Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-12
THE LITTLE WOMAN IN BLACK.
She Hunted Al over New York to Find
Richard and She Found Kim

She Hunted Al over New York to Find
Richard and She Found Kim
One day as was coming up fron the
ferry at the foot of Fort -second street
there was a little woman dressed in black
sitting at my right She wasn't in mourn
ing, but in plain black, and, though she
must have been thirty-iive years old, she
had the face of a girl of twenty. II was a
sweet, womanly face, and yet there was
look to it which / did not Ikea comblna-
ton of suffering and determination. She
asked me a few questions about the town
and knew that she was a stranger here.
She dropped out Of sight at Broadway
that great lane of human life, up and down
which so many travel TO be swallowed up
and seen no more | wondered a bit and
then forgot her.
week later 1 met the little woman on
Twenty-third street of an afternoon. She
was fitting up and down like one lost in
the crowd, and yet | saw that she closely
scrutinized the face of every man she
passed. Two or three times she gave a
start of surprise, as if she had met a ia
miliar face, but she walked on again to re
new her search. 1t looked to me as if she
were hunting for somebody-some one per-
son in the great crowds surging up and
down like waves which could not be
checked BY and by she vanished from
sight and could but wonder again.
Two weeks ago discovered her again in
the corridors of the postufIice. She hung
about for an hour or more, having no err
rand except to scan the face of every man
who passed her as she leaned against the
wall. There were three or four who would
have spoken to her but she had way OF
/ looking at man which plainly warned
/ him to keep his distance. She went away
/ after awhile-went off down Broadway
/ and then wondered if she were not in the
employ of some detective agency.
A week ago, one night as | tramped
down Broadway meeting a belated pedes-
trian now and then, | suddenly saw the
little woman in black at the corner of Ca
nal street She stood there looking up and
down Canal, but as passed her she went
off up Broadway, walking at a pace which
showed that she had come to some suddeI
determination.
Yesterday, at the Grand Union depot,
encountered her again, and perhaps for tn,
last time. Happening into one Of the wait
ing rooms, | saw her sitting beside a man
He was a man of forty, and he had
wicked, dissipated look. 1t was plain T.
see that he was also in bad humor, Will
she looked more determined than ever
There they sat, side by side, silent and me
rose, he glancing toward the door now an,
then, while she occasionally raised her eye
to the clock. After awhile | sat down o.
the seat back of them, and hadn't bee
there long when l heard him growl
"The idea of your chasing me around lik
this | tell you l won't 90 backp
"Richardp' she replied. and there was
something in her voice to warn him tina
she was fearfully in earnest. you are g
ing back-dead or alive Take your choic'
, If you refuse to come I'll shoot you here
I the depotW
He settled back, and l looked over IL
top of the seat to see her hand clasping I'll
, butt of a pistol, which was thrust into
shopping bag.
Ten minutes later they took a train u
the river, he looking logged and sullel
, her eyes having dangerous look as ST
p followed him through the gates. The Ii
I tie woman had come and gone, and on
one person in great New York could sol'
the mystery Of her coming-the man wi
, went away with her a prisoner.-Ne
= York World.