Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-02
be EDtertoiDiDg x es |as ebos' B Lewis. Y Miss Judson.
COPYRIGHT. 1897.

Fssgs speetor came aboard and created |isI ptle excitement among the passen- A in their search for slick criminal |sn ed George Lacy. Lacy was a forger, aa 1terfeiter and all around swim eel and was wanted on a dozen diff
 |nt charges. The officers were sure \ bad booked under another name, the steamer was held for an hour
 e they examined the large num-
 of passengers and searched about. E y even had the firemen up one by Eh and not until they were cock sure \ their man had put them on a false
 It would they allow the lines to be K off and the steamer to proceed on
 way. There was good deal of K K. of course, andl 10 out of 20 of the
 ssengers. first and seeond-class. were \ cretly glad that the criminal had not ! len overhauled. So long as he had Eindled none of us we could forgive m for swindling others. That's hu
 an nature afloat and ashore. For
 ree or four days after sailing we were
 clined to believe that the man was z Nth us after all, in the person of Ebung and smooth-faced fellow who
 pt to himself and who looked to be
 barp and slick andl sleek. There was
 neral disappointment when he turned
 bt to be young naturalist going out
 India to gather specimens for some *bllege. A few of the more enthusi- Htie were so piqued1 that they cut him F Id and argued that he had wronged
 aem by not proving to be the much
 santed criminal.
 H The first three or four days out on
 teamer making long voyage passen- Bgers fight shy of each other. Then Ehere is general sizing up, as it were, Ind all fall into their places and be- ome more or less acquainted. There k always married lady who is deter |aine0 to stand at the head of one set, | young woman who aims to be the |elle of another, and third female, Jingle, widowed or divorced, who coolly Ind calmly plans to firt with every han who will look at her, and who Ebortly acquires the reputation of be- Ing witty, jolly and interesting. As Eoon as We set eyes on Miss Judson, who was seasiek and kept to her state loom for the first three or four days, ue instinctively felt that she would ake this latter position. She was fair y good-looking. of excellent figure, EEew how 10 dress, and was witty and magnetic. Before breakfast was over Il the single men and half the married mes were determined to get an int, J- |uetion as soon as possible, s@As an off et none of the .woS4 ane1 liked her. Many lad mon@sle l5eauty and style, but all felt hsssat her drawing power was leyond
 them. If she had appealed to thewom-
 en the men would not have cared for
 her. but as she appealed to the men,
 the women were bound to snub her. Fshey begani it almost at once, and that evidently pleased her, for it gave her
 m excuse for avoiding their society. When Miss Judson got fairly started on her course she lost DO time. In a couple
 of days she had been introduced to
 every first-class passenger ofthe sterner
 sex, and during the next two or three she picked and culled until what
 was known as the "Judson Crowd
 numbered about 15 men. Twelve of
 these were young men or widowers, while the remainder were married men
 whose better halves were in Eng,andor India. While this crowd was not com posed of the highest mental talent in the ship, it was the money crowd, though no one figured on this until later When the officers of the ship were consulted about Miss Judson they could give very little information. She was the only child of wdower out in India who belonged to the civil service, and she was going out to visit him. Her pas sage had been taken by an aunt, who was to have gone with her, but was de- tained by some property matters and would follow on the next steamer. Miss Judsou was supposed to be fairly we'll off. though not rich, and it was called plucky in her to make the long voy- age without companion and to act as her own maid. What information
 NiiC OiutGIS COutU HUI SuPpIy cdIuG DJ rumor from passengers who claimed to have at least heard of the young woman before sailing. It was said she had refused several good offers of mar riage because the men did'not come up to her mental standard, and that she was looking for brains instead of money in a life partnership. This was simply rumor, but the Judson crowd im1nediately brushed up their hair and sought to look and talk like brainy men.
 When the ship had been out about a week Miss Judson inaugurated cards to while away the spare hours. There are games and games with cards. but she always played two-handed game, and Ehe gave out at the start that she never played unless there were cash stakes 10 make the game interesting. As the playing had to be done in the cabin. Pnd as there were people aboard who might be shocked at the sight of money Pn the board, slips of paper were used Ps substitute, and few outside of the players knew what was up. It was q natter of surprise to everyone who knew Miss Judsen that she was so bdept with the pasteboardr T ,,,,s q f