The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-09
ENVELOPES OF BIBLE
PAGES, B. SEEDS AND
j, s, MONEY RECEIVED
MOST MYSTERIOUS ARTICLES SENT
BY UNKNOWN PERSON TO
THE 1NTELLIGENCEA.
Packages Also Contain Ribbons ana
Pictures, But No Marks OF
Identification.

Sinca old Ben Franklin ran off the
first issue. "f the Pennsylvania Gazette
there have been Observation-Disclosures of
letters Of mystery received by news
,-papers with no Identification marks.out
of all The epistles received. II IS be-
lieved that the Inteil!gencer is in re-
ceipt OF the most mysterious and per-
picking envelopes.
Suppose YOU wera to receive two en-
velopcs at an interval OF five days con-
tanning the following articles with no
Identification marks: Two short pieces
Of ribbon. one red and the otner green:
several pages torn from The Bible:
two dollar bill, a ten-cent piece. small
wooden service flag. with the star work
ell in silk: picture OF the moon cut
from a magazine a blank sheet Of note
paper IN each social envelope and about
four tahlespoonfuls OF htrdseed and
post card Of Lincoln's cabinet.
Both envelopes are poStmarkeo
Wheeling: one is dated November and
the other November :. Tho envelopes
bear the imprint Of the Perry Station
cry Company OF this city. That's all
the Identification to the letters" or
mystery. excepting cut out photograph
Of a young man. The picture. about the
size OF pea was pasted on the back Of
one Of the envelopes. The address on
The envelope reads: ITO The 1ntellisen-
cor, City" The handwriting bears out
that the sender Is an aged man OF one
who attempts to disguise his writing.
The most mysterious part or the con-
tents OF the envelopes are the pages
torn from the Bible. which evidently Is
an old volume. The first letter contain
ed par, ~ a page from the First John
Of rho 18th
verse. This was pinned to a fly Leaf.
evidently torn from the samo Bible.
The second envelope. contained con-
siderable more leaves torn from the
Bible, beginning at the conclusion OF
the c1st chapter Of Revelation and end
ing at a part OF the sixth verse and 10Th
chapter Of the same book.
A still more mysterious part Of the
mysterious Biblical leaves Is that the
sender has cut out the entire fourth
verse OF tho third chapter of Rerela-
tons which reads: Thou hast few
names even in Sardis which have not
Getlcd their garments: and they Shall
walk with Nc in white: for they are
worthy" Attached to the leaves from
the Bible are two small printed slips.
one reading. Law to be-" the other
observed in War.
articles? Perhaps only ;he writer
knows. Why were they Sen,c That
question can only b. answered by the
writer.
But the question arises. what shall
the recipient do with the $40. what
disposition shall he made of the ser
vice flag. the ribbons-and the bird
seeds Tho pages from the Bible will
be distributed among tho newspaper
craft. and il the sender does not come
forward. the servic" flag will be given
a place of honor in the office. that some
unidentified boy is in the service OF
Uncle Sam. The ribbons will be en-
tvined about the neck OF the office cat.
But the bird seed They will be planted
In the garden Of promise and the author
os this will then retire and live upon
the fcastings crops OF his mysterious
find.