The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-05-21
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
STRANGE PASSENGER,

When ny packet ship. the hermiooe,
wss preparing 10 sail from LivrPooi ior
Nes York wss warned 10 take precau
iions sgsipst receiving as passenger cer'
tain Mary Younescn. who. while nursing
her sick husband "a wsn considerably her
senior = bad poisoned him to desib. laid
bold Of all the money and vslnsbles she
could sss and then hsd made Of " wss
thought that sbs would try to leave Eag
land on some outward bound ship = most
likely for Americs. where she had friends
and therefore sharply scru'iuized the
passengers. eight 10 number, Who were
brought cff to my vessel in tender. AZ
they stepped aboard ! was relieved to per
ceiye that none OF them Tailed with the
description had obtsined OF Miss Young
son, Who ! was told, WAS beautiful W.
man, over thirty fve years OF age. about
8 feet inches 10 height, aud very slender
with brown beir, dark eyes. and = ciesr
com plcYion She bad been born and edn
Gated abroad but her father had been an
Eng nelishmau, aud m amateur actor. from
whom she had Inherited a remarkable
capacity for deceiving people ss to her
character.
Two Of the female passengers who came
aboard we're married ladies'; and OF dark
compl, 1on; there were also two Young
women Of about twenty one; one, Miss
Lorton, plain aud stout; the other, Miss
Merwin, slender and tall. apparently not
less than 8 feet inches. with the most
childish. innocent looking face. for one Of
her age. that ever saw. She had brown
hair and eyes, small baby like features
and smooth, glowing cheeks, which we're
constantly dmped with smiles. As she
slightly lifted her long skirt, We saw that
instead OF shoes or boots she wore orna
men,ed buskins OF some kind OF soft lesth.
4. er. which made no noise when she walk
ed. Afterwsrd We learned that she wore
them because she had lately sprained her
feet, and could not yet bear harder lea
ther.
!. From the first could see that my son
Tom, a young man OF twenty-five. aud
a chief officer was greatly impressed by this
girl.
He had always liked tall women, and
any thing "bsbyish" in their looks or man
!, ners partic ularly pleased him. Still, was
surprised at the end Qf one short week Of
ter we sailed to learn that he had actually
proposed to her aud been accepted.
She is so srtess, SO ingenious. so free
from guile OF any kind. said he, that yor
can read her heart at once. We are to bt
married on coming back to Liverpool, o.
], the house OF her aunt. who is expecting
her. With her usual childish frankuesI
she informed me that. although having
small fortune in Three per cent left to he
I by her father, who was . merchant. sh'
. was at present short OF cash, which would
hinder her from purchasing. on landing
certain little articles she desired toward
wedding cut fit. / was touched by be
shy infantile way, blended with timid dis
tress at having to tell me this. that a
once went 10 my room snd procured tn
Sc. 600 United States bond, which 20
know lately bought with my savings
and gave it to her. telling her where sh
could ge, it csshed. and bade her the
take out OF /. whatever she needed.
3 Why, Tom, ycu don'ts,y sof cried
) rather startled.
. OF course. he answered, Why noi' W
are eDgsged, and it ought to be the sam
about money matters as il We we're mar
a. ried
y He we,t below, and sat long in tL
moonlight. thinking il over as . hast,
foolish piece OF business. when suddenl
/ was startled by the cry Of look out fo'
ward.
Sail. boI right sheadl
The straDger-a large chip put b
\, helm s.port, 40 bad no doubt she woul
pass us safely enough. but, as she was g.
ing by her helmsman raising his whe
too soon. her bow saung on. snd h'
liibboom caught under my spanker shee
lifting the spar apd snspping It on With
crash.
- There was noise aud cnnfusion as
worked biiskly to keep the two vesse
apart aud prevent further damage, 10 u
midst Of which several passeugers can
running up, tomew hat irisbientd. to ht
out wha, was the matter
It's nothinr;we are all right nov.
cr,ed. TO resssure them. ~ the otbtr sh
swung clear Of ~
Miss Mer1in bad emerged from u
companion way after the Others; and ss
looked toward her form, di.iinctly reves
ed by the moon light aud one OF the laI
terms. 1 stood stock still ia The utmost q
, toui,Ln.ni Tor, a. true rs am livii
man. her stature nos seemed ., least tbr
inches .horter ibso bed hitherto rs
, iil
Twas tie only ouesbo noticed hrr at III
time, sui pb MEtDSR my sfH' s"' wv
back q. qaiek an d,sh.l aud vanished
the csbip,
The .,rsrge phenomenon bad ~iins'
. "a fora moment slmos. took s~sy
/ breath. Ny whole mind sss hred mp
4 ,hi. one ,Liug, sid wben my son came
lev bours later. TO take the deck.
! sctibed the Singular change hsi uoilc
- 10 Miss Me~ins stature.
He stared II me Al arsi a. u he ihous
and n, nsd; snd then troke eni into 40
aa cred ulous laugh. ssying thss my eyes
the iupsriee, light might hsvs deeei'
. me.