Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-28

lie stared at me az hrSt as IL he
thought me- mad: then broke out into
an Ineredulous laugh. saying that my
eyes or the imperfect light must have
deceived me.
l knew better, however. but. finding
| could not convince him. I told him 10
wait until the young lady should appear
at breakfast in the morning, when he
might see for himself.
| Two hours later the second mate
came MP % relieve Tom. who then
| went below. The officer. seeing me
seated in reverie on the quarterback.
/ walked amidshipS. where he stood look
ing carelessly forward
All at once. Judge 81 my surprise.
when GA raising uly head. beheld.
leaning against the rail near me. a per-
son had never seen before slender.
rnisitlc-a<ed man. Of rather low stature.
with hair covering nearly every part of
the face excepting the eyes. which
| giittrred like hreballs in the noon
| light.
Why. halloa, Whosrr vou2 Where
dill you come FROM cried.
4 Pray don't excite yourself he
cpolly answered u am a detective,
and got aboard in the harbor through
| thu c1univancr Of one Of your crew.
am not gntnF 70 tell you which one
| who also supplies me with food.
have been all along in the stateruorn
nest - Miss Nervin's with NV CARPET
bag. Hal you looked in the rvom You
would have seen me. but Won probably
missed the key or thought IL was lost. e.
~tha. j. true; but
Here is my warrant he inter
rupted. handing me a paper. which. on
reading IL by the lantern light. per
ceivsd was a signed document. appar-
emily from the proper authorities, in
~trrctiug John ClcvvS. the bearer. a Do
tectivc, to conceal himself aboa.,l the
ilersnipne. aud act a. he might see mt
in his sntleavor to detect the ulur,lrrr.s
Mrs ioungs"n- who. It wa, suspected
" n a passenger in disguise aboard that
vessel
she Is here. was his confident re-
ply. when remarked that there must
b.. SONS mistake. Il have not watched
through the hole bored In the parti-
tion for nothing
Why. man cried aghast. she
cannot b. the guilty one. She t. inno-
esnce itseif-as artless a. child Re
sides, she IS very tall and young;
whereas have been told that the muir
dervss was much shorter. and nearly
twice as old
lie laughed in Il way which To- me was
iudescri badly iisayreeable.
1T i not Miss Msrwin I allude To-, ="
be said You will remember that the
statereom of Miss Lorton is also next
o. mine
What" ! exclaimed. almost rs much
surprised rs before, you suspect that
stout Young lady who"
Il don't suspect" ne interrupted: Il
know her tn be the criminal
But she is young. plain and stout.
the accused woman WIS slender
''i;ahr' he again interrupted Dis
gliss. That will explain all II Is
e1Sy for a woman of that kind To maxi.
herself look younger and stouter than
she really Is. Should we fall in with 4
good I.iverpool-bound ship. shall ar
rest this woman and take her on board
~ IL with mo I win go back To my
ruom now. You may or may not see
me again before we sight a home
bound craft 80
With that he glslcd like a shadow
into the cabin
Now. then. I had something to keep
ME awalSe-tp drive all thoughts of
turning in from my mind -, after
all, that woman-thas terrible murrier-
ess-was aboard my ship.
began Ia walk the deck in no pleas
ant frame ~ mind and the morning
light stole around me before was
aware that the hour was 81 late
When breakfast was ready in the cal,
in. Miss MerwIn was absent from her as-
euSteme'i place at the table. During
the progress Of the meal. looked more
than ouee at Miss Lnrtou-thc stout
young lady who the detective had posi-
lively asserted was Mary Youngson.
the poisaner
The quiet dignity and composure Of
her manner. the frank. honest EXPIRES
sion Of her face. and it, unsienia BILE
piainness. seemed 10 ne 50 natural. 50
real. that marvcllc,l how the detective
coutrived u penetrate through So per
feet a Disguise.
Feeling tired out after breakfast. I
slept until near noon.
When went On deck. Tom was SUI
Perintendiu< the repairing Of the
Span.Ser-boom-
1T i very strange he said TO NE.
uneasily. Miss NerNin has not vet
shown herself
he day wore on without our seeing
her Even at >upper-time she dit not
make her appearance.
Tom looked pale and concerned FL
Hally he went and knocked at her door.
calling her name There was no re-
spon>e-
i do not know what 10 make of Il. -
he said to me on deci,. oh. father
he added. wildly. is it possible she can
have suddenly die,I2-
Il don't think So answeretg-'.she
seemed 10 be in good health: and then
thought Ia myself. We're il not that
Ne are where We are. and she differ
ent sort of person, ! might suspect that
she had ab~eondc,l with your money!
\ night approached. her Ron-ap-
Fearanee excited general comment. and
vas advised to break open the door.
which was IoeISed- I did -. and we
found her ronm empty. Her trunk was
still there, but she was gone.
Ny son looked AZ me As pale as death.
Wv tod. what can have become of
her. he gruane,l-
In fact. IT certainly was very sinEu-
lar ease ami, coupled with my previous
observation OF the strange shortening
Of the voung wpnan- statnrr- II seern..I