The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-03

dlloAllNe gentleman, OUT she cOulQ give
no account of the personal appearance
of either. The lady's face was hid
den by veil, and there had been so
many people rushing in and out just
at the last that there had been no time
for her to observe these two, who came
in late. This much she knew, that
the lady seemed in a kind of stupor,
and the gentleman had to carry her in
his arms.
Once furnished with clew, profess
sional intelligence was quite equal to
taking it up.
"This woman at Parminter must be
taken to Milldale to identify the body
said the chief official in the detective
line, land we must watch this fellow
Foy, so that he may not give us the
slip"
"He is to be married to his employ
ers daughter tomorrow morning"
said the vicar. "To leave Grandches-
ter before tomorrow would be tanta-
mount to confession of his guilt. 1t
would be throwing up the cards alto
gether."
"The symptoms you describe sound
like arsenic poisoning" said the Off
GER; and then he and his colleague
whispered together for a minute or
so.
II don't think there's anything more
can do tonight" said the vicar.
mo, sir. You may leave everything
in our hands,
Precisely. But remember, if you
don't want this young scoundrel to be
married to a respectable young wo-
man at II o'clock tomorrow morning
you'll have to look sharp"
The vicar went back to the bosom
of his family at Freshmead, thinking
that he had done a pretty good days
work.
Before 10 o'clock that night two
facts had been discovered in the biog-
raphy of Mr. Foy-frst, that exactly
three years before he had been mar
rled at registrars Office to Jane
Dawson. spinster. daughter of John
Dawson. master mariner: and second
ly. that he, Or man exactly answer
ing to his description, had bought
small quantities Of tartar emetic and
small portions of laudanum at divers
times within the last two months, and
at several chemists shops in the OBJ
scurer streets of the great. busy town.
These two discoveries the police
communicated to Mr.. Umpleby late on
the vigil of his daughters wedding.
The evidence of the marriage was
indisputable. Much as Mr.. Umpleby
was inclined to discredit the charge
brought against his intended son-in-
law. he could not disbelieve the legal
proof of the marriage before the reg
istrar; and convicted of having con-
cealed prior marriage, Mr.. Foys
character appeared in new and
doubtful light
I'll put off the wedding" cried
Jmpleby, who had spent the evening
marching about his house and garden
in state of suppressed agitation. 81
won't have my daughter married to
liar and trickster. There must be
something wrong-no smoke without
fire.
He sat down directly the detective
had left him, and wrote with his own
hand to those Grandmother magnates
who had been hidden to the Wedding.
LET these letters be delivered by
hand before o'clock tomorrow morn
ing" he said, to the respectable man
of-all-work. who had been yawning
dismally in pantry at the back of
the hall; land let that letter be taken
to Mr.. Foy at the Crown Hotel"
Foy was to stop at hotel in Grand
chester on the eve of his wedding,
in order to be on the ground early.
Mr.. Umpleby felt happier man af-
ter he had done this deed. He went
up to bed more at ease with himself
but he did not awaken his slumbering
wife to tell her the unpleasant news.
There would be scene in the morn
ing, of course, with all these women
Mysteries, fainting fits, recrimination.
in which he, the husband and father.
would get the worst of it.
Mrs. Umpleby's lavender MORE an
tique, her brand-new Honiton shawl
were lying in state upon the sofa.
Would any woman forgive husband
for upsetting the festival at which
those splendors were to be worn?
There had been fuss enough about the
gown. about the breakfast, about
every one of the wedding arrangements
and now. 10 and behold, the fuss had
been all for nothing!
II never liked him." unused Mr.. UNI
pleby ut was the women wAo talked
me over. To begin with, the mans
half foreigner, and l want no parlez-
vous in my family"
His letter to Foy had been of the
briefest:
Look round the first thing to-mor-
row morning; want to talk to you"
The father was up betimes, too agi-
tated to eat his breakfast. He car
ried his cup of tea to the study at the
back of the dining room, and paced
that snug apartment, waiting. for Mr..