The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-21
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hurry. He drove back to Grand
chester, and to the headquarters of the
police, to whom he reported his story.
They had been at work all day, and
had done very little They had dis
covered a porter at the station who
remembered the arrival of a gentle
man and a sick lady in a plaid shawl
They had seen the woman who took
charge of the ladies' waiting room.
first class-always more crowded than
the second class-and from her they
had heard again of sick lady in a
plaid shawl, accompanied by very
attentive gentleman, but she could 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 a 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, 'and we must watch this fellow
Foy, so that he may not give us the
Slip"
'sHe is to be married to his employ
er's daughter tomorrow morning"
said the vicar. "To leave Grandches-
ter before tomorrow would be tanta-
mount to a 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.
81 don't think there's anything more
can do tonight" said the vicar.
''No, sir. You may leave everything
in our hands,"
Precisely. But remember, if you
don't want this young scoundrel to be
married to 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-first, that exactly
three years before he had been mar
ried at a registrars Office to Jane
Dawson, spinster, daughter of John
Dawson, master mariner; and second
ly, that he, or a 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.. Foy's
doubtful light
ell put off the wedding" cried
Umpleby. who had spent the evening
marching about his house and garden
in state Of suppressed agitation. 81
won't have my daughter married to a
liar and a 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 Grandchester magnates
who had been hidden to the wedding
S'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 a pantry at the back of
the hall; ''and 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.