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... The Mystery of Lady Verriker.
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BY VIOLET M. FLÎNN
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[CONTINUED PROM LA8T WEEK]
CHATER Y.
The dislike which I had taken to Signor
Sergali when I had first seen him did not
lessen as I saw more of him. The house
had been gloomy and myeterious before
he came; it was twenty times more so
after his arrival. Everything was altered
to suit his convenience, gnd lie seemed
to rule as master, while Lady Verriker
and Anne waited upon him hand and
foot. Yet I could plainly see that the
former was doing so with very great
reluctance; she seemed to shrink from
being in the same room with him, and
once or twice when I had gone away she
had followed me as if she dared not be
alone with him. His manner to her was
rude and imperious. There were times
when I could not conceal my indignation.
"He is worse than Anne !" I declared
hotly. We were at luncheon and the old
wretch was muttering to himself, and
evidently finding fault with the cutlet
which he was turning over on his plate.
"I think it is a pity that you've not got
a brother or some one w ho would come
and kick the pair of them out !"
"Oh, hush, Ethel !" her ladyship ex
claimed, and glanced nervously round
if she expected to find Anne at her
back. "You don't understand."
"I understand enough to know that
your health is giving way," I replied re
belliously. I added me ntallv, "And your
mind, too !"
When luncheon was over I went up
to my own room. Uady Yerriker's be
havior was absolutely incomprehensible
to me. Her husband was dead, and she
was free to live where she pleased, yet
she remained in the house, where every
stone recalled her unhappy past. She
was, moreover, apparently under the
dominion of au ignorant woman servant
and a third-rate foreigner. What could
it mean but that there was some mystery
or secret in her life which put her in
their power? But what could that be?
She was, no doubt, a foolish "and a weak
woman, but I could not believe that she
was guilty of positive wrong-doing.
I puzzled and puzzled until I grew
quite dized and bewildered. I was sitting
inthe window seat and tke warm sunshine
poured down upon me, and before long
I felt myself growing drowsy. I must
have gone to sleep, for presently I was
startled by the sound of voices. The
sounds seem to float in upon the still
air, but I was utterly unable to discover
from which direction they proceeded. I
could distinguish Lady Yerriker's voice.
It sounded sharp and piteous.
"I cannot do it ! I dare not !" I heard
her say, and it did not occur to me that
I was evesdropping. "Have you no pity,
no compassion? I believe you want to
drive me mad !"
"That would not answer my purpose
at all," a soft low voice answered, and I
was unable to decide whether it was a
man's or a woman's. "I tell you that
I must have more. How can I get out
this accursed place without it ? Colne
don't be a fool ! I know that you've got
it. Anne told me !"
"I dare not !" Lady Verriker answered
and broke into bitter weeping. "Oh, I
shall be dead soon ! I cannot hear this
life longer! I shrink every time that
innocent clear-eyed girl looks at me ! I
am terrified ! She will see that I am all
a lie—a lie !"
"Oh, spare me heroics ! I am sick of
them. I say, Anne, she thinks that she's
got a conscience," and a laugh floated on
the still air. It was a man's laugh, but I
heard Anne answer—
as
"Fancy my Lady Verriker with a con
science !"
I sprang to my feet ; the sound of that
cool, scornful, taunting laugh and Lady
Verriker's bitter weeping made me hot
with indignation. What brutes they
must be to have Iieard that piteous appeal
without yielding ! But to whom did the
soft voice belong ? My first idea had
been that it was the Signor w ho had been
speaking, but I speedily dismissed that
notion. The Signor's voice was thick
and raucous, and witli a curious break in
it that would have betrayed him any
where ; but the voice to which I had just
been listening was soft and smooth and
must belong to a much younger man than
the Signor. And then the memory of
the man whom I had seen at my window
three nights before flashed through my
mind.
For the first time I saw a clear and
definite reason for Lady Yerriker's
screams and her strange reluctance to
make any search. Probably the intruder
had gone on to her window, and she hud
screamed in the first alarm of seeing him,
and then afterwards she and Anne had
hidden him in one of the deserted rooms.
