The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-18

g y Il
ready reached the dock III New York,
and was lying imotionless. It was
early, however, and l resolved to keep
quiet for half an hour and enjoy my
thoughts, which were sweeteaeds by |
visions Of the last evenings expert
:ences. was in the height of my en-
joyment when my statcroom I & COM
panion, whose presence /. had again !
quite lost sight Of, emerged from his
berth, and proceeded to dress himself.
Although, as l have intimated, could
not help regarding the boy in the light
of nuisance, still, so long IS he was
with me, felt there was link between
her and myself. The lad made his
toilet carefully, which proved him. to y
have been we'll >nurtured, and it
was not till he was ready to leave the
room that he looked towards my berth.
Then he turned, and, perceiving was
awake, he said 'Good-morning, sir! l
hope have not disturbed you 'What
makes you turn out SO early!' Iasked.,
4 have been awake so long, got tired
he said. 4 thought | would 80 on deck.
We shall see you, suppose, by .and-by,
| sir 2 he added, 1nodcstly, as he went
out and closed the door gently behind
him. l could not take no rest after
that. ] tried, but could not. For had
not the only certain security that l
should see my charming friend again
vanished through the cabin door? Sup
pose she had also been wakeful, had
also risen early, and was becoming i'm.
patient to leave? Would she wait for
me? After all, why should she wait, if
she was quite ready to depart? Was
it not evidence Of my Indifference that
was not up betimcs, to bring Willie
back to her, as she had so prettily OK.
pressed it? People were already dres.
sing and leaving the boat. | could
hear them. Isprang lmpatiently from
my berth and put my hand under my
pillow for my watch. that might
know the exact time. My watch was
net under my pillow. l thought pcssi.
bly, it had slipped into the bed. No.
Then looked to see if it had not fallen
through the floor. 1t had not. Oh!
had LETT it in my pocket. I inspected my
vest. found no watch, but discov'
cred that few dollars which were
there were gone. Ncrvously l sought
my coat, where carried pockctbook
which OH this occasion contained. be-
sides papers Of Importance, about $500
in money, and pair Of solitaire dia
mond earrings which l was bringing tt
my sister, and which had cost me $500
more. There was no pocketbook o,
the premises.
Il now became thoroughly aroused
No wonder, you will say. examined
the blinds which I had carefully SC
cured the night before. They wer
precisely as I left them. I recollectc,
distinctly locking as we'll as boiling tn
door. In fact always do it
Suddenly the horrible thought se:ze'
me. Was lam I--could it b.
possible? made up my mind with tn
, sagacity Of all old traveller (sagaciou
, after the EVENT. that it was entircl,
possible; in short, that there was NJ
doubt about it. ] dressed rapidly
,, pushed into the saloon, and proceeded
to stateroom As. One of the steward
was already turning it upside down
where is the lady who occupied thi
room 2 l asked Of the stewardess VIII
stood by. 'The lady, sir, left the boa
;, as soon as it got in, more than an hou
! ago. And the boy?' 4 don't kno,
anything about any boy, sir! 4 dar
say not; was my reply.
Il went back, took my valise, Dor
: rowed five cents of the first gentlcma
encountered (for the little scamp di
not leave me penny, and rode up t
my hotel. That is ALL
: ''Bu: really now, do you feel quit
sure it was the boy who robbed you {?
, "Do l feel quite sure? Bah -
1 Richard Kimball in Frank I.eslic's II
a Illustrated Newspaper.