Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-05-18
Her DUN
Detective
A Girl Suspect Clears
Herself
D., EF TAnD MA DCH
By ELLNOR MARSH


and girls, averaging In age perhaps
seventeen years. We were young
enough to get up parties on the prin-
ciple Of Dutch treat" and not old
enough for boy to feel that If he
asked one of the girls to go to an
amusement he must hire a carriage
for the purpose of taking her. We had
informal dances In each others houses
and each boy was detailed, as they say
In the army, to escort particular girl
to the dance. In this way all the girls
were transported without doubling up
All went well, and we We're having a
merry time when Roy Stivers, one Of
the boys who had gone sweet on a girl
outside the set, insisted on introducing
her among us. We girls were not
pleased at the introduction Of one we
knew nothing about but We yielded
gracefully, and l consented to Roy
bringing her to a dance that was to
come off at my house.
1t Is marvellous how a nice, well bred
boy will go daft on girl entirely out
nooth him nh n,on,art wo o,,r,s 40 M
Roy's friend, Sarah Stearns, we knew
that a flrebrand had been introduced
among U.S. But 1t is easier to let per-
~ no., ont Do n,as ono % o,S n,naat
sollows ana ,yo ala not ,rIa,, 20 oerond
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teu 20 "is W ~ " n'S Io'not eoun-
sy p'aUe ioi "eea Gnu VI coul'e
oaran S'earns "ouiu pe Vi 'ne party'
wy Dens NJ iDel'y " lh'i'e "hoin NC
p,oasou W n,s o"n no,Ao' .mo-'niiuS
Oh our punch accepteu' ana 10y took
us " oui ues'iiiu'ion Al MS cur Ane
otnerS "oulu not 20 On account Oh
oalan cteuihS poniB Va INC purity
l wisneu very inucn " ehJoy 'ne lun,
W. Hioaiof 1,oNvi "nS NY pur.icuiai
sni e.un' anu sho "as onc Who III
.onueu " s'ny "wuy' peisuaueu nei
" go ho"e'ei, sinee my pieasure ue-
penueu on hef uoihs 80
"y mother acteu aS emperor ana
uiu ah III her power 10 make our stay
III her mousse ehJoyaDie' Ohe evening
we were u"nclls wheh al Oh sudueil
tue eiec'ric nsn'S eeaseu 10 sio"' anu
we were ieil IN total uhrkhess' MY
irienu Eie"hor WIS uancnlB WIN
Churhe iiun' Ut inc 'i.le' Charhe' Hhe
hoy' WIS gwen everything ne ""hteu,
"hu anhonB other tnihBs ne possesseu
was VaiuaDie golu watch' soon aiter
inc nights were eXtihgulshed there was
tug ut ms Wateh ciaih ana teelihg
Tor IT, ne Iounu IL broken Ills "atch
was gone. lie was uahclng Win
Eleanor wheh the darkness came, ana
OF course they ceased TO whirl ana DIS
engaged themselves. rive minutes
Iater, Wheh the ilghts continued 10
glow' they We're sui standing near
each other.
charlie, not wishing to mar our fes-
tlVltles' SAID nothing at the time about
the loss OF the watch, but the matter
soon leaked out An unpleasant fea-
ture OF the matter was that he was
dahclhg with Eleanor when the lights
went out, ana the logical inference was
that she had relieved MIN OF IL. Never
theiess, none OF US believed anything
or the klnd.
our most was very much troubled. II
was evident that there was thief
among u.s. 80 far as circumstantial
evidence was concerned IL pointed 10
Eleanor Trevor. she knew nothing
ABOUT Charlies Ioss or the position IN
winch she $1,000 unti l told ner. She
was NOT person 10 grunge uhuer such
WIN Wohans lntui-
non she at once Spotted sarah stearnS
as peme Ut the Dottom Oh the trouble
one oiu not DeheVe tnat saran hau
sloien lhe ""tch LOT tne "utcn itsen'
put that she might ihcuIpate Eleanor.
hehhoF theory was tnht Shrhn nhu