St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

/ hat wumau'~ worst enemy - woman
has recently had starlIln" confirmation at
New York IN the abduction and convey
anrc To- Il fashionable den of iLiamy of
a niII 81 loutt,,u, who, at the time ui
the German peace festival. had been To
view the prore,-I and after calm"
upon Il iricud started To return at about
: o'clock. A. sh" wa~ passing Il hril-
liamtly -li"ntvd dwcliu" with music and
dancing within, and an oil paiuliu" OF
IL ny " illam ut tine door. She stopped
Il moment To- listen, look and admire,
when two elegantly dlc~scd women APP
preached, spoke to her kindly, convrrsed
about the picture, and observing that She
appeared uneasy, suggested Il Grinl, OF
water ut 4 fountain near ly. Entirely
unSu>pcciing. the Girl consented. and i'm
mcdia;ely after drinking felt u drowsy
sensation rs if from the effects ot an OPP
ate: hut the two women saying they
would help her home, took her between
them 10 Il large brown stone house which
she at once knew was not the place
where >hc lived and told them 50. where
upon they threw Il handkerchief satura-
ted with ChiuruiOrm over her face, and
she remembered no more until waking
UP the neat morning to find herself :;
prisoner in splendid apartments. What
she suffered mentally when the truth OF
her situation dawncd upon her cannot I've
told. Beng unusually spirited, she WAS
kept confined in u high. wrll->ccurcd
eyes open and taste no food Tor fear OF
being lrug"ch. She WAS frequently
ur%cd hv threats and cn;rcaticS To aclclc
TO the wishes oi the protIrr~s AMI her
lieutenant, but kept them al Lay, and
when left 10 herself made touiS OF discov
cry in her room which resulted in pry-
Ing open q writing desk and finding there
among Others two especially suggestive
notes, which showed how lucrative was
the calm. OF the establishment, and
read lis follows:
Madam: Iou shall have $1,000 in
advance for .Icnctta, whose description
send you in full, and $1,000 more when
have her. Yours GEoRGE-.
FIFru-AvE., March 20. 1871.
Madam: | send you $1,000 advance,
and will lc; you have the other $1,000
in two months time if you wall get me
Just such Il girl us described to you.
am about 10 leave for Havana am,
DOCroR.
She was again urged to ACCEPT an ele-
CANT outfit Of silk and jcwclry in order
to be introduced To a gentleman, who
was waiting to see her, and, of course to
buy her, but She refused and threatened
to expose them ii she ever got out This
threat they treated with dcrision, saying
that they possessed the good name Of too
many wealthy me-. and detectives in New
York to have any fears on that score
After remaining about two days in this
place, She escaped through the aid of an
inmate OF the establishment, who was
not utterly devoid of pity il Of virtue,
and connivcd ut her escape in 4 close
cab, which set her down in I,rooklyr,
whence She malr her way home, lrriv-
in. while the :amiIy were ut breakfast.
10 her surprise, they asked why she had
returned 50 soon, and explained lay show
in" 4 forced letter which SAID she wnulI
remain "iih her cousin fui II week, tina!
BEING another keen device Of these social
sharks, who move with impunity in the
best clrclcr, or ut the worst, are but al
ludcd 10 n the lcmi-lnondr