Evening star., 1909-09-12

nN the tenth day OF his search Fox visited the last
- graduate on his long list. She was white
haired old lady living in Brooklyn. And here he
met with apparently great success. Yes, Mrs. Car
penter remembered Madame earlier fairly well. The
madame slender, delicate little woman very
modest, wearing fluffy little dress She had not
been much of success teacher of French and
German; but fond of music.
She was widow, as l understand, remarked
Fox.
Such was the impression" replied Mrs Carpen-
ter; but she was a very uncommunicative person
and told little of her affairs
And Roman Catholic" suggested Fox
L think not was the answer; " in fact, l feel
positive that she was Swiss Presbyterian
And how do you know that?
In her room at the college two small prints
labeled Wide Awake and Fast Asleep remember
them distinctly These pictures were given away
about that time premiums to subscribers to The
Christian Union, then edited by Henry Ward
Beecher.''
You are right, Mrs. Carpenter. She was prob
ably not Roman Catholic remarked Fox with
growing enthusiasm
Here was clue at last, he thought, the first
tangible thing that might lead him to ultimate
Madame earlier subscriber to The
Christian Union. There must be old subscription
books somewhere. He would get the New York ad-
dress of Madame Cartier, definite street and a
definite house. and from this point he could trace the
lost woman and solve the mystery. But the old
subscription books had been destroyed and he could
find naught of Madame earlier or her New York
address, The mystery was still mystery
As he walked homeward that night downcast and
discouraged. Jimmy Fox planned that the next morn
ing he would visit the library and search the files Of
1.-The Christian Union 1t seemed hopeless task;
but there chance that Madame earlier
had advertised in the paper for situation. And the
next day in quiet alcove of the big library with the
files of the dead periodical piled high about him. he
set about his tedious labor For two days he worked
but with not gimmer of light to throw the dark
mystery of the Vassar teacher.
Is it possible for human being to disappear in
hole in the ground? thought Fox as he opened the
last file in the library Here is of respecta-
biity and education, who walks out of bank on
forever. There should be- must be, expana-
tion'
CHANCE has and always will be great factor in
- material things And it Chance that gave
Jimmy Fox new hope at the close OF that second day
in the library He had turned to the last page of the
of general caught his trained eye In a column
of Events of the Week he read:
Fifteen lives lost Tuesday last by the
wreck of the steamship Lucille, near Marthas Vine
yard
Fox sat erect and rubbed his eyes, Strangely
enough, Madame Carriers name was Lucille. He
laughed at the foolish thought of coincidence. Then
he glanced at the date OF the paper Saturday, May
81 1876.
Whatl Tuesday, the day of the disaster was the
seventeenth. Madame earlier had paid her last
visit to the bank on Monday May 16
Jimmy Fox rushed to the library desk. 1.-The
Times for May 1876, if you please" he called.
A moment more he nervousy turning the
leaves of the newspaper file seeking an account of
the Lucille disaster. There it was, full column,
telling how the steamship Lucille, bound Tor Boston,
had left New York on Monday afternoon had been
caught in fog on Tuesday morning, May L. off the
Massachusetts, coast, and had struck rock and
sank Of two hundred persons on board, all but ff-
teen were rescued by life savers from Marthas
Vineyard. But boat had capsized and fifteen had
been drowned.
Fox ran down the list of the lost and then with
eyes bulging and mouth open he read these names:
Mrs. earlier and her niece, Miss Jeanette Devoe,
of Boston"
"Of Bostonl" echoed Fox. Mrs earlier was
ed fO BOSTON ted1 1y bv mi ke
is why her New York acquaintance did not recog
nize the name at the time of the Disaster