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It was closed, but there was neither shade nor curtain to obstruct the view. "Do you see anything?" he inquired of Mr. Grey, who sat with his eye at the small window in the buggy top. "Nothing." "No movement in the room above? No shadow at the window?" "Nothing." "Well, it's confounded strange!" And he went back, still calling Wellgood.
While we both started and turned to see from whom this grievous sound had sprung, a man came stumbling toward us with his hands before his eyes and this name wild on his lips: "Grizel! Grizel!" Mrs. Fairbrother's name! and the man Was he Wellgood? Sears? Who? A lover of the woman certainly; that was borne in on us by the passion of his cry: "Grizel! Grizel!" But how here? and why such fury in Mr.
He had taken the reference off the file, but only to give it to Wellgood himself, who had offered him money for it. When asked how much money, the boy admitted that the sum was ten dollars, an extraordinary amount from a poor man for so simple a service, if the man merely wished to secure his reference for future use; so extraordinary that Mr.
But his thoughts did not rest. He realized that he was about to witness an interview whose importance he easily recognized. How much of it would he hear? What would be the upshot and what was his full duty in the case? He knew that this man Wellgood was wanted by the New York police, but he was possessed with no authority to arrest him, even if he had the power.
Grey personally something to do, for he would trust no second party with a message involving the honor of a possibly innocent man. As the place was accessible by railroad and his duty clear, he took the journey involved and succeeded in getting a glimpse in the manner we know of the man James Wellgood.
Mr. Grey seemed startled. "It's darker than I thought," said he. "But call the man and if I can not see him plainly, I'll shout to the horse to stand, which you will take as a signal to bring this Wellgood nearer. But do not be surprised if I ride off before he reaches the buggy. I'll come back again and take you up farther down the road."
Miss Van Arsdale, perhaps you can do the same. The number was Eighty-sixth Street." " !" I repeated, quite aghast. "Why, Mr. Fairbrother himself! The husband of " "Exactly so, and Hiram Sears, whose name you may have heard mentioned at the inquest, though for a very good reason he was not there in person, is his steward and general factotum." "Oh! and it was he who recommended Wellgood?" "Yes."
He had already communicated with the captain of the launch, who may or may not have known his passenger's real name. He says that he supposed him to be some agent of Mr. Fairbrother's; that among the first orders he received from that gentleman was one to the effect that he was to follow the instructions of one Wellgood as if they came from himself; that he had done so, and not till he had Mr.
But in the distractions following the untoward events of the evening, he had neglected to do so, feeling perfectly satisfied with the man's work and general behavior. Now it was a different thing. The man had left him summarily, and he felt impelled to hunt up the person who had recommended him and see whether this was the first time that Wellgood had repaid good treatment with bad.
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