Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-28


the young lady and Mr.. Pennington
sat side by side in their deck-chairs.
She seemed to snuggle up to him
| closer than usual, and the sturdy oak
was pleased and glad They had
talked of lonely lives made happy by
| just such chance meetings as this,
and he was about to ask her business
| opinion of adding cement to the other
| commodities, when a message reached
| him that his presence was desired in
| the captains cabin. He fastened
away, and the first 20 words spoken
to him caused him to wave his arm
about his head and dramatically ex
claim:
Never, captain-never in this
world! Why the shame of it would
| kill her! How dare they say such
thing-how dare they!"
But if she is innocent, the search
can do no harm, and l give you every
assurance that it will be quietly con-
| Quoted"
But it shall never be entered upon,
sir! Miss Clay's reputation is above
| reproach in all directions. Show me
| the man or woman that doubts her
and l will make them kneel and ask
her forgiveness"
But two ladies claim to have seen
| her coming from one of the state
rooms that was robbed" insisted the
| captain. "They may have been mis-
taken. l hope by search to prove
| that such is the case"
| Captain" replied Mr.. Pennington
as he drew himself UP and folded his
arms. II have known Miss Clay for
years In fact, we are engaged. You
must and you shall not shame her
and me by any such search as pro-
! posed. | will protect her at any cost.
The speech was good, what there
was of it. Had Miss Clay heard it
she might have advised the orator to
go on the stage instead of going in
| for cement Being defied in his own
| cabin aroused the captains ire. He
said the search should be made, and
when Mr.. Pennington got ready to
! shed his last drop of blood, he was
trotted away and locked up in his
| own stateroom. This had scarcely
been accomplished when the demure
Miss Clay came forward with a smile
on her face and said that owing to
the embarrassing situation she would
p! be one of the frs = ask to have her
belongings searched.
THAT girl is a TRIUMPH" was the
mental ejaculation of the captain; and
| 10 minutes later the proposed search
was being made.
| Nothing whatever was found to in
criminate Miss Clay. Nothing what
| ever was found to incriminate
dozen other ladies who insisted on
search of trunks and handbags. Then
everybody asked themselves and each
other over again: who can it be-"
| The query was soon answered. Mr.
/ Pennington was liberated from
durance vile, and had just promised
the captain a suit for $4,000 dam
ages on arrival in England when he
| instinctively thrust one of his hands
into the side pocket of his pea-jackat.
| It was the pocket that Miss Clay had
cuddled against for hours before. He
| felt a package and drew it out, but
| the captain reached for it and saved
| him the trouble of opening it. The
package was made up of the missing
| jewelry. OF course sensation fol-
| lowed. Of course Mr.. Pennington
| protested. 1t would have looked bet
| ter for him if chiyalry had not forced
him to prevaricate about Miss Clay
/ She promptly denied having known
him for an hour before coming
aboard. AS for the engagement he
had affirmed, was it likely that she
would marry any such man? She
was not worldly girl, but even she
could see signs that he was hard
| ened criminal, and every one must
suppose that he was making the trip
| for what he could steal.
! Mr.. Pennington went back under
lock and key There was no wireless
| in those days, and if there had been
! he had been caught with the goods
| on him. Among the passengers were
| seven Christian Endeavor people, five
| Y. M. G. AS, four Prohibitionists and
| nine missionaries going abroad to
convert the heather. They took turns
at interviewing the prisoner and
pleading with him to mend his ways.
| AS for Miss Clay, she simply went
to the door of his stateroom and
| raped on it and called him a bad,
bad man. At Liverpool he was turned
over to the police, and though none of
the passengers would press a charge,
they found way of keeping him in
Jail for the next six weeks. He would
not have been released then had not
detective said:
well, I've got her at last. She's
as slick as they make 'em. OF course,
when she knew there was a stir about
the stolen stuff she unIoaded on you.
Cut it out after this, my friend Go
into cement, if you will, but let up
on chivalry 1t makes you a soft
mark"
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