Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-04-05

and the female servants, and by a sud
= den movement on the part of Vellany
= who had been standing sullenly aside.
{ am going to ny rOOm,' said he
scoWhng around him, and putting hi
2 hand into his breast. i am going to m7
. room, I give you fair warning. Hand
- off .
3 If any body had made a movement,
dozen hands would have been upon hin
) in an instant. But nobody seemed pre-
{ pared to act. He advanced a few step
slowly. Those In his path drew baCl
or shrunk away. He disappeared il
his own apartment ; shut the door il
our faces locked it doubIe-lOcked il
end was heard to wheel against it some
heavy article of furniture.
When the doctor came out of Flor
ence's room, whittier her sister had
been borne, he was received by those oi
us who were in the halls, in profound
silence. For two hours we had been
awaiting the answer to the question,
Life or Death p Then the answer was
given-Life. And a hum ofvoices broke
forth at once. The doctor raised his
hand.
Perfect quiet, said he, 'or she may
die yet
Sir saidI, following him toward the
door. Does your patient show any in
| dicatiOns Of insanity? z?
He turned, and met my face of in-
/ quiry, with one of unmistalkable aston
I ishment.
tOnLy of starvation he answered, af-
/ ter hesitating an instant. She says they
I kept her in a cell some where in the
house; gave her food only once day.
! and never gave her enough even then.
4 can vouch for the truth of that,
said L
4 am a recent comer,' said the doc
/ tor as he stood at the front door.
Would it be discreet to ask who my
/ patient is?'
'Mr. Vellany's first wife,
The doctor looked me full in the eyes,
! opened his own very wide, drew in his
! lips, turned on his heel, and walked
away without another word.
Vellany escaped that night. A safe
disguised as a washstand was found
open and empty in his room. One Of
and, from it hung a rope down which
he had descended, five and forty feet.
Probably, his flight was not solitary.
Posi- bly,, he might have been found in
duced TO return, had certain gentlemen
in some of our large cities been tele-
graphically desired to inquire about
him. Mr.. Hassler, however, contented
himself with obtaining for his daughter
in due time, a divorce on the ground of
desertiOn. Coast Cedars' was hers in
her own right.
During the first week of her recovery
emptied of its guests. Besides myself
but one other gentleman remained.
Need say, that it was my learned
friend The business of the-COasG Ce-
dars comprised three or four farms
was entirely in his hands. It appeared
to me that he was unduly and unbe-
COminglY in a hurry, to Obtrude that
fact upon the notice of Mr.. Hassler
but he had evidently made up his mind
to stay there was a reasonable pretext /
for his staying and stay he did not
altogether, as my heart misgave me, to !
the displeasure of Miss Florence.
Gradually, during those weeks of a |
cOnvalesenCs assured I am glad to say, /
from the Very first, we learned the sad |
story of Kate's married life.
Her happiness had been without a |
cloud, for the first few months. she had /
then-aboUt the time that the,anuOuce- |
ment of her death was receiVed-been |
taken, by her husband, to Europe, and /
had undergone a year of constant trial. |
The letters which she gave him to send /
home, were never mailed, and they, /
moved so rapidly from place to place, /
receiving no tidings from her friends. |
They returned via Havana, to New Or /
leans, and made their voyage to the /
North in cOBsting schooner, which /
Mr.. Vellany had purchased.
On the second day out her husband /
an Englishwoman Of
whose presence in the vessel, she had, I
till then, been unaware. On the last /
evening of the voyage, she had gone to 4
rest, as usual, in her cabin; and, the /
next morning found herself in captiVi-
ty. Gaining after many efforts, the sol /
itary window Of her cell, she recognized /
the familiar surroundings of Coast Ce-
dars. No explanation had ever been
made to her; no pretext for restraining
her Of her liberty had ever been offered
her: she was attended solely by the
81 'housekeeper, +" who would hold no con-
versatiOn with her, and she had seen
her husband only once, when. having
to slip by her lady-warder,
she had quilted the main building,
where she had been seized by Vellany,
who, with the assistance of a friend,
led, or rather dragged, Eer back to her
place Of durance. The auxiliary stran-
sr, she supposed, regarded her as insane. !
She heard her husband make that state
nent, ere she was secured and left in
From that time her captivity had
been rendered worse. She had never
looked upon q human face. Her win
1OV-While she slept had been almost
from without, aud her foOa
had been brought to her butOnce a day,
and in such small quantities, that the
Intention Of her 1allOrs became obvious.
Strange to say, she had acquired no
aversion to the place nor to any portion
If the house itself, except the tower
hat, she desired to have pulled down,
and preparations for its removal were
begun accordingly.
There was one other object however,
owards which she had conceived an in
Tincible repugnance. Her resentment
seemed to have passed her husband to /
TX itself upon the auxiliary stranger
who prevented her escape. She had
ieen the man but once but she declar-
ID, she should recognize him any where
instantly and inevitably
She conceived a prOportionateIy strong
iffection for me, as her knightly cham
1iOn and doer Of battle in her behalf
There came day when she repaid me
! thousandfold.
By the time that she was able to
cave her room, my legal friend had
AIKEN his departure. / remarked with ,
pain that Florence was exceedingly /
'estless after he went away. In course
ii time that restlessness and want of
interest in things generally upon her
part, wore off; but though, reasoning ]
With myself, doubted whether the
7Oung lady was interested beyond re- ,
'all, / knew enough not, just then, to
lut my fate to the proof, and twin or
ose it all" The worst of il was, he had |
promised to come back again, and es-
'ort us to the city.
Ii WIS lll6 last evening OF our SOIDurn
It the Cedars. The whistle of the 40
BOAT was heard in the distance. Flor
,nce's manner became instantly, and as ?,
thought, uncomfOrtaby animated.
Her cheeks flushed her eyes brighten
d +; but she said very little she seem I
ID to be listening for something-an \
.rrival, for instance.
Presently, a noise Of wheels outside
lTr. Hassler looked at Kate.
Never mind me, father, may as
veil meet him tonight as tomorrow" !"
And with that-entered my learned {
riend brisk, smiling, provkingly we'll
oOking, dressed to the last degree, in ]
conscious of being welcome. 7
groaned inwardly, and Florence Just
ouched his kidded hand. I
90 Mr.. De Murrer,p said Mr.. HassIer,
;reeting him "allow me to intro 7
Dear me, Kate What is it ?'' l
She had risen; she was very PALE
5he stretched out her hands as il to Z
-eep him Off III
cit is he ? Send him away -
To do him justice he went at once.
Jot ungracefuny.
il remained,