The Southern herald., 1911-04-28

might not have heard Of the snair- she
at once laid her loss 10 a stewardess,
and the steWardess promptly denied
II and asked to be searched. Inls
vas done and nothing vas found Then
the most OF US agreed that Mrs. era
ham had left her cash and diamonds
behind her when she sailed. and she
got even by calling Us a lot OF idiots
and sticking to It that whoever rob
bed her had used q false key 20 open
her trunk. Only Il hours after. a
bachelor made a complaint TO the et-
feet that a gold watch set with dia-
mOnds had been taken from his room.
It now became evident that there
was q thief aboard, and things were
made very uncomfortable for all In
the excitement we almost forgot Miss
Davis. but she did not forget herself.
She It was who suggested a search OF
all the staterooms and proffered her
key. In 50 doing she got herself dis
liked by an old chap who was in the
calico printing business in New York.
He said he had been turning out calico
warranted to wash for the last 40
years. and he'd be hanged IL he'd have
his honesty called In question at this
late day. This put Quietus on the
proposition to search, but il left a most
uncomfortable feeling throughout the
ship. Some one was stealing, but the
passenger who suspected another
might be in turn himself suspected.
The captain and purser did their best,
but struck no clew. That evening Mr..
Greenleaf and Miss Davis had a quiet
confab together on deck. Their scheme
was to lay a trap for the thief. The
young man had a very handsome dia-
mond and emerald ring on his finger
1t had a history. and while he was re.
lating the history he removed the ring
and Miss Davis took possession Of IT,
When the talk had been concluded he
held out his hand for the Jewel, but 1t
was not to be found She contended
that she had returned II almost at
once, and that he must have dropped
II on deck. She even led the search for
1t, and when It could not be found she
criticised young Mr.. Greenleaf for a
careless fellow. He was rather infat-
uated with her, but he had grain or
two of common sense left and he
decided to make change in his
program.
There was one more alarm. That
evening about $1,000 worth of jewelry
was taken from another stateroom.
There was a row over It, but the
officers of the ship could do nothing
except to station sentinels in the pas
sageways thereafter and make every
person identify himself on going to his
stateroom. Mr.. Greenleaf said nothing
about the loss Of his ring. No doubt he
wanted to, but of what use? 1t was
noticed and commented that he and
the ingenious Miss Davis had quarrel
ed and many theories were advanced
as to the cause, but none Of them
came within 40 rods Of the truth.
His withdrawal gave the others q
better chance, and they we're not slow
to take advantage Of 1t. In the smok'
ing room, in talking over the mysteri'
our thefts, a man from Passaic, N. j.,
was imprudent enough to observe that
Miss Davis ought to be suspected as
soon as any one. He had scarcely ut
tered the words regarding the young
lady when nine young men called him
liar and horse thief and fell upon
him and beat him until he looked like
raw beef. OF these nine, two got
change for hundred dollar bills and
three lost rings or pins before Miss
Davis had got through thanking them
The others we're coming home dead
broke, and thus escaped.
Miss Davis had a surprise for us
when the steamer was finally dragged
and pushed into her slip and the pas
sengers began to disembark. She told
us down at quarantine of the surprise
She expected her Uncle Joshua tC
meet her, and she wanted to play 9
trick on him. She therefore dressed
up as a Salvation Army lass to e
ashore. She made a clipper, but nj
one could have possibly recognized hei
as the girl who had boarded the Baltic
on the other side. Uncle Joshua wal
there with a cornfield smile on hi
face, and she got into hack and dis
appeared within few minutes.
That was the last any of us saw o
Miss Davis. The rest Of US read il
the newspapers. Her supposed fatheI
was a forger, and they were fleeing
from England when they boarded thu
Baltic. The telegram was from a con
federate and caused change in thu
program. All the stealing aboard coult
be laid at the young lady's door, ant
she had brought over large sum o
money besides. There were detectives
at the dock, but she outwitted them
They were on her trail for weeks AM
weeks, but did not succeed in arrestini
her. For an ingenious young lady sh
was hummer You not only hav,
the statement Of steady, conserva
tive old bachelor for that, but tn
various impetuous and infatuate,
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