The morning news., 1888-11-29
LOVE STAYED HIS HAND.
Scheffer's Plan of Slow Poisoning Ar
rested by Passion.
Frop. the Ne,v York Star.
From the Netp York ReraLd

From the NetO York Herald
The beautiful French steamer La Cham
pague came in yesterday and was gently
led like coy maiden about to be intro
duced to her prospective mother-in-law, to
her dock at the foot of Morton street. There
were the usual crowds on her decks waving
hats and handkerchiefs and the ordinary
concourse OF expectant friends on the dock
yelling out their welcome.
Some of the latt craned their necks and
got rather excited because they did not see
on the vessel the face they longed to see. One
young gentleman gazed eagerly at the rows
OF faces aud then at a card which he held in
his hand. No, it was not a photograph,
more'S the pity. 1t simply bore the hurried
Scrawl:
Meet La Champagne aud interview Nine.
Hertzker. Big story of bigamy, wife pois-
oning, etc. Husband jailed for twenty
years.
The young gentleman who held the card
was your humble servant
Have you ever gone to meet an incoming
steamer to give welcome to person un-
known to youl If so you have had in your
mind pretty fair picture of what the
party is like and probably had compare
lively little trouble. But the above, like
the majority of such assignments from a
newspaper office, gave no clew whatever to
tne identity of the person to be sought out.
lheI efore you will, perhaps, be interested
IN the story Of my search.
|, Of course, could not help forming some
idea of the person to be interviewed. / had
done the same thing on many similar occa-
Slons, and nearly always, / must confess,
found my mental portrait no more like the
original than the productions of the cam
palgn banner maker. There was pOrtly
woman in mourning standing on the bridge,
and she seemed to be alone. AS soon as the
gangplank touched the vessel rushed over
1t and forced my way through the crowd.
When got to the bridge, however. she had
disappeared. This is the u,ual luck. felt
more confident than ever she vas the one |
was to interview, and, pushing through the
hurrying, excited passengers, at length
caught sight of her. But two gentlemen
We're talking TO the lady, one of whom was
a Baltimore friend of mine, so that couldn't
be her.
MERE ORDINARY DIFFICULTIES.
Down TO the saloon and interview the
steward. Get a passenger lis. No such
name there, and the steward, who is an aw-
iully nice fellow, hadn't heard a word of
any woman with such reputation being
oh BOARD. You see, | had such meager
supply of information to ask questions upon.
nat also is very usual in such cases.
what next! The customary procedure
." W oSi uJlHlLe every one bearing Inc ldlnJ-
est resemblance to your preconceiyed idea,
at the same time keeping the eye open for
any passenger who has the bump of COM
Hunlcatlveness fairly well developed.
Nine. Hertzker, | believe" | said, with
polite bow, 10 several Of the ladies', but
tthey all smilingly disavowed the name.
feople are always remarkably pleasant and
approachable at the end OF passage. 1t
would be tiresome to tell how | hurried
around among the crowd and how excited
soI TO think of missing SO big story,
especially as there seemed TO be no other
newspaper men on the hunt.
but the passengers were rapidly leaving
ana an was beginning TO feel myself left
mere was handsome woman Of some q
years seated In the little aUte-room at the
top OF the stairs, calmly waiting. But she
was not dressed In mourning. She wore
gray travelling costume and gray velvet
bonnet with red flowers at the side. As
iaSt resort she must be questioned. Per-
maps she would not answer TO the naIno OF
hertzker. That was only an assumed name,
anyway.
l. GOOD morning. SO you are coming
PACK PACK to Brooklyn, madam" said ia
You mistake, sir"
n Pardon, but yenr ago you and Mme
drotln had rooms together on State street.
Nan H. be OF any servicep
ihank you. You must excuse ne IL
40 40 not recall you. Good morning. and
Vuere was bow Of dismissal.
g.. What may / say 70 Nine. Irotin, Mrs