Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-06


paid very little attention to what his
niece was saying, being absorbed in
watching her and listening to her musi-
cal voice. His niece had fairly be-
witched him, and it only dawned upon
the old gentleman that be had lapsed
into stupefied silence when the young
lady, in her turn, suddenly left off talk
ing. Then he awoke to the fact that his
niece was showing symptoms of embar-
rassment, and that bright flush of color
was mounting to her cheek. At first
Mr.. Farquhar was afraid he had omitted
to reply to some remark which needed
answer. He soon perceived, however,
that his niece's eyes were turned anx-
iously toward another part of the room,
and, following the direction of her
startled gaze, he beheld a tall, military
looking gentleman, elderly, but still
handsome, with an iron-gray mustache,
who was just taking his seat near them.
Mr.. Farquhar experienced wild, un-
reasoning pang of jealousy, but observ-
ing that the stranger seated himself I'M
concernedly at table with his back to
them, his suspicious were allayed.
"What Is the matter, my DEAR" he
inquired, turning to his niece.
Nothing" she replied with q start;
'at least nothing serious" she added,
becoming very pale, and casting fright
ened glance at her uncle. 81 feel a lit
tie faint that is all. Perhaps you will
excuse me for moment.
With these words the young lady rose,
and vanished from the room before her
uncle could interfere. The old gentle
man was quite startled by her abrupt
departure, and after ten minutes inter-
val he sent up to inquire what was the
matter with her. A chambermaid
brought down word that his niece had a
headache, and proposed to lie down for
an hour. Relieved by this report Mr.
Farquhar finished his breakfast and
strolIed into the courtyard to smoke,
After lounging about for nearly two
hours Mr.. Farquhar sent again to in
quire after his niece This time came q
message requesting him not to wait in
for her, as she did not feel we'll enough
to accompany him. Mr.. Farquhar,
therefore started off rather disconsolate-
ly for his mornings walk alone.
When he returned 1t was past midday,
and not finding his niece IN any of the
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Having knocked two or three times at
the door without eliciting any response
he cautiously turned the handle and
found the apartment deserted.
This was rather an unpleasant sur
prise, and Mr.. Farquhar began to feel
vaguely uneasy. He made inquiries of
the servants, but none of them could
give any tidings of Miss Amy. AS it
was evident she was not in the hotel,
Mr. Farquhar sailed forth with the idea
that she might have gone out for q walk
during his absence. He spent the rest
of the day in wandering aimlessly about
the streets, returning at short intervals
to the hotel to inquire if his niece had
come back. By degrees he worked him
self into state of nervous excitement,
and when it began to grow dark and
Miss Amy did not appear he resolved to
communicate with the police. Before
doing so, however, it occurred to him to
ascertain the name of the gentleman
who had sat near to them at breakfast,
remembering that his niece had APP
peared startled at seeing him. Upon
being furnished with his description, the
concierge identified the individual 10
question as a Col. Ingram, adding, sud
denly:
But wait! The young lady Mon
sieur is seeking went away with that
gentleman. [ remember that NJ. lie
Colonel had a young lady with him."
What" exclaimed Mr.. Farquhar,
aghast.
"They started off in the hotel omni-
bus about midday, with baggage" adj
ded the concierge.
GOOD i" exclaimed good Mr..
Farquhar; wiping his brow; q what an
awful thing! That poor child must have
eloped with some-some adventurer. !"
Having found clue to his niece's disap-
pearance, he had no difficulty in obtain
ing further information, which con-
WINGED him that his suspicious were true.
A porter had brought down the young
lady's luggage by the gentleman's or
ders and had placed it on the omnibus,
The English colonel appeared to be au
nadeur with the young demoiselle, and
they had driven off together. Mr.. Far
quhar subsequently ascertained that
they had gone to the railway station,
where their luggage had been labeled for
Geneva.
Mr.. Farquhar was an energetic old
gentleman, and, in spite OF the shock to
his feelings, he did not hesitate to fol-
low the fugitives. He felt in duty bound
to do all in his power to rescue his niece
and, though he was naturally grieved
ard horrifed at her conduct, he was
ready to make excuses for her and be-
ieve she had been decoyed away. His
first impulse was to telegraph to the
police to arrest his niece's companion;
but with the object of avoiding ascandaI
and from an Unborn spirit of caution, he
abandoned this idea, as he hoped to
reach Geneva in the course of the next
day, within few hours after Miss Amy
and her abductor.
He could hardly control his i'm
patience during the long aud weary
journey, and arrived at his destination
in state Of furious indignation. Not
knowing where Colonel Ingram was
staying, he started off to make inquiries
at all the principal hotels. He FIST
drove to the Hotel n ational without re-