Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-29

A Spicy story of How a Fair but Fool
ish DamseI Leaves Home and Friends.

4taata Constitution. OCT. Is.
Early Yesterday morning Detective
Jones. who is well known along the Air
Line road as the swamp fox OF Georgia,
received a telegram from GreenVille. ;.
C.. which induced him to drop all other
engagements and to concentrate his time
and talent upon the request contained in
the message. The telegram was brief,
but in its brevity there was an abundance
OF grief. 1t read:
sGREENvILLE, 5. C., Oct. IL ctectjCe
HiR. Jones, Atlantic, Ga: My daughter
Mamie ran away from home day before
Yesterday. l have reason to believe she
is with Sells circus. Will give 500 for
her detention. She is 10 years of age, .
feet, weighs about 100 pounds, plump tig-
ure. light hair and blue eyes; has long
scar on the back of her right hand.
sc. w. HORNE"
Immediately after reading the telegram
the detective decided to find the girl If she
was in the city. He gave the cars close
inspection as they were emptied OF their
living freight. and IN doing so observed a
girl, answering somewhat TO the descrip-
tiOn contained in the telegram. she DIS
embarked with a man. She was rather
closely yelled. but her hair, which hung
in a long plat down her back, was enough
to induce the detective to shadow them.
As they went towards the show grounds
the detective followed them, and il was
not long before he noticed that the girl
was not ''well up in the ways OF the
world" At the show grounds De-
tectiye Jones saw them enter a
tent, and after waiting quite awhile
for further developments, and catching
on" to nothing new. he decided to 90 In and
face the girl with the telegram. Just as
he had cleared his throat for the third
time preparatory to going in the couple
who were so indelibly photographed in
his mind came out and approached car
riage. After short consultation with
the driver the man put the girl into the
hack, and after the hack had been driven
off he re-entered the tent. 1t was the girl
and not the man the detective wanted, so
calling a street hack he sprang into it
and kept the carriage containing the girl
in sight until she got out at a hotel on
Decatur street. The detective alighted
in front of the hotel, and after pacing the
sidewalk a few seconds took out his note
| book and tearing therefrom a leaf wrote
upon it:
Mamie, your father is after you. Get
into the carriage and come TO the
grounds"
Having completed the note, the detec-
tive studied some time about a signature,
but not knowing the mans name he de-
cided to try the message as it was. En-
tering the hotel he stated to the landlady
that he had note for the lady who had
Just come in. The landlady showed the
detective TO the parlor, and in few
seconds the girl came in. Detective Jones
took off his hat, and saying that he was a
hack driver, handed her the note, telling
her the gentleman out at the show ground
said be quick. Tine girl took the note,
and as she read it, turned slightly pale.
The detective watched her closely as she
read, and smiled when he observed how
accurately she had been described. As
soon as she read the note the girl re-
marked: '|Pll be ready in a second" But
as she turned her back on Mr.. Jones, he
said:
mamie Horne, l want you"
The girl gave herself completely away
! by wheeling suddenly around. The de-
| tective then showed her the telegram, and
as the girl read it she burst into tears.
| The detective then took her in charge and
wired her father of her detention. Yester-
| day evening he received telegram ask
| ing him to bring her to Greenyille, and
| this morning the detective sent her home
| in charge of one of his aids. The girl was
a bright, pretty creature, but declared
| that she would run away again.