The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-01
9 Short Storg.
A TALE OF SUFFERING.

and Herdldor January 18th, con.
aiming what you characterize as a
tough story. accidentally fell in
% my hands. You call upon your
regular Mahoning county cores
pondent, for a" Sdtiyaction " in
regard to the tough romance "
which yon copy from the Cincin'
natl Commercial. He may not
have an opportunity Of giving You
.he called for satisfaction. Viii!
,ou hear a voice from citizen Of
county, Pennsylvania,
living near the scene OF The last act
Of the, to you, incredible drama?
Let me say in the outstart ifyou
will take the testimony of two
Iownships-one in ycur own State,
the other in this, the Keystone
State--you will be under the nc
cessity OF swallowing the GRO.
OF "thc lady corrcspon.
dent" of the Commercial almost
whole She, Messrs Editors, is
correct in the main. She gives the
facts, most ofthem, as have heard
them repeatedly from tho lips OF
tho heroine herself. ] call her q
heroine because, though she has
been guilty OF crime, as she herself
confesses, yet she is a prodigy OF
calor, as you will acknowledge be-
fore you hear me through. 1t is
none OF your" gambogo tinted, yel.
low covered kind" The straugest
and most miraculous part Of her
story, we who are best acquainted
with the facts, so far as known, are
compelled to believe.
She says that because her father.
after the Mormon fashion, married
another wife, she, her mother, ano
two younger siste 8, fled from Salt
Lake City, and that her mother
and sisters persisted by tie way
before they reached the State. She
came On and in, passing through
your city, and arriving at Middle
sex, Mercer county, Pennsylvania
Here she halted tor a few days no.
stopping, however, in a house. but
in an old barn near The town.
During her stay in this place, she
" fell among thieves" - horse
thieves ! These scamps, che CON
fesses, took advantage OF her pow
erty and necessity and violated her
person, and directed her to Oil
City. BY some means she came
this way, the opposite direction.
This much we are dependant
upon her word for. 1t is incredi
bic enough, l confess. But tn,
part to come is still more extraor.
dinary yet We are satisfied it mus
be true. #..-
1t was on tho 18th day of De
cember that Louisa passed through
Mount jackson on the ~'-''-''' ""rse'
cL- had on out one shoe-was mis-
erably clad, and had one limb on
each side OF the stolen animal
The people of our quict village,
not accustomed to such sights, had
their attention attracted by the pc,
culiarities Of the passing stranger
As she rode on, come Of the boys
followed her a short distance to Set
moro of the show. She became
alarmed. and after riding a milt
and half westward of the town
abandoned the horse and took tC
the woods. Some days after it was
advertised that a Mr.. Ediburn, O
Middlesex, had lost horse. The
one in custody here answered tn,
description. Mr. E. got his horse
but the mysterious rider was no
to be found.
Louisa says that after 9 ding in
to the woods she lay down by a log
It had been raining during thu
day, but was then beginning t.
snow. The night was quite cold
She was weary, having rode mos
of the night before, and slep
soundly,> Next morning when sll'
went to get up her clothing was
frozen to the ground, and it was I
hard pull to decide the matter
whether she por the frosty eartl
should claim her scanty raiment
It was, however. compromised, > am
each took part. Her feet wer'
frozen hard and stiff. When sh,
attempted to walk, she says : they
went clump, clamp, clump, on the
Airound, like blocks OF wood "
She found il an impossibility to
travel in this condition, aud she
lay down again by the friendly log.
Here che remained for two days.--
She then det. rmined to move her
nu,,rfers N But where and how