Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-01-07

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. dear girl, you are too angry to talk just
now; the best thing you can do is TO go
to your stateroom."
You shut your silly mouth, viii
you?" she cried, turning furiously upon
him. "Ill thank YOU to mind your own
business, and let me attend to mine. l
should have thought that you would
have found out before this that l am ca
pable of attending TO my own affairs
Certainly, certciuly, my dear girl, y
answered the politician, soothingly.
"rm sorry | can't tell you all to come
and have a drink with me and talk the
matter over quietly. That's the correct
way TO do things. Not to stand here
screcching on the deck with everybody
listening. Now, if you viii quietly dis
cuss themattcr with John here, I'm sure
everything viii be all right"
you don't know what you are talk
ing about, ," replied the young lady. DO
you know that had an important dis
patch to send to the Argus, and that
this mans friend, doubtless at his in
stigation, came into my room and prac-
tically held me prisoner there until the
boat had left, so that : could not send
the dispatch? Think of the check and
villainy of that, and speak to me of talk
ing wildly"
4 look of relief and astpnishment
came into Kenyon's face that quite con-
vinced the newspaper woman, more
than all his protestations would have
done, that he knew nothing of the es-
capade whatever.
''And who kept you from coming
out?" asked Fleming.
ut is none of your business" she re
piled, tartly.
"If you will believe me" said Kenyon,
at last, "I knew nothing whatever of all
this, 50 you see there is no use speaking
to me about it. l won't pretend / am
sorry, because l am not"
This added fuel to tke flame, and she
was about to blaze out again when Ken
yon turned on his heel and left her and
Fleming standing facing each other.
Then the young woman herself turned
and quickly departed, leaving the aston
ished politician entirely alone, so that
,here was nothing for him to do but 10
90 into the smoking-room and ask
somebody to have a drink with him,
which he promptly did.
Miss Brewster made her way to the
captains room and raped at the door.
On being told to enter she found that
officer seated at his table with some
charts before him, and a haggard look
upon his face, which might have
warned her that this was not the proper
time TO air any personal grievances.
"WeH?" he said briefly as she
entered.
81 came to see you, captain" she be
gan, because an outrageous thing has
been done on board this ship, and 1 de-
sire reparaticn-what Is more, l will
have it,"
what is the Outrageous thing""
asked the captain.
Il had some dispatches TO send TO
New York to the New York Argus, on
whose staff 1 ami"
yes" said the captain, with interest;
"dispatches relating to wheS has hap.
pened to the ship?"
"Ouc Of them did, the other did not"
"NclI, / hone" said tho ca,ntfi'. i'..,1.: 't..1s.::
urvt' n61 gIFch nm exaggerated account
Of the condition we are in
81 have given noaccount at all, simply
because ! was prevented from sending
the cablcgrams."
"Ah, indeed" said the captain, u
look of relief coming over his face in
spite of his efforts TO conceal it, 'and
pray, what prevented you from sending
your cablcgrams? The mate would
have taken any messages that were
given TO him"
81 know that" cried the young
woman; "nud when l was in my room
writing the last of the dispatches, q
person who IS on board as n passenger
hcre-Miss Longworth-came into my
room and held me prisoner there until
tho boat had left the ship"
The captain arched his eyebrows in
astonishment.
my dea- madam" he said, you
make very serious charge. Miss Long
worth has crossed several times with
me, and am bound TO say that a more
well-behaved young lady 1 never had
OFT board my ship"
Extremely well-behavcd she isl"
cried the correspondent ungrily. "Shc
stood against my door and prevented
me from going out. | screamed for
help, but my screams were drowned in
the cheers OF the passengers when the
boat left"
"Why did you not ring your bcll?"
81 couldn't ring my bell because she
prevented me. Besides, if 1 had reached
the bell it i3 not likely anybody would
have answered it; everybody seemed
to be gawlsing after the boat that was
leaving
"You can hardly blame them for that.
4 grcut deal depends on the safety OF
that boat. In fact if you come TO
think about It, you win see that what
ever grievance you may have, is, after
all, n very trivial one compared 20 the
burden that weighs on me just now,
and very much prefer not to have my
thing TO do with disputes between the
passengers until we are out of our pres
cnt prcdicament.'
ever to do with IT,. ! tell you fact.
tell you that one Of your passengers
came and imprisoned me in my state
room. / come TO you for redress. Now
there must be some law on shipboard
that takes the place of ordinary law on
land. / make this demand officially 20
you. If you refuse to hear me, and re-
fuse TO redress my wrong, then have a
large republic TO which / can appeal
through my paper, and perhaps there
viii also be chance OF obtaining just
ice through the law of the land 20 which
l am going
my dear madam" said the captain,
calmly, "you must not use threats 10
me. / am not accua toned to be talked
to in the way you have taken upon
yourself TO speak Now tell me whatit
ig you wish me TO do"
art IS for you to say what you will
do. l am % passenger on board this
ship, and mu supposed to be under the
protection Of its captain. I therefore
tell you have been forcibly detained IN
my Htatcroom, and / demand that the
person who did this shall be punished.
"You say that Miss Longworth was
the person who did this2"
eyes, do"
"NOw do you know you make a very
serious charge against that young
lady? A charge TINT find il very diff
Gcult 70 believe, May | ask you what
rr,e,t, uLr luI for doing svhnt .y,ti gay