Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-19


Fairchild was not admitted to their
charmed circle. However. he could call
upon Lady Amelia ut Mrs. Harker-
Boyington's and would be welcomed
as the latters friend.
Having asked permission to do this
and received it. he felt comparatively
easy-that is, as to gaining access to
Lady Amelia. AS 10 the matter of
winning her he could not but consider
himself presumptuous to think OF such
thing. Besides, he had but q beg
carly half million. and he suspected the
noble lady was to visit America with
view to making a match with some
rich man.
AS the ship reared port Lady Anne
liza grew Ill at ease, She said that no
arrangement had been made with any
one to meet her and she dreaded land
ing alone and unprotected on the
shores OF q new country. Were she
landing in England her brother would
send his man. Counors, who had been
in the family since his birth and had
waited upon her since she was little
girl. But landing in America was far
different.
This was gratifying to Fairchild,
since 1t gave him an opportunity to
place Lady Amelia under obligations
/ to him and become initiated to relying
upon him. He told her that he would
/ be only too happy to assist her in get
} ting her luggage through the custom
/ house and would see her to her car
rage and to any place she proposed
/ to go. She accepted his offer, but
somehow that dread she felt In land
| ing In a new country did not disap-
pear He assisted her in making out
| her declaration" for the customs on
! GERS, and she asked him II she must
declare Jewels she had Inherited. She
had brought them all since she would
I need them in New York and Newport.
He gave her full instructions on this
point and all others that concerned
! her.
When the ship was locked Lady
Amelia and FairchiId stood together
near the gangway, ne carrying her
hand baggage he noticed that she
was pale and seemed to be laboring
under suspense. He escorted her
down the gangway, and they had
scarcely set foot on the dock when
man stepped up to Lady Amelia and
said:
Come this way, please"
what forT asked Fairchild, bris-
Ting.
Don't you interfere, sir. have a
telegram from England to arrest a
woman answering to her description.
don't think 1 am mistaken"
Fairchild. thunderstruck, followed
the man and his prisoner into a pri-
vate room, where the officer read the
telegram directing the arrest of Mary
} Thompson, maid to Lady Amelia Poin-
dexter, who had decamped with her
mistress jewels and was supposed to
have sailed for New York on the
steamer just arrived The man then
took a suit case belonging to the so
| called Lady Amelia and asked for the
key. She produced 1t, he opened the
case, and there. rolled in undercloth-
ing, was small fortune In jewels.
Fairchild would not believe but that
a mistake had been made TIL he was
informed that Lady Amelia had con-
} scented to go back TO England without
making any trouble, trusting TO her
mistress to be lenient with her. Then
he gave 1t up. 1t turned out that Mary
Thompson had been born a servant in
n noble British family and from con-
slant contact with its members had ac-
quired the manners of lady, which
she could assume at will She and a
valet had concluded to make way with
some OF the family property, go to
America and set up for themselves.
The valet arrived on the next steamer
and was also taken in.
The maid had appropriated some of
her mistress writing paper with the
family crest on It, but she was unable
TO write her native language grammat-
ically or spell correctly, not having re-
ceiyed much of an education. She had
been brought into contact with the
aristOcratic friends Of her mistress, who
not only knew everybody in the upper
circles I'm England but had been to
New York and been entertained at
Newport. Indeed, her maid before
leaving her had stolen an invitation she
had shown Fairchild, having changed
; / the date
Fairchild came 10 believe that she
had purposcly let slip the letter that
had been blown away from her on the
; steamers deck To get a grip on him,
but what she intended to do with him
after getting him he remained in igno-
rance about
Fairchild has become socially mis-
anthropic. He is beginning TO think
that after all refinement comes usually
with-or. rather. after-the possession
Of wealth and the fact that man Il
refined comes from his ancestors hay.
: ing acquired money to be used in his
refinement. He goes still further aver
ring that. while in America our arts
tocracy comes from the possession OF
funds acquired in trade. abroad II orig,
: in0lly came from robbery. most Of the
z powerful families in England toda :
having obtained their fortunes from
the dispossession OF some one who
: likely originally stole it from another
: Sept. 10 IN American