. Ban Crewe and l bounced
upon II she same moment.
"The rnJnh's hcirloom!" We cried,
simultaneously.
but however did Il come here?" de-
mandcd DR.. Stone. curlously.
II KNOW" / exclaimed. ard II can
guess," said Ben-'Iihe dwarf"
II proved to be true. Miss Craley.
having understood the b1rN1net threuEen
his son wi,h the loss OF the heirloom,
ind tho dowager Lady Eitcsmerc tell
Rachel MARKS that tho Jewels were
hers. conceived the cunning idea 10 Sc
cure them for Sir Charles by putting
them In the coffin wish the corpse.
whence they nigh: have been 1lslEGer-
red, had not both Ben and gone on a
wrong tact 10 ind o4at the truth.
A brief examination proved Hhat SIR
TInnr,s nd TI,.l from NNlMynl NnnRHl
and the body was re-hurlCd with due