The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-04
Her Shopping Bag.


OF New Orleans. There were two
members Of the Camera club Writ
Ellsworth and Louise Leyan, who took
% many photographs together that life
came to appear to them to be COM
posed Of myrlads Of beautiful scenes.
But suddenly Ellsworth who was a
sugar broker. was offered fine open
ing in Havana and went there to make
the place his home. From that time
forward al the pictures taken BY Miss
Leyan seemed to her to be tinged with
melancholy. Ellsworth. too. though be
ceased to make photographs, found
that he missed something III being de-
priyed OF the girls society.
AT that time Captain General Wey-
Ter was yainly endeayoring to throttle
the revolution. He would have found
It easier to stamp out prairie Gre.
Nevertheless he succeeded In putting
many active revolutionary spirits out
Of the way by incarcerating them, as
he called 1t. incomuntado, which
meant literally without communication.
In other words, no one was to know
who they were. that they were charged
with any offense or anything else about
them.
Ellsworth was heartily In sympathy
with the Cubans, but wisely RETAINED
from taking any part In the revolution.
He had gone to Cuba to engage In the
sugar business. not to help the people
TO gain their liberties. But a rival
sugar broker, seeing certain lines OF
business that he had always controlled
passing into the young Americans
hands. secretly lodged information that
he was plotting with the revolution
fists. Ellsworth was spirited away.
When month passed and no letter
had been retAeved from him in New
Orleans. greatswas the trepIdation with
regard to him among his relatives. He
had only mother and sisters, who
instead Of going to Cuba to fnd out
what had happened to him, contented
themselves with worrying. 1t was then
that Louise Levan discovered how
much he was to her, and she decided
to go TO Havana and make inquiries
But instead Of announcing her real
purpose she gave out that she was go
ing to take photographs Of scenes per-
tanning to the revolution.
When Miss Levan reached Havana
she commenced investigations which
soon led to the knowledge that ELS
worth was confined In prison in the
interior His recent business associate
told her that be would have taken
measures to bring the case before the
American consul, but the incomunlcado
prevented their getting any proof OF
his identity.
Louise Isevan found herself confront
ed by problem. How could she se-
cure this proof? Even II she could get
into the Jail, see the prisoner and make
affidavit to the fact OF Ellsworths
identity the trickery OF the Spaniard
would likely thwart her In the end,
Knowing her purpose, they could sim
ply remove the prisoner. After the
forming and rejecting Of many plans
she bit upon one that she proceeded to
carry out.
Going to the town where Ellsworth
was imprisoned. she took up her abode
ia an inn with a view to watching
for an opportunity to get a glimpse Of
him. lie might be allowed exercise in
the jail yard; be might appear at a
window; she might be admitted to the
prison. In the first two of these she
was disappointed, and all her applIca.
tions to gain access to the interior
were refused until prison inspector
came to the inn who the next day was
to inspect the prison. Louise secured
an introduction, battered him and beg
ged that she might send written ac-
count, censored BY him. Of the treat
ment Of the prisoners. The Official.
seeing an opportunity to influence
American sentiment. turning It from
the current reports Of harbarous treat
ment consented.
The next day Louise went with the
oficIaI to inspect the prison. III time
they passed Elisworth's cell He was
sitting on stool, pale. detected, ema-
ciated, reading a fragment Of news
paper. He did not look UP. AS the
party passed on Louise Jagged This
gave her the opportunity she desired
she carried what Seemed to be a
lady's bag for the purpose Of holding
handkerchief. portemonnaie and such
articles. Instead 1t was a kodak she
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IN q twinkling 1t had snapped. and she
had Ellsworth's picture.
The prisoner sat unconscious that his
old camera companion was looking at
him and that she had the proof re-
CURED to set him at liberty. The party
passed on, and that evening Louise
showed the official report Of the In
spection. which he approved at once.
A few days later deputy United
states consul with several persons to
whom Ellsworth was personally known
Miss Levan was not among them
appeared at the prison where he was
eonfned. The deputy was armed with
an order and q photograph. The order
read that he was to see the prisoners
and If the counterpart Of the photo
graph was among them he was to Be at
once sent to Havana. When Els
worth's cell was reached and com
parlson made, there was no doubt that
tho photograph was bis. .
When Ellsworth reached Havana be
was taken direct to the governors pal
nee. where there was hearing Of bis
ease, and he was released. Turning to go
ont. free man. who should he see
smiling At hlT1 but his old camera COM