The times., 1897-09-17

honest, truthful and honorable. Let the
boys know they viii have to work for a
living. Good-by. THOMAS BELL.
Mrs. Bell did not follow the strict in
juno tion OF that letter. she did not
tell Fred that he would have TO earn
his own living. She kept him in Idle
ness, and now size is getting her return
in ingrautude.''
Mrs. Pleasant became indignant when
Informed that story was circulated that
she had offered William Ryan $4,000
to strangle Mrs. Bell when Savilie was
courting her.
The secret is out" she said, "and she
viii fight the petition OF young Fred
10 the bitter end pity his poor sister.
1t was bad enough for her TO Know that
Mrs Bell was not her mother, without
having the secret given to the world
Fred win live To see the day when he
will regret having been led into this fight
against his foster mother, but 1t will
then be too late"
The lawyer for Fred has revived the oil
story concerned The alleged manner IN
which children were introduced into the
Bell family. He said:
1T has, / know, been common gossip
here for years that none of the six chill
dren were really Thomas Eelrs or Mrs.
peH's natural heirs. The story runs that
PeI proraiSed his wife 100000 FOR every
child Eorn to them. 1t is the gossip thai
Nanny Pleasant and Mrs. Eell cunspired
to palm off infants from time to time as
EeIls babies in order to get the 100000
per child from him.
II am as familiar with this story as any
body, ana " hen / first became Connected
with the Bell litigation, | had the inn
preston that none of the six children were
the flesh and blood OF the Bells. Now |
entertain a different opinion. | believe
| that all of them are the Bells natural dc
scn ndants. ! think / can show this fact
W hen the proper time comes. II is true
| hat Mrs. Bel has never shown an maternal
| love 10 the children. She has been strangely
Indifferent.
but Judgment on this woman must
| be tempered with mercy To- the extent that
the cClorcd woman has strange power
| over Per. The negress in the family is the
CZarina OF that es tabIis hment The
farniIy i 5 allowed from the estate $1,500
q month Not 500 spen on the children
For awhiie $4,000 a month was allowed
When Bell was alive $4,000 month was
allowed for monthly expenses. The chill
Gren Jared sumptUously when Bell was
alive HeIeft an estate worth $4,000 900
| II viii continue as a trust until 905 The
children are entitled to two-thirds OF the
estate. All six of them are not get
ting $Io0 a month NOW in spite Of $1,000
as a monthly allow ance.
who is getting this money or where
is it going. Mrs. Bell is certainly not
hn. Ire Poll In, ,fnh 2 ba
extent of S163 900 that is, she thin rs
! she is. She believes she owes $1,000
TO a Mrs. Rebecca Boone, the wife OF
eoiored barber and friend of Nanny
Pleasant. How can TINS be true? Where
| did the Boone woman get so much money
20 loan? Where does Nanny Pleasant
get her money? The Boone woman lives
! in the Bell homestead on Octavia street,
where young Fred Bell should be living,
and she pays rent according to her ability,
whatever that may mean between tile
Boone and Pleasant women.
From all my sources OF information 1
can only say that Mrs. Ben seems to he
| getting more and more into debt. There
was a time when Mrs. Bell had valuable
| diamonds. / guess It is rot too much to
| say that they cost something like $780,
0OO. There is considerable mystery as 10
| the whereabouts OF these gems now.
Young Fred Bell. because of his Opposi.
] tion 10 Nanny Peasants influence over
| his mother is experiencing q shameful
! persecution under the Bell roof. The
negress and Mrs. Bell Oecupy the same he'd.
| room, aud the young man is not allowed
20 speak to her. He has to cook his own
food when he ran get the chance At
tirles he finds the coal bin locked he
| has been forced al times To break IL open.
At other times the stove has been taken
down in order to prevent his being ans own
] Cnnk ',