Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28

talkin the village, and that neither VIII
may nor he would like that. She went
in the morning, and it was after dinner
when she returned. No one but Mr..
Amory and myself knew of it, and Meth
] er of us said anything to her about 1t. )"
Eyes, yes, Mrs. Blayd,' said. "But
| the case is different now. The poor
! child is half mad with grief. What you
| have told me makes me very anxious.
And it is already getting late. think
a search should be made for herewith
| all possible discretion, of course, and
without creating talk. But still it seems
to me that something must be done"
Very well, sir" said Mrs. Blayd, but
She said it doubtfuliy.
Well" I said, you have known VIII
may from her birth. What do you
think yourself-what do you really
Think"
81 think that if we found her now it
would be of no good. She is not herself.
If we let her have her way she will stop
out tonight, but she will come back to-
morrow morning, She does not forget
those who are fond of her. She would
come back if it were only for your sake,
| sir, or my own. | feel sure of it,"
It seemed TO me be rather a difficult
position. If did not go to find Wilmay
and bring her back l was not taking
proper care of her; and if did 1 was
acting contrary to the wishes of her dead
father.
wait" I said to Mrs. Blayd az shall
ask DR.. Ingwold what he thinks would
be best"
The doctor was Of the same opinion as
Mrs. Blayd.
ct may do her some Slight temporary
harm to stop out all night, but-well, I
| know her, and | think it more likely TO
! do her good" So we settled that at any
rate until tomorrow morning nothing
should be done.
From DR.. Ingwold later in the same
evening, heard some details Of the ac-
| cident
ct is the old story" said the doctor.
! your nervous, timid whip, who does
/ not really understand horses, never
comes TO any harm. He takes no risks.
| II is the men who can really drive who
| really can do good deal with a horse,
that always Try TO 90 just little more
! and have the accidents. In the early
morning Philip had driven out with a
/ horse that had already been a good deal
of trouble TO him. But it was vaiua-
/ bic animal, and he was anxious TO finish
/ It's education. He took no one with
I him, and he said to the groom who
/ brought the horse round that he Should
drive 10 the station, as he had some en-
/ quiries TO make there. The groom no
ticed that, because he knew the horse
would not stand sight or sound Of
/ railway train. and knew that PHILIP
was well aware Of it. too. Il was three
mil-S away from the railway station
that Philip was afterwards found; there
was a steep emba0kment there at enc
side Of the road, with a white painted
wood fence by way OF protection. Cart,
horse and man were found at the bot
tom Of this embankment, and the fence,
which seems TO have been rotten, was
all broken down Philip did not explain
exactly how it happened; he said only
mat he thought it had been mostly his
own fault
DR.. Ingwold was Of great assistance
to me, and took on himself the trouble
of all the horrible business connected
with death. AS it grew later, and Will
may did not return, again became very
anxious about her l was afraid that
she might come back and find the house
shut up and everybody asleep. l ar
ranged, in consequence, that l would
sit up that night in the library. The
library windows opened on to the upper
terrace of the garden. I drew the shut
rers back from these windows and had
the lamp placed near them, so that ait
whatever hour Wilm9y returned she
might be able to see that I was still up.
The doctor went up TO bed, but said that
he would be down very early in the
morning to take my place and give me
a chance Of an hour or two's sleep.
had found in the safe several papers
addressed 10 me. put them on the ia
bic by the lamp, drew up my chair, lit