Show lJ i I t SOU T Tf A f FAIRY m mRm t tRo Hoff Ro a London Drayman Was W lS Con COil liv II I a I Stranger St tanger That Flint i Oooo Awaited A Him DECEPTION COMPLETE MYSTERY Lured to a n Seaport Town to Find nn self sIF s lr and ani Penniless Had to Home Ic III Ills III r hl orr I ND DO Feb Id I Is IA doubtful If It Ll I any nn man of or humble elation ii ever jd 1 HI Id 1 10 lo form expectation tion to 14 cut ell oft off from his hili old od hf on cn n the strength of ot them and tim NoN then hack back Into worse than his hlA under tInder more pitiful I and aM m cIrcumstances than titan Is Wood who SIU a Si 1 tow few months ago at nn nil ti ordinary Lonion drayman Lat this thlu man left Itt London In 11 tiia tha when ho Ito trod troll tho Ito rv nf of tho the again ho Ito br j the 1111 th of 01 the tho 1 of ot Jihn JIin Tumor tho the 1 t 1 i Ill i h cm flit American It soil Is la III lo II bin uk not nol to be 1 de tie inn INI I until the ho higher courts decide Ih t of ot h hla Is ts a n sub nub et ct for Cor or social expulsion hero or not hot n mount of ot a n fortune In Australia Yesterday lie he ht faint with hunger ragged and am shiver lug Ing tn having trudged every step of or tho ho way front from Plymouth the thc port from rom h he lie watt wn to have hae embarked fur for Australia Au Now Nul the police are nic nl looking for tha th Ih man who Is supposed to havo hn dec clec this hIs t pimple workman whose IY appeal to tu some fome of the lie folk III In the Iho United who groin 1 to nibble at lit tho thu baits In I n the Iho hoa a of o estates In chancery the lie lieI like I I he continually t I n Ua lI dangled Moro them by Ity h wily wll next of or kin klit agents on ott this side of oC the th water POI For 30 Wood Wool who iho H I 1 middle lie aged gl a and a ut a bachelor had ha ii driven n It big lilS belonging to tu the Ih owners of ot ono Olie of 01 Hit III best hes known In Ion lOll bit He was vas within six months of ot it the thu ngo n ui lit which the cs of jf o hH hl I firm II rut ate ii te entitled ii t I t let to pensions and he lie 1 was looking forward to to i e ment In III the th three modest little rooms near the tIll brewery which he lie railed home wr HIS One afternoon August na Ol n Wood climbed down dOlln from root rom hits his truck In lit the tiit brewery yard ho Iw lt wits was by h a n well lell dressed stranger who asked him If II ho Ito were ore not Francl Wood When hen the lie teamster that he lie was wa all the tho ho Introduced ll himself as n a solid tot tor Just arrived from rom Australia Au In search of oC the Ito to an nn elderly client whose c estate was las as worth 1 After tIer questioning Wood WoolI a little tho the requested him to call nt ut the tha o U tiER HER SONS TITLE INVOLVED a ff If k YA t N If 1 1 i 1 11 1 t I S Si I I SI i C I I f I if if 7 i if 4 PrIns hi of oC Bourbon youngest daughter ht r of oC Don Corlos tho Iho Rp n lilt th was married to Frederick a 11 of ot the head heart of ot tho the hOUf in ls Ni 1ST 7 much It Is IR nItI against her tier will 1111 The rite prince now 1101 claims that hit the h hIt chIli child In 19 not his own and tho the litigation planned 11 Involves Its rIght Ight to the titles anti and rank raith of oC tho tItO tutu fain Ily llY IN i OV H I ANARCHIST TURNER TUINER I I I k 1 i I i J LL I o 0 Hotel one alto of 01 tho lie bos lins ho In London for Cor a I moro more extended conference coil Wood tilt did so 51 o aitt the tho two soon Boon were ere collided In the thi room Then Ihen tho the solicitor opened a it I rase of oC documents und tutu began to question the drayman As s 8 Wood told of or hit bin grandparents his parents and am what he ho know knew of ot several other relatives lie tha stranger referred to 10 It his hlA papers front from time line to time and when he lie had heard hard all al I Wood lint hUll to toll tell said sahl Yes es youre the tho man latin I J have hoo been heln looking for COI ni tho ho only on living hivIng relative of or my ins lit client nn ar n I old lady IIII no youve ouIe never neer hour heard of o her who lives up tilt country In Iii Inthe the th anti who has sent mo 1111 to London to bring you buick back with mo inn The rim estate of or your relative tl Is IH worth anywhere front from rom to c 2 She Sho going lo to t 0 lye live I long lOll Ion i and andI it itch I 1 congratulate you 01 upon the lie fortune tort you NOth will wll corns Into when lien she Fhe dieB dIer Wood had two tS or three thirst subsequent In lii Interviews with his new ne acquaintance who claimed he lie completing nr III ic to 10 sail Sill for or In lIt the he OUI I of their the thc tor or advanced Wood m 35 3 telling hint him ho Ito might further as oR he hc needed money up iii to tu to Hii III I in also nl o bind Ind h 11 the team tell III Bier eter for tor a n I 11 toll 1013 The lIce bewildered Minister with his bis head liia d full tull I of or opulent ion t ii ti now to aban ohan abandoned clotted Ids his Job Jolt and nut wrt wi j It of ot course his coming cent I ni pension lii and nih for tor this t Ii Is con cnn conduct duct without having given notice Ins as promptly su d by Icy h his hla Ii I a late o employers and amid in cuti to ii pay IcilY a It 1 stint mini in III I a the lie I 1111 ny of or o IS However nil all this Ibis Ihl IM IMa a n l inWood to 10 Won ho could cool 1 so pr It nothing hi lug but I in t the ito th t alluring II u rIng picture hId II ro