The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-15
A Disappearance
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iyork there sa disappssfanee Of a per-
son who ls rkyeF lseag6 Of ofsogw0rd
we have pfDsjcrtIchateJs ns many such
cases at 500. six snch tiisappoerances
have occurred DURING NY term oessea
service, oifg one Of which was ever
explained. 'ards tliata good while after
u happened.H W i
i was with the Cunard line. and we
were starting on the enstbound trip
Just before leaving n carriage drove up
10 the dock, and young lady came up
the gangway She was we'll dressed
and as pretty as n picture. An elderly
gentleman accompanied her whom
supposed to be her father lie bade
her goodBy affectlonately, seeming
loath to let her go. and, returning to his
carriage. drove away.
We had hardly got out Of sight OF
land before one of the passengers, a
Young man not much older than her.
self. began to show her great deal Of
Attention. Whether this was their first
meeting or net no one knew If he
vas an old acquaintance and they had
happened TO meet on the voyage no
one knew. Some ladies questioned her
about it, but got no satisfaction. She
told one lady that she was going abroad
70 marry an Engllshman. He was n
wealthy cotton spinner thrice her age.
The wedding day wns ret to take place
iu New York, but the groom expectant
had cabled that matters had arisen in
his, business to delay bis coming. It
wes therefore arranged between him
and the girls father that she should go
70 him. Her fatheT was her ouly llv-
iEg relative and could not go with ser;
therefore she must 20 alone.
IL looked TO the passengers who took
notice of the attentions of the young
MIN, who was supposed to have made
her acquaintance that he was bccom
ing dangerous to the man who was
Awaiting his intended in England. Bu.
none OF them except the officers who
were more on deck at night knew that
the couple sat late In cozy corners
every night during the voyage long
after every one not connected with the
ship had turned in. | spent my even
inEs below and usually at work on my
ncconnts, but one night | went up
stumbled on the couple unawares md
saw the young man with his arm
about the, girl's waist. made up my
: mind that for a bride goinaao meet the
bridegroom she was tramping on dan
gerous ground
Two days before our arrival IN Eng
land the girl disappeared She was
seen last about 10 O'clock nj night by a
Etewardess In the saloon The Young
man who had been devoted to her was
in the smoking room that night from
half pnst 0 tiiIii. Several persons said
they were there with him. At IL he
went TO his room and turned in There
was a roommate with him. who said
that the young man woke him up Mt
II to ask him the time. saying that his
watch had run down. Then he un-
dressed and turned in The roommate
declared that he was tight sleeper
and any one leaving the room would
have awakened him. Therefore the
young man was In hfs berth all night,
Furthermore, his roommate heard him
shore often during the night.
The girl was not missed till the next
day at noon. She did not appear at
breabfast and being absent at lunch,
she was inquired for. Her room was
Visited. She was not there. A search
was made She could not be found
eboard the ship.
Of course every one suspected the
young man of having something to do
githf her disappearance TN he cleared
blnself of that suspicion. confess |
was puzzled. He showed distress. but
bot the distress Of a moufner. Stlll, as
he rvas supposed TO have first met the
girl on the ship. he could not be ex-
pectod TO grleve inordinately. Had he
thrown her overboardf If so, when
could he have done IT.? The general
opinion was that she had either gone
eyerboafd in her sleep or had commit
ted suicide.
Her fiance was at the dock to meet
her and showed genuine distress at her
loss. The young man who Rad been
attentive 20 her ,conttfved 10 get ashore
without meeting him Indeed. when De
went ashore no one saw him SO far as
could be discovered
The sequel TO the story was told me
by q man who had CROSSED with us on
that trip. He had gone few years
later to Rio de JaneIro in connection
with the coffee business. In the owner
of a coffee plantation he recognized the
Foung man I have been telling you
about,
ne made himself known as for.
tner companion de voyage. and the
coffee planter took him to his house
and Introduced him to his wife. SIZE
WIS the young gla who imd cisap-
reared.
They had been married. some years
ana haa several children. YTer hug.
eond bad been her lover when 1t was
decided ehe should marry the cotton
SPINNER, He had gone aboard the shIr
sritfgut der knowledge or that Of any
@ae who knew her They had con.
~lyed her disappearance He had Sc
eareG fer her The garb OF a girl In the
stqeeae4. saEls ladylove had put II on
N gne 'nigHe an6 gone there unseen
-Ene ui1hf before fne shiD's arrival he