Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-07-28
Rescued from a Convent.

The Detroit Tribune of Tuesday, July
10, gives the particulars of the disap-
p%earance, seven weeks ago, of a young
lady of high responsibility and wealth,
from her fathers house in Montreal, aud
her subsequent discovery in a Convent at
Toledo, Ohio. She is Of English birth,
but was educated at a Catholic School in
Paris, where she became a convert to the
Roman Catholic faith.
Seven weeks ago the parent arose one
morning and their daughter was not to
be found in her room. But upon the ia
BILE was a brief note Informing them that
she deemed it her duty to r%enounce the
world and become a nun, and that she
hoped they would be ~reconciled to her
remuneration, and not attempt to follow
or discover her, as it would be useless
This was in her own handwriting, so
there could be no doubt Of the truth of
the announcement. 1t was evident that
the influences which had been set to work
upon her susceptible mind in Paris had
followed her, and that by the wonderful
secret policy Of the Church she had been
traced from place to place, and the eccle,
siastical officials informed of her history,
position and tendencies.
After a thorough search at Montreal,
Kingston, Bytown and Toronto, the dis
tracted father went to Detroit, where he
arrived on Sunday morning, July TO-
The search there was also fruitless, al
though there were circumstances which
strengthened the suspicion that she was
secreted. A Catholic lady of some posi-
ton was about to leave the city, and
while a close watch was set upon her
movements, the father repaired to Toledo.
The Tribune says:
In accordance with a plan previously
agreed upon, the father waited upon the
Superior of a convent of Grey Nuns at
Toledo, informing her in elegant French
that he was a foreign tourisG taking the
statistics of the converts in this country
and would like to ascertain the date OF
its foundation, the name of its Superior,
the number Of its inmates, and other facts
Of i%terest, and would desire, further, per
sonally to inspect its departments.
Disarmed of all suspicion, the lady led
him through the convent and gave him
the desired information. But among all
the sisterhood he could find nowhere his
daughter, and, heart sick, and dispirited
he was about to leave, when the Superior
asked if he would like to see their school
of orphans. Certainly-and into the
room he was ushered. In passing a side
door which was partly open, his quick
glance discovered his long sought daugh-
ter stretched upon a sick bed!
In a moment he sprang to her side and
clasped her to his arms. She was so
wasted, says his letter to his friend in
Detroit, which 0 lies before us, that he
could scarcely recognize his beautiful
child OF six weeks before. She, in her
turn, was overjoyed to see him. He i'm
medlately turned upon the Superior. who
stood trans6xed with astonishment, and
vented upon her his long pent-up feelings.
He fairly trembled with rage, while he
caused her tt tremble with fear as he
poured forth a torrent Of denunciation
upon her head. She stammered out an
excuse to the effect that she was only
obeying the orders Of her Superior at
Montreal, Of which convent she was a
a branch, and that she had no discre-
ton in the matter. But the father was
too full of joy to waste time in chickering's
there, with his sick child in his arms, and
SO receiving a portion Of her clothing
hastily gathered up by the affrighted
nuns, he left the convent with the prize
which he had been seeking day and night
for six weeks, with an agony of anxiety
that only parental love can experience.
A carriage was in waiting, with friend:
to whom he had been introduced, and to
whose residence the party repaired. A
telegram was dispatched to the mother
at Montreal, who was worn down with
sickness and suspense.
This occurred onsthe 18th. The father
at once started ON his return, and at last
accounts he had halted at Saratoga to
recruit the wasted health of his daughter.