The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-29

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on the north side Of the hotel. Several
buildings were near, and from win
dow of one of them | saw Il buff of
smoke and heard crack. There was
nothing to be seen In the window. for
the blinds We're closed. Ii shot had
been fired 1t must have been from be.
tween the Stats.
The occurrence did not make much
impression on me, but an hour .atcr.
on going dow nstairS. | found the ho.ci
proprietor, the servants, the guests. al
horror stricken. On asking the cal,>
| was told that General l. had beel
shot by some one who had fired lnl
let into his room through an open viii
dow. Upon asking the time the affair
occurred | was told that 1t was al.au
half past S.
| knew perfectly we'll that hat
seen the smoke of the weapon that Lad
done the deed and could point OCT ia.
window from which 1t had been fired
but ! held my peace. Some oue haa
revenged long list of bari,iritilS Wis
tied upon those who had dared to M
tempt to build up an oppressed ueoll"
and | was not Interested in takii', an,
part In the affair. | inquired If ii wa
known from what point the shot was
fired and was told that it was believe
1t had come from tree that grew
near the generals window. iiy tbs
7 "a g..
had witnessed the firing Ey giVN-
the information possessed the polio.
would have a description Of the ter
son or persons occupying the room
/ from which the assassin had done the
I work. and they would ne pretty sure t"
make the arrest confess that sym
pathizing with the rcyOiuti0nists | hud
no intention Of talking.
| was pleased, however, poSscsS'h-
such secret. that the time had come
/ for me to leave Mentone My steamer
was due to sail from Genoa the mex
] morning. and took a night train for
/ that city. | stood, shortly before sail
| ing. on the upper deck looking at the
swarm of people. some hurryin.
aboard some going ashore. all infected
by that hustle usual to steamer about
/ to leave port.
A girl came up the gansway whose
face was familiar to me. Where had
\ seen her? 1t bothers one 10 see n
face without being able to place It,
and this case annoyed me more than
usual However. since could not rec
I ollect where | had met her ! ceased
TO think about her, interesting myseli
in other persons. We soon passed out
on TO the bosom Of the Mediterranean
and | rcioiced at the prospect OF get
ting home.
During the next few days | looked
for the girl whom | had been unable
TO place. both on deck and in the din
ing saloon. did not see her till we
had PASSED Gibraltar and steamed out
on 70 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
fling I'm a chair leaning up against
a projection that shielded her from the
wind.
She turned white as cloth.
A. FIRST 7 thought | would stop ant
ask her where we had met, but SUI
turned her eyes away from me, and
saw that either had made a mistake
in thinking that | had known her o
she had no desire to continue the &C
ouaintance. But why had the meet
ing with me so affected herr though
over every one | had met abroad-lf
decd every one | had ever known-i
. order TO discover If there was any wit
/ whom | had had trouble. No; the re-
ord was clear.
: We stopped at Madeira ana u
b Azores. | did not see the girl agar
6 FIJI we had left the latter islands. ~
q | had thought n great deal OF her, al
0 finally it suddenly flashed upon II
d who she was and where | had met ne
l She was the young person with VINO
u 7 had walked from Interlaken TO 1hu
le After leaving the Azores came up
her sitting on deck where | had III
H. seen her. | was about to pass d
ID when she smiled at me. or course
:, joined her !.
u "Now that we have touched at I
y last European port" she said, 1
= willing to make myself known 10 y
We walked together one day III >"
ha zerland.'
a. as the costume you wore theh
,er the one you wear now your iegitim
dress:"
is "The one wear now.
TO waited for her to explain but
raj did not. So said:
In "Why have you deferred ma h
at vourself known to meF
tho Because am fugitive hau !
pts had confidence that you would NOT
vo- tray me | should not have planne.
ed. take this steamer. Yet | was oDii
~ | -, a. ya,, will not bptray me