I remembered now how anxiouB they
had been to hurry me-away, and how
long a time had elapsed before I had
heard Anne returning to her own quarters.
But what could be the stranger's hold
upon her ? And what part did Signor
Sergali play ? I was so worried and per
plexed that my head ached.
After tea, Lady Verriker said she would
lie down until dinner-time. Siie refused
a
a
my offers of company with her plaintive
smile. So I went out into the garden for
a stroll through the park. I felt more
unhappy and disturbed than I cared to
confess even to myself.
It was a lovely evening. The place
was flooded with Binisliino that glorified
even the desolatS-looking Court. I wan
dered hither and thither amongst, the
glades and dells, filling my arms with
ferns and flowers, and thinking very dole
fully that I could not desert Lady Yerri- j
ker at present. She seemed to get some '
comfort out of my presence, and it was
impossible for me to leave lier when]
I believed her to he surroupded by those
who wished her ill. a
"It's almost enough to make one swear
one will never do a charitable action !
8 8 a ' n ? w
I had unknowingly spoken aloud, and
to my intense astonishment and not a
little to my fear, I heard some one laugh
as though amused by uiy words. It
a quiet low laugh, and was unpleasantly
reminiscent of the one which I had Iieard
in the afternoon. 1 turned round sud
denly and stared intently into the bushes
from which the sound had pioceeded.
Bat there was no one to be seen, nor did
I hear any one move, although when
I began to walk towards the edge of the
wood, with an assumption of composure
as
was
did
fe.
I was far from feeling, I fancied I beard
twigs breaking under feet going in the
opposite direction.
When I was once more in the gardens
and standing beside the boathouse I sur
veyed the wood which I had just left
with redoubled intentness. But it pre
sented its usual deserted appearance ; the
stranger or intruder, whoever lie might
be, had no intention of revealing himself.
I was still standing irresolute when 1
saw the Signor coming along the terrace,
evidently from the further gardens. I
was in the shadow of the boathouse and,
I fancied, quite out of his sight. So 1
was not a little surprised when his shuffl
ing steps drew near and he stood beside
me. He was breathing heavily, and he
leaned more than usual upon his stick
while liis old lined face looked darkei
and grimmer than ever. He shot one ol
his quick suspicious glances at me and
looked inquiringly around. He sighed
heavily as he seated himself on the stone
bench and looked wearily across the lake.
I remained where I was for a minute
or two, and then turned to go. Apart
from my dislike to Signor Sergali it was
uncomfortable to be in the presence of
a man to whom you could not say a word.
But, to my utter astonishment, the Signor
put out bis hand detainingly.
" Mademoiselle, parlez-voun Francair f" he
asked, and I was so surprised timt I an
swered in the same language. A look of
intense relief came over bis face, bis whole
attitude relaxed, and lie seemed to be
come ten years younger at once.
"That Heaven for that !" he said,
speaking with remarkable purity and
fluency. "I was afraid that I should
bear the usual English, 'In peu, mon
rieur P " He mimicked the mincing
tones with a humorous look that made
me laugh in spite of myself. "But youi
almost indignant 'Main out'!' relieved inj
mind. If I had had to exist in this
tongue-tied solitude much longer I should
have made a hole in that water ! How
conies it that you speak French so well?"
"I have been educated in Paris, and
I have always had French nurses and
maids," I answered.
He nodded his head.
"Your father is a wise man ! I am
now reaping the benefit of his fore
thought. Her ladyship speaks Italian
only, and that with no great ease. Con
versation with her is as difficult a task
as rolling a stone up hill."
"I should not imagine that Lady Verri
ker has any great reason to be fond of
Italy or Italian," I ventured.
He glanced at me and broke into a
cackling laugh.
"Because her husband—her dear Sir
Jasper—left lier',;u Italian waters and she
became the inconsolable widow that she
now is, you mean ? Ma foi, there are
many times when I think that she would
rather have Sir Jasper alive than Sir
Jasper dead ! You are a new friend of
tiers. You never saw her when her
husband was alive."
"No—but I have heard a good deal
about Sir Jasper, and not much to his
credit."
not
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yet
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"Ah, you never knew the estimable
Verriker !
I did. I am here as liis
friend and not as Lady Yerriker's.
afiaid that her ladyship would give me a
scant welcome if she could, but as it
■" And lie shrugged his shoulders.
"Jasper Verriker was not altogether a
bad sort. I am sorry that yon are preju
diced against him, for he would have
been a sincere admirer of you, I have
no doubt ! But imagine living for twenty
years with ray lady ! Was it not enough
to drive any man to extremes? Come
now, confess ! Have there not been times
I am
is
in
of
when you, who have known tier so short
a tin>e, could have shaken her?"—and
his eyes twinkled maliciously:
"But Lady Verriker was not alway
as she is now," I answered, biting my
lip in my annoyance. "She was a bright
happy girl before she was married. It
was her marriage to a man who only
wanted her money that changed her to
what she is ! I did not know Sir Jasper
Verriker, and you did, you say, but 1
know quite enough about Lady Verriker
to know that she is a most unhappy
woman, and for my part I am exceedingly
sorry that she has no one to fight her
battles for her."
The Signor laughed shortly.
"She has a most valiant champion in
you ! I suppose it is to Sir Adam Gordon
that you owe all your information?"
I was utterly taken back.
"Why, what can you know about Sir
Adam?" I exclaimed.
He laughed again.
"There is very little about anyone thaï
I don't know, mademoiselle I 1 have
doubt that I could make those pretty
e\ es open very widely if I liked to divulge
a few secrets, even about the iinuiacultae
Adam ! But the time is not yet, so you
must possess your soul in patience !"
"I don't want to know any of your
horrid secrets]" I exclaimed,
a detestable house ! The very air makes
one suspicious and horrid !"
"Indeed? And pray what secrets do
you think that you jiave discovered ?"
The raucous grating voice recalled
at once to mv common sense. I had
been on the point of speaking about the
midnight.intruder.
"I don't suppose that it is a secret that
a lady drowned herself just at this spot
some years ago, and—and there aie othei
things !" I ended rather lamelv.
no
"This is
The Signor was silent for a minute, then
lie remarked abruptly—
me
"And the other things are the most
j important, it goes without saiing.
' never mind ! I shall hear them all
day.
Bm
some
There, mademoiselle, let us cease
wraeglmg! Talk to me of Fiance—ol
auditing that will make me forget for
a moment the miseries of this place, the
dreariness of this dull England !"— and
! his gaze turned once more to the
w hich
water
was now growing gray in the
twilight.
"1 wonder that you stay in it if you
dislike it so much," I retorted, and rose
as I spoke, adding, "The dinner bell lias
just rung, so I am going in."
"Very well, mademoiselle!
follow.
I will
But 1 will give jou my answer
another time !"
I did »ot know what he meant,
did I stop to inquire. I hurried on be
fore him and met Lady. Verriker at the
hall door, She had a letter in her hand,
she began, and then
nor
"Oh, Etliel
stopped short. "Has anything happened
dear?'' she asked anxiously. "You—
you look so flushed !"
"Do I? I suppose it is because I have
been sitting ill the sun, and I ha\e been
talking to the amiable Signor."
""Talking to'the Signor?" she echoed,
and there was a note of terror in her
voice. She caught my arm impulsively
with her thin hand,
ing to do with him ! He is a bad man !"
she whispered, but she turned
the Signor shuffled over the threshold.
Dinner was a very uncomfortable meal.
The Signor talked incessantly to me and
ignored Lady Verriker completely. Now
ami again he made some remark to her
in Italian, which it was evident, from his
exceedingly disagreeable.
"Ethel, have noth
awav as
manner, was
She watched ns nervously, and reminded
me of nothing so much as of an animal
which is caught helplessly in a trap. I
tried to draw her into the conversation,
and explained to her what the Signor
was saying, but the Italian seemed to
delight in frustrating my efforts. Now
and again lie even succeeded in making
me forget my hostess, fo' he threw aside
much ot his brusque manner and proved
a very brilliant and witty conversation
alist.
