The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-30
By SARAH BAXTER

able portion of his property in negoti-
| able bonds and cash.
1t occurred to me that the proper
course for me was to get warrant for
Miss Dartmore's arrest on a charge of
kidnapping. deputy sheriff to serve It
and give chase called up friend
who knew all about yachts and where
one could be procured. and within
| few hours / had chartered the Maui
titus, an auxiliary boat. and before sun.
set Miss Ambrose, an aunt of hers, my
self and deputy sheriff were of in
the wake of the Rowena.
! All we knew of the direction taken
by our adversary was that it was east
ward. 1t occurred to me that Miss
Dartmore would enGeavor to lose her.
1 self among the islands lying beyond
Portland, though she might stop at
that city for the purpose of being mar
ried. Miss Ambrose Informed me that
so far as she knew her father had not
thus far consented to marriage. but
he was quite feeble. and If the nurse
had sufficient time she would doubtless
dominate him to her purpose.
On reaching Portland we put in
there, made a hurried search of the
harbor and. not finding the Rowena.
pushed on eastward. striking the is
lands as soon as we left port They
are very thick, and we passed many
landings, which enabled us to make
inquiries without stopping If any one
had seen the yacht we were after We
soon got track Of the Rowena. but she
had twelve hours start Of us. and this
was a great advantage to her. Never
theless we tracked her, sometimes by
inquiring of those on Shore but usually
Of those on the water. She kept in
among those islands nearest the main
land and nearest together.
Miss Ambrose was very much trpu-
bled lest her father give way before
we could catch the party, and IL he
did there would be no trouble in get
ting a clergyman to marry the couple
at almost any of the villages on the
shore. I did all could to encourage
her and directed the engineer to keep
up full speed. From those Of whom
we inquired who had seen the Rowena
we knew we were gaining on her.
One advantage we had of our enemy
"a description Of his yacht, while 1t
was not likely she had any idea even
that she was pursued. Consequently
we could approach her without our In
tention being discovered But Miss
Ambrose had learned that the sailing
master of the yacht was in league with
the woman and that he had enlisted a
crew ON whom he could rely to resist
I capture.
Well. we kept hearing of the Rowena
being nearer and nearer to us until at
last, rounding an island, we saw her
at anchor In a cove not a mile away
from u.s. In order not to excite sus-
pIcion / put the Nautilus or a little.
but slowed down in speed. After sail
ing about for awhile with no apparent
definite purpose, constantly getting
nearer the enemy, saw that she had
a sufficient number of men on board
to resist us IL they saw fit. If could
get near enough for the deputy to read
the warrant. should they refuse to
yield, they would be subject to the
penalty of the law, and this would be
a great advantage to us.
told the deputy to tie his white
handkerchief around his neck instead
Of a cravat and otherwise make himself
look as much as possible like parson.
Then sailing up to within cables
length of the Rowena I hailed her and
asked If she would take a gentleman
aboard-a accommodating for an
opportunity to go to Portsmouth.
There was a long delay in getting a
reply. believed that Hiss Dartmore.
IL she had not yet been married. would
welcome one who could marry her.
was not disappointed. A reply came
that the clergyman would be welcome.
but there was not room for any one
else. I ordered out the dinghy, the
supposed clergyman and / got in and
were pulled to the Rowena. We had
a description of Miss Dartmore and
found a woman on deck whom we rec.
ognized as our quarry.
The deputy stepped on the deck and
began at once to read the summons.
For a moment she flushed angrily,
but, realizing that she had been trick
ed looked very much crestfallen. !
sang out that l was an attorney and
desired to know whether she would
obey or defy the law. After a brief
consultation with her sailing master
she decided to obey. She was taken
on board the Nautilus, and the two
yachts sailed back to Boston together.
Her captive was very glad to be re-
leased. He had no desire to marry
any one. but was not able physically
or in viii power long to resist the
pressure that had been brought to bear
on him