Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-10

us existence ana OF It's owner Dy luo0.
Over this negress, by means of the
Voodoo Stone. I possessed complete
power. She was ready to do whatever
wanted, and employed her in for
warding my schemes. Her grand
mother had come from Ashantee, the
native country Of the wand of sleep.
and knew all about it; also she knew
now to prepare the poison. These
secrets she transmitted to Dido, and
resolved to obtain the devil-stick. to
make Dido prepare fresh poison. and
70 use the devil stick against INV
rival. Mr.. Alymer.
And now word about this no;son r.
does not kill, but merely places its v,ct,n
IN trance state, which so closalx- ,asa,,-
pies death that not even the most aYnart
doctor can tell the differences. IF the
trance continues the victim d;as -.
there Is an antidote-which. nv tba Wv T
obtained from Dido-and this an.isote -
used In time, can restore the v;c,;r, f,,.,.,
state of catalepsy to his pristine yIcor
l had made up my mind to use tbA da,-,I-
SUCK. and 50, as was anxious to give
Mr. Alymer a chance of escane nror,,a -
SLED TO him state of life-in-death. This
q "a
or those wounded by the devil-stick-in,-
pregnated with it's poison.
However, Mr. Alymer did NOT +o,,o
waning ana leave of counting Miss Dali
las On the contrary. he announced HE
ensasement, ana carried off the young
lady IN triumph. As you may guess from
what L have said before, doomed him
from that hour 1 made Dido hvpnotiza
Dallas fp
stick stolen. If you remember. Major T
ohereo 10 ouy 1t, but as YOU refused, I
had to have it stolen In order 10 cow
promise the mother. I arranged that she
should steal it. She did, and without the
siish test notlon that she was committing
the crime When Dido obtained the dew
A-stick she nlleo 1t with the poison. Then
she-by my Acknowledgements Miss
DaIias, put the devilstick into her hand,
ana sent her forth to kill Mr.. Alymer But
l should not say kill-as you know the
devll-stick cannot kill-let us say to cas-,
MI. Alymer into a trance. BY this ingen-
ious piot-you must admit, Major, that it
Is lhgemous-I got hid of the lover, and
obtained hold over mother and daugh
ter.
But to make long story short, I had
the pooy or Mr.. Alymer stolen. with the
ald OF Dldo, in order to revive my rival.
ala not wish him to die, so took away
MS body, and kept him in the trance for
some weeks, feeding him in the mean
tlme SO as to preserve life. While I was
IN prison. Dido attended to him by my or
ders. Mr. Alymer was not concealed in
my mouse; so that is why the police had a
useless search for the body. Where was
ne concealed? All, that is my secret.
After the trial, seeing that Mr.. Sarby
mad behaved so foolshly, I decided to
abandon the game. Evidently there was
no chance of my winning the hand of
Miss Dallas; and also / did not wish Sar-
by to die But if 1 revived him, L would
have to revive Maurice also, the more so
as l did not want to stand my trial for
stealing his body. The rest of my story
you know. 1 revived Maurice and brought
him to you; so l suppose he will now
marry Miss Dallas. L also revived David
to have the satisfaction of seeing the wo-
man he loved in the arms of another In
both cases the antidote was efficacioua.
SO now, my dear Major, as 1 said before
you have your two dear boys once more
in the fiesh and hope you are satisfied
Did L not tell you that the devil is not so
Dlack as ne Is painted?
We'll, my plot has failed, and now am
departing to look anew for rich wife
Also, to find Dido, and get back the Woo
doc stone. of which she robbed me. You
will never meet me again, and 1 dare say
you won't be sorry to see the back of me.
And now, my dear Major, I fancy 1 have
told you all, and you know the meaning
of the many mysteries which have puz-
fnr
to say adieu, and remain your evil gen
ius now resigned),
MAX Etwald"
THE SECOND LETTER OF DIR. EFT
VALID.
Barbados
My dear Jen,-
1T is over year since I wrote you my
explanatory letter from Deanminster
and | little thought it would be necessary
Tor me to write to you again. least of all
from this place. But here 1 came in
search of Dido and there / found Mrs.
Dallas, and to my profound establishment
her daughter-still Miss Dallas. | sought
an explanation. They would not give me
one. In despair-having received the
most uncivil reception-I left them. Then,
to my surprise, 1 ran across Mr.. David
Sarby.
He was glad to see me- and thanked
me for bringing him back from the grave
], on my side, complimented him for saw
lcS my neck from the hangman's moose
The first greetings thus being over he
told me the news which concerned those
who were implicated in our little Dean
minister comedy. 1 confess that the news
surprised me; and l write to you for an
explanation.
I'm the first place I learned from Mr.
Sarby that Isabella Dallas refused to
marry Mr.. Alymer, and that, far from
being offended. he appeared to be glad of
me release from his engagement l also
learned that he has since married Lady
Meg Brance, who has always been so
deeply in love with him. VIII you be so
kind, my dear Major, as to explain this
sudden misplacing Of Mr.. Alymers affec-
tions?
II learned also, from Mr.. Sarby that he