Litchfield enquirer., 1874-12-17
WHOLE NO. 25S5.

with his own cloak. so that anyone enter tering the room might suppose that he was lying down to rest. He had previ- ously taken the precantion to remove the sheets from the bed, and he had now only to tie them together to escape by the win dow of his room, situated on the upper floor of the house. The sun was setting, and the inmates of the asylum were at tea After narrowly missing discovery by one of the laborers employed in the grounds he had climbed the garden enclosure, and had dropped on the other side-a freo man. ---~-
 Arrived on the high road to Manches ter, my husband and my brother parted.
 Roland, who was an excellent walker, set forth on his way to Manchester on foot. He had food in his knapsaek, and he proposed to walk some twelve or fif- teen miles on the road to the city before he stopped at any town or village to rest. My brother, who was physically unableto accompany him, returned to the place in which was then residing, to tell me the good news. sS&. 1 By the first train the next morning I 1 travelled to Manchester, and tookw=fUdg- ing in the suburbs of the city known to my husband. X prim, smoky little square was situated in the immediate neighbor- hood, and we had arranged that which | ever of us first arrived in Manchester | should walk round that square, between | twelve and one in the afternoon. and be- tween six and seven in the evening. In l the evening l kept my appointment. A dusty footsore man, in shabby clothes, with hideous beard, and knapsacko. 0n his back, met me at my first walk round. He smiled as I looked at him. Aht l knew that smile through all disgtises!I In spite of the Court of Chancery andr the Lords Justices, was in my; husbapd'S arms once morei -
 We lived quietly'in our retreat for month. During that time Gas heard by letters from my brother) nothing that money and cunning could do towards dis covering Roland was left untried by , the proprietor of the asylum, and by the. per | sons acting with him. But where is the cunning that can trace man, who escap- ing at night in disguise, has not trusted himself to a railway or a carriage, and | who takes refuge ill great city in which | he has no friends? At the end of our month in Manchester, we travelled north ward, crossed the Channel to Ireland, and l passed pleasant fortnight in Dublin. Leaving this again, we made our way to Cork and Queenstown, and embarked from that little place among crowd of steerage passengers in steamship bound for America
 My story is told. I am writing these lines from farm in the West of the Unit ed States. Our neighbors may be home ly enough, but the toughest of them is kinder to us than mad-doctor or Lord Justice. Roland is happy in those agri- cultural pursuits which nave always been favorite pursuits to him; and am happy with Roland. Our sole resources consist of my humble little fortune, inherited from my dear mother. After dedncting our travelling expenses, the sum total amounts to between G700 and GS0 !; and | this, as we find IS amply sufficient to start us in the new life that we have chosen We expect my father end my brother to pay us a visit next Summer; and. think. | 1t just possible that they may find our, family circle increased by the presence of l a new member in long clothes. Are thefe's no compensations for exile from England and the loss of fortune? We think there are. Bat then, my dear Miss Anstell Ma " Brading's husband is mad; and Mary Brading herself ia not much better"
 If you feel inclined to alter this opin- ion, and if you remember our old days at school as tenderly as I remember them, write and tell me so. Your letter w1ll be forwarded if you send 1t to the inclos- ed address at New York.
 In the meantime the moral of our story seems to be worth serious consideration. \ certain Englshmans legally inherits large fortune. At the time of his inherit | ance he has been living as free man for three years-without once abusing his freedom, and with the express sanction of the medical superintendent who has had l experience and charge of him. His next of kin and heirs at law (who are left out of the fortunej look with covetous eyes at the money, and determine to get the man. agement and the ultimate possession of 1t. