Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-07
EILEEN IN fA|RYlAND
JeWeIed Woman Stole Her Off
With Coach and Pair.
JUST LIKE ARABIAN NIGHTS
But There Isn't Any House Where
Girl Says She Was Taken.

NEW YORK. November If pretty
Eileen Ryan, a west side maiden Of six
teen, had lived in the days of Haroun-al-
Raschid. she would undoubtedly have
made the Princess Scheherazade look like
two-dollar remnant marked down to 50
cents.
Look you through the records of the
Thousand and One Nights Entertainments
Of Arabia and seek in vain for a tale TO
compare with this:
Il want you to pay heed TO this girl
story said Eileen's father, David. yes
terday, as he led the girl into the West
47th street police station. "She has not
been home I'm two nights. Listen
The sergeant at the desk settled back
in his chair. Eileen nodded her head,
giving her mushroom lid new slant, and
began:
Twas on Tuesday evening-the night
of the election-I was walking in Broad
way with two girl friends. Crowds were
everywhere. When We reached Times
around and around like a wheel. l was
caught in the center of this wheel; my
friends were torn from me.
Il was dazed for minute. / did not
know where I was. Suddenly L saw my
father, and he said to me, 1t is mid
night Get home. as fast as you can |
made my way down through Broadway
again, and just as turned into Seth street
a carriage which think had noticed be-
fore In Broadway drew up beside me.
And Away They Went.
cit was a rich carriage. That was
the impression l got at first glance. 1t
was drawn by two brown horses, and
they reared in the air as they were
brought to a stop. They were beautiful
creatures, and my attention was SO given
to them that forgot where L was until
voice Missed in my ear:
-" I have had my eye on you for long
time. Now you are mine. Have you
any money? Quick. give 1t to me-
ut was a tall woman, large of figure,
richly dressed and jeweled, who spoke
to me. Her face was unpleasant for she
had much powder and color on her
cheeks. l did not lose my wits, but an
| swered her boldly:
81 have no money said to her, and
if l had 1 would not give it to you / an
swered her just like that
Hardly were the words out of my
mouth when the stdanger seized me and
before l could make an cutlery l was
hurled headlong into the carriage. L
heard the driver give cry and snap his
whip, and we were off.
"Once the shades were down the woman
let go of me and l thought / was free.
but a second later. when i was ready to
cry out, I felt cold steel pressed against
my throat. Looking down, l saw that
the woman had a small revolver.
Make a sound above whisper she
said to me, and you will never make an
other
Fear overcame me and lost my sense
of time and distance But at last the
carriage stopped and the woman ordered
me to stand up and alight. I saw We
We're in a street | had never seen before.
All the houses were of brownstone.
THE woman took hold of my arm and
gave a low whistle. The door of the
brownstone house in front of which We
stood was swung open by d negress. who
ran down to the sidewalk and seized me-
Between the woman with the painted
face and the negress was dragged up
stairs and into the house. Once inside.
two flights of stairs-and into such a
room! Lights shone from every corner.
1t was like room in dream palace.
1.-THE black woman disrobed me and
gave me in exchange an exquisite night
dress. They served a luncheon, but
was careful not to touch it. They turned
out the lights in the room and. left me.
/ heard them lock the door. Soon sleep
overcame me.
Then She Awoke.
81 awoke with the dawn and found that
the windows of the room were OF the
heaviest glass. The black woman entered
the room with breakfast. / asked once
or twice for the woman with the painted
face, but got no answer from the serv-
ants.
II left the breakfast untouched, but
toward evening l became SO faint that
l drank some coffee. which vas brought
to me. This tasted bitter and soon | ne
came i'll. Thursday passed without any
change in the monotony. Along toward
dusk l discovered that the door was ajar
l had watched the women when they
had hidden my clothing and hurriedly
putting on my frock and shoes and stoc.-
ings l stole down into the basement of
the house and with a poker or piece of
iron burst out panel Of the street door
and escaped.
LAS ! passed the corner of the nearest
street l looked at the lamppost. The
i signs said 1t was 1J6th street nd 9TH ave-
nue.
land. prithee, Laura JEAN" said tn.
delighted sergeant of police, ''didst thou
not look at the number on YOUR prison
house? Was it not 2i?''
"Oh, no. 1t was not 23' answered the
Princess Eileen. who when sac is home
lives on the top floor front of No 2I2
West Both street THE number was r.
Two sleuths were sent forth with Eileen
to find the woman of the TaiEted faca.
Mrs. Ryan accompanied them. and the
sleuths had no difficulty in demonstratin
zade that there will probably be "A No
~ West 10th street about the year \. l..
oOO5.
Just as everybody was going to bed
at No. I'D West Seth street last night
they were constrained to postpone their
prolonged howls from third floor front.
Eileen was getting hers.