The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-09-09


dear friend who also had groxl
daughters but kept them at home, con
graduated herself on dear Helen beini
safe at school, this affectionate daugn
ter was packing up her small bundl
in preparation for flight, aided AM
abetted by the four young ladies t
whose example she owed SO much
Out into the moonlight hurried th,
young girl
The white beams showed her pretty
foolish face pallid as that of a ghost
She had never set foot in the stree
alone at such an hour before. A ter
or seized her-a sense of her owl
wickedness.
Perhaps she would have turned bacI.
but that figure in a cloak came a
the moment from the shadow OF {
porch and seized her by the arm.
"Ah, my own HelenI1 said a voice.
It was Carlos-Prince Carlos -hel
own prince.
Away they drove, how far Helen die
not know. Suddenly the arm that en-
circled her was withdrawn and voice
said:
Look here, young woman. Nc
noise. I'll choke you if you try tc
scream. You have your watch and
jewelry with you, hope, and the mon.
ey you promised to coax from your
mother. Hand them over.
20, it is not my Carlosi" cried Helen
20, what shall l dor"
1T is Carlos-at least it is the mar
you've been corresponding with" said
the voice under the hat. "But I'm nc
prince and no husband for you. Hand
over the money and the jewelry and
I'll not hurt you ] haven't much
fancy for an idiot who would run OFF
with a man she didn't know. Hurry,
I'm waiting!"
She gave her purse, her watch and
all her small possessions to the robber,
who with a loud laugh gathered them
up and jumped out of the carriage,
calling ON the driver:
Take that girl back to the school,
John, will your"
Miss Helen White stood on the door
step of Miss Minerya's seminary again,
but not alone; with her stood the driv-
er in a furious rage He swore he
would be paid and rang the bell and
battered the door until not only the
servants but Miss Minerva and four
and twenty scholars appeared in the
hall and on the stairway in all sorts
of impromptu drapery, and having de-
cided that ii was neither fire nor MUIR
White and her angry companion.
Miss Minerva, recognizing her schol-
ar darted forward, rescued her, slam
med the door in the mans face, order
ed the servants to guard it and asked
for explanations.
The explanation ended in a swoon
on the part of Miss Minerva and hys-
terics on that of Helen White
The next morning Charles stood be-
fore his sister with a peculiar express
sion on his face In her lap she held a
packet of letters which she had per-
used
My dear sister," said Charles, all
is as l have stated, and it is as well
that, on the part of the gentleman, it
was all a piece of acting. Helen was
letters were from her uncle; that he,
in mustache and cloak, eloped with
her and wound up the affair by rob-
bing her; or that the driver was his
Did friend Winter, who has daughters
Of his own, and who promised to wind
up the affair in the most dreadful man
aer possible. You must, however.
promise me to send for Helen to-mor-
row and to keep the truth of this af-
fair secret, so that it may be life
long lesson to her."
And it was not until Helen was mar
ried that she learned that her love
affair, elopement and desertion were all
carried on by her uncle Charles, who
knew what the result of boarding
school flirtations might be.-New York
News.