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Show JJ THE SALT LAKE TIMES. THURSDAY Al'JUL 3U, 18'Jl. J, EMBARRASSMENT. Gaunt wrecker wiitoli tho wintry coaat at nlRht: ThotrmiK'st ruses In tho outwnni nloom; Kuugh men uru jiruyhitf uulo Goti to iloom iv A vrs-iu- Btir'rliiif; wiUi tljo (x;t'un'( miht. Crowilcl ami kneeling in supremo utl'riKlit I'jmu tho faluii niup, a ll'iaUiiii tomb, Vflut hi'lplrxs throuKS aro aoou wticro lisiht-ui:i-lume, ' Rosooohiioj lioil for CAlvutorjr likrht! And ha in hii;hont liuavcii UotU hoar those pruyors Offered by every bouI yi it h voico si nrirc, Vi ho fur htownioiK.o in dinlrai i ion waits, And lie, raviro.'H'cl by a million curt-H- , Looks on th wt-n- of triumph and of four, I'plilU his JuelisiUK huud.aud liositutiml Francis e. Siiltus. Subscribe forlt fe h m pi T Y THE TIMES Gives the latest and fullest news from the Alines of Utah. THE TIMES ' Gives the News of Salt Lake while it is fresh. THE TIMES Gives the News of the World while it is still a thing of today. Col. 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EVANS, I ? iftiureir tu EVAN5 & ROSS. iflodsrtosrifek'rcrt 'j SM Stat. St.. B.UI..I,.. h I :. ; ' SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVER TO SHIP- - i MENT OF BODIES. (J Open !l Tslsfc, 3E4. t 'Tray don't exeito yourself," he cooly answered, "I am a detective, mid tfot aboard in the harbor through the con-nivance, of one of your crew I ma not goin: to tell you which one who also Kuiijilies wo with food. 1 have been all along in the stateroom next (o MissMer-win'H- , with my eurjietba;,'. Had you looked in the room you would have seen rue, but you probably missed the key, or thought it was lost." "That is true; but" "Here is my warrant, " lie interrupted, handing mo a paper, which, on reading it by the lantern's light, I perceived was a signed document, apparently from the proper authorities, instructing John Clews, tho bearer, a detective, to con-ceal himself aboard the Hermione and act as ho might see (it in his endeavor to detect tho murderess, Miss Ynungson, who it was suspected was a passenger in disguise aboard tho vessel. ".She is here," w;w bis confident reply wheti I remarked that tin1 must be Home mistake. "I have not watched through the hole I bored in the pai titioii for nothing." "Why, man!" I cried, aghast, "fdie cannot be 1ho tfuilty '"'. She is inno-cence itnclf as artless as a child. nho is very tall and young, whereas I have been told that the murderess was much shorter and nearly twice as old." lie laufched in a way which to me was indescribably disagreeable. " It, is not Miss Merwin I allude to," he said. You will remember that the stateroom of Miss Loi ton is also next to mine," " What!" I exclaimed, almost as much urpnsed as before, " you mi port that Flout young lady who?" " I don't suspect," ho interrupted ; " 1 know her to lie the criminal." "Hut she is young, plain and Ktotit; tho aroused woman wan slender" "Bah!" ho again interrupted. "Dis-pii.se- ! That wiil explain all. It is easy for a woman of that kind to tnnko her-self Ionic yimnrjer Hnd Ftouter than she really is. Should wo fall in with a g 1 Liverpool bound ship I shall arrest this woman and take In r on board of it Willi me. 1 will go back to my room now. You may or may not see me again be-fore wo sight a homo bound craft." With that he glided like a bhadow into the cabin. "Now. then, I had something to keep tno awake, to drive all thoughts of turn-ing in from my mind. Bo, after all, that woman, that terrible murderess, was aboard my ship! I commenced to walk tho deck in no pleasant frame of mind, ami the morn-ing light stole around mo before I was aware that the hour was no 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 mow than once at Miss Linton th stout young 1,,1 tl,.. ,l..t..,.t;,... I,., 1 .,. .... carried her to one of tlioopen caoin win-dows, and dropied her through that," he replied. "Impossible," I answered, "without the splash lioing 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, denied to think it could have been dene, 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 had notlung to tell me, though lie said he soon might be able to explain the whole affair. A strange affair enough. Never before had 1 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, ho grew paler, thinner, wilder every day. At last, one afternoon, when wo had ifl:cred hit. 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 billowed him. We both wore light slippers, and without mi.-.