Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-04-28

they hastily arose and Joined them.
Having heard the little there was TO be
related. Miss Zenith said:
she has elOped with the adjutaati"
Nonsense" the Captain exclaimed.
Now. Mollie," Miss Carrie said,
Don't talk like that about the darling
child She may be dead; and then you
would regret that glander while you
live"
Il believe it, She is in love with
him. and. in her own wilfun manner
she is determined 70 marry him. She
told him so in Mas presence and de-
clared that she did not care what Ma
and the rest of US had 10 say against il.
When he left here ii was with a prom
ise to meet her at Mortons yesterday
afternoon. lie went there and waited
for her till he could wait no longer;
then he came here and | told him that
she had gone out Of town. We now
know for certain that she got more
than half way home before
dark. You will find that she
has either gone 10 him or sent for
him as soon as she reached town, TAX
ing care to not let any Of her friends
know anything about It, unless it was
Bell Morton ard she wouldn't tell II
you would ask her with the lips OF
hot pinchers. You Will find that while
you were hunting her on the hills she
was with the adjutant!"
1T certainly IS possible" Mrs. Ze-
NTH assented.
II do not think It even remotely
probable" the Captain commented.
"Of course it Is not the easel II is
wicked Of you to suggest It! 1t is wrong
and shameful and God will punish
you for it," said Miss Carrie.
You may cling to your own opinion;
| will adhere to mine: | am quite sat
isfied that 1t will prove to be correct.
l shall have the pleasure of reminding
you that l told you So"
The discussion was continued until
Miss Zenith so far impressed Captain
Zenith of the possibility of her theory
being sound that he proceeded TO in
vestigate.
The cavalry was encamped at Camp
Cook. about two miles from Scranton.
Captain Zenith went to Scranton by
the first available train and went to
/ Camp Cook in a hack directly from
the station.
At the camp he met Lieutenant
! Doyle whom he personally knew and
] DI MIN lIuuII tu-
rs Lieutenant JaQuese in camp?"
! He is in New York"
when did he go?"
Yesterday"
Alone or accompanied"
He was unaccompanied, so far as l
| know. He was called away suddenly
| by some private affair and left us at
| Minersvale; / did not see him before
/ l. vgb inc priGre
! unexpected and was not in camp. So
/ far as my information goes he IS not
| aware of our departure.
Then you do not know where he is
| to be found? Where his headquarters
will be in New York;"
No"
'I must find him!"
rs it important? Is the matter one
! of haste?"
HE has carried off my daughter"
He has carried on your daughter?
| | do not understand"
MY daughter Stella, to whom he
has been attentive, went to the coun-
try to visit friends; prior to her depart
| ure she made an appointment to meet
| him at a mutual friends; the appoint
ment was made in the presence and in
| GtudlCe VI uGI lllOlAti Nht nun 'eio
yesterday afternoon He went to the
rendezvous; she had not returned; he
| called at my house and saw her eldest
sister who informed him that she was
| out Of town. He went away and that
was the last we heard of him until you
now inform me that he went hurried
ly to New York. or course he went by
fast nights train? She expected to ar.
| ~f, J. A,,t "a hn tTl n
| and started to walk home. At least
| she told her friends that she was going
| to walk home. Just before dark she
was seen on the road, at point less
| than four miles from a station which
she could easily have reached in am
| pie time to join him on the train by
| which he must have gone. She was
not seen by anyone, so far discovered,
after the occasion mention. Now, 1t
| Is evident that she has notified him Of
her failure to catch that noon train;
the information reached him after he
| called at my house and the details Of
| their plans were arranged after that.
Or, as she could have reached Miners
vale before the train left, she may have
| come on to town and the elopement
may then have been decided upon"
Il fear, Mr. Zenith, that 1t IS worse
| than that. He is not the man to elope
| In that way. He might marry clandes-
timely but he would avow the act as
soon as it was irrevocably accom-
| plished | am afraid that you are
mistaken and losing valuable time; |
| fear that some accident of which he Is
/ as ignorant as we are has befallen
| your daughter. He would not have gone
| trfhn ha EunW that gbp In
| distress. We can inquire of Captain
| Welter who commanded the detach-
ment and learn if he possesses any in
| formation in the case"
They proceeded to Captain Welter's
| quarters and found that officer, Cap
tain Won Smith and Chaplain Kephart
mounted and just leaving camp for
visit to Scranton. Captain Welter
| said
"All that know is that the lleuten-
| ant wanted quick leave on account Of
| some love affair in which n Miss Ze-
NTH was concerned; in what manner
/ do not know"
| When Captain Welter said this he
rode away and rejolned his compan-
| ions on their way to town. Captain
| Zenith said to Lieutenant Doyle:
/ was confident Of 1t! His sudden de-
| parture and her simultaneous diBap-
pearance convince me that they have
| gone to New York to get married and
! to keep out OF my way until the family
| becomes reconciled. OF course, the ey-
| ldence, after all, is only Circum5tantial;
| but It Is nevertheless convincing. /
shall follow them TO New York by the
| next train. II you hear from him in
| the meantime / shall be glad to have
| you wire me at the Gilsey house.
I would appreciate the kindness all the
more If you also telegraph your infor-
nation to my wife
| Certainly 1t looks very much as II
| you are correct, yet ] doubt, for | know
| Jaquese 30 we'll that | cannot help
| doubling. and fear that there Is some
| thing worse. l G Tnestly hope that you
| will find her In New York with him; IL
you do she will be his wife before you
get there and she might do much
worse. she would be a happy woman
| and would have worthy husband.
| However. II ! learn anything | shall
take pleasure in doing as you wish"
Captain Zenith bade the lieutenant
! goodbye and drove to the telegraph
office where he dispatched two mes
5aRes
The first message was to the Chief
Of the detective bureau of the New York
police department:
Lieutenant Jaquese Of Pennsylvania
Cavalry left Mlnersvale for New York
suddenly, last night Stella Zenith