The Mount Holly news., 1917-01-23

was due to sail from Genoa the next
morning, and l took a night train for
that city. l stood, shortly before sail
ing, on the upper deck looking at, the
swarm of people, some hurrying
aboard, some going ashore, all infected
by that hustle usual to a steamer about
to leave port.
A girl came up the gangway whose
face was familiar to me- Where had
| seen her? 1t bothers one to see
face without being able to place 1t,
and this case annoyed me more than
usual However, since l could not rec
ollect where / had met her ceased
to think about her, interesting myself
In other persons. We soon passed out
on to the bosom of the Mediterranean,
and 1 rejoiced at the prospect of get
ting home.
During the next few days l looked
for the girl whom l had been unable
to place, both on deck and in the din
ing saloon. l did not see her till we
had passed Gibraltar and steamed out
on to the Atlantic Then one morning,
while walking on the highest of all the
decks, where there were no other pas
sengers, suddenly came upon her sit
ting In a chair leaning up against
projection that shielded her from the
wind.
She turned white as a cloth.
At first l thought would stop and
ask her where we had met, but she
turned her eyes away from me, and 1
saw that either l had made mistake
in thinking that l had known her or
she had no desire to continue the ac
quaintance. But why had the meet
ing with me so affected her? / thought
over every one l had met abroad-in-
deed, every one had ever known-in
order to discover If there was any with
whom l had had trouble. No; the rec
ord was clear.
We stopped at Madeira and the
Azores. l did not see the girl again
till we had left the latter islands. But
l had thought great deal Of her, and
finally it suddenly flashed upon me
who she was and where l had met her.
She was the young person with whom
had walked from Interlaken to Thun.
After leaving the Azores came upon
her, sitting on deck where had first
seen her. l was about to pass her
when she smiled at me- OF course I
Joined her.
''Now that we have touched at the
last European port" she said, 81 am
willing to make myself known to you.
We walked together one day in Swift
zerland."
''1s the costume you wore then or
the one you wear now your legitimate
! dressf
''The one wear now"
/ waited for her to explain, but she
did not So said:
"Why have you deferred making
yourself known to meY
Because am a fugitive. Had not
had confidence that you would not be
tray me l should not have planned to
take this steamer. Yet l was obliged
to take It, You win not betray mef'
How do you know thatP If you
/ have committed crime it is my duty
to betray you"
''I have committed no crime except
in the cause Of Justice"
That was the end of the confidence
she gave me. l did not wish her to
give me any more. knew all she
could have told me. l wished that
did not know 1T lest l might be called
upon to bear witness concerning it. !
leave it to the reader to infer what I
inferred It is too terrible and too
dangerous to be expressed in words.
I saw something of the girl every
day or SO ON shipboard, but when we
reached port did not think. 1t safe to
be seen with her. did not see her
/ when she left the ship. For several
days 1 eagerly scanned the newspa-
pers, dreading to read of her arrest.
Since did not and have heard moth
ing Of her since, I-have concluded that
she landed without detection. What
became of her after that / do not
know.