During the meal I remembered that
Lady Verriker had had something to
tell me when I had met her before din
ner, and I reminded her of It in English.
She colored and glanced nervously at the
Signor.
"It—it was a telegram from Mr. Hull,
nir—Sir Reginald lias met with a slight
accident, and ij not able to leave New
York yet."
•'But you look quite pleased about it,"
I said. "Are you not sorry that you will
have to stay here longer than you ex
pected to? You are only staying until
he comes—aren't you ?"
"I—I don't know !"—and she Jooked
down.
I glanced involuntarily across the table.
As I met the Signor's gaze, he dropped
his eyes at once. I continued to crumble
my bread unconcernedly but my throat
was dry and my heart was beating fur
iously. For I nad seen that the Signor
had understood what Lady Verriker and
I had said. He understood English !
All that evening I sang and played as
usual and talked to the Signor in French
without in the least conveying that I
knew his ignorance of English to be
assumed'. He was certainly wonderfully
clever and a perfect actor, for he never
once betrayed himself although I laid
one or two traps for him. If it had not
been for that one glance, I should nevei
have imagined him to have been any
thing but what he had pretended to be.
We retired very early, and I was the
first to go to my room. When I reached
it, I remembered that I had left a brace
let on the piano, and I turned to go down
stairs to get it. I had reached the head
of the staircase when I saw Lady Verri
ker and the Signor standing and talking
in the hail. I could not hear what they
were saying ; but she was evidently ex
postulating with him. She clasped her
hands and looked at him piteously ; but
he turned away impatiently. She tried
to detain him. He uttered an oath and
pushed her violently from him—nay, he
must have struck her, for she feil heavily
against the wall. But he walked away
without even looking round ; and she,
sobbing bitterly, rose to her feet and
came wearily up the stairs.
I turned and fled noiselessly back to
my room ; but then and there I formed
a resolution about which my mind had
been wavering all day.
I
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CHAPTER VI*
I slept very little that night. I was
starting up continually and imagining
that I heard Lady Verriker call or some
one move in the corridor. About four
o'olock I gave up all idea of further rest
and got up, for I felt that I should know
no peace until I had put into force the
resolution which I had formed on the
previous evening.
When I had dressed I drew back one
of the curtains and seated myself by the
window with my writing-block on iny
knee. It was a delightfully fresh bright
morning. Tliesun wasshiningbrilliantly
on the lake, and many birds were flying
to and fro across the gardens. I opened
the casement gently and leaned forward
upon the sill to inhale the fresh sweet
air that poured into the room. As I did
so I iieard the sound of footsteps upon
the gravel path which was directly be
neath my window, and I drew back
instantly.
I heard Anne's voice, with a note of
anxiety in it, ask—
"Is it safe for you to be out ? Has she
gone ?"
And the soft low voice which I had
heard once before replied—
"Yes—with much weeping and tribu
lation. Remember that she is laid up
with a nervous headache, and keep the
girl out of lier room. She won't be back
until evening. What a pretty girl it is,
Anne ! I only wish that circumstances
were such that I could become acquainted
with her."
"You leave the girl alone—the stuck
up little minx that she is, giving herself
the airs of a duchess !"—and even at that
moment I almost laughed, for Anne's
tone was unmistakably jealous. "Î wish
you'd come in—some one might
'*0h, there's no fear of that ! No
knows that I am here,
couldn't you introduce me to Miss Foth
ergill as your nephew ? It would help to
relieve the monotony, and I don't alto
gether fancy remaining in lier - Oh,
there's no fear !" he continued, evidently
in answer to a warning from Anne.
Iias^kept her window fastened and the
curtains drawn
see von.
one
I sav, Anne,
"Sue
ever since my attempted
entrance the other night. I never was so
surprised in my life as when I saw her
start up. I gave her ladyship
too !''—with a laugh which set
a start
my nerves
tingling, for it was one that I had heard
in the wood.
"Her yells were far from
complimentary—eh ?"
She s a fool !" Anne answered vindic
tively. "If only-"
"Now, Anne, I can't have extreme
measures! ' the smooth voice interrupted.
