Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-06-10
The Presidents Bride.
MISS FOLSOM $. ATLANTIC VOYAGE.
STORY WRITTEN BY HER on suIPBoAF

STORY WRITTEN BY HER on sHIPBoARp
Miss Folsom's departure for New York
by the \oordlsnd was duly announced in
the Antwerp papers. One of them declared
that not a day passed that she did not re-
ceise some token sent from Washington By
the President Of the United States. and that
flowers plueked By his own hand came TO
her often during her stay abroad There
was naturally much curiosity manifested
among the passengers to see her when she
came on board the Noordland. She had
been staying for week prior TO sailing al
the residence # the American consul. Mr..
John II. Stewart, and care was taken that
no announoeT..rt of her intention TO sail by
Red Star boat got into the cable des-
patches to this country. To help carry out
this plan the names Of the party were not
put upon the printed list Of passengers.
State-ro0ms were engaged by a representa-
tive of the consul. aud the name OF the oc-
cupan, was Jeff blank. The consul and his
wife and Mrs. Van Der Book accompanied
the party on the steamer as far as Flushing,
at The mouth Of the SeheIdt, and lett the
Noordand amid a great blowing Of Whistles
and waving Of haudkrrchie's.
Soon after the boat got 10 sea Miss Fol
som went 10 her room and renamed there
the greater part Of the time FOR several
davs |, waS raw and chill, weather, and
life on deck even With the comfort of steam
er chairs and heavy wraps, was not agree
able. Besides the Presidents betrothed Is
not the bc., sailor IN the world, and She
suffered a good deal from sea sickness.
though she vas never completely prostrated.
and when deep water was reached and the
choppy channel seas were letl behind sne
appeared on deck daily. fresh faced and
good humored.
She impressed her fellow passengers as
being not onl, handsome Young lady. dlg
nlhed aud graceful OF carriage. but also as
be,ng the possessor OF 4 very amlab!e dis
position. with pleasing freedom from al
i-ctation and manneyi.ms OF course every
body understood that she vas to marry he
President Of the United States, and she Was
consequently the object of constant euuos-
ny. But she bore her par, with great COM
po.ure, and entered with interest INTO all the
l,lle devices which we're invented for the
purpose Of killing time. She was, as a mat
t't "' 'aAt' t'Htia' EANpite NU b'Alu DC
fore the voyage was half over, and With no
body more than with the servants who at
tended her
Among the tlme-kl.,ng devices il was
suggested that each one q the cabin passen-
ger, should write little story o. } srt
of verses Or something whlch should be
read for the editicat,on II ail Ial, IDEA
was received With enthusiasm. and i was
farther decided that Capt John Goldman
"hp was passenger, should be the editor
81 NE manuscripts ana thh' the coi'cettd
stories should be preserved IN the form q
pamphlet "hieh should oe eai'ea lhr NoT'h
Ati'n'c spray name suggested oS the
foush weather 'he NooTdlAnd had passed
'hrpush, lhe passengers aiI -et to "oFk,
and IN yer! short time 'ap'. oodman had
lie read aloud N the cabin 'e'sfa' numbers
Oh 'ne spray ohe evening IN me eao'h ne
produced iouF pages oil too!seap' closely
"flt'en on hoih sides, ana announced story
called Little Mol from the pen OF Mis-,
ol'om' tap'ain 'odman proposes 10 send
Npe"fn'sn COPIES OF ms number "i Tie
spray to Miss Poison and 'r" other pas
sengers as me'nentoes' but he viii not con
hde Miss fos'oms story 10 the newspapers.
Nothing bul the reeoiirciions OF passengers
who heard The story rehd are accessible, and
though they all remember the plot OF the
story, they, OF course, can give no idea OF
The literary form. lh's was the story IN
skeleton;
one ni The reporters on big morning.
newspaper, number OF years ago, vas
or'sh' jouns 'eilo" named BARLEY not
BARLEY Hubbard "Eose branch OF ~oTk
lay IN the criminal courts he work
ol ihe detectives, the ieFreting opt Of crime
ihe arrest Of criminals and their punishment,
was told day after day by his ready pen. tie
gre" familiar with the records oi the men
whose deed. are now a part Of the criminal
history OF New York. pa, after da! ne
sa" unrolled before him stores Of crime as
BLACK and toul as any ever wrliten. lie re-
tanned through il all his purity Of character
aud his frank, generous disposition.
Frequently al night, IN his hurried jour
ne,s 10 and from the newspaper Office, ne
had seen poor little newsgiri fitting
about. \ little bundle Of papers was al
ways under her arm, and never seemed to
grow less despite her pialntive pieadings to
the passers by. In rain and snow as we'll as
when the weather vas clear and warm the
little figure could be seen.
The reporter, his head teemlng with the
particulars of horrible crime, was rushing
into his Office one bitterly cold night when
he saw her, standing half frozen, near the
door. Moved to pity, he stopped and spoke
TO her. With tears in her eyes she told him
OF brutal father who drove her out to get
money for him, either BY begsing. stealing,
or selling papers-he did not care which.
The poor little creature said she couldn't
beg or steal, and when nobody would buy
her papers she was afraid to 20 home, for
her father always beat her when she bad no
money for him.
The young reporter gave her all the
money he could spare. and bade her when
ever she failed to sell her papers to come to
him and he would help her. Nearly every
night thereafter he found her waiting for
him. He became accustomed to seeing her,
and whenever she failed to meet him he
would chide her for what he called her neg
lect. He frequently talked with her, and
learned that she was known as Little Moll,
and that she was about as ignorant
creature as ever lived.
The young reporters work had made en-
emies for him among the criminal classes
One night he found Little Moll in great
state Of fear. Her father, she said had
threatened TO kill him because be had fer
reted out a robbery and had had two of her
fathers cronies sen, to prison. The re-
norter lauphed away her fears. but in order