The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-07


throat became dry, then rested and re-
peatcd the experience. In the course
OF the con 7ersation she had gathered
the names of my ancestors as far back
as the third and fourth generations IN
doubtedly, and had not been wanting
in respect full inquisitiveness concerning
her own home and family. l learned
from her modest and enchanting lips
that her home was in Middletown, and
thrt she was the daughter of an old
resident Of the place who had been
banker Having amassed a satisfactory
fortune, he had retired from active
business life, living with his family in
spacious old fashioned house on one OF
the principal streets of the village.
We ate together with the famiI iarity
of brother and sister the luncheon l had
procured during the five-minute stop at
Bath. The refined manners and unusu-
al knowledge of the country possessed
by the young lady impressed me. lhad
looked many times into her dark &and
lovely eyes, and if any one had told me
they were not honest ones l should have
laughed at his idiocy. We are all ply
siognomists, but there are people whom
we meet closely and forget to study or
criticise. A skilful physiognomist
would have been baffled in this case,
l think. If anything in her appear
anco had mystifed me, her ready con-
versation and frank manners dispelIed
unfavorablo thoughts. Sometimes she
had spoken with slight hesitation, but
seemingly it was for a choice of
words rather than of thoughts. A
young woman, with a tasto for the re-
| fined Whittier, who talked knowingly
of poetry and poets, and was familiar
with the events of the day - who
would have suspected that there were
two sides to her life2
A sheep that had its head fast in the
fence and bony horse laborlng with q
load of heavy stones were objects of her
pity as the train whirled by them, and
her heart went out toward the poor
people that were compelled to live In
the mud surrounded and uncomfortable
looking dwellings in the eastern suburbs
of Buffalo Her name she gave me on
delicate card-Ela Thorpe. OF course
l reciprocated and presented her both
nv name and address.
In the city after six-hour ride,
helped her to a street car, and at Mag
ara street regretfully left her to wall
to my office, promising to call on he
the next day if time would possibly al
low.
''Hollo, Sam," shouted my friend
Detective Langspine, next morning a
he came across the street to walk dow
town with me- Have you got you
watch with you yet2'
Il guess so Geeling for left yes
pocket. Why?'
well, you ran a rather big ris
yesterday with that pretty girl 1 sa
get off the train with you"
\ ''How so"
'What? Didn't you know her?
y thought perhaps she was a client (
L yours. That was Sally Fitz William
the shoplifter and jewelry thief of Ba
timore. Tll bet that the satchel yc
9 carried for her contained some Of h
earnings"
! Aren't you mistaken about that2"
81 NAV be mistaken about the satcl
= ePs contents, but not about the CIR
Come over to my office and Tusho
-, you her photograph. She knows bette
than to try to work Buffalo, but W
keep an eye on her while she is here
She usually works large villages in tt
country"
= 1 was thunderstruck, but conclude
to keep my counsel. [ was positi7
= that the detective was wrong. foun
:, that afternoon, however, that the Ma
street number my friend had given n
was { church. I recalled the name
= a friend who lived in Mlddletown an
wrote him. The reply was that Ell
Thorpe was a name quite unknov
- there Could it be true that had bee
so easily deceived?
4 Imetmy detective friend few da
afterwards aud referred to the your
woman. I did not tell him that I h;
,u lost three $40 bills that were fold ed
, gether in my left vest pocket, al
"a which I supposed, I had pulled out 6
cidentally with my watch on the d
II that I rode from B;nghampton to Bt
~ falo with the coy damsel. I walk
with the detect to his office, a
, there, sure enough, in the toughe
possible company, was the very ia
that I had been so enchanted wit
=. What did you say about studyi
- physiognomy7 have never seen !
49, fair friend since, nor am 1 anxious
. meet her. Inter Ocean.
Land in India.
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