West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-24
Masuuers des in Male Attire
Like Another Ellis Glenn.
WORKS AS A BOY
On the Steamer Ruth And
Fools Others.
W.uAn,t Bank With Other Boy-Pre.
ferred Second Clerk.

A beautiful girl, eyes that RI
vailed the blue of the summer sky,
hair of rich auburn, cropped closely
enough to give tine boyish effect,
and form OF faultleSs grace and
symmetry, are the possessions
which Mabel McElhany, alias Dave
Kyle, has succeeded In palning off
on people for boys belongings for
several years. She palmed them of
on the crew of the steamer Ruth
last Wednesday when she applied
to Second Clerk Earl Kline for a
position as cabin boy. She also
succeeded In pulling the wool over
the eyes of Capt. NJ. B. Davis, Clerk
Roy Moore, Steward G D. Richards
and the remainder of the crew, as
we'll as all the passengers who
travelled on the boat during the
three round trips she made. Previ-
ous to that she had also fooled the
proprietor of the Cledenuing hotel,
of Noundsville, where she also
worked for some time.
LEFT HOME.
It now leaks out that she lett her
home at Elk Fork short d stance
back OF Sistersville, where she has
two brothers, Guy and Ernest Nc.
Elhaney, who are oil men we'll
known In the neigA gAborhood, and a
father, whose given name could
not be learned. Pretty Mabel left
home several weeks ago. shortly
after her mother died. She is said
to have taken this blow very hard.
She went to a gentleman friend In
Slstersville, who would not permit
his name to be published, and made
him clip her lovely golden locks.
She then donned her brothers
clothes and left Sistersvtlle. A
short time ago she appeared In Sis
tersville In her masculine apparel
bat 1t was not discovered who she
wes, or at least those WIN recog.
nized her kept the metter ,-crrt
Her identity was " IL d Sow red
to the crew of the R b when Capt.
John Reedy, of The Sistersvllle
police force, telephnned 20 the clerE
at the " heeling wharf
HER PECULIAR ACTIONS.
When the crew had been In
formed who she was they suddenly
awske to certain pecullarities In
hsr manner to verify the statement
of the policeman. Her pretty face
and hair and eyes, her efeminate
form, and her aversion for certain
lines Of work, as well as her many
likes and dislikes, all flashed on
them with a two fold meaning.
The stewart recollected that she
had been adept In the arts peculiar
to women, and had a holy horror of
cleaning the cuspidors. She re-
fused to do what she did not want
to do, and for the reason that all Of
them liked her, let her have her
way. When she said Il won't" 1t
was final. One OF her won'ts re-
ferred to sleeping with the cabin
boy. She would sleep with the
second clerk, Earl Kline,or nobody, |
and he refused the effeminate cabin
boy the honor. They say she rs
ually slept with her clothes on.
She took a strong fancy to the sec
ond clerk, ard he mad a sort of
hankering lor her, but he had no
particular reasons for 1t, except
that Dave" was a first class "fel-
low"
SMOKED CIGARETTES.
Mabel worked the game to fin.
ish, smoking cigarettes and indulg-
Ing In profanity ike the rest of
the crew, until last Saturday. when
she suddenly disappeared, saying
she was going to Cleveland, The
crew of the Ruth think she Is the
,lickest anc prettiest female that
ever came up the Ohio, and 1t Is
possible they will consider favora-
ely the proposition to change the
nane Of the Ruth to the Mabel
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