Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-02-24
Extraordinary Conduct of Young Lady.

A few weeks ago sensation was
created in the family of well known
and much respected Irish nobleman, who
resided in town mansion iu one of the
fashionable squares of the Irish metropo.
lis, by the sudden and unexpected disap-
pearance from the family circle of the
sister of his lordship's wife, who resided
with them en- .fdmille. The young lady
was about twenty years of age, possessed
of large inheritance in her own right,
and is, moreover, described as very beau
tiful and highly accomplished. Some
time ago the young lady was suddenly
and unaccountably missed from herresi-
dence. Every means were adopted for
discovering where she had gone to, but
all search proved fruitless. After dill
gent inquiries, his lordship discovered
that the fair fugitive had been seen on
board one of the steamboats, which ply
between Dublin and Liverpool, aud,
moreover, that she had no companion in
her fight Her noble brother-in-law put
himself in communication with a semi
official professional in Liverpool. The
ingenuity and experience of this cum
ming counsellor were baff1ed in this
case, and no trace of the anxiously in :
ouired for fair one could be obtained.
| The noble lord left Liverpool, jisap-
pointed at the failure of his self-imposed
mission, but gave instructions to his pro-
| fessienai ally to keep sharp and atten.
| tive lookout for the young lady, who had
| taken with her about 9l700 in bank notes
and cash. A Photographic likeness was
left with the professional inquirer. In
the course of the Christmas holidays, the
custodian OF the likeness in question had
occasion to be in a mixed company at
Biskenhead, and there and then several
of the pariy produced Photographic like
nesses of relatives and friends. Among
others, the confidential inquirer pro-
duced the counterfeit resemblance of
the lady referred to. This, like the
others, was handed round, when one Of
the ladies present at once recognized 1t
as the portrait of lady with whom she
had travelled from Liverpool to Glasgow
in a steamboat on such a date,
naming time which corresponded
with the period at which the
fugitive had left the Irish metropolis.
The deputed inquirer resolved TO profit
by this, and he at once proceeded to
Glasgow, where he made out that the
object of his search had arrived IN that
city, but after a brief stay there had
gone on by rail to Edinburgh. To the
Scottish metropolis the investigation
was now transferred, and there, after
three days anxious search, his labors
we're crowned with success. The lady
sought for be discovered located in a re-
spectacle family in one ofthe most fash
ionable parts of the New Town Of that
city, living in q quiet, retired manner,
occupying her days chiefly in sketching
the remarkable features OF the city, or
iu rambling about among the scenery by
which il was surrounded. The mem
bers of the family in which she resided
concluded that she was poetess and
artist. Her astute discoverer, however,
being satisfied that she was the lady
wanted" telegraphed to Dublin to her
noble relatives, and her brother-in-law
arrived in Edinburgh soon atterward.
The meeting between the parties was
quiet and unsensational. The lady did
not 20 into hyste1cs, scream or faint :
and the nobleman did not rave nor ohjur-
gate. The lady was the first to break
silence, which she did by quietly saying,
"Wsll. my lord, hoE are you ell at
homer In the course Of the coEversa-
tion which ensued the young lady in
formed his lordship that in adopting the
course she had pursued she had only
desired 10 create sensation similar TO
hat occasioned by the mysterious disap,
pearAnce Of the Rev. Mr.. Speke, and
that It was from reading Of him she first