The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-10
a SHREWD SERVANT
Got Detectives to Hunt the Mistress
She Had Lost.
From the St. Louis Republic.


From the st. Louis Republic
New YORK, Dec 3.-W hen the steamship
Fuerst Bismarck's steerage passengers were
landed at the barge Office on Saturday last
Hermina Maruska, young Galician girl.
was among the first to step ashore. She is
an extremely plump, but unpleasing young
person so far as her personal appearance is
concerned. No more stupid-looking young
female has landed at the barge office for
months. But If Hermina was stupid it did
not follow that she was also apathetic in tenn
permanent. Indeed during her first days so~
journ in the barge office she INDUCED in
Mysteries three times. The girl said that
she had come over here in search Of en-
ployment On the steamship she had met
Mrs Vira Petrovoski, who promised to be-
friend her and give her employment In her
own family. Mrs. Petrovoski was Pole
who had lived in this country for several
years. She had been on q visit to her ma
tive land. Her husband met her at the
barge Office and in the excitement Of seeing
her spouse again Mrs. Petrovoski forgot all
about her new servant girl and started for
home without her This it was that threw
Hermina into Mysteries On the following
day she cried unobtrusively, and the next
morning she had 80 far recovered her eQuil-
ibrium that she only INDUCED In an oocas-
| ional dry sob.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Blivlnsh of
Plainfield, N. j., called at the labor bureau
| Of the barge Office in search of a servant.
Hermina was brought to her for inspection,
| and as Mrs. Blivinski recognized In her a
| fellow-conntry woman she offered her the
place. Hermina closed the engagement
with sigh, and as the train sped through
the jungles of Jersey on its way to Plain
| field, she RECALLED Mrs. Blivinsk with de-
| Co.
chanted Mrs. Petrovoski's praises all even
ing while she washed the Blivinski dishes,
| and ''Petrovoski" was the last word upon
her lips when she fell asleep that night.
In the morning. however, a change had
come over the spirit of Terminals drama,
or rather Hermina's drama had changed
| the current of her waking thoughts. When
Mrs. Blivinskl came down to breakfast she
| found her new maid in tears. In answer
to her inquirses Hermina said that Mrs.
| Petrovoski was a black hearted traitress
who had robbed her Of "a guldens, her entire
cash on hand. She had placed it in her
charge while on the steamship, and Mrs.
Petrovoski had never returned it. Mrs.
| Bhvinski declared that Hermina must come
to New York Immediately and lay the CASE
before Col. Weber Hermina jumped at the
suggestion and said that she would go to the
ends of the earth to find the thief.
Yesterday morning Hermna, accom-
panied by Mrs. Blivinskis son, came to the
barge office and told her tale. She painted
Mrs. PetrovOski in such lurid colors that
Col Weber at once put Detective Grodeu
on her track. The book of arrivals was
searched, and some indefinite idea was OBJ
tanned of Mrs. Petrovoski's whereabouts.
Detective Groden. an agent Of the Polish
society, and Hermina started out on her
trail. All day long they searched through
the tenementS, and at O'Clock last night
they ran Mrs FetrovoskI to earth In the
apartment house at No. 81 Ridge street.
Hermina amused herself during the search
by blackening Mrs, Petrovoski's character,
and, consequently, Detective Groden nerved
himself for an encounter with a female
criminal Of the deepest dye.
A meek>looking little woman came to the
door In answer to her ring. docs Mrs.
Petrovoski live herep said Detective Gro
den. But before the little woman could
answer him Hermina rushed past him and
threw herself into the woman's arms For
several minutes the women Rugged each
other and then the little woman exclaimed !:
Pm Mrs. PetTovoski; wat you wautg"
Groden told her that he had come 20 arrest
her for stealing the young girls money.
He told her 70 return IL instantly or go TO
jail.
Mrs. Petrovoski staggered back in amaze
ment. ibid the girl tell you thati Why,
/ helped to pay her passage and aided her
| III every WAY Ou6 tuEuou 10 VIC alEl LOT
an explanation. Hermina was shaking her
fat sides with laughter "It's lie.' she
cried in German. 81 knew the detectives
} could flud you for me. so told the lie did
} not like Jersey and was homesick for a
sight Of your face. l will never leave you
; any more, | will wash your dishes for
ever"
Then Terminals face recovered from its
sp0sIns of joy and relapsed into its former
} stupidity. Detective Groden left 10 disgust
} aud Mrs. Blvinski'S son vent in quest Of
another servant.
; pins oflen leave person constlpated Sim