"It would be exceedingly foolish to kill
the goose that lays the golden
until her ladyship can be cajoled or per
suaded or forced into signing the will, she
must occupy lier position. Afterwards
well, afterwards I don't much care what
becomes of the dear soul!"_and
laughed again.
"Do you think that she will sign it?"
Anne retorted. "If you wait until she
does, you'll wait a long time ! It would be
much better for you to go off as soon as
possible and leave her ladyship to me.
You eaid you'd go as soon as she'd got the
money for yon. You'll have over three
It
Take
eggs; and,
he
thousand to-night, and you ought to go at
once. I don't believe you're safe here or
!"
anywhere in England."
was an inaudible murmur, and
rose again in reply—
"I believe it's because of that chit you
are staying! You're perilling your life for
the8ake of a girl who doesn't care one rap
for you! Women have alwavs been your
curse !"
There
Anne's voice
"True true ! But it is a shame to tease
y° u you've been an awfully good
ture ! I believe that you are after all the
only one who ever cared a rap for me.
If I asked you, I think you'd come with
me wherever fear of the cursed Cesaris
drove
as
créa
me; and, if ever they suspect,
they'll pursue me to the end!" He
stopped short, and his voice took another.
"Anne, do you see anything moving in
the wood? See—just behind that
I
copper
beech l it must lie my fancy ! It is impos
sible, that any one could suspect—and
least of all that Paolo Cesaris should !
Yet—oh,hah ! My nerves have gone to
pieces ! It is the result.' of hiding in a
Tyrolean village for six months. No one
can imagine that-"
"Lad—lad, walls have ears !" Anne in
terrupted.
I heard his feet scrape on the stones and
silence followed.
What did it all mean? What had I
learned? Alas, nothing!—save that
peril menaced Lady Verriker, and that I
had already suspected.
But the strange incident gave an im
petus to the feeling which had prompted
ine to write to Nigel Buchanan, in whom
I knew I could confide. I took my writ
ing-block on uiy knees again; but I found
it very difficult to write such a letter, and
the breakfast-bell had rung before I had
folded it and directed the envelope to the
only address of his which I knew. I
asked him to come down and see me, but
directed him to wait for me at one of the
lodges—the one where I had met Mr. 01
lett—at a certain hour in the after
some
I
noon.
"He will think that I have suddenly
gone mad," I reflected as I locked my
case and slipped the letter into my
pocket; "but I can explain when I see
him, and I am really afraid to say much
in a letter, even if I could. And now for
Anne and my ignorance of Lady Ver
riker's absence. I wonder where she can
have gone?"
I surprised myself by my powers of die
simulation when Anne explained that
her ladyship sent her love and that she
had a very had night and would rest
awhile.
"I'm so sorry !" I said calmly.
Give
her my love, please, and tell her that 1
will come to see her after breakfast."
"I think that it would be better not,
miss. She has taken one of the sleeping
draughts which your father ordered, and
it's best not to disturb her."
"Very well. Perhaps she will see me
later ;" and then Anne went away as the
Signor shuffled into the room.
Oh, what a long weary day that was !
What a dreary part I had to play ! My
nerves w ere strung to the highest tension,
and at times I could hardly keep myself
from screaming or in some wav betraying
the nervous excitement which possessed
me. I was almost glad of the Italian's
company, for when he was talking to me
I forgot occasionally the deadly terror
which made me shiver at each un
expected sound. But even whilst I
laughed over his somewhat scandalous
yet highly amusing narrations and won
dered at his knowledge of men and man
ners, a sudden recollection would come to
me of the little scene which I had wit
nessed in the hall on the previous night,
and would draw away sick w ith disgust at
my own forgetfulness.
I had hoped to find an opportunity of
posting my letter early in the morning,
but I was not able to escape and make my
way down to the cluster of cottages
whi3h represented the nearest post town
until after luncheon. It was a delightful
afternoon, and I did not hurry back. It
was a relief to be away, if only a few
minutes, from the atmosphere of intrigue
and mystery which, enveloped the
Court.
