The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
GIRL HAD A BIG BROTHER.
When JOpsOn Proved to BE an Inn
poster He Trashed Him.


poster He TraShed Him.
From the New York World.
Among the Campanias cabin passengers
on an eventful voyage last summer were
an English widow and her daughter, Mrs.
De Stanley and Miss Mabel De Stanley.
They were on their way TO New York to
Join the son and brother, Arthur De
Stanley young man who came to this
country five years ago, got a successful
business connection, and had made
coy little home for his mother and sister
out in Railway.
Now. Miss Mabel de Stanley, in addi-
ton to being very pretty and very viva
cious. is a remarkably fine pianist. Those
aboard greatly admired her playing, but
none more than Alfred Percy Jopson, He
was dark, with big, bulging black eyes,
a wide upper lip and heavy mouth.
But he possessed insinuating manners,
eentleness and softness of voice, and
soon Miss de Stanley found herself us
tening to his account of himself and be
Ieving He was a second lieutenant IN the
Nineteenth Hussars of her majesty $
army he said. He knew the Belmohts
we'll and was to be their guest at New
mort so he said He also let it be known
that he was rich
There was another young Englishman in
constant evidence about Alfred Percy Jop-
son. Me man Jopson called him. ana
thus by degrees Miss de Stanley and Mrs.
de Stanley absorbed the impression that
Lieut. Alfred Percy Jopson, OF the Nine
teenth Hussars, was a person OF no ordl-
nary Importance, and when on leaving the
boat i'm New York he asked Mrs. de Stan
ley's leave to call upon Miss Mabel and to
correspond with her, his request was readily
granted.
All this, of course, was releated to Mr.
Arthur NJ Stanley when the house, No.
3e Commerce street, Railway, had been in
spected and the new life in the new world
begun Arthur said nothing, but secretly
resolved to have an eye out for Mr. Jop-
son.
Soon came deluge of letters to Miss
Mabel from Newport, all written on the
Belmont note paper, all telling of yachting
parties and other swell reunions in which
Mr.. Jopson was a conspicuous figure. He
was now Miss Mabel sutton and as such
at last he came to Railway.
The best hotel in Railway had the honor
of entertaining him, and young de Stanley
had made arrangements with Mr.. wilson,
the proprietor to have the distinguished
guest receive especial attention. But Ar
thur was still watching and he observed
that Mr. Jopson was not very particular
as to his manicurng. But Jopson still daz-
zled with his talk.
He mentioned that he had bought
"bit of place" in Morningdale Park, New
York, at quite a bargain-only $4,000 He
referred to his relative Vice Admiral Jop-
son, r. N. He mentioned his wealthy
cousins, the Ellisons, wooden merchants,
having offices in the Gable building in New
York. Indeed, one day he took Miss Ma
bel to see the Ellsons-that is, he left her
standing outside while he went in and saw
them. and Arthur de Stanley character
lied this proceeding, when he heard Of it,
as peculiar"
In fact, there had developed so many
peculiar things about Jopson that young
MIR. De Stanley had gone in for little
correspondence. He wrote to the English
war Office and to the commander of the
Nineteenth Hussars. and from both quar-
ters he received assurances by mail that
Lieut.. Alfred Perry Jopson was beyond
question an impostor. Mr.. De Stanley pur-
sued his inquiries further.
He learned that on the day when Jop-
son left Miss Mabel outside and went in
to see "his relations" he went in as an
entire stranger and applied for a job
He learned further that it was not as a
guest, but as footman, that Jopson had