Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

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say kiIl-as you know the devil
cannot kiIl-Iet US say to cast Mr.. Ayl-
mer into a trance. By this ingenious
plot-you must admit, Major that it IS
ingenious-I got rid Of the lover, and
obtained a hold over mother and
daughter.
But to make a long story short, 1
had the body of Mr. Aylmer stolen,
with the aid of Dido, in order to revive
my rival I did not wish him to die,
so I took away his body, and kept him
in the trance for some weeks, feeding
him in the meantime so as to preserve
life. While I was in prison, Dido at
tended to him by my orders. Mr.. Ayl-
mer was not concealed in my house;
so that is why the police had useless
search for the body. Where was he
concealed? All, that is my secret.
After the trial, seeing that Mr.. Sar-
by had behaved so foOlishly, I decided
to abandon the game. Evidently there
was no chance of my winning the hand
Of Miss Dallas; and also I did not wish
Sarby to die. But if I revived him
would have to revive Maurice also, the
more so as I did not want to stand my
trial for stealing his body. The rest e
my story you know. I revived Maui
rice and brought him to you; so I sup
pose he will now marry Miss Dallas. I
also revived David to have the salts
faction of seeing the women he loved
in the arms Of another. In both cases
the antidote was efficacious. So now,
my dear Major, as l said before, you
have your two dear boys once more in
the flesh, and I hope you are satisfied.
Did I not tell you that the devil is not
so black as he is painted?
We'll my plot has failed, and now I
am departing to look anew for a rich
wife. Also to find Dodo, and get back
the Voodoo Stone, of which she robbed
me. You will never meet me again,
and I dare say you won't be sorry to
see the back of me. And now, my
dear Major, I fancy I have told you ALL
and you know the meaning of the
many mysteries which have puzzled
you for so long. There remains only to
say adieu, and remain your evil genius,
MAX Etwald."
Barbados.
MY Dear Major Jen-It is over a
y L y
letter from Deanminster, and I Iittle
thought that it would be necessary
for me to write you again, least Of ali
from this place. But here I came N
search of Dido; and here I found Mrs.
Dallas, and to my profound astonish-
ment, her daughter-still Miss Dallas.
I sought an explanation. They would
not give me one. IN despair-having
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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. I, on my side, complimented
him for saving my neck from the hang
mans moose. The first greetings thus
being over, he told me the news which
concerned those who were implicated
in our little comedy. 1 confess that
the news surprised me; and I write you
for an explanation.
Tn the first place. I learned from
Mr.. Sarby that Isabella Dallas refused
to marry Mr.. Aylmer, and that, far
from being offended, he appeared to be
be glad of the release from his engage
ment. l also learned that he had since
married Meg Brance, who has always
bCCll 81 bCOpiy LII lONt Will HILL w III
you be so kind, my dear .Iajor, as to
explain this sudden misplacing of Mr..
Aylmer's affections?
Z learn also from Mr.. Sarby that he
has prevailed upon Miss Dallas, the de-
serted Ariadne of Mr.. Aylmer, to re-
ard his long devotion by giving him
her hand 1 heard that they are to be
married within the month, and that the
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appreciation of Mrs. Dallas. Under
these circumstances, I am afraid that
there is no chance of my marrying
Miss Dallas; so L must content myself
with searching for another wife.
L found in my brief interview with
Miss Dallas that she had learned how
she had tried to kill Mr.. Aylmer while
under the hypnotic influence of Dido.
Perhaps this knowledge broke off the
match, and the young couple took a
dislike to one another from the pecu-
liar circumstances of that night Ger
tainly-hypnotism or not-one would
not care to marry a woman who had
attempted ones life; so that, 1 conjec-
ture, is the reason for Mr.. AyImers
withdrawal. Also, Miss Dallas must
have had a horror of seeing constantly
enough-she tried to kill Hence her
| refusal to marry your dear Maurice
Am 1 wrong in these ideas? 1 think
not. Still, I should like an explanation
from you. AS I shall be here for some
Notwithstanding for the Voodoo
! Stone and Dido-pIease send your let
| ter to Barbados, directed to your anx-
ious inquirer Max Etwald."
Barbados.
| My Dear Major Jen-It is now some
months since 1 wrote you, making Ger
! tain inquiries, but you have not been
| courteous enough to crafty my curios-
| ity That is cruel of you; Miss Dallas
is now Mrs. Sarby, the other lady is
now Meg Aylmer; yet you will not tel
me how this strange transfer of wives
came about. Never mind, 1 am sure
| the explanation 1 fancied in my last
letter is the correct one. But you are
| a rude correspondent.
L shall return good for evil, and tell
| you that I have regained possession
| of the Voodoo Stone Dido is dead:
/ killed by her own excitement at an Obi
| orgie. I am now the King of the slack
Race throughout the world, by possess
sion OF the Stone, and to you I shall
remain, for the last time, my dear Ma
| jor, Max Etwald."
(The end.)
The Inquisitive Antelope.
An antelope is as curious as a wom-