Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-01
THEY ARE REPENTANT.
Two Young Girls from Up River Have Sad Ex
perience at Gardiner.

Gardiner, Oct. 31.-(SpeciaD.-Twc
girls have learned a lesson that they
will not soon forget. They came to
this city. last Tuesday, with a Water
Vile young man, who deserted them
| and they have been in torture ever
since. 1t appears that Miss Ida Pei
letter of Waterville, and Miss Nellie
Vigue of Fairfield, started out from
Waterville, last Tuesday, with a young
man whom they knew but little about
They say that they were to ride to Au-
gusta and there to look for work.
| When they reached the Capital city
they concluded they would come to this
city. and so the young man drove down
here, arriving at the Johnson house
Tuesday evening. The young mar
left them at the hotel and drove over
into Randolph, where he has an aunt
He went to the hotel after he had call
ed on his aunt. He did not stay there
| over night for the reason that he could
not induce the girls to agree to it. He
| staid in Randolph that night and the
next morning he departed for his home
in Waterville. leaving the girls to get
out of town the best way they could
Now. neither of them had any money
and. they say they did not know what tl
do, but it was noticed that they were or
the streets much of the time and were
taken for Sports" OF course Landlord
Romeo was aware of the fact that the
girls had been left in the lurch. and he
wanted to Know where his money was
coming from. The girls put on a good
front and told him that they would re-
ceive money from home in a day or So
Their continued absence from Water
vile created more or less speculation as
to their whereabouts, and the fact that
they had been gone five days came to the
ear of a, Journal reporter. In looking
about for them he, found the young man
that they had gone away with and
learned that the party had come to this
city. Coming here. he found the girls at
the hotel. sorrowful and waiting for
something to turn up by which they
might get out of their dilemma. The case
was turned over to the local reporter.
Investigation proved that the girls had
entertained no gentlemen visitors, and
that really they were two giddy young
lings that had an idea that they could do
about as they wanted to with the sterner
sex without serious consequences to them
selves. They had made the mistake of
their lives. They may have escaped no.
toriety in the past. but they have done
the trick this time that is bound to at
tract attention to them in an unenviable
light.
Last night. the hotel bill amounted to
$50. and there is no way to get out of pay
ing it. Last night. the Pelletier girls
brother came to this city and went at
once to the hotel. where he found his sis
ter. No one knows what transpired when
he arrived, but he came prepared to take
his sister home with him but not pre-
pared to take his sister home with him
but not prepared to take the other CIR,
away.
Tears may have been shed and promises
made and all that but it is safe to expect
that when the day has come again there
will be two as repentant prodgal daugh-
tiers as this section has seen for some
time, up around Waterville. But Mine
Host Romeo looks at the ledger and asks
the same question that he has asked for
the past five days: Where is the where
withal coming from?''