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EMBARRASSMENT.
MM wrecker watch the wintry
augnb
The tempest rafe In the outward gloom;
lUiith men are praying onto God to doom
. wumil straggling witb the ocean' intent.
iwded and kneelinn in tuDKme affrieht
Upon the fated ship, a floating tumb,
Vast helplexa throne are seen where light
nings tame.
bins God for saivatorv liehtl
he in higheat heaven doth hear these
prayers
Offered by every eoal with voice sincere.
Who for his sentence in distraction waits.
he, environed by a million cares.
IrfOoks on the scene of triumph and of fear.
Uplift his judging hand, and hesitates! -Francis
H. Saitus.
A STRANGE PASSENGER.
When my packet ship, the Hermione.
i preparing to sail from Liverpool for
Hew York 1 was warned to take pre--arataona
against receiving as passenger
certain Alary Youngson, who, while
i 1 1 i a .
mderably her senior had poisoned him
to death, laid hold of all the money and
valuables she could get and then had
evade off. . It was thought that she
'would try to leave England on some out
ward bound ship most likely for Amer
ica, where she had friends and there
tore 1 sharply scrutinized the passen
gers, eight in number, who were brought
Off to my vessel in a tender.
As they stepped aboard 1 was relieved
to perceive that none of them tallied
with the description I had obtained of
Viae Youngson, who, 1 was told, was a
beautiful woman, over thirty-five years
of age, about 5 feet 6 inches in height
and very slender, with brown hair, dark
eyes and a clear complexion. She had
teen born and educated abroad, bnt her
father had been an Englishman and an
amateur actor, from whom she had in
herited a remarkable capacity for de
ceiving people as to her character.
Two of the female passengers who
now came aboard were married ladies,
and of dark complexion. There were also
two young women of about twenty-one;
-one a Miss Lorton, plain and stout; the
other. Miss Merwin, slender and tall,
-apparently not less than 5 feet 0
inches, with the most childish, innocent
looking face, for one of her age, that I
ver saw. She had brown hair and eyes,
mall, babylike features, and smooth,
glowing cheeks, which were constantly
' -dimpled with smiles. As she slightly
lifted her long skirt we saw that instead
- of shoes or boots she wore ornamented
buskins of some kind of soft leather,
which made no noise when she walked.
Afterward we heard that she wore them
because she had lately sprained her feet
mad could not yet bear harder leather.
From the first I could see that my son
Tom, a young man of twenty-five, and
ohief officer, was greatly impressed by
this girL
He had always liked tall women, and
Anything "babyish" in their looks or
Banners particularly pleased him. Still,
1 was surprised at the end of one short
"Week after we sailed to learn that he
wd actually proposed to her and been
accepted.
auro w ou ax utses, m uigviiuous, SO
fluu from smile of anv kind." sairl Via
""thai yoa can read her heart at once!
We are to be married on coining back
to Liverpool at the house of her annt,
who is expecting her. Witb her nsual
childish frankness she informed me that,
although having a small fortune in three
per cents, left to her by her father, who
was a merchant, she is at present short
of cash which would binder her from
purchasing, on landing, certain little
articles she desired toward a wedding
Outfit. I whs so touched by her shy, in
fantile way, blended with timid distress
at having to tell me this, that I at once
went to my room and procured the
$5,000 United States bond, which you
know 1 lately bought with my savings,
and gave it to her, telling her where she
could get it cashed, and bade her then
take out of it whatever she needed."
". ' "Why, Tom, you don't say so?" I cried.
' rather startled.
Of course," he answered. "Why not?
We are engaged, and it ought to be the
aame about money matters as if we were
married." N
He went below, and I sat long in the
clear moonlight, thinking it over in as a
toasty, foolish piece of business, when
uddenly I was startled by the cry of the
lookout forward.
"Sail, ho! right ahead!"
The 6tranger a large ship put her
helm a-port, so 1 had no doubt she
'would pass us safely enough; but as she
was going by, her helmsman raising his
wheel too soon, her bow swung off, and
her jibbooin caught under my spanker
sheet, lifting the spar and snapping it off
with a crash. '
There was noise and confusion as we
reworked briskly to keep the two vessels
apart and prevent further damage, in
the midst of which several of the passen
gers came running up, somewhat fright
ened, to find out what the matter was.
"It is nothing; we are all right now!"
1 cried, to reassure them, as the other
hip swung clear of us.
Miss Merwin had emerged from the
companionway after the others, and as I
looked toward her form, distinctly re
vealed by the moonlight and one of the
lanterns, I stood stock still in the utmost
astonishment, for, as true as I am a liv
ing man, her stature now seemed at least
three inches shorter than I had hitherto
een it.
I was the only one who noticed her at
that time, and on meeting my gaze she
drew back as quick as a Hash and van
ished in the cabin.
. The strange phenomenon I had wit
nessed for a moment almost took away
. my breath. My whole mind was fixed
- 'upon this one thing, And when my son
came up a few hours later to take the
deck I described the singular change I
bad noticed in Miss Merwin's stature.
