Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-09

TRUANT CAUGHT - From the Council Bluffs
NonparcIl. About two years ago the wife OF
a wealthy gentleman residing on and owning q
fine estate in the Mohawk valley died, leaving
behind two boys and sprightly daughter,
fourteen years OF age. la some respects she
was a spirited child, and her father thinking it
not good to Be alone in the world, took into his
family a stCpUother, between whom and this
daughter there arose many occasions OF dispute
out Of the cccentricities OF the latter and the
remon3trances Of the former.
The girl was placed in one OF the most fash
ionab!c boarding schools in the State, and her
parents, alter getting the boys oil to college,
began to do the watering places unincum.
bercd with any domestic responsibilities. The
new wife was brilliant, handsome and witty,
aud bent on making sensation. Among the
other legacies inherited from her deceased
mother, the girl received number Of very
rich pieces ~ lcwelry, and which she had taken
and kept in her immediate possession. Her
lndulgcnt and IOt altogether prudent father
gave her an abundant supply OF cash Tor pOck
ct money. The departure for school was sig
nal2ed by IN open rupture between her and
the brcyct parent, aud the sukS followed Tor
somc time. The matron OF the school was one
morning about four weeks ago surprised at
finding her dOrmltory vacant, and her habii
ments OF Juvenile female conquest scattered
around the room in disorder. No t'mo was
lost IN informing the parent as soon rs 1t was
discovered that her absence was prolonged, but
one OF those recent storms lnterered with tele
graphing, and the girl had got slightly ahead
OF the lightning on that trip. She lett the
building iu gray sRit of boys clothes and as
she INDUCED IN the common habit OF girls in
having her hair "shiugled," there was no dit
fcuty in her case Of assuming the disguise OF
a very handsome aud tendcrly cared for boy OF
sixteen. The ears carried her to New York.
some OF her less valuable and less priced Jew
cIry was sold in the BOwcry, where no ques-
tons are asked of customers. With the pro-
cccds she saw most of the sights OF the great
city. and then set out on Western tour, stop
ping lcisurcly at all the leading points and bat
fling with remarkable ingenuity all attempts at
discovery on the part OF the police OF the prin'
eipal cities. la her case II was difficult TO give
a description, because none had seen her in her
disguise who could identity her. At last her
pursuers got on her trail-nOt OF her garments
and no great way from this city the tru-
ant was captured and carried back. The fact
Is she had about concluded that the romance
of the Ccapade was OOzng out under the dread
of capture that seemed to hang around her,
The further she got from home among total
strangers and ln being compelled to AVOID any
thing ike too much familiarity to throw her
Of her cuarl She made no resistance, but al
Ter certain StipulatiOns and changing her dis
pnlSc, she gently went back East in the charge
nt her lorgiyiug father, aud with the promise
that an aunt OF her 5 should in thciuture stand
a. a maternal ancestor instead OF her faith
x VIE.