The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-09
Rirkpoltd nispatth..
NOVEMBER 9. 1870.
x,,..nts Romance.

~ .,.h;,c city near here there re,
Bsln fiouri,Sn, ~ high social position anu
sides ian; ch "a blessed with dauSh.er
wealth, We" Wars Of age. This young laas ; iu
n,netsen ssarefI,l education. graduates VIZ
cet s:t ,ast lime. and returned TO hei lo'n..
Almost Immediately she maui har ma.
nuaintance of a young wido"si NTH him.
I'VE town, and fell deeply IN io'e GOV VT" that he
II is due to the gentleman :" S this sud
aia nov ss snT The infatuafion OF the yout. ~
uen y,as 60 great that she took no p'.,n nated
iauy oai q and upon being remons.aad IN
S ,.;tS hr her family she boldly Peis,ts;s,' Of
.orr;,c her love. At the S,ncii.,.sui;
w T-;asds the gentleman haq an iue ord
9TH her In the presence OF het ...,.t,e and
,"'.nreSented to her in the most Seu could
resnectful manner that het pn rtn ahandon
NOT he returned. and beSSeu ne eraJ;t of the
il for her own sake anu Wv fiend.
'"I''': :,;S ,r,crview the gentleman untortn-
ih .n.s . that he was soon to be
na. sloS a.; ~ another lady. At this the young
mar ,o..anoe furious, and exhibited state
Iaot .oenng which resulted in complete
va Of mind. A physician was NJ
10 called. and after few days OF treat
u. n,,, Of ber home it was found necessary 10
IND her TO the State asylum for the insane.
This was accordingly done. The poor glr,t.
who had recently exhibited an unusnally
active and brilliant mind, was now com
nJesa wreck, and alternated between hts
Of the deepest melancholy, ana spasmls
of frenzy, during which she nae 10 pe
pinioned, lest she should 90 hersen ha I'm;
This was her condition in the asylum, ana
gradually all hopes Of her cure were anaf'-
doned, when suddenly she disappeared.
Du-np the third week in August, she, in
comnanT with a number of other patients,
was In the grounds Of the asylum, taxing a'r
end exercise. and when the others returned
~ the house she was missing. Search was
Immediately made, but without success,
and though the officers OF the INSTITUTION
and her now doubly-afflicted family spared
no pains to find her, she was as completelv
lost as if the ground had swallowed her up.
Six weeks passed, and as suddenly as she
had disappeared she reappeared one ram.
evening, after dark, at the doors OF the aSs-
INN, and was Immediately taken In. The
establishment created by her appearance;
alone in the night, was doubled when found
she was perfectly sane and III compete
bodily health. Her story was soon told.
She could remember nothing, except that
she found herself the day before III the
woods alone, with her clothing in tatters
and herself ravenously hungry. She made
for the nearest road, and oy lnquiring ner
way and walking all night and all the next
dav arrived at the asylum safely. 1t being
quite apparent that she required no further
treatment, she was at once returned TO her
family.
1t has since been learned that the young
lady wandered away into the woods and
subsisted upon such berries as she could
find. and that she occasionally went to 4
neighboring farmhouse, where the family
kindly gave her bread. 1t seems strange
that this family did not think it necessary
to report the fact of q strange Girl wander
ing IN the woods, in order that she might re
cared for. and We have no idea why they
did not do go. The house physician Of the
ASYLUM is of the opinion that the exposure
and change of diet are the direct causes OF
the restoration Of the young lady to health
of body and mind.-Spnnaield Register.