The morning times., 1895-11-03

have not given an exaggerated account Of
| the condition we are In"
Il have given no account at all, simply
, because l was prevented from sending the
cablegram."
An, indeed" said the Captain, look
of relief coming over his face In spite OF
his efforts to conceal 1t, land pray, what
| prevented you from sending your cable
grams? The mate would have taken any
messages that were given 10 him."
81 know that cried the young woman;
land when l was in my room writing the
last of the dispatches, a person who is on
board as passenger here-Miss Longw orth
came into my room and held me prisoner
there until the boat had left the ship"
| The Captain arched his eyebrows i'll as
| tonishment.
My dear madam" he said, "you make
| very serious charge. Miss Longw orth
J has crossed several times with me, and
am bound TO say that a more ell-behaved
young lady never had ON board my ship"
Extremely well-behaved, she ISL cried
| the correspondent aDgrily. "She stood
against my door and prevented me from
going out. i screamed for help: but my
screams were drowned in the cheers OF
| the passengers when the boat left"
''Why did you not ring your beli!'
Il couldn'l ring my bell bee allsc she pre-
| vented me. Besides, If Lad reached the
| bell, IL is not likely anybody would have
| answ cred it; everybody seemed to De
| gaw king after the boat that was leaving"
"You can hardly blame them for that.
A great deal depends on the safety of that
| boat. In fact, if You come to think about
| ii, you VI i'll see that whatever grievance
! you may have, IL is, after all, very trivial
| one compared TO the burden that weighs.
Oh me just now, and / very much prefer
not to have anything to do with disputes
betw cen the passengers until we are OUT
OF our present predicament.'
''The predIcanient has nothing whatever
to do with It, ] tell you fact. tell
you that one of your passengers came and
imprisoned me i'll my stateToom. L come
to You for redress. Now, there must De
some law on shipboard that takes the place
of ordinary law on land. l make this de-
mand officially TO you. If you refuse to
hear me, and refuse to redress my wrong.
then ! have 4 large republic To which
can appeal, through my paper, and per-
haps, there will also be a chance or OBJ
tanning Justice through the law of the
land 10 which | am going"
my dear madam" said the captain,
calmly, you must not use threats to me.
/ am not accustomed to be talked to in
the way you have taken upon yourself
to speak. Now, tell me what it is you
wish me 10 do
1T is for you TO say what you will do.
! am a passenger on board this ship, and
am supposed 10 be under the protection of
its captain. /, therefore, tell you l have
been forcibly detained in my stateroom,
and ! demand that the person who did
this shall be punished"
''You say that Miss Longworth was the
person who did this?'
Yes, L do
''Now, do you know you make q very
serious charge against that young lady?
A charge that | find 1t very difficult 10
believe. May ask you what reason she had
fof doing what you say she has done?"
/, That is u long story. / am quite pre-
pared to show that she tried to bribe me
not to send a Dispatch, and finding herself
unsuccessful, she forcibly detained me in
my roomnntii too latcto send the telegram
The Captain pondered over what had been
said to him.
Have you any proof OF this charger"
Proof! What do you mean? Do you
doubt my word?'
Il mean exactly what 1 say. Have
you anything to prove the very serious
charge you bring?'
Certainly not. have no proof II
there had been a witness there, the thing
would not have happened. II / could
have called for help it would not have hap
pened. How could l have any proof of
such an outrage
"well, do you not see that ii is fmpos-
sble for me to take action on your un-
supported word? Do you not see that
II you take further steps In this extraor-
dinary affair, Miss Longworth will ask
you for proof of what you state? III she
denies acting as you say she did, and you
fall to prove your allegation, it Seems to
me that you Will be in rather a bad pre-
dicament You would be liable to a suit
for slander. Just think The matter over
calmly for the rest OF the day before you
take any further action upon it. and I
would strongly advise you to mention this
to nobody on board. Then, II tomorrow
you are stlll in the same frame of mind,
come to me-"
Thus dismissed, the young woman left