The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-03-05


all meanP h
II would give my bottom dollar
to be able to answer the questiond
"Let us try and pump the seere
out of Mr.. BraGzleman-I dare say
he knows all about il"
"Ihage beer trying to get hin
to tell me who the lady is, but he
positively refuses to DO iC--in fact,
| do not believe he or the captaln
I either knows who she is" 4
"LooE yonder, will you, that
mysterious woman has been watch
/ ing Us all the time. She is going
TO that boy to find out what We
have been saying to him. ! declare
this Is really provoking; aud | au
nol:wiillng to submit TO it any
Longer"
Gan you suggest any plan tc
! get rid Of the nonSense!"
"Buppose We complain to Cap
tain QuitmanG"
u should not like to do that, af-
ter making promise TO the lad to
keep his secret"
"How would it do to cross exam.
inc Napoleon on the subjeci"
Chat would he the most impru-
dent step we could take, for it ap-
I pears that the black domino has
got him spotted I think We ought
to say nothing to any one about
wAPt VS. know, until something
more is deysioped.'
"See yGnder; she is leading that
boy TO her state room. MIac1lefis
brewing, aud d elimination will be
reached soon."
Wei, let matters jog along, and
let Us 20 down and dance set ]
hear the musiC."
u have no objeclion---in fact /
am glad you proposed it, as J think
the dance will take my mind of Of
this unpleasant subject. / have Of
ten heard Of people suffering with
curiosity, bat never Til now did
know how one could be SO much eX.
cited"
Ivanhoe then led Scottia down tc
the saloon, aud soon was gliding
round in a lively waltz with her tail
cheek resting on his shoulder
George was looking supremeIy
happy, as he waltSed with the
queen Of Sheba. A dozen othel
couples we're enjoying themselves
while keeping lime to the splen-
did music.
"Come, " said lvanhoe, AS soon as
TIE waltz was ended, "let US &c
back on deck, as | have thought o.
something else to tell you"
II 0ope you are not going to harp
on the same striug@'
That is exactly what | am gong
to dc; but have something new to
tell you. Just q moment before
We began to wai.z, George told me
that the whole secret was d.
yulged."
what secret2'
"Tha mystery about the black
domino"
"WelI, what does it amount to?'
"She is 4 confidence woman--a
female piok,pockot an expert
thlei, 0ud that lad is her pal"
"N4w DO Eot believe 8 word o.
thst story, tor she has been weep
jug frequently, Confidence wo
men do not shed tesrs-plck pock,
cts do not act like that woman"
" shall venture no opinion, so
FAR as | AIN concerned; but | mean
10 wait and see what is to oe the
result George says that she has
stolen a large SUM Of money, from
Napoleon; and that the boy helped
her duit."
'iftnatis true, why do they moi
arrest ber at onceP''
"Ihey have not cot sufficient
proof to justify that course yet
though they think they will be
able to do it very soon"
"If 1 1--we hundred years, | ney
er will wear another mask, or asso-
ciate with others who do. | an
very sure that we would have en-
Ijoyed our excursion much better
if we had not appeared in mask
4 agree with you there-these
masquersdes are only suited K
furnish opportunities for thieves
to ply their srades."
GAS soon as lngomar finishes hii
story, land | hope he will not stol
moment until he is through Will
it, )we will put an end to this non
sense"
III will 70 and request the queen
ID reasselnble her party at once, 81