The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-07-19
LOST! LOST!

Now and then might have been seen
an exultant look, though inquisitiVe ex'
pressions predominated, and as q natural
consequence there was unusual sociality
People who previously had had little
more than bowling acquaintance fell
into easy and apparently confidential
conversation. Pulpit orations that Sun,
day morning, unless extempore disserta,
tions, proved wanting in inspiration,
and failed to touch the public heart
Artist quartets, doing their most harmo
NOUS work, felt the lack of responsive
sympathy,
Monday morning came, Evidently
the stew had simmeTed and bubbled
and boiled"
Suddenly the clear morning air bore
the clangor Of bell and the words
LOST LostI"
No one seemed to know what was
missing, but the masses took up the cry,
and before darkness brooded over the
city tender hearts were wrung at the
thought that lone poor little child was
lost" and the story sweIled till it chad
been kidnapped by pirates who made a
business Of visiting small cities and steal,
ing children" A slight diversion, but
Tuesday tho public generally, with the
morning paper at hand, found ''sweet
morsel, and though it was all told in
the head Neutrality-suspicious. Disappear,
ance Of Prominent Citizen"--"Fnr the
Sake of Friends, Much That Might Be
Told Is Withheld"-it grew and magni,
fed till when the evening papers were
issued, the unprecedented demand took
every one while yet moist from the
press, The most enterprisiug published
two column article, Such another
piece of perfection as the aforesaid citi'
zen had been during his previous thirty,
five years Of life 1t would be impossible
to find, and as a smaller sheet that was
given to moraliZing sententiousIy re-
markell Greater was the fall" After
most remarkable surmising it was ru
moTed that there "was Il woman in it.
Such q man couldn't have gone astray
under other circumstances. People here
and there were interviewed. Who wal
it2 Some said a prominent clergymani
others, popular lawyer, and for few
hours people Of every profession seemed
to be connected with the scandal, and il
must have been relief to anxious and
sad eyed women, whose husbands had
been out over night lat the lodge" Ol
somewhere, to have it definitely stated
on Tuesday morning that Mr.. Trow, the
bank treasurer, had not been seen since
Saturday night, though the report that
he had absconded with vast deposits
taken from the bank vaults exploded
after a visit to the other officials, who
denied it and positively asserted that his
| own financial status was good and thai
not one Of them had faith in any Of the
| runOFs,
Mr. Trow left the bank Saturday
noon apparently IN good health and
sound mind" but they had to admit
reluctantly" gossip had it, that when
asked, FJust where are you going, old
| fellowI" be had answered in his joVia
way, For a bona fide vacation; Vol
won't hear ill you see me-
The Baen couldn't and wouldn't be-
lieve II" but each day more was learned
and the people who had a Thorough
knowledge OF his personal and domestic
affairs were legion and added mite after
mite "for the public good" or "because
hunbugs and frauds should be exposed,
till free trade, trusts, talk Of war with q
foreigp country, even cabinet making
sunk into utter insignifcance, and every
body was qui viye with an Unsuitable
thirst for more, more"
AS the demand grew the supply in,
creased On the bulletin boards the
words, "The Trow and Schoolna'anl
Scandal, called attention to the phrase
that had been seemingly inexplicable.
The printing presses never did such
rapid work nor turned out one-half the
number of daiiies as on Wednesday,
when, at white heat, the community ex,
pectantly waited, (which teacherr II
was "school vacation" and what rem
dered II specially taptalizing several Of
the young ladies were out Of town. Peo,
pie got names mixed, but after p day o.
two, as might have been expected, the
common sense" Of the public rescued
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tions. and It was understood though Il
was noticeable that the name was not IN
print that the one, pre-emlnsutly the
handsopest and most attractive, was the
guilty party
AH unrecognizable facial caricature
Of The young woman sold hundreds Of
papers Friday, when people bad begun
to weary and cry "antiquep but Some
thing New, instead of d rehaah, tempted
them all 10 read tie following;
sIt u generally understood that Mr.
Trow and the fascinating young teacher,
who eloped last Saturday night, who,
previous 70 this weeks developments,
were Giought 10 be entire strangers,
have been II Clio habit of meeting al
the bank at q late hour, when big DO
voted wife supposed bin busiag engaged
in oyerwoFk, II d hot yet known just
how tlie pretty and guilty schoolna an
escaped tbe argus eyed woman "a whose
house she bearded, and who very deeply
feels the disgrace, The Lady admits that
while sho would not haye entertained 80
vile j creature for one hour, ahe aid
begin q have saspicions gt y even
sid IL some quarters that, though quite
young, y Is aqt hef arat compromising
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