Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

been mistaken; and no e'men. nna ,, nad
pr,sed when the foreman. after n vsrv
Dn, De. c9nsultation with his fellows an.
vent,,ra ea verdict Of death by misad-
murs.r SH the city citSy's cleared Of tho stain Of
Rruoar gaid man who sat next to
Sastv ,,,n hats good Job, anyway.
der being commitf,.t poG,Gr, to think Of q muir.
% %nnere,d be question OF sacrIlere. of
course, and all sorts Of complica tIons y" I"
watching RRaas Rans,orS no ,,,ser answer. He was
the coroner: And he was no not % mistak keD 70
nowrRansford's face bore ali the SIGNS
hoi nnnite relief From what? Bryne
en,nt, sJ 10 leave the stuffy. rapid'y
center table he saw old Sin,pson Harhar ,me
VINO after sitting In attentive silence
| Tor three hours. had come i'm 10 ~
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Pemberton Bryce was not tho o,,v
person IN WINCHESTER who was watch.
thsso n',a,. WIN keen attention during
woman OF more than usual mowers az
onste,rVation o,te,r and penetration, had been
ouiek 70 see that her guardians distress
thin 'ne arairsin Paradise was some.
Rnnsfopd' Ud' o. OK the common. She knew
hearted man. With a considers b,e sner- s1
oI sentiment inrhis composition No ,ros
noteu 1 for his more than profese,ona,
nat,pt tt,pest IN the poorer sort Of III.
reputation u ;had GAINED deserved
them But It was somewhat % ms $1,000 care OF
n,,nh 10 Mary, that he should ha e se
a.. Hucn upset by the death oS "e 81
granger sor as to lose his appe,its ,o,a' and
restiss. ',p rate couple of days no NO.
t2 70 oe noticed by herself and ber h, hot tal'
rep,,n yes ,remarks on the tragedy wcps go,m", cnn
aeentional aelal enough--a most d,.,r..c,. s con.
lrsrma lowHra.. sad fate for the moor s's rsIs
terious and duneSplainable and mys-
Germ obviously went ho,ns nis con-
ne ne was Ill at ease whSny hyoTu sha mat
't.oned him about the facts" e os, Huos,
lika kaor o., when Dick Bewery, schooihoY'
aStails she was sure, from yusS'1nal tbs I'n
,nout MS eyes and n worn loo,, IN ,'hts his
race that he had passed a RESTLESS on .,ns n.s
nnrm, ne came down to breakfast on fhn
returned o. Sron .he INQUEST. But when he
sita uuitanse-t was evident. to her readn
Wis Wis 'that Ransford had eSperie,neS
th tseat re,ief. He spoke OF relief inSeos
eat. misnt at dinner, observing that the
cleared Tbsen tbs 4, tne Jury had returned had
1 would have been no pleasant matt.r ~
said II WINCHESTER Catbedroi nc
suIned s an unenvlable notorietv a, ao tna
scene or murder no Tue
=, All the same" remarked D,,,.
knew knew all the talk of the town @N @W, Wn.
pITiTsISts pIi IN sticking to what ba,s snG1,
a.nR aiohR. warner says-said tbis 81,
boz b'oon, aiter the inquest was oycr@tha,
and tuhoaseoiutely certain of what he saw
,hn. Wnite cum and black coat slenWa n ~ h'
om oma, ne saw the sun CLEAN for a scooud Uu,
cn,d 'e 'inks 1 IN the cuff. as II thev wara
that % sir uihamonds ian. ,. Pretty stff evidenc.
wos ~ q, tne state Of mind In which yar,or
lis hs AT mat moment" replisd R,rat,,
ne wouldn't be very we'll aSio .ahsford
veInlteiy vsni on what he really did 90 90. aecIns
prnE would retain confuseI in,, as
ba oWaDiy nna ne saw the dead mans banS
linom was wearing a black coat and ,nSi,o
one." 'e' was most sensible
thai more was said after that M,
seif vreIning a,oI Ransford was almost bin'I
camshs @ dhsain. But not quite himself Mar.. aa'n.
lent abstrnctiiToUmk tiiTUking very grave. in evi-
tnah ana, once she heard him SIGH b.a,,,,r, m,mr'
tu,o Ie l sald no more OF the mattar my
smU anUoy Gays later, when at breakfast" !"
