The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-30

centuries ago. Then he would not be
disgruntled by American soap boilers
! and shopkCepers assuming airs of su.
periority over him.
or course the sister of a British earl
was not to be won during voyage
across the Atlantic ocean. but Lady
Amelia showed Fairchlld an invitation
from Mrs. T. V. w. Harker- Boyington
to visit her at Newport and he might
follow her there His family had three
generations before when New York
and New England persons had begun
to build cottages at Newport-they
were really cottages then-spent their
summers there and owned a cottage
Many Of those now inhabiting palaces
at Newport had sold fish and vege-
tables to his ancestors but the present
generation knew nothing of that, and
Fairchild was not admitted to their
charmed circle. However, he could call
upon Lady Amelia at Grs. 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 to the matter of
winning her, he could not but consider
himself presumptuous to think of such
thing. Besides, he had but 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 neared port Lady Anne
lla 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 a new country. Were she
landing in England her brother would
send his man. Connors, who had been
In the family since his birth and had
waited upon her since she was a little
girl. But landing in America was far
different.
This was gratifying to Falrchild,
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
rfage 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 ia making out
her declaration" for the customs Off
GERS, and she asked him If she must
declare Jewels she had inherited. She
had brought them all since she would
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 docked Lady
Amelia and Fairchild stood together
near the gangway, he 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 a
man stepped up to Lady Amelia and
said:
Come this way, please"
What forT' asked Fairchild, bris-
ting
Don't you interfere, sir. l have a
telegram from England to arrest q
woman answering to her description.
I don't think l 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 jAyels and was supposed to
have sailed for New York on the
stea mer just arrived. The man then
took 4 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 underclotb.
ing, was n small fortune In jewels.
Fairchild would not believe but that
a mistake had been made till he was
informed that Lady Amelia had con-
sented to go back to England without
making any trouble, trusting to her
LliSlh SSS W NC lCulGllh Will ubT. linen
he gave 1t up. 1t turned out that Mary
Thompson had been born q servant in |
a 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
10 write her native language grammat-
cally or spell correctly, not having re
,eived much of an education. She had
been brought into contact with the
Irlstocratlc friends of her mistress, who
not only knew eyervbody in tha uDnar