Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-23

ease-that he was in perfect health. 1t
is suspected that he was murdered.
But how could that be since no wound
has been found on his body? Oh,
dear! am so frightened! l am
uncle's nearest relative-indeed, his
only relative so far as Is known-and
unless he has left his wealth to chart
ties l shall inherit 1t. | do hope moth
ing will come of this theory that he
has been made away with. Suspicion
will fall upon me, for it is quite likely
that | shall fall heir to all of his es-
tate, which, they say, will turn out to
be worth millions
May II.
/ can't wait to see the morning pa
per, and yet l dread to look at it for
fear it will contain some terrible de-
velopment
Great heavens Arnold Maxwell
came to his death through an insidious
poisonw
Who could have had an interest in
numbering him? No one but me.
shall be charged with the crime In
any event, | shall be suspected Oh.
how many horrors accompany wealth.
May II.
Every one is talking about uncle's
taking off. The papers are full OF it.
The police, they say, have been very
active, but do not claim as yet to have
got any clew. One account says that
both servants-there are but two-have
been under close surveillance ever
since that dreadful night, though they
have both proved that they were at
servants ball from 10 o'clock till 8 In
the morning. while the doctors say
uncle died between II and |. | wonder
how they know that Oh, how | wish
they would find the poisoner.
May IA.
This morning | saw the first news
paper mention of myself in connection
with uncle's death: mo will has yet
Miss Clementine Deane. daughter of
the deceased's late wife, has long been
the heir expectant But Miss Deane,
not being blood relative of the muir
dered man. cannot inherit under the
common law
What relief. cannot inherit un-
less by Il will And vet what n singu-
lar position IN which to be placed.
If will is found making me an heir
ess shall doubtless have to answer to
charge of numbering the man who
loved me we'll enough to leave me lis
property. God grant that no will may
be found, or. If one Is found. may
some one other than | be the hcne-
ticiary. would rather work and
starve than go through the ordeal of
being mistaken for Il murderess. Think
OF the long wait in Jail for trial,
my portrait everywhere staring ne in
the face, gaped at in a crowded court
room. My God, shall go mad
May 20.
For week | have been dreadin@ an
arrest. l fancy every one with whom
come in contact is detective watch
ing me. am getting thin and have
lost all my color. l must divert my
mind and look less worried or it will
te assumed that my crime is preying
upch VIII tls "
a sensational novel would draw my
thoughts from this frightful sensation
of my own.
have been to the library and
brought home a book. How kind that
librarian was to me! wonder If he
EIihu Yale's Grave.
Elihu Yale, from whom the college
in New Haven took its name, sleeps in
the graveyard at Wrexham church,
near Chester, England. The following
(restored some years ago
by the council Of Yale is to be found
on one side of his tombstone;
Born in America, in Europe bred, In AZ
rica Travelled in Asia wed,
Where long he lived and thrived; in Lon
don dead.