The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-05
CONTINUED From friday.

ANohtiIueu r rom fTlddNl.
The article that had smashed under
the viEor Of Miss Letitia's seventy
wears Law on the top II had been a
teapot Of some very beautiful ware
have called just now from my study.
To ask what sort Of ware IL was. and
IN" lady who sets me right SAYS II
was crown Derby. Then there were
rows Of cups and Saucers the heterog-
eneous articles I'm the same material
that the women folk seemed to I'M
defstand At the last. when the ex-
element seemed over they found a
toast rack ia "A lower corner 81 the
box and the obs" and Abs" had TO
De- done all over again.
Not until Miss L"titia had arranged
~ all ON the dining room table and
Mair"ry had taken on her wraps and
admired from all four corners. did
Miss letitia begin TO ask where they
had come from. And by that time
HHppte had the crate In the woodboN.
and the excelsior was n black and
smoking mass at the kitchen end OF
the grounds
There was not the slightest clue 20
IN" sender hut while Miss Ietitia
rated Heppie loudly In the Kitchen.
and Bella swept up the hall Margery
voiced tho same idea that had oc-
CURED 90 me
'If-if AUNT Jane We're all right"
Sh" said tr"mulnt lit would be Just
tn" sort of thing she loves 70 do
had intended To- go back 20 the city
AZ once. hut Miss Istitia's box had
pIt her in an almost cheerful humor
and she insisted that I 20 with her 10
Miss James room and see how II
was prepared for It's owners return
I'm not pretending 10 know what
took Jane Maitland away from this
house IN the middle Of the night" she
said. She was "a good bit OF a fool
Jane was. SIN. never grew up Isu. n
know Jane Maitland. she VIII come
back and Doe buried with her people. II
It's only To- pat Marys husband out OF
tn" end Of thu lot
And another thing. Knox" she
went ON. and saw her old hands were
shaking Il told you the last time YOU
were her" that hadn't been robbed II
any of ~" pearls. after all Hair Of
th's" pearls We're James and she hal
q perfect right To- tukc forty nine Of
them u she wanted She sh, told me
Sh" was going 20 take some. and tt
slipped ms mind"
believe u was the Hrst u" she had
ever told IN her hard conscientious
old life Was she right / wondered
iiat Miss Jan" taken the pearls. and
% she had. why"
Nardrop had been taking o. long
walk. ho rot back about rve and as
Miss I"titia was In m. middle ~ a
oia'rih" against white undergarmcnts
fog coiorod children. Margcrv and he
had "a half hour alone together
had known 81 course that IL must
come. but under the circumstances.
with my whole future existence at
stake. ] WAS vague as 70 whether 81
was culorod entertainments on white
orphans 81 the other way round
When ! got away ar last. ! found
Bella waiting for mo iu the hail Her
eyes Wors rcd with CRYING. end she
had crumulod newspaper iu her
hand. She brok. down when she tried
% speak. but got tho newspaper
o.. M her. and sh. pointed with one
work hardened ainE.r % q column ON
pho FIRST page" n was fh. announce
uI.rf OF Mrs Buffers tragic accident.
and thr mystery that surrounded &c.
Their" was uo mention 81 Schwartz
rs she dead" Bella checked ont
o.. last
'~ot VET bu' thcre is very little
hope"
Amid fresh tears and shakirrs -
h'r h"a.v shoulders as she sat 900 her
fIturtfa place uu fh- stairs. Rclia told
me-. briefly. that she had lived with
Mrs Eu'l-r since she was siNt'eu. and
lad orir i.ff when fla huslaud'-
suicide hai broken up Tho home
could get nothing else ort ~ her. hYt
gradually Esiln.- share Goa the mystery
was coming @. light
Slowly. too.-it was q new business
FOR mo vas forming a theory ~ ms
oWn II was strange one but -
seemed 20 nt the facts as ] knew
them with tho story Wardrop told
that Afternoon came my first gl.mmer
~ light
ITO was looking hotter than he had
whom 7 saS him before. bur rho news
~ Nrs Butlers approaching death
and tho manner ~ her injury affected
him strangely ITO had soon tho pa
per like Bella. and hc turned ON mo
almost fercoiy when ] entered the
library Narrory was Zoo her old
position 90 tho window. looking ont.