John Jh'Ieed Rss ms Intention of atten,,ne me
'ake place that morning ""''" was 10
h, I've ordered the brouebar 10.
to- %u; ana I've arranged viii ~. ~.
cal, thSnoison tha, to attend to anv ,,rgent
noonwso ZINES 10 tsin In between that and
cam can telephone to him. 4 few few 81 Ga,,. you
eois 10 attend this poor man ,ue Us are
stra, would be too bad to ,i,ous ronerai
r espeetaIIv 10 20 to his grave UNATTENDED
SO somebody representins sent rate tbs There The Be
ttnapter toa and three or four oG%h nri,otni ana
ioo,ns iw,nsshen' so he'll not be ouite I,pa' nps
IooIed Iieu And.-here he hesitated S and
whom he was ss'1 teilips ihleiryoasiy US at Mary, to
ing ms departed for sehooi-there's ,'a Iitts haE
ia.ter wish you'd attend toN,o,,.m 't,e
~ II peter st than should The os man sasno ~ 40
ratehno taye peen frlendless; here, at any
IN IN spite of the pubiicityNsne do0,t ,0r,"ard.
eha hnk II would be rather-considerst
em.-to put wreath, or n cross aS. nr
iittetn'nE iUst IN OF that sort on his crave
'''S var 90 SIn,o%-you I,n know"
"aTN NY what do you wish me n do"
you'd go to Gardales. the fIorjsts
sno smo ,order--something fitting So,,
ward-latepr' ep''ea ia ia ,hbansford, sn and after.
,M,s6srts Churchyard-he's to he " bnr.
WyonrsssS lea ,nereItake it-if, you don't mind
that tGift'!a'ddly, it's dGm,a answered Mary. "Ill see
She would do anything that seemed
S SOU 10 Ransford-but all the same she
wondered at this somewhat unusmaI
S"fT put y or ante interest IN total stranger. She
Suu u down at last to Ransford's un-
rate mad impressed him. And that aftar
noon the sexton at st. Wigbert's pointed
out tne new grave to Miss Bewerv and
Mr. Sackville Bonham one CARVING n |
i,I,ea imreath ana The other large bunch Of |
,lIles. Sackville CHANGING to encounter
mary at the florists. whittier he had re-.
patsa ,ant 10 execute a commission for his |
inother. had heard her business and baS
5een SO struck by the notion-or bv a |
aeslre to ingratiate himself with Miss
byMymsr Bought fIowsrs bIesa,h ne had immediately
TO her account--and insisted on accom-. |
panying Mary to the churchyard
bTyce heard OF this tribute TO John
sradem next day-from Mrs Foiliot |
nackVille Bonham's mother. a large lady
VINO dominated certain circles OF Wrv.
chester society in several senses Mrs
Folliot was one of those women who
nave been gifted by nature with ca
paclty-she was conspicuous in MANY
ways Her voice was masculine she |
STOOD nearly feet In her stoutly soIed
shoes; her breadth corresponded n her
height; her eyes were piercing, her nose
Roman there was not a curate in Wry
chester who was not under her thumb,
ana if the dean himself saw her coming,
ne turned hastily into the nearest shop,
sweating with fear lest she should fol-
low him Endued with riches and forti-
fled by assurance. Mrs. Folliot was the
presiding spirit In many movements OF
charity and benevolence there were
people In WINCHESTER who were unknd
enough to say--behind her back-that
she was as meddesome as she was most
undoubtedly autocratic but, as one OF
her stanchest clerical defenders once
pointed out, these grumblers were what
might be contemptuously dismissed as