Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-30
ROBBED BY FIANoE.
Presence of Mind Displayed by a
 Kentucky Girl


 "One of the most curious of Ken lucky stories, and one that never reached the ears of the newspapers, gossiped Louisville visitor to New York Times reporter, the other day, occurred some years ago in our city. A promising young man had come to the city, had done well, was of re- spectable country family, and had won the: lovei or one of the finest young women in the city.
 An only child, and motherless, she lived with her father in one of the rambling mansions in the outskirts of the city. As is. the custom in many southern places, the servants lived in small building in the rear of the large plot of land surrounding the house. Late one afternoon the father told his daughter that she had better arrange to spend the night with one of her friends, as he expected to leave the city on a business trip and would be gone over night.
 .sShe told him that she would not be afraid to stay in the house alone. She expected to go out to the theater that evening with her fance. When they returned she would ask him to see that all the windows were securely fastened, and she would feel perfectly secure after he had gone.
 sHer father somewhat reluctantly agreed to this, and started on his jour ney The girl and her fiance went out together, as they had arranged to do. It seemed a. peculiarly happy evening to the young woman. They returned to the house in due time. At her re- quest her fianee examined all the win dows and doors to see that they were fastened. She bade him good night and went up to herroom, asking him to extinguish the front hall light and close the front door as he left. She saw rne ugnt go out and heard the front door slam.
 Thinking all was safe, she prepared to retire. Just before getting into bed, and while standing in front of her mirror, combing her hair at dresser just opposite the door to the room and over which was transom, she saw reflected from the transom the face of man. A closer look showed that it was the man she had just left at the door.
 Being of cool temperament and not possessed of nerves, she made no sign of her observation, but calmly turned out the gas and retired. She lay awake. waiting to see what would happen In about half an hour she was mortified to see the figure of this same individual climbing through the transom. He got into the room, walked to her dresser. took the jewels from it. including gifts he himself had made to her, ransacked the little treas ure boxes she had and then stealthilv returned through the ransom. With eyes half closed the young woman watched the whole performance si- lently.
 "Her father returned home next morning and heard the story with ex- treme indignation. She begged him not to create any scandal about it, and as the young woman was nearly crazed with distress, he respected her wishes. It was finally agA ed that she should write to the young man, telling him that she had seen it all. asking him 10 return her jewelry and requesting him never to let her see his face again. "The father teak this note to the young man. who promptly delivered the valuables he had stolen. The young woman's friends were told that the engagement was off. and it was not until very recently, several years after the incident. that the reason was known to anyone besides the three persons directly concerned in this tragic occurrence of this young lady's life"