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From the GAINESVILLE Courier of Feb. /,
A REAL ROMANCE.
AN AFFECTING STORY.


the old addage that truth is stranger than
fiction
Briefly. the facts in the case are these:
On Tuesday evening last an apparently
elderly lady, very we'll and tastefully !
dressed, and intelligent and amiable look. /
ing. was observed seated in the snow on I
Seventh street. in this city. On ap-
Ifoaching and speaking to her. 1t was ev.
idens that she was suffering from seri- !
GUS alteration of mind. She was of
course cared for that night, and in day
OF SO reason see med to have resumed its
place. She then proceeded 10 narra,e
that portion oe her history which seemed
relevant to the position in which she
foxcd herself, which we give as nearly as
we can.
she gave her name, after much delay,
as Mrs. Julia Hathaway. saying that her
husband had been a prosperous ieweler
on Fourth street in st. Louis, and that
both were respectfully connected in that
place and other cities in the country; that
one of her sons was pursuing the study
OF theology with one Of the most emf
q
who was widower. was a lawyer in
good practice in Jacksonville. Illinois,
and that she had a sister residing near
Cleveland. in this State-the names OF
all of whom she gave.
Ten days or two weeks ago. in compa.
ny with her husband. she startled to visit
her relatives in Connecticut. Previous
n he Chan
OF paper money for gold and silver.
which he placed In small valise or trav.
cling box
While upon the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad her husband was attacked with
hemorhage of the lungs. So dangerous
aid his condition seem that il was deem
ed unadvisable to travel farther, and he
Yves accordingly removed from the cars
at station called Sykesville. some thir.
'y-two miles west of Baltimore.
Here. she SAYS, he was taken in.o
public house upon which was the sign
'Miller's Hotel, and which was presided
over by robust looking man who was
ismIliarly addressed by his acquaintance
as 'Jo.' Physicians were called in who
gave the invalid the benefit Of their
knowledge. and the flow of blood was
stopped. He seemed to be in fair way
OF recovery. but in day or two he was
again attacked. and died in about fifteen
minutes-and the next day he was buried.
Overcome with grief at her great loss.
SIZE concluded to prosecute the Journey no
farther, but start on her way back TO ST.
Louis the next morning. She accor-
dinghy asked the landlord for his
bill. together with all others that had been
contracted in consequence of the illness
end death OF her husband. They amount.
ed. she was told. TO thirty We dollars
This amount she paid. taking the money
from the small trunk in which the bal
ance-amounting TO near four hundred
dollars-was deposited.
When The lime for starting came, how
ever. she found her intellect so deranged
that she considered it unsafe for her 10
attempt the journey, and she determined
20 remain until next day. When she
came 10 start the second time, she asked
for the additional bill. She was inform
ed that it was fifteen dollars. Surprised
At that charge fo' days lodging and
board. she called for the items. She was
told that the hotel bill proper formed but
a small portion of this amount; that the
most of it was for the payment Of some
bills which were not included in the first
settlement. Among strangers. and lar
from home, she concluded 20 pay it with
out words, and proceeded to the small
trunk for the money, when 10! il was not
there. Where it was she knew not, and
how to cancel the claim she knew not
She offered the landlord articles of cloth.
ing worth treble the amount claimed, and
went to one of the large trunks TO get
them. Then she discovered that her keys
had been exchanged. Almost frantic
with grief and fear. she offered him a
splendid shawl. worth sixty dollars. pur-
chased only the day before she lef, home;
but the landlord was inexorable--he must
have the amount in money, or he would
keep all her baggage and clothing.
A lady residing opposite, hearing OF
her sad case. sent for her and cared fol-
her several days, and finally. in exchange
for several article of apparel not abso-
lutely Indispensable, gave her money
enough 80 pay her passage here. From
that time until the restoration other me n
tai faculties. after her arrival in this city
ell is blank, as was indeed some por
tions OF the time in which the incidents
we have related occurred.
We give the story as twas told to US
II may be one Of the Authorizations or va
carries of a mind diseased it may be Z
true narrative Of actual facts. or it may
be the deceptive fabrication of an arfu
imposter If the former, no harm car
be done by its publication. If either o
the latter, it may lead TO the detection o
and exposure Of the wrong doer. whichev
er it may be.
While in this city. her mind was gen
orally unclouded, and we understand from
those competent to judge. that she CAV
the most satisfactory evidence. by he
conversation and conduct. that she wa
accustomed 10 the Injuries OF life. and IA
milier with the ways of polished and re
Aned society. Persons interested in he
narrative furnished her with a passag
ticket 10 Cleveland. and with suficien
money to defray her necessary expense
thither--which place she started yester