Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19

,.0,TTi16t, TGy6It 1850. bv The Puoho Ledoer Co.
',,1oW was the thing discoveredT'
III asked Spargo, anxious to get at
factss. This way," replied Mr.. Quarter
!" "Thc Market Milcastcr Bank is
nase. ,,;iv almost entirely the property
.an olJ families in the town, the
sIvs tnI and the Hostables. Owing
Gu'ths' ,ha death Of his father, young
70 t9,ahlc .n fresh from college, came into
h,.iness. lie was shrewd, keen
tpe fellow: he got some suspicion,
ySow younsS about Maitland, and he in
koa,edIV koind nm the other partners cohsent- :
,s.'tt 70 n special investigation. and Oh
ms making it suddenly. And Matt
,heIl' was caught before he had a
ls.u lsancc. But we're talking about Cham
berlayne. cA.,,or,,yno ,, ovrooa
sp@alWssli, now. Maitland was arrested
ann evening" continued MIR. Quarter
oas Quo "Of course, the news of his
past passst rop through the town like Wild
c.. e. Everybody was astonished he
r ".s n, that timc-aye, and had been
t tor ycars--a cburchwarden at the
", .1"rish church. and ] don't think there
lIonId have been more surprise IL we'd
sOsI sOsI that the vicar had been arrested
tor bigamy. In little town like this,
news is all over the place IN few
minutes OF course, Chamberiayne
would hear that news like everybody
slsp But il was remembered, and often
remarked upon afterward, that from
Tho moment of Mnitland's s arrest no
body in Market Mi.caster ever had
sneech with Chamberlayne again. After
biS wife's death he'd taken to spending
an hour or so of an evening across
here at the Dragon, whore you saw
me- and my friends last pight, but on
hat night he didn't go to the Dragon.
ind next morning he caught the 3
o'clock train to London. lie happened
N remark to the stationmaster as he
got into the train that he expected
10 be back late that night, and that
he should have tiring day of 1t. But
Cbamberlayne didn't come back that
night. Mr.. Spargo.
''He didn't come back to Market Mil
caster for four days. and when be did
come back it was in coffin :"
was sudden :
Every sudden" agreed Mr. Quarter
mage. Eyes. sir. he came back in his
coffin. did Chamberlayne. On the very
evening on which he'd spoken of being
back. there came telegram here to
saw that he'd died very suddenly at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel. That telegram
came to his brother in law. Corkin-
dale. the saddler-you'll find him down
the street, opposite the Town Hall. 1t
was sent to Corkindale by a nephew of
Chamberlayne's another Chamberlayne.
Stephen, who lived in London. and was
understood to be on the Stock Exchange
there. | saw that telegram. Mr.. Spar
70, and it was long one. 1t said that
Chamberlayne had had a sudden seizure,
and though doctor had been got to
him he'd L. ii shortly afterward. .NOw.
as Chamber.ayne had his nephew and
friends in London, his brother in law,
Tom Corkindale. didn't feel that there
was any necessity for him to go up to
town, so he just sent off a wire to
Stephen Chamberlayne asking if there
was aught he could do. And next
morning came another wire from Ste
phen saying that no inquest would be
necessary as the doctor had been pres
ent and able to certify the cause of
death and would Corkindale make all
arrangements for the funeral two days
later. You see. Chamberlayne had
bought vault in our cemetery when he
buried his wife. so naturally they wished
to bury him in it, with her."
Spargo nodded. He was beginning to
imagine all sorts of things and theories !;
be was taking everything in.
We'll" continued Mr.. Quarterpage,
"on the second day after that they
brought Chamberlayne's body down.
Three of 'em came with it-Stephen
Chamberlayne, the doctor who'd been
called in and Il solicitor. Everything
was done according to proper form and
usage. AS Chamberlayne had been well
known in the town q good nuInur- OIL
townsfolk met the body at the station
and followed it to the cemetery. OF
course, many of us who had been clients
Of Chamberlayne's were anxious to
know how he had come to such sudden
end. According to Stepnen Chamber
layne's account. our Chamberlayne had
wired to him and to his solicitor to meet
him at the Cosmopolitan to do some
business. They were awaiting him
there when he arrived and they had
lunch together. After that they got to
their business in private room. To-
ward the end of the afternoon Chamber
Jayne was taken suddenly i'll. and though
,.hey got doctor to to him at once
ne died before evening. The doctor
said he'd diseased heart. Anyhow,
ne was able to certify the cause of his
death. so there was no inquest and they
buried him, as I have told you.'
Inc old gentleman paused and, taking
sip at his sherry, smiled at some