Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

more popular as a landlord than his
Uncle had been. SO, after the great
funeral had seen the remains OF Sir
Jasper laid i'm the family vault mat
.ers speedily began 10 regain their
usual level
tie funeral had presented a spectacle
never TO be forgotten. Owing TO the
exceedingly painful nature of Sir Jas
per death. it had been Sir Wlltred S
desire that the iuJerment should take
plsce as privately as possible.
This. however, was not permitted.
REQUESTS for permission 10 join I'm the
funeral service reached him from hun
drads of county magUates, all eager 10
show honor To- the memory of the de
ceased. who. despite his selt-contnned
mroe Of life. and persistent refusal to
participate In local government affairs,
nav. even TO represent OdsWlnt0n IN
Parliament. had gained the uuQuaI-
fed respect of the community.
So the procession which wound slow
IN under the great elms of We.land
Court avenue, and along the very road
Sir Jasper had entered in his full
strength on Christmas Eve aud had
left feN moments later q CHASTITY
corpse. vas q magnificent one.
LARGE as it was at The start its di-
mansions were vastly increased after
il had left the lodEe-gates. All the
neighb0riug cottages and folks from
villages far and near had assembled,
and. lining the road. waited respect
fully. has in hand. tin the gentry
aud the carriages had passed. Then
they fell in and walked i'm the rear.
Women and children were there like
wise. The women clad in their sun
day frocks. volubly ro,ailed all the
scraps of gossip concerning the muir
der. and infinitely discussed its de-
tails.
Among those of his species D0bs0n s
guilt was accepted as o. matter OF
course. When the great London de-
tectiye had declared THAI iu his opinion
the y0uug groom was the guilty per-
son. and the machinery of the law had
been put i'm motion 90 secure and guard
him. they dij not pause t0 give him
credit for his previous good character.
The .3cy that DE had grown up among
them. and that his past was unblem-
iShed. weighed not az all against the
Cir.umstauj8l evidence which pointed
% his having committed the crime.
DCbson Was Inn prison awaiting his trial
for murder Therefore said these
wiseatr.s. "there must be summat in
it. or they would not have charged it
against im. There never is smoke
without dre
Now pobs5u lay I'm the hospital at
tachel to Odsw.ut0u G31l awaiting his
trial. while I'm her wO0dsije cottage his
mother. never a robust woman. and
now gyiof-stricktn tina, her only sur
viving child should have fallen under
50 awful d.speus3tioD ot Providence
for So she regarded it-seemed TO
grow weaker aud weaker as each day
draggcd by.
When She felt herself unable 90 at
tend Co her household duties. she urged
MacQuis,al TO seek another lodging. as
.u her state OF declining health she was
no longer able To- give him the atten-
lion 10 which DE was accustomed. But
that the old man s,out,y refused to
40.
Ma. ma, he said, I'm no that din
yet that I'm no able toe fend for my
SELF Ave. an for YOU too gin You
should need il. my woman"
So Jbe DAYS passed YEARLY at the cot
tage, the sick mother mourning her
sen. awaiting his trial for murder. and
the old gardner iuwardly hewSiling the
cruel fate that had placed him In the
position Of chief witness against his
friends only child. y
Sir Wiifred had in lOred Miss Heron