The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-17

Nall. have they?" said C!eek
breaking silence suddenly.
-And that vulgar and overhearinc old
shrcw. the DowaScr Duchess of Heather
lands, has paid for the possession Of them
with her life! All, my dear Mr.. Narkou
what disastrous thing lust Of power and
craving for position is, Tho lady would
better have stuck to her fathers beer watts
and the glory of Hobson and Simkin's en-
tire, and Netherlands might better have
left her there instead Of selling her the
right to wenr his dVcal coronet. They
both would have lived and died deal hap
pier, 7 nm sure
Eyes" agreed Narkom. They lived n
veritable cat and dog lie. believe, al
though it was years before my time, or
yours either for the matter Of that, % 1
can only speak from hearsay His Grace
didn't find Miss Simkins. the brewers
daughter, so enviablc q possession after
marriage as she had appeared before: and,
as she held the pursc-strinSS-and held
them closely, too-he got precious little
but abuse and unhappineSs out Of the bar
gain. The lady, feeling herself miles
above her former connections when she
became duchess, cut her own people COM
pletely; and as her husbands family
would have none Of her at any price. she
simply made enemies for herself on both
sides. 1t was perhaps just as we'll for ali
concerned that there were no children
And at the dukes death, some ten or
a dozen years ago. the title passed. be-
. turn died about eighteen months ago and
passed it on to . cousin. young fellow
of about two and twenty. who had re-
Gently married q girl as little blest with
this worlds goods as was he himself
Yes replied Narkom. And as his
grandmother was one Of the ladies who
had been bittcrcst in cutting the e1-Miss
Simkins. tho old girl never let any Of
her sympaehics or her sovereisns so his
way. OF course ne tried to make up TO
her. talked about 'upholdius the dignity
of tire name and ali that. but it was no
20: old NoncybagS wouldn't part with
silver. So the interview wound up with
some pretty plain speaking on both sides.
and the young duke flung himself out
of the house in towering passion and
with no good will toward her, which was
a bad thing al round, and particularly
tal for him"
"Why:'
Because that happened only the day
before veSSr.iay. Last night the old
Duchess was murdered. and. SO far as
can be asccriainerl with certainty. he was
the last person with her and the last 20
see her alive.
"Hum-m-m..' said Clock. pn,tinc dawn
his lower lip and frowninc 1t his toes.
Not nice that, for the Duke. l must
admit
Not at all nice agreed Narkom. "As
a matter OF fact. ! should not he at all
surprised if warrant Cor his arrest
were issued before morning. Still. OF
course, there is the Hindu to be taken
into consideration. As you yourself said.
these bes.ars have always been after
thc>s:oneS.
Ohio: So there's 4 Hindu in the af-
fair. is there:
"YeS. Been hanging about the place
for weeks and weeks. trying to make
friends with the servants. Pebbles en-
bro!.iered table covers. silk. sc.lrfs. grippe
shawlS. lucky charms and things OF that
sort. Hasn't missed coming, the house
keeper tells me, one solitary day for the
past month until the present one OF
course, nc may turn mp before night. al
though it's hours and hours past his reg
ular time for calling. Emit q, the same
time. it must be admitted that it has a
queer LOOK.
Then, too. there's third party, or,
indeed. I might us well say third AMI
q fourth, for they are brother ard sister
a Miss Iucretia SpRnd"r and her brother
Toni. They're relations OF til" late dnch-
ess on the SimkinS' side. Mother was al
aunt of hers. Net particularly pr"po<
sessins. either of'th"n. Run second
hand clothing shop over in Camden Town :
down on their luck and expected tn"
brokers in. Came TO sre the duchess IN
the effort to borrow money. She bundled
them out neck and crop. and the brokers
did come in and they went out into the
streets. poor wretchfs. That vas ten days
AGO. But both were seen hanging about
the house last night rs late as eleven
o'clock. The murder was committed and
the Jewels. stolen somewhere between mid
pi-ht and three o'clock in the morning"
Ciesk looked up.
Suppose you begin the thing at the
BEGINNING 'Insrnad ~ giving the the cas-"
pieceneal in this fashion. Mr.. Narkom.
he said. How did it al start: Was
me duchess giving On entertainment last
night"
NO; bnt Captain ard Mrs. Harvey
Glossop were. and tho thin: happened AZ
their house. within "A stones throw OF
Hyde Park Corner
CAPTAIN Harvey G,ossop." repeated