The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-07-19

aboard, some going ashore, all infected
by that hustle usual to steamer about
to leave port
A girl came up the gangway whose
face was familiar to me. Where had
seen her? 1t bothers one to see a
face without being able to place it,
and this case annoyed me more than
usual. However, since / could not rec
ollect where had met her I ceased
to think about her. interesting myself
In other persons. We soon passed
out on to the bosom OF the Mediterra-
mean, and l rejoiced at the prospect of
getting home.
During the next few days / looked
for the girl whom had been unable
to place, both on deck and In the din
ing saloon. did not see her till we
had passed Gibraltar and steamed out
on to the Atlantic. Then one morning,
while walking on the highest of all the
decks, where there were no other pas
sengers, l suddenly came upon her
sitting on the boards, leaning up
against projection that shielded her
from the wind.
She turned white as cloth.
At first thought would stop and
ask her where we had met, but she
turned her eyes away from me, and
saw that either had made a mistake
In appearing that l had known her
or she had no desire to continue the
acquaintance. But why had the meet
ing with me so affected her? l
thought over every one I had met
abroad-indeed, every one / had ever
known-in order to discover If there
was any with whom l had had trou-
BILE. No; the record was clear.
We stopped at Madeira and the
Azores. 1 did not see the girl again
TIL we had left the latter islands. But
1 had thought great deal Of her, and
finally it suddenly flashed upon me
who she was and where had met her.
She was the young man with whom
I had walked from Interlaken to Thun.
After leaving the Azores l came
upon her, sitting on deck. where had
first seen her. / was about to pass
her when she smiled at me. OF course
joined her.
'Now that we have touched at the
last European port" she said, 81 am
willing to make myself known to you.
We walked together one day in Swift
zerland."
''Is the costume you wore then or
the one you wear now your legitimate
dressY'
The one wear now"
waited for her to explain, but she
did not. So l said:
"why have you deferred making
yourself known to me-"
Because / am a fugitive. Had /
not had confidence that you would not
betray me / should not have planned
to take this steamer. Yet ! was
obliged to take it. You will not betray
mel"
How do you know that? If you
have committed crime it is my duty
to betray you"
81 have committed no crime except
In the cause of justice"
That was the end Of the confidence
she gave me- / did not wish her to
give me any more. knew all she
could have told me. / wished that L
did not know 1t lest might be called
upon to bear witness concerning it. l
leave 1t to the reader to infer what
inferred. 1t is too terrible and too
dangerous to be expressed In words.
I saw something Of the girl every
day or so on shipboard, but when we
reached port did not think it safe to
be seen with her. did not see her
-.sghen she left the ship. For several
days / eagerly scanned the newspa-
pers, dreading to read Of her arrest.
Since ! did not and have heard moth
ing Of her since, have concluded that
she landed without detection. What
became Of her after that do not
know.