The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-12

or even what their hearts demand now
hopping for her; she had then got her
sister into front chamber, and when n
carriage drove up to the door, at halEpas
IL A. NJ, she had rushed out and locked
the chamber door, ran down and had n
man come up and get her trunk, which
was packed, had put on her hat and mans
tilla, and as her sister (who had crawled
= through a window into closet adjoining
the chamber, and thence made her way
} down stairs) appeared at the front door
the girl had exclaimed as she entered the
carriage, which Immediately drove away.
Good-bye, sister! I'm off fer Cuba,'
word was at once sent down town TO
the father who Immediately rushed for
the Havanna steamer, but it had sailed
and now he was at Police Headquarters.
appealing to Mr.. Kennedy to recover his
'child'
'Your 'ct'11,' as you call her, seems 10
DC young lady of Nineteen said Mr..
h,ennedy, as the father KEEP, repeating
that term.
'l'ut she is a mere chill for all that
replied the father-'a mere chad-a hel5.
less cIfd.' ~.
'Humph!' said Mr., Kennedy, who
thought that a girl who could manage
such an escape as had just been de.
talled to him was anything but helpless
child In fact, he had already made up
hls mind that the girl had not gone TO
Cuba, but he kept his own counsel, and
sent the father away with the assurance
that every effort possible should be made
10 ma hiS daughter and restore her to her
home.
MIR. Kennedy at once detailed men to
work up the case, which, of course. they
knew Just how to handle. Going to the
livery stable nearest the girls residence
they began their inquiries there, and from
that point, circled out, and out, and out.
until they found the stable where she had
obtained the carriage, which was about
half mile distant from her fathers house
She had ordered the carriage five days in
advance, with strict injunctions that it
should arrive at the door precisely at half
past eleven, and not moment sooner or
later. That morning, she had been to
the stable again, to repeat her instructions.
and to request that n second man should
be sent with the carriage to bring down
hcr trunk without the least delay. Smart
girl.
The next thing was to examine the
driver. His story was short and simple.
lie had driven to the HAVANA steamer
and deposited his passenger and baggage
on the wharf, in the usual way, and there
he had lei, them. 1t had taken a day to
tinl ont 50 much, The next thing was
to ascertain what policeman had charge
-Nt tte steamer wharf on the day the
steamer sailed. This was done. The
policeman remembered that young lady
came there a short time before the steamer
sailed, and requested him to keep her
trunk in charge while she went on board
;hc vessel to see if her friends had arrived
with whom she was going to Havanna,
The policeman had put man in charge
Of the trunk and then assisted the young
lady to 90 on board When the signal
all ashore, was sounded, she came bacl;
and told him that her friends had eyi-
IDENTIFY got belated, as they had not ar,
rived, and therefore she would be obliged
if he would call a hack for her to return
home in. He called hack, she entered
it, her trunk was put on board and she
was driven away.
This showed that Mr. Kennedy's
-hrewlncss hld penetrated the young
lady's clever game at the start.
The next step was to iind the hackman
who had driven her away. This was
done in the course Of the next day, it
being the third day since the search was
commenced. The hackman remembered
all about his part in the matter. lie had
taken the young lady to the Girard House.
On inquiry at the Grard House, it was
found that young lady answering to the
description of the fugitive had taken q
room there on the day and hour specified
, Was ,hc still there She was She had
, not been out since her arrival. She had
: taken her meals in her room, and no one
: had called to see her. But now an i'm.
peratlvc call was made, and the lady was
> taken in a close carriage to Police Head,
: quarters.
= Mr.. Kennedy then heard her. She
said;
= My father Is hard, harsh man, my
t mother is an angel, and Hy sister is a shIetr.
t She and my father have always treated
t me as Il cdiH They would never treat
+ me as ~omaa, They insulted me in
G that way beyond endurance, and | burst
away from home. not knowing what |
- should 10 nor what would become of me,
r. nor did | care. Anything-even death
e itself--wa, better than the life led at
5 home
n Mr.. Kennedy questioned her about the
. Spaniards, She knew nothing about
=, them, She had not heard from any of
= them tor years; but she remembered how
= jealous of them her father and sister were,
and how her sister used to take her away
: from the boarding,honsep piano when they
t would gather around TO hear her sing,
an! that was what put it into her head
Is to pretend that she was going TO Cuba.
She knew they would believe she had
0 gone there, and 50 would be thrown COM
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