Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13

broad shoulders. on figure which tow
cred over those Of the few men who,
unable to obtain seats, stood against
the wall.
1t was only fancy, of course-a dis
eased fancy, perhaps natural enough
under the circumstances-which
caused Palgrave to feel that the eyes
met his. 1t was nonsense, mad nom
sense to call up resemblance. AS
though, at that distance, and with his
short sight, he could tell one man
from another!
Aid yet, beads of sweat that were
n9f brought out by the heat of the day.
sAarkled on his forehead. How like
HOW ghastly-like the features were to
; th6se that never again would see the
lkht of day! Some men-poor sup
fstitious fools might be daunted by
that counterfeit observation-disclosures
Eyes that stared, and held his, and
would not release them.
4 But he was no such weakling Had
he not gone through enough-had he
mot to 60 through enough every day
fthat he lived-to harden his nerves
" against the fancies of a sick brain,
mere optical illusions, to be accounted
for perhaps by more than his wonted
wine allowance of late?
You are saying" reminded the
coroner.
"Palgrave pulled himself together.
1.-THE moon was up he repeated,
land saw-saw his face-as he scull-
ed down the river. The eyes stared
q beg your pardon, have had very
trying ordeal to endure to-day, and |
am afraid l am not as coherent as l
might beD l meant to say that he
smiled and nodded a farewell, then he
and his boat faded slowly away into
the night, and the river mists, and
saw him no more. / turned at last,
satisfied that he was perfectly capa-
BILE of managing his boat, and went
back to the house. II cannot de-
scribei to you the shock l experienced
on hearing the next morning not only
that he had never returned to the Mis-
chief, but that his boat had been
found, floating bottom upward, below
The weir l would then have given my
right hand if | had only persisted in
my idea of sending my son with him
Or gone myself"
1t was very strange, but the face
was there still, and the eyes, so like
the Dukes. A part of the foolish trick
of fancy that gave the resemblance,
added an expression which was like
sn accusing cry: Tell what you lid
.oIlow! Tell what happened them"
Palgrave passed his handkerchief
over his forehead and drew it away
wet.
You have seen the body found yes7
serday caught among reeds in the back
water?" pursued the coroner.
(Ah, If to-day were only the first
) .iipe that he had seen IT'D
Il have he said, steadily.
do you recognize it?"
II deeply regret to say that l do"
He let his eyes dwell no longer upon
that deceiving face by the door. Some
yokel no doubt, in his Sunday clothes.
How fiattered he would be if he could
guess the impression he had made!
Whose body do you declare it to
be-"
Without doubt, that of my unfor-
tunate young relative, the Duke OF
[ Leicester"
Though Palgrave spoke in a low
II voice, each syllable he uttered was
audible at the back of the room. AS
the aast words left his lips, it seemed
to some that they were Immediately
followed by slight Kissing sound
from those of the yelled Lady Mary.
But the coroner looked gravely UP, and
the Objectionable noise was not re
peated.
SPY what means do you Identify this
body?"
BY means Of these things" This
time the witnesses answer came with
out pause "By letter in the pocket
which / myself had written to my
cousin, shortly before he came to stop