But I was destined for another strange
incident that day, for as I turned into the
lane which led from the high road to
Verriker Court I collided with a gentle
man whom I was astounded to recognize
as Mr. Ollett. He looked equally aston
ished to see me, and seemed a little dis
composed. But he raised his hat and
smiled genially.
"Do not regard me as one who extend
professional unveracity to private life,
Miss Fothergill !" he exclaimed. "I am
so glad to see you ! I was meditating upon
yon. The truth is"—and he fell into step
by my side and lowered his voice—"I had
a serious lost whilst I was cycling in this
neighborhood—a valuable pocket-book
which was filled with professional secrets.
I am convinced that it was in this neigh
borhood that I dropped it. I suppose
that you have not seen anything of it?"
"I have not, hut I will keep a look-out
for it," I said.
He walked along with me for some
distance, talking of various mutual ac
quaintance. He mentioned incidentally
that he had seen Nigel Buchanan at the
New Rovers' Club a few days before.
"And are yon making a long stay here,
Miss Fothergill ?" he asked as we drew
near Jto the gates. "Lady Verriker will
miss von much. Is she quite well? I
thought that I saw her at Market Copley
Junction early this morning, evidently
waiting for tile London train. But of
course I was mistaken ! He glanced as
me curiously, and I felt the hot blood
flame in my face.
"She—she is away on business, I be
lieve," I faltered.
"Then yon are quite alone in that
dreary house?" he continued with evi
dent sympathy.
"Oh, no," I answered thoughtlessly—
"tlie-Sipnnr is there—Signor Sprgaii 1 He
is a friend of Lady Verriker's."
My words had a most astonishing effect
upon Mr. Ollett. He stared at me in
credulously, tincomprehendingly, as if he
was unable to believe Iris own ears His
face changed front a fresh healthy hue to
a curious livid pallor.
"Sergali !" lie muttered. "Sergali at
the Court? It is impossible! Can he
have succeeded where I have failed?"—
and without another word he turned on
liis heel and left me.
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Don't sit down and mope or grumble ; if
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Men may pity, but they'd leave you
sitting there.
When the world has been unkind, when
life's troubles cloud your mind,
Don't sit down and frown and sigh and
moan and mope ! *
Take a walk along the square, fill your
lungs with God's fresh air—
Then go' whistling back to work and
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WILMINGTON,
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$ 600 , 000.00
CAPITAL, - -
SURPLUS and
Undivided Profits,
Authorized By Law
To act as Executor, Administrator,
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Depositors share in the profitsarising
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Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
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with the Company, whether in large
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OFFICERS :
Benjamin Niet.ds, Prerident,
James B. Clarkson, Vice-Prerident,
John S. Rossei.l, Sec'yand Truri Officer,
L. Scott Townsend, Treasurer.
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The State oe Delaware.
To the Sheriff of New Castle County,
Greeting:—
Whereas, Mary C. Connell, by
her Petition to the Judges of onr
Superior Court, filed in the office
of the Prothonotarv of said Court
in and for New Castle
County,
[Seal]for the cause of complaint tlierin
alleged, has made application to
onr said Judges that a decree
may be pronounced dissolving
the marriage existing between
. the Petitioner and Michael F.
Connell.
We, therefore, command you, as you
were heretofore commanded, that you
summon Michael F. Connell, that lie be
and appear before the Judges of our said
Court at the next term thereof to be held
at Wilmington,on Monday, the Twenty
thirdof May next, to answer the allegations
of the said petitioner, Mary C. Connell,
according to the Act of Assembly in such
ease made and provided, and also to do
and receive what the Court shall then and
there consider concerning him in this be
half as to the Court shall seem meet ami
consistent with the provisions of the said
Act of Assembly.
And have you then there this writ.
Witness the Honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at Wilmington, the Sixth day of Feb
ruary A. D. nineteen hundred and five.
FR ANK L. SPEAKMAN,
Issued Feb. 13th, 1905.
Prothonotary.
EGISTER'S ORDER.
R
REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE,
New Castle County, Del., Feb. 1, 1905
Upon the application of John A. David.