He stared at me at first as if he thought
me mad, then broke out into an incredu
lous laugh. Baying that my eyes or the
" imperfect light must have deceived me.
' I knew better, however; but finding
- 1 could not convince him 1 told him to
-wait until the young lady should appear
. at breakfast in the morning, when h
-anight see for himself.
- ' ' ' :'" ' .
Two hours later the stxxtnd mate came
np to relieve Tom. who then went be-
reverie on the quarter deck, walked!
amidships, where he stood looking care
lessly forward.
All at - o.ice, judge of my surprise
when, on raising my head, I beheld,
leaning against the rail near me, a per
son I had uever seen before a slender,
middle aged man, of rather low stature,
with hair covering nearly every part of
the face excepting the eyes, which glit
tered like fireballs in the moonlight!
"Why, halloa! Who are you? Where
did you come from?" I cried.
"Pray don't excite yourself," he cooly
answered. "I am a detective, and got
aboard in the harbor through the con
nivance of one of your crew I am not
going to tell you which one who also
supplies me with food. I have been all
along in the stateroom next to Miss Mer
win's, with my carpetbag. Had you
'looked in the room you. would have seen
me, but you probably missed the key, or
thought it was lost."
"That is true; but?
"Here is my warrant," he interrupted,
handing me a paper, which, on reading
it by the lantern's light, 1 perceived was
a signed document, apparently from the
proper authorities, instructing John
Clews, the bearer, a detective, to con
ceal himself aboard the Hermione and
act as he might see fit in his endeavor to
detect the murderess, Miss Youngson,
who it was suspected was a passenger in
disguise aboard the vessel.
"She is here," was his confident reply
when I remarked that there must bo
some mistake. "I have not watched
through the hole I bored in the partition
for nothing.'
" Why, man!" 1 cried, aghast, " she
cannot be the guilty one. She is inno
cence itself as artless as a child. Be
sides, she is very tall and young, whereas
I have been told that the murderess was
much shorter and nearly twice as old."
He laughed in a way which to me was
I indescribably disagreeable.
- it is not miss merwin i auuae to,
he said. " You will remember that the
stateroom of Miss Lorton is also next to
mine."
" What!" 1 exclaimed, almost as much
surprised as before, "you suspect that
stout young lady Who J
" I don't suspect," he interrupted : " I
know her to be the criminal."
"But she is young, plain and stout:
the accused woman was slender"
"Bah!" he again interrupted. Dis
guise! That will explain all. It is easy
for a woman of that kind to make her
self look younger and stouter than she
really is. Should we fall in with a good
Liverpool bound ship I shall arrest this
woman and take her on board of it witb
me. I will go back to my room now.
You may or may not see me again be
fore we sight a home bound craft"
With that he glided like a shadow into
the cabin.
"Now, then, I had something to keep
me awake, to drive all thoughts of turn
ing in from my mind. So, after all, that
woman, that terrible murderess, was
aboard my ship!
I commenced to walk the deck in no
pleasant frame of mind, and the morn
ing light stole around me before I was
aware that the hour was so late.
- When breakfast was ready in the cabin
Miss Merwin was absent from her ac
customed place at the table. During the
progress of the meal I looked, more than
once at Miss Lorton the stout young
lady who. the detective had positively as
serted, was Mary Youngson, the poisoner.
The quiet dignity and composure of
her manner, the frank, honest expression
of her face, and its undeniable plainness,
seemed to me so natural, so real, that I
marveled how the detective contrived to
penetrate through so perfect a disguise.
Feeling tired out . after breakfast 1
slept until near noon.
When 1 went on deck Tom was super
intending the repairing of the spanker
boom.
"It is very strange," he said to me un
easily, "Miss Merwin has not yet shown
herself."
The day wore on without our seeing
her. Even at supper time she did not
make her appearance.
Tom looked pale and concerned. Final
ly he went and knocked at her door,
calling her name. There was no re
sponse. "I do not know, what to make of it,"
he said to me oh deck. "Oh, father!"
he added wildly, "is it possible she can
have suddenly died?"
"I don't think so," I answered; "she
seemed to be in good health" and then
thought to myself , "Were it not that we
are where we are, and she a different
sort of person, 1 might suspect that she
had absconded with your money."
As night approached her non-appearance
excited general comment, and I
was advised to break open the door,
which was locked. I did so, and we
found her room empty. . Her trunk was
still there, but she was gone.
My son looked at me as pale as death.
"My God! what can have become of
her?" he groaned.
In fact, it certainly was a very pecu
liar case, and coupled with my previous
observation of the strange shortening of
the woman's stature it seemed to me to
partake almost of the supernaCsraL
"May she not have gone on deck last
night and fallen overboard? inquired
one of the passengers.
"Impossible!" I answered. "It waa
clear moonlight. I was on deck all
night, and besides, I had good lookouts
posted about the ship. The thing could
not have happened unknown to us."
We looked to see if we might not find
a note or something explanatory, but in
vain.
Then I ordered a thorough search to
be made throughout the ship. This was
done; but no, she was not to be found,
though every nook and corner was looked
into.
Then it occurred to me to speak to th
detective about it. and as Boon as I could
do so unobserved I knocked at his door.
He cautiously opened it, but on seeing
who was there he invited me in.
, I told him what had happened, net
even omitting 'to mention-the sudden
change I had previously noticed in the
young lady's height. As 1 proceeded I
observed that -his - keen eyes seemed to
grow larger, while the thick beard that
covered the, face of this singular man
kept twitching, as if every hair was in
stinct with life. .
"Give me time," he said solemnly,
when I bad finished, "and I will solve
this mystery- la a few days I may be
able to .do it perhaps not for a week."
I left him and went on deck. Tom
was there, looking so downcast and for
lorn that I resolved to acquaint him with
the presence - of the detective, and tell
him what he said, and so, perhaps,
brighten him up a little. -
I did so, but my words had an effect I
L had not expected. Reflecting a moment.
he cried out: "Father, I believe that man
is a humbug! But whether he be a de
tective or not, I now suspect that he is a
thief and a murderer; that he knew of
Miss Merwin's having that $5,000 bond,
and that in order to possess himself of it
he has killed her and thrown her body
overboard!"
1 stared at him in amazement, - and
told him I feared that his grief had dis
turbed his reason. How was it possible,
I asked him, that the man could have
got the body overboard without our
knowing it?
"He could have choked her to death,
carried her to one of the open cabin win
dows, and dropped her through that,"
he replied. 1
"Impossible," 1 answered, "without
the splash being overheard by the man
at the wheel, or by some one on deck.
Besides, I doubt if he could have
squeezed the body through either of our
cabin windows, which, you know, are
very small."
Tom, however, seemed to think it
could have been done, owing to Miss
Merwin being so slender, and in spite of
all my efforts, I could not entirely rid
his mind of that horrible idea.
Days passed, for we had headwinds,
which kept us off our course; but as yet
the detective bad nothing to tell me,
though he said he soon might be able to
explain the whole affair.
A strange affair enough. Never before
had I such 'an experience, or anything
approaching to it, in any craft I com
manded. The passengers were equally
puzzled; it was the talk of all aboard
the ship. As for Tom, he grew paler,
thinner, wilder every day. At last, one
afternoon, when we had entered St.
George's channel, he came up to me and
said, in a husky voice: "It is as I thought!
Quick! I have something to show you!
Make no noise!"
I followed him. We both wore light
slippers, and without noise entered the
room Miss Merwin had occupied. He
pointed to a crevice, which he had evi
dently made in the partition, and look
ing through it I saw the detective in the
next apartment, kneeling by his open
carpet bag, from which now protruded
the identical buskins I could not mis
take them which .Miss Merwin had
worn. Spread out before him he held a
$5,000 bond evidently the one which
my son had given to the young lady!
"You see," he whispered. "Was I not
right? He has murdered and robbed
her!"
Low as the whisper was the man evi
dently heard it, for he pushed the bus
kins, and after them the bond, hastily
down into the bag, which he then closed.
Before 1 could hinder him Tom rushed
out and threw himself against the de
tective's door with a force which broke
the lock and admitted him into the room.
He flew at the man, clutched him and
shook him, when the fellow drew a dirk,
but in his f utile struggles to use it for
I held his wrist and soon disarmed him
his beard fell off, showing it was a
false one, and at the same time his shirt
bosom was torn away about the throat.
Then both Tom and I uttered a simulta
neous cry of surprise on perceiving that
this pretended detective was a woman
over thirty-five years of age or, in other
words, it was Miss Merwin herself de
prived of the cosmetics and other appli
ances which had, while in the natural
attire of her sex, made her look so much
younger than she was.
. The whole truth broke upon me at
once. This woman 1 suspected was in
reality Mary Youngson. the murderess,
for her face and height now answered to
the description I had of her, and we
found, while looking for my son's bond
in her carpet bag, some articles bearing
her name, and others marked with that
of her victim. In fact, afterward, while
ill, she confessed to being Mary Young
son. " .
Her motive in disguising herself was
apparent. She had feared, after 1 dis
covered the strange shortening of her
stature, that 1 might suspect who she
really was; and besides, the ruse would,
she thought, enable her the better to
escape from Tom and get off with his
$5,000. The mystery of her having as
Miss Merwin looked so much taller than
she really was we found explained by
. her buskins, which proved, like those
sometimes worn by actors on the stage,
to be provided with very thick cork soles.
to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature.
On the night she so astonished me by
the difference in her height she had, in
her hurry and alarm, come up in her
slippers, having forgotten to put on her
buskins.
It is hardly necessary to say that the
detective's warrant she had shown me
was forged, written by herself; nor
scarcely need it be mentioned that Tom
was now disgusted with this woman
and entirely cured of his infatuation.
Subsequently she died of. a malignant
fever while being conveyed a prisoner
back to England thus escaping the pun
ishment she so richly merited for her
odious crime, although there were not
wanting those who stoutly maintained
that the charge had by no means" been
conclusively brought home to her. How
ever, after occupying the public mind
for more than the proverbial nine days,
the "Youngson Case," as it was called,
gave place to a fresher sensation. Ed
ward Heina in New York Press.
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