The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-13
TRAPPED BYAN AMATEUR
,r,aRxABLs STORY OF A YOUNG
n GIRL DEFECTIVE.

GIRL DETECTIVE.
.-s gis Employ as Servant,
=. the Peril of Her Life, Com
na Prisoner to Else from JUS
rice.
rro7u the Chicago JotsrnoI-
- of Margaret Hoffman. evc1
-.tan snread upon paper IN cold type, reaas
,',-. ronnspce. Deliberately related 70 tns
--,.ar nv the heroine Of that romance her
"r.'oi -, VINO has Just attainsd her ma
eeil, ,. POSSESSES an extraordinary degree
Joiay 1870 which the modesty Of the relator
" 49, snnarent inconsistencies OF having
e11 .nvtning remarkable, rather enhances
than lessons.
- said Miss Hoffman, "but two
ears age was poor girl In an lihnoiS
| country town, earning my daily oreao oy
teparhsrd NV father had died year
Iaoot ;,,slv bly mother was an 1ncuraole
PiiS Nv DAYS were spent In the small
IDS store where l earned just suttl-
uly ~ ennnort us. The only relatives
tI .,ore . distant cousin in New York
nd an uqcle, nv mothers brother, with
rbom nv father had quarreled III early
nd n
- naver became reconcIled. News
be a1 me- one day that this uncle, morose
l1d nan had been suddenly stricken with
81 S.assa and mad expressed wish to see his
IL s;star and her child. He was very well
% 40 AS a prosperous merchant on south
Watar street he had accumulated consIc-
oreble fortune, and it was with renewed
hone that mother and set OUT LOT Chlcago:
,.ITnon our arrival here we at once went
90 tba store on South Water street. where
Va met his partner. He received us with
LA noliteness, but informed Us, much to
~ ostonishment. that visit to my uncle's
H Ho- On the North Side could be provoca-
tive Of no good-in fact, that my uncle was
as much set against my mother as ever-ln
fact, that he had long ago dlsowned his
brothers family, root and branch.
.sTbe source of the Information | had
roe,ar1ina INV uncle's wishes was of such a
ra1;ohIa character that this extraordinary
statement from his partner set me thinking
7 conld not reconcile it with the expression
Il which had fallen from the lips of the show
n man; Il would like to see Mary and her
lille daughter before die
II ~ determined to act at once. l knew
my uncle was very sick-not expected to
FL live in fact. Something in this mans face
IA told me that he lied. The reason was not
far to seek. My uncle, as | have said, was
rich man. This fellow did not want near
relatiyes at hand at such time. l knew
- uncle had made will years before.
kIr Samuel Whitney probably figured
there prominently, IS my uncle was child
las. MIR. Whitney did not want the will
Filtered.
Mother, said, you must go and see
That Won can do at the house. You must
- alone. don't wish Mrs. Whitney to see
ne Never mind why
~ was the stronger of the two. My
Mother never resisted me. She went and
xturned after an hours absence TO say that
~ mittance TO her brothers presence was
knied her.
*"How thankful was now that had
lived a little money. 1t enabled us to
he in an humble way for two weeks, dur
Hg which time / issued forth daily on my
&urs of Investigation. l returned home
re dav with large bundle, which | uu-
aided in the presence of my mother. A
~ play of the following articles brought
bm her pale lips cry Of astonishmeat:
" coarse calico gowns, one pair OF
64hvy cheap shoes, one straw bonnet orna-
mented with red feathers and blue ribbons,
one pair Of blue spectacles one brown wig,
W check bumpers, pot of rouge,
other of powder, hare's foot such as
~ rical people use in their making up,
a a large red bandana handkerchief.
Then l announced that | was about to
BE application for a position as servant
ube house OF MIR. Whitney, my uncles
po<taer.
be next morning there issued forth
1ro{n the lutte lodging which had seen the
Qop4rture day after day, of a weary, pale,
or<<tless, very blonde and quite refined
yQRg lady, an uncouth, rosy, buxom ser
x44t girl, whose only defect seemed some
Wn< weak eyesight, which necessitated al
al tnnes the use OF spectacles. For an ig.
neEat country girl she seemed singularly
quick and smart in the performance of her
ho4ehold duties. In week Mrs. Whitney
NAG voted me treasure. In month l had
slz8Qup every member of tine household AND
coEuefo the conclusion that Samuel WIFI,
ney vas one of the greatest villains the
World bad seen IN a long while
Ead discovered that my uncle was com
plateiy In the power of Mr.. Whitney AND
ms Wilt. They alone attended to his wants
ana gave him his medicine Not another
lvtn9,soul' except the doctor, was per-
United TO approach him. Once. to NV orraot
inaI2natioD, heard my mothers naIrt
mnI1oned by the sick man. He had evil
aeHSf been frequently in the habit Of ask
Ing 6af his sister
by does not Mary come and see n1eg
no:W4e asking
Pave 7yS written to them several times,
rop1eQ Whitney. 0T'
3 liar! Almost had mind to tear
.-.I Vgalf
and Qufront him. -J 'oii
- have spoiled everything Nv
u1.32 ad never seen me. While Whitney
49, nave been f1ustered at tlrst he womb
pom recovered himself and I shOniJ
peen ANONYMOUSLY thrown out Of the
" axe We some more of this medicine !
" hitney saying.
O. no more of that. Medicine WON'T
~ le' don't like that stuff. Samuel !
& " does me more harm thaa good
r. pew light broke in upon NV hrair
W. naard OF such things, but I dismissed
- "a as TOO utterly improbable. Will
llo never be re-enacting in the nine
<S. century the crime peculiar to the
49, n aS produced the Borgias-hs could
slowly 9n killing this man by poison.
i' though I dismissed it the idas 70.
70 me with tenfold force that nioht
1X as IN my narrow cot. Although IL Was
A. pAss midnight could not sleep. If
nj very, close, sultry night. / arose
~ pir 1he door of my room to have
IN dld so caught the sound Of voices
- uaU was thatr 1t was Mrs Uh;tr