Administrator of Benjamin F. David late of
Blackbird Hundred.in said ctfunty.deceased,
It is ordered and directed by the Register
of Wills that the Administrator aforesaid give
notice of granting of Letters of Administration
upon I lie estate of deceased, with the date of
granting thereof, by causing advertisements
tobe posted within forty days from the date
of such 1 etters in six of the most public place?
of the Countv of New Castle, requiring all per
sons having demands against the estate to pre
sent the same or abide by an act of
Assembly in sush case made and rovided ;
and also cause the same to be inserted within
the same period in The Middletown Tran
script, a newspaper published in Middletown,
Del., and to be continued therein two months.
of
—'—, Given under the hand and seal of
j seal [office of the Register of Wills ufore
sa d. at Wilmington, in New Castle
Co nlv aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
FRED E. BACH, Register of Wills.
Notick—N otice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration weie ill Cue form of law
g ranted unto the undersigned on the First
ay of February A. Ü. 1905, and that all per
sons having claims against the estate of the
deceased must presen' the same, duly attested
to the said Administrator; on or before the
First day of February J906,or abide the Act
of Assembly in such case made and provided.
JOHN ; A. DAVID,
Administrator,,
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R .R.
DELAWARE DIVISION
On and after Nov. 28th 1904, revised trains will leave as follows.
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"v" Connections to and from Ballimoreand
Washington made via Porter.
I Dally, i Dally except Sunday.
*'d" Stops to dlscharg passengers.
"e" Stops on signal to receive pessengers for
Maryland Division via Porterorfor Wilming
ton and beyond.
'T' Stops only on notice to cc iductor or ager t
or on signal.
"h" s tops to let off passengers from points
north of Wilmington and from points on
Maryland Division via Porter.
"j" Stops to take on passengers for Cape
Charles and beyond.
"p" Stops tç leave passengers from Mid* le
town and pointa south.
"r" Stops to leave passengers from New
York Division.
BRANCH ROADS.
Delaware, Maryland* Virginia r. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations 10.38 a m 5.&' p m week days. Return
Ing train leaves Franklin City 6.U0 a. m. and
11.57 p, m. week davs.
Leave Franklin City for Chlr.coteague (via
steamer) 1.S6 and 8.45 p m., week days Return
ing leave Chtncoteague 10.46 a. m., and 5.30 p.
m., week-days.
Leave Harrington for Oeorgetow
10.88 a. m., 5.30 p. m., week days Returning,
leave Lewes 6.45 a m and 1,36 p m week-days
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth 10 88 a m
and 5*50 p m. Returning, leave Rehoboth 1.14
p.m.and t 24 p m week-day*,
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n andLewes
3 HI, 4 38 and 6 24 p in week-days. Returning,
leave Delaware City 7 55, Mzn.und 10 28 am,
and 3 *5 and 3 56 p ill week days.
Leave Massey for (lliestertown and way sta
tions 9.59 a. in. and 5.IO p. rn. week-days
Returning, leave Cbestertown 7.0t a. m. and
2.32 p. m, week-days.
Queer Anns A Kent R R —Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations » Ï9 a. n> , and
4.43 p m., week days Reluming, leave Centre
ville 7.41 a. m.. and 2 30 p. m., week-days.
Delaw au A Chesapeake R. R — I^ave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations 3.43;a. in., and
4 58 p. m., week days Returning, leave Oxford
6.43 a. m., and 1 47 p. m., week-days
Cambridge A Seasord R. K.—Leave Seaford
forCambridge and Intermediate stations 11.17 s.
m. and 6 24
Cambridge
Correction.— At 1'orter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's ft Kent Railroad. At Massey,
for stations on Baltimore ft Delaware Bay
Railroad. At Clayton.with Delaware ft Chesa
peake Railroad. At Hai rington, with Delaware,
Maryland ft Virginia Railroad. At deaford. with
Cambridge ft seaford Railroad. At Delmar
with New York. Philadelphia * Norfolk.
p.m. week-days. Returning.leave
7.00a.m. and 2.32 p. m. week-days
W. W. ATTF.RBÜRY, General Manage
J. B. WOOD,
GKO. W. BOYI'.Gen. Famtggei Agent.
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