The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-06-04
THE MYSTERY OF MAVIS 90 RMAN

aOOuL IL WHlcn mas never DeeH CledTeN. p
to this Gay. MaVis German, young, beau
tiu, brilliant, favored of fortune, below
ed by her friends, with everything around
her and before Her to make life one eter-
nal June morning. disappeared one day
| from her home and husband and friends
and lett not trace behind to track
to her to her death, If death it was
or to her new, life, if she yet fingered IN,
this world. She went with her friends
to boating party on the lake, one morn
lug, as gay and as happy as a bird, the
incarnation OF all hope, JOY and bright
ness. She was never meriier, wittier or
lovtlier.ln her.lite than on that gold
bright morning 81 the lake, anu that
was the last time the eve of friend or hus-
banG ever rested Oh the face of Mavis
German, living or dead. f
They visited the Lily Islands, five miles
out from the mainland, and Mavis Cor
men and Charles O'Hara a friend SIZE had
kpown before her marriage, went across
the little bay to sleepy inlet, where the
lilies were much finer than the rest, and
Mavis had come back awith lilies IN her
brown hair, white lilies shining like a
crown in wreath around the hat she
Wore, and her arms full of water lilies
| She went home with them all in the
yacht, merry almost TO madness beautiful
as the gold. bright morning itself. Just
50 she & lded up the steps from
the boat-h0use first OF them all aud Jock
ed back laug hing. with the water lilies
still wreatheo about her head like
crown and shining on hei breast like
cluster of white stars And this, stand
| ing kere among the lilies, laughing back
at them from the top Of the boat-house
steps, was the last glimpse they ever had
OF Mavis SO she disappeared. 81
They s'Schedsthe country over for her.
the world over, one might say, for that
would be nearer it, all in vain. They en-
ployed detectives to look for her, and
Charles O'Hara, TIE yolng man who had
gone with her 10 The sleepy inlet in the
little bay that morning, swore he would
give up the rest Of his life searching for
her. They advertised for her, scattered
handbl!ls everywhere, asking news Of q
"beautlsul woman, 80 years old, tall. with
brown hair, inclined to curl, black eyes,
and slight mnle on the left side OF her
upper lip" Bat neither the haddbllls,
nor her husband, nor the detectives, nor
CharlesO Hara himself ever found herout.
At last they gave her up for dead She
must have gone out t. the edge of the
lake, alone, and slippe in and been un-
able to get out again, for the water was
deep, and the bank steep and slippery,
in some places But it was mystery
atili, for Mavi. German was a strong and
sklllfnl swimmer. aud would not have
! lost her life easily in the water. And a.
J mystery it remains to this day. Charles
0 Haia went back to the wild West again
after time. among the indians and bears
an d lonely mountains, wheie he had
passed ten years Of life previous to the
disappearance Of Mayis German. Two
or three years ago the husband marrieo
again. E
/ Twenty. years, ago-yes, it must have
been alrfios: twenty-five yesrs ago--a
pretty young girl. scarcely more than a
lchild,. sat at the low window Of i country
house. singing over her work, which was
some foolish bit Of silken netting, such
as girls learned, in, those times. She was.
singing us she hetttd the bright meshes
singing in sweet, girlish voice, and in
exceedingly spirited, enthusiastic tones:
''And a thslfolk came running out to see the
Il 9& ~ Cheyaier-- 4&hA&4NE ~ RF41K.&. 4 "A
II vvnsn Oh, Charleyis my darling i''eSeTe !.
4 Does that mean rue my pretty Mavis?'
H. Thersupon . young man, so young as to
| be boyishg looking, with his curly hair
ard b ear pink cheeks, poked J bis
head and shoulders in at the window
Mavis German never. answered. a9yord,
but bending her pretty head closer over
her netting, as if unconscious of the boys
presence, she suddenly changed the air
and words other old Scotch song for an.