Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-02-14
BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale of Love
and Adventure.
by AMOS LEE.
PUBLISHED By SPECIAL ARRAScEMExr WITH
THE AUTnoR.

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BY a MOS LEE.
PUBLISHED By SPECIAL. Arrangement WIFE
THE AUTnoR
copyrighted, 1857 6y C. w DRiinghdm : Al
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al don't believe II. Scs mere, I've heard a
great deal about this Sappho. and have come
here to look at her. Tf sho's what they say
she is, I'm going TO build one like her. Now
here's q five-dollar bill II you ran make
Bar Harhor in twenty-nine minutes from
the time we leave, this is yours.
| Precisely at $40 p IN, twenty-five min
utes after leaving the Ferry, the Sapphc
touched the wharf at Bar Harbor, and Lou.
wait was FIVE dollars poorer.
During this time Jean Leroi had been
achieving wonders at Bangor He had in
duccd his captors to make immediate in
! quiriee about him A telegram from Port
land revealing the true state Of affairs, the
Bangor officials realizing that they and
| their prisoner were the victims of a cruel
I joke, not only set the latter ct liberty, but
used every effort TO remedy the evil un-
willingly done 10 him.
/ Mr.. Payson Tucker, superintendent of the
road. CHANGED 10 be at Bangor. For mere
nominal sum he procured Leroi one Of the
fieetest passenger engines on the Mt.
Desert branch.
"But,H inquired Leroi, "how can | get
across the Ferry. The transfer steamer
will not, of course. wait for me.
"Oh, that's easy enough said Mr..
Tucker. ''Of course, as you say, can't
hold the Sappho from her regular time. But
we've another small boat there which makes
trips to neighboriug mainland villages. I've
photographed her to wait and take you
across. don't think yCl'll be over half
hour b0hind the Sappho Ii arriving"
While awaiting the arrival Of his engine,
Louvait inspected the telegram which had
caused his arrest II was dated Portland.
Now Portland had positively denied send
ing any such message,
Who did send it, then.
Just here "Waterville. who had accident
ally gotten an mixing Of the conversation
between Bangor and ''Portland. clicked
out that he had sent ii.
Where did you get itsn inquired Ban
gor.n
MAN riding on vcstibulo express gave
it to me
''Describe him..
Cant | was behind grating, writing.
Ran in and out before could see him,
Lcroi reflected a moment.
IF Il Is Louvait, he wasn't on the cars,
therefore he must have been on the engine.
Where's the engineer who brought the train
from Watervillel''
Right outside here oiling. up his en-
CINE.
''Call him in. please,
He came
"Did any body ride with you from Water
villei''
.Ycs, a French ex-engineer.n
Wont you please describe him
s'Weli. he was OF middle height, had a
Roman nose, sharp, piercing gray eyes
dark hair, moustache and heavy black side
whiskers. He wore cap and his face was
much smutted with coal-dust. He had q
large wart on the knuckle of his right
hand
''That's Louvaitr' CALCULATED Leroi, and
thercupon wrote a message that ran as fol-
lows:
"Chief of Police Bar Harbor, Me.
Arrest ESCAPED lunatic arriving Sappho,
Vestibule expires ~ Here followed de-
scription Of his person, much as given by the
engineer of $50.
Leroi arrived at the Ferry Just n half hour
after the Sappho had left. The little steamer
Electra lay In waiting for him.
Now as to Louvait- That willy individual
certainly didn't propose being caught in any
such trap as he had set so successfully for
Leroi AS the Sappho approached the wharf
he cautiously reconnoitred the LAY of tho
land
The tide was low. Passengers all landed
from the upper deck. At the end of the
gang-pank stood the usual band of porters
and haclmen, reinforced, he had no doubt,
by several policemen in readiness to pounce
upon him
The boat lay snugiy against the wharf.
From her lower deck he could easily touch
the cross-beams that supported the flooring
of the wharf above. Already the passen-
gers were preparing to land and, with the
deck-hands and officials, were congregated
on tho forward deck, but, unfortunately for
Louvait, just where they could see him
should he attempt to land by way Of the
wharf. He went to the other side Nothing
could be achieved there. Already the pas
sengers were fling off. If those policemen
and Louvait was right; they Were watch
ing for him on the wharf should not dis
cover him among the passengers they would
search the steamer.
''Now, or neverr' Quoth Louvait
Taking small phial out Of his valise, he
went to the side of the boat opposite the
wharf. Calling 10 the engineer, he asked
him for match. and, while lighting a
cigarette, pretended accidentally to drop
the phial, which was thus shivered to atoms
and the contents spilled all over the deck
Stimulating great perturbation, Louvait
also dropped his lighted match and cigar
cite. In an instant tremendous sheet of
fame arose and enveloped that side of the
boat. Both he and the engineer yelled
"Fire fret and every body came rushing
around TO discover tho cause of the outcry.
Louvait in the general excitement es-
capped, pulled off his false beard and other
DISCUSSES, and observing that the universal
attention was directed toward the FIRE,
lightly swung himself up by the nearest
cross-beam. Then, hand over hand, he drew
himself the entire length of the long wharf,
occasionally resting, until he gained the
rocks, upon which he dropped gnsping, but
triumphant, for no one had seen him.
The policemen were nowanxiously search
ing the wharf and steamer. But he was
safe. He had beaten Leroi again. The
coast was clear; the field his own. Now to
business.