The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-08

| pany them to q country house which had been
placed at t'.er disposal by my aunt, Annaoella,
Lady Byron, during the time Of my sisters ap-
proachinr confinement. The house was in the
| neighborh2od OF Canterbury. X
"My sisters illness, before her confinement,
was the occasion Of my being eft mueh nxon,f nionS
with Mr.. Trevanica. Indeed found mysen
thrown entirely upon him for society. ! was vas
with him both indoors and out, by day anu ny
night and was frequently sent by my sister into
his bedroom OH errands after every one e!se III
the house had retired to rest. some montns nI
passed in this manner, during Whicn M. at. IT.
vanion took advantage OF my youth ana weak
ness and effected my ruin, and found mysell ilEe-
ly to become mother by one mad ever als!iKed
Mr. Trevanon, when MADE aware o. thn my rS pGSiT nn
throw him and myself upon her mercy. diu So
Ny misery and my repentance appeared 10 move
her much and she blamed herSel TOT having
thrown ME so much in Hcnry's (hr TreVani0n's)
way was but fifteen years OF age at this time
in the year 1850"
Mr.. and Mrs. Trcvanion carried the unfortu-
nate girl to Calais, and there she was prema-
turcly delivered of q child, which was left In
charge of medical man, and died at the age
of three months. She went back to her moth
er's house, concealing what had happened, and
there Trevanion seduced her again. Mrs.
Leigh was ow taken into her confidence, and
treated her with great kindness. Mrs. TreVan-
ion was als) informed, and took her sister OH
10 the country, where, three months alter
ward, that is, in June, 1881, she was surprised
by visit from Colonel Leigh. Georgiana and
Trevanion had informed her that Colonel Leigh
was not her father, but she did not believe
them, and Mr.. l." gh himself was SO far from
suspccting anything OF the kind that nc
showed more affection for Medora than for
any of the other children of the family. lgno-
rant of her shame, but alarmed perhaps at
some of the manifestations OF "Wayward ma
t0re' and ''strange, abnormal propenslties,
to which Mrs. Stowe refers, he took her TO
London; and placed her in o private iilnatlc
asylum, where she remained about month.
There Trevanion top1d means to communicate
with her and arrange her escape.
zone day the lady TO whose care had been IN
trusted told me that if liked 10 walk ont OF the
house nobody would stop me, AMI showed me
low 10 remove the chains affixed to the door. l
did not hesitate in any choice between two evils,
but at once put on my bonnet, followed her In
structions, and found Trcvanion outside waiting
to receive me. We left the street with all posi-
bic haste and secrecy, which we might nave
spared ourselves, rs nobody attempted to follow
us. We made our way to the Continent, ana lot
two years after this time lived together as man
aud wife on the coast oi Normandy, under the as
sumed name of Monsieur and Madame Aubn:.
This cloncment, Medora says, was connlvcd
at by her sister, who wanted to get rid OF her
husband, (an,l no wondcr.) and did in fact ap-
ply for q divorce, but it was not granted. We
pass over the life OF the guilty pair in France.
There the daughter Marie, whom we have al
ready mentioned, was born-thc only Solace oil
the wretched existence OF this thrice rntortu-
nate child Of sin. She correspondcd with hcr
mother, who sent her what little money She
could spare-but the Leighs were always in
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