roI I U C I b It hI hili it Iii now friend rl Meanwhile I le let tin tho t cr c r duhm ci Id en s man told oil I nil oh I his hili hI s friends I t this Ihl I hi I wood to it U lie null and most t of ut UK IlIr I hr London ll n devoted space to the tho thi Ihn At Jt nl the Wood to tn I tho hoI to 10 tell hInt him he lie hail had engaged aHn for or both bolh on tin the Mull oIt I tailing Aug W 2 After A tIC V to It a 11 th latter inner 0 ho lie tilt did not ri r rind ld d In lit i a U ito the Ito ml frI to i told old him lii iii It I t sv Iu only lInh itt I y nn on a it I 0 IT U for tor his hla It Is pan liaR nag nA money the lawyer II old hint him to go goto goto 0 to tn 11 tithe lulio lodging bilging 1011 nt ot a U r H s cc wn I t until U 0 II ho lie en in This Wood WooI did thu trusting his bis new Ill friend so 80 hat I li ii tilt did not even Ct 11 Insist on having Ms hits nume When lie soIlIng sailing lIhlA tiny day do only ed oil without c I unit t the th t lit solicitor sul Id or putting 11 I t lug In I ii an 1111 a It 0 00 1 consulted the t he ship linos Ho lie learned hint lila his on name was 11 as not ant on nn tho Ito passenger ll list t ami an enquiry I nt at the lInes linos London felled to discover dl any trace of or the tho missing solicitor Ho Ito the tho stood on the th Plymouth pier pi or until tutu tho the slowly dropped below the horizon then thell went vent on back to his bis rooms looms to wall alt all Y ALL aOI Ton Ten lays days the tho lIttle money Wood lint In lit his pockets when hs li h ed ti In lit Plymouth Ii and a us as tho Ito solicitor t or lint not arrived the drayman without a I cent In hut bin pO e loll started on toot foot tot for tor London tithes miles away Thirty yeats s on tho the scat seat of o a it I truck had Ito rendered the tho ito man HO tie unused to walking long IonA before tho the night his III feet lect were vere beginning to blister and tutu overy ocr bone honl In his body bod to noh nt ot once Night NIhl night he slept in sheds thatched huts or under roadside hedges Week rek after week eek ho lie tramped over oer roads often heavy wIth mud made by ii h the lie rains rolus which naked the thc ho teamster almost every III tiny day Ila Sometimes a n com coin compassionate passionate farmer gave gase Ile him lulin foot food tutu n II L nights lodging bilgIng In return for or n a few haunt bourn extra xUa k but bu often Wood with Willi turned away ns as any nil other rugged ragged tramp would be hI i When hen he IlL II was unable to 10 work worl or 01 hog beg he he lie sought nought tho the charity of ot tho the villages ls doug his wa way anti and lund had It not lint been en for or these parish probably Wood would hun 1111 vo ye U starved At t last In t he Iw gut got ot In hi night sight of o the Iho doino on Ott Ht and toward tile the choo O of lit the gloomy afternoon turned Into thin tho II III I district III of ot the tile Koven Dials Castle e street Woods former hoim Is out of o thin thC of oC the th neighborhoods at lit any 1111 time and mini at itt atthe the 1111 end 1111 nf lit a it I gloomy misty t winter day clay looks look more forlorn than ever eor illS limn HOMi A few r steps brought ond to thin cottage Ott ii gi UK as II hi i titus mil It I t In I n which be ito bud hut lived so FO o long hong tInt The little Utile building NoNN U u empty auth deserted ertell tho the wheels of oC pass paSA lug InH vehicles had thrown showers of mud tutu the tbt narrow sidewalk to be grUnt the tile windows and nul thu tho whole plainly of ot neglect and nun squalor Wood left ert e ft London ho Ito hall had sold tink the lot few ow ew sticks of o furniture ho Ito pos piU and limit although nil no ito one ono occupied oCI uple his luI former home tho the landlord hall hail lock hock locked hockl ed Ill l It up anti and the Ito teamster knew be lie hit no alternative except to appeal to In the he heI oral local I a or 01 the Ito t night nl n ht t III In Inthe the tho etl While debiting debating which ho lie should do du Wood slouched back to tu t lie cornet corner nearest the brewery h rw 1 A moment alter after Wood reached tho the comer orner n U l little of I men inert canto through th thu brewery gates rate taking hikIng tilt dif different ferent directions direction ns us Ih reached tho the street lint otis of ot cant cam straight toward Wool Wood antI ami In stilt srI of o the thu ho dray dm titans mans hanged recognized M J him at ut once otice A few low questions there on 1 the corner cortier brought out the thc tramps I story and nut within he Ore minutes Wool Wood was Willi warming himself before b tore his neigh neighbors I bens bors Ire while his hl friends wife vio prepared ed Ill touch tOOl I and amid a loom mine comfortable than the hitch had known fur for weeks s Owing to the time which had hUll elapsed Wood last la t saw II II lit Australian solicItor the police have IHIe little hope of lit finding the Ihl latter lint hut wily why lh this hoax helix hOxIt If It It lis a n hoax played Is a question No 0 one beside Wood Vod seems to have suffered 1 by bv IJ the swindle and no lie ono title appears to 0 have ha I gained so po at ent It looks as If It the he of It the Ito I 1 rime crime whose e anil anti 1 several days tuliP time In duping a II man manfrom front from rom whom tie he tenI would Id han hau to bi bu ci i M lii d 1 to tin I hi IH I K I t of nt mysterious In lit v Ii t ut flU YUld i iU has bias failed I |