Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-19


absorbed in watching her and LISTENING
to her musical voice. His niece had
fairly bewitched him. and it only
dawned upon the old gentlemen that he
had lapsed into a stupefied silence when
the young lady, in her turn, suddenly
left off talking. Then he awoke to the
fact that his niece was showing symp-
toms of embarrassment, and that a
bright flush of color was mounting to
her cheek. At first Mr.. Farduhar was
afraid he had omitted to reply to some
remark which needed answer. He soon
perceived, however. that his niece's
eyes were turned anxiously toward an
other part Of the room, and, following
the direction of her startled gaze. he be-
held tall, military-looking gentleman,
elderly. but still handsome, with an
iron-gray moustache. who was Just tax
ing his seat near them. Mr.. Farluhar
experienced wild, unreasoning pang
of jealousy, but observing that the
stranger seated himself unconcernedly
at a table. with his back to them, his
su,picions were allayed. o.. t-.
."What is the matter, my dear?" he
inquired. turning to his niece.
Nothing" she replied, with start;
cat least. nothing serious" she added,
becoming very pale, and casting a
frightened glance at her uncle. al feel
a little faint, that is all. Perhaps you
will excuse me for moment.n
With these hurried words the young
lady rose. and vanished from the room
before her uncle could interfere. The
Old gentleman was quite startled by her
abrupt departure, and after ten minutes
interval he sent up TO inquire what was
the matter with her. A chambermaid
brought down word that his niece had
Headache, and proposed to lie down
for an hour. Relieved by this report
Mr.. Farquhar finished his breakfast and
strolled into the court yard 10 smoke.
After lounging about for nearly two
hours MIR. Farquhar sent again to in
quire after his niece. This time came a
message requesting him not to wait in
for her. as she did not feel well enough
to accompany him. Mr.. Farquhar,
therefore. started off rather disconsolate-
ly for his mornings walk alone.
When he returned it was past mid
day. and not finding hrs niece in any of
the salons he ventured to go up TO her
room. Having knocked two or three
times at the door without eliciting any
response he cautiously turned the ham
die 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 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
himself into state of nervous excite
ment, and when it began TO grow dark
and Miss Amy did not appear he re-
solved 10 communicate with the police.
Before doing so. however, it occurred
10 him to ascertain the name of the gen
tleman who had sat near to them at
breakfast. remembering that his niece
had appeared startled at seeing him.
Upon being furnished with mis- descrip-
ton, the concierge identified the indi-
vidual in question as Colonel Ingram,
adding. suddenly:
but, wait! Theyoung lady Monsieur
is seeking went away with that gentle
maA. l remember that NJ. lie Colonel
had a young lady with him."
''Whatn exclaimed Mr.. Far1uhar.
agbast.
"They started off in the hotel omni-
bus about midday, with baggage"
added the concierge.
Good Heayensr' exclaimed good
Mr. Farquhar. wiping his brow; what
an awful thing! That poor child
must have eloped with some-some adj
venturer"
Having found a clue to his niece's
disappearance, he had no difficulty in
obtaining further information, which
convinced him that his suspicious were
correct A porter had brought down
the young lady's luggage by the gentle
man 8 orders and had placed it on the
omnibus. The English Colonel APP
peared to be az mieUI with the young
demoiselle, and they had driven off to-
gether Mr.. Farquhar 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 hesitated 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 and Mortified at her conduct,
he was ready to make excuses for her
and believed she had been decoyed
away. His first impulse was to tele-
graph 10 arrest his niece's companion;
but with the object of avoiding a
scandal, 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 impa-
thence during the long and weary jour
ney, and arrived at his destination in a
state of furious indignation. Not know
ing where Colonel Ingram was staying,
he started off to make inquiries at all
the principal hotels. He first drove to
the Hotel National without result; but
at the Hotel Monopole his enterprise
was rewarded. He learned that Colonel
Ingram and Miss Amy had arrived
there early that morning, and in n few
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