-o entrr-- the roiitu Miss Merwin had nccupird. Ho pointed to a crevice, which he had evi-dently made in the partition, and look-ing through it I saw the detective m the next aparlment, kneeling by his opon carpet bag, from which ne w protru led the identical buskins I could not mis-take them which Mi-- s Merwin had worn. Spread out, before hnu he hold a ."i,0-- bond evidently tho one which my 'In had riven to the yuiing lady! "You see," ho whispered. "Was I not. right? Ho has murdeiod and robbed her!" Low as tho whi-pe- r wis the man evi-dently heard it, fur he pushed the bus-kins, and alter them the bond, hastily down into the bag. which he tfr n closed. Before 1 could hinder iiim Tom rushed out and threw himself against the de-tective' door with a force which broke the luck and admitted hiui inlo the room, lie flew at tho man, clutched him and shook him, when the fellow drew a dirk, but in his futile struggles to us9 it for I held his wrist and soon disarmed him his beard fell off, showing it was a false one, and nt the same time his shirt bosom was torn away cbotit the throat. Then lioth Tom and I uttered a simulta-neous cry of surprise on perceiving that this pretended detective was a woman over thirty-fiv- e years of ages or, in other words, it was Miss Me.'wiu herself de-prived of the cosmetics ami other appli-ances which had, whiU in the natural attire of her sex, made her look so much younger than sho was. The whole truth broke npon me at once. This woman 1 eiistiected was in A STKANUK PASSEXGEK. When my packet ship, the Hermione, was preparing to sail from 19 rpool fur New York I wiu warned t Aake pre-cautions ayainsfc receiving an passenger a certain Mary Voiing-ion- , who, while nursing her sick husbanda man her senior bad poisoned him to diyith, laid hold of all the money and valuables she could get and then had made off. It was thought that she would try to leave England on some out-ward bound ship most likely for Amer-ica, where she hud friends and there-fore I sharply scrutinized the passen-gers, eight, iu number, who were brought (iff to rny vessel in a tender. Aji they tstopped aboard I was relieved to perceive that none of them tallied witti the description I had obtained of Miss Youngson, who, I was told, was a beautiful woman, over thirty-liv- e years of age, about 6 feet 0 inches iu height and very slouder, with brown hair, dark yes and a clear complexion. Sho had been bom and educated abroad, Imt hi r father had been an Englishman and an amateur actor, from whom she bad in-dented a remarkable capacity for de-ceiving people as to her character. Two of the female jiawsengt'ra who now came alioord wero married ladies, and of dark complexion. There were also two yonng women of about twenty-one- ; one a Miss Lorton, plain and stunt ; the other, Hiss Merwin, slender and tall, apparently not less than 5 feet 8 inches, with tho most childish, innocent looking face, for one of her age, that I "vor saw. She had brown hair and eyes, wnall, babylike features, and smooth, glowing cheeks, which were constantly dimpled with smiles. As she slightly lifted her long skirt wo saw that instead of shoe or boots sho wore ornamented buskins of some kind of 6oft leather, which made no noise when sho walked. Afterward wo heard that she wore them because she had lately tiprained her feet and could not yet lar harder leather. From the first I could see that my son Tom, a young man of twenty-five- , and chief officer, w;w greatly impressed by thin girl. lie had always liked tall women, and anything "babyish" in their looks or manner particularly pleased him. Still, 1 was Riirprised at the end of one short week after wo Bailed to learn that ho had actually proposed to her and been accepted. "She is so artless, eo ingenuous, so free from guile of any kind," said he, "that you can read her heart at once! We are to bo married on coming back to Liverpool at the houso of her aunt, who is expecting her. With her usual childish frankneos she informed mo that, although having a small fortune in three per eeiiU. left to her by her father, who was a merchant, she is at present short of cahh which would hinder her from purchasing, on landing, certain littlo articles she draired toward a wedding outfit. I was no touched by her shy, in-fantile way, blended with timid distress at having to tell me this, that I at onco went to my room and procured tho fa.OOO United States bond, which you know I 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 tdio needed." "Why, Tom, you don't say eo'' I cried, rather btartb-d- . "Of course," ho answered. "Why not? We are engaged, and it ought to he tho eame about money matters as if we wi re married." He went below, and I sat long in the clear uirxiulight, thinking it overiu a,s a hasty, foolish piece of business, whe'n suddenly I was startled by the cry of tho lookout forward. "Sail, ho! right ahead!" Tha stranger a largo ship put her holm so I had no doubt she would pass ns siifely enough; but as she was going by, her helmsman raising his wheel too soon, her bow swung off, and her jibboom canght under my spanker sheet, lifting the spar and snapping it off with a crash. sorted, was Alary 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 tho detective contrived to penetrate through so perfect a disguise. reeling tired out after breakfast 1 elcpt until near noon. When 1 went on dirk Tom was super-intending the repairing of tho spanker boom. "It is very strange," ho Faid to me "Miss Merwin has not yet shown herself." The day wore on without our seeing her. Even at supper tiino she did not make her appearance. Tom looked pule and concerned. Final-ly ho went and knocked at her door, calling her name. There wan no re-sponse. "I do not know what to make of it," he said to urn on deck, "Oh, father!" ho added wildly, "is it peissiblo she can have suddenly died'" "I don't think so," I answered; "sho 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, I might suspect that she had absconded with your money." As night approached he-- r excited general comment, and I was advised to break open tho door, which was locked. I did so, and we found her room empty. Her trunk was still there, but sho was gene. My son looked at mo 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 tdrei-vatio- of the strange shortening of the woman's stature it tome to partake almost of the supernatural. "May she not have gone on deck last night and fallen overboard?" inquired reality Mary Youngsor 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, somi) 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 feired, after I dis-covered tho strange shortening of her stature, that I might suspect who she really was: and be.-ide-ii, the ruse would, she thought, enable her the better to escaie from Tom and get off with his o,000. The mystery of her having as Miss Merwin looked sq 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 apnea raui'e of elevation to the stature. On the night she so astonished ine by tho difference iu heT 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; uor scarcely need it be mentioned that Teun 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 oelious crime, although there were not warning those who stoutly maintained that the charge had by no means been conclusively brought home to her. How-ever, after occupying tho public mind for more than the proverhjtd nine days, the "Youngson Case," as,it was called, gave place to a fresher sensulio!?. Ed-ward Ileitis iu Xew York Press. There was noise and confusion as we worked briskly to keep the two vessel apart and preTent further damage, in the midst of which several of the passen-gers came running tin, s .ewhat fright-ened, to find out what lue mutter was. "It is nothing; we are all light now!" I cried, to reassure them, as the other ehip swung clear of us. Miss Merwin had emerged from the companion way 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 utonishment, for, as true as I am a liv-ing man, her stature now seemed at least three inches shorter than I had hitherto seen it. I was the only one who noticed her at that time, and on meeting my gaze she drew back as quick as a flash and van-ished in the cabin. The strange phenomenon I had wit-nessed! feir a moment almost took away my breath. My whole mind was fixed npon this one thing, and when my son cams up a few hours later to take the deck I de'Scribed the singular change 1 had noticed in Miss Merwin's stature. He stared at me at first as if he thought me mad, then broke out into an incredu-- loua langh, saying that my eyes or the imperfect light must have deceived me. " I kuew better, however: but rinding I could not convince him I told him to wait until the yonug lady should appear at breakfast in tho morning, when he might sc for himself. Two hours latr the second mate camo p to relieve Tom, who then went lie- - lew. The officer, swing me seated in .1 ' reverie on the quarter deck, walked amidships, where he stood looking care- - lessly forward. All at oue:e, judge of my surprise when, on raising my head, I beheld, leaning against the rail near me. a per- - eon I had never seen liefore a slender, j middle aged man, of rather low stature, with hair covering nearly every part of j the face excepting the eyes, which glit- - j tered like fireballs in the moonlight ! "Why, hailor.! Who are you? Where did I'ou come from?'' I cried. one or tnu passengers. 'Impossible!" I answered. "It was clear moonlight. I was on deck all night, and besides, I had good lookouts posted about the ship. The thing eeuild uot have happened unknown, to us." We looked to see if we might not find a note or something explanatory, but iu 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 ine to sp"ak to the detective about it, and as soon as I could do so unotservi d I knocked at his door. He cautiously opened it, but on seeing who was there he invited me in. I told l'.im what had happened, not even omitting to mention the sudd, n change 1 had previously noticed in tho young lady's height. As 1 proceeded I observed that his kvn eyes teemed to j grow larger, while I he thick beard that covered thrt face of tiiis singular man kept twitching, as if every hair was in-- I stmct with life. "(live me time,"' he said solemnly, when 1 hail iinUhcd. "and I will solve this mystery. In a few days I may he; 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, mid tell j him what he said, and so, perhaps, brighten him up a little. I did so, but my words had an effect I had in.it expet ted. Ki'ilecting a lie unent, ho cried out: "Father. I believe that man is a humbug! But whether he be n de-- tectivo or not, I now stispee-t- , that, he is a thief and a murderer; tiiat ho knew of Miss Merwin's having that 5,000 bond, and that in order to possess himself ef it j he has killed her and thrown her body! overboardl" I stared at him in amazement, and told him I feared that bis grief had dis- - turbe'd his reason. How was it posibl", I asked him, that the man could have, got, the body overboar I without our knowing it? "lie could have choked her to death. |