The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

!: rescue was made by someone else.
!: One evening Miss Eileen Danvers
!: had presentiment as she rode from
!: White & Company's to her boarding
mouse. 1t wasn't that the landlady was
: going to pick the cotton batting out OF
the gas burners and enable her guests
10 get around their rooms without .
guide to New York But it was that
; her romance was due.
When Mr.. Guy Taylor left the store
lie had that very same feeling, and he
Whstled and hummed.
When Miss Eileen had finished her
iFuneS and tea ana retired to her room
she decided to help romance along a
DIT. She therefore, by the light of the
gas jet, penciled the following note:
"A young and innocent girl has been
kldnappcd and is being held prisoner
IN room on the second floor of No.
10. Whoever finds this hand il to The
nearest policeman. | am in a terrible
stuation,"
Ihls note was dropped out Of the
WINDOW and went fluttering down until
IL reposed on the flagstone, and was
picked up only after full hundred
pedestrians had walked over 1t.
And was the name Of the man that
picked 1t up Guy Taylor, who was out
Tor an evening stroll and ready to meet
his romance half way?
1t was! He picked It up from force
or habit. and he started to read 1t
without jot Of curiosity When he
had finished his hair was curling.
Here was romance at last!
Hand 1t to the nearest policeman.
Not If his true name was D'Artagan!
He would make the rescue alone and
unaided, or he would perish trying.
lie looked up, and the number 49,
stared him in the face. Up the steps
at three hops. The door vas not
| locked. Up the stairs, and half way
VI he met the landlady. This person
was fat and solid, and weighed 200
pounds. She was not near-sighted.
She saw at glance that the floor
walker was stranger, and as he tried
to elbow her aside she took him by the
down into the hall, and both shouted
for the police.
The police came. They drew the
lighters apart, and as soon as Mr..
Taylor could get his breath he told his
story and exhibited the note. The
police went bounding upstairs, and he
went bounding after them.
Every room on the upper floor was
searched. No Kidnapped maid. They
came across Miss Eileen. Of course,
but she could tell them nothing about |
prisoner in the house. When the en- |
tire premises had been gone over the
detective in charge of the search called |
all the female boarders together. There
We're seven of them
Zone Of you wrote this note" he
said. 1T was done as a joke. but l
must know who did 1t or I'll lock up
the whole batch of you"
Miss Eileen was given away as the
guilty party. Indeed, her face told
the story.
II just did it out of romance" she
sobbed
Romance exclaimed the detective.
"Who ever heard Of romance in a sec
ond-class clearinghouse? You'll not
find much romance at Blackwell's, I'm
And then he turned to Mr.. Taylor
with: Fall in Chevalier. You for
the coop. too!'
"But-but picked up the note" he
"It's against the law"
"And I felt 1t a duty to rescue the
writer"
swell, the Judge will feel something
,r other to be bis duty. After this
7ou'd better let the police do the rescu-
ng act"
At the police station the prisoners |
md to identify themselves, and as .
leither could get bail at that hour Of
he night they were locked up until
morning on the charge Of disorderly
onduct.
Romance, en-" said his honor the
ext morning, after the officer and the
andlady had testified. II didn't think
here had been any Of that in New
DIRK for the last hundred years. Tay-
Or. how do you think this romance
ught to endT
"As most Of them do, your honor,
stand ready to ask for Miss Danvers'
cart and hand" was the reply.
"But ID can't say that you love
err"
II can two weeks later, If you'll give
e fair chance"
"Dear me, but never suspected that
had their romances. If
IS true, must be lenient with my
st case. Miss Dnnvers, can q girl
, stenOgrapher and romantic too"
81 am a living example Of It," she
niled.
81 didn't think that romance would
TX with the hen-tracks of stenogra-
~. but If 1t does all right. How
ould romance Of this sort turn out
ppily"
"You-you might leave that to Mr..
aylor and myself"
II think / will. You are both dis
arged."
His honor was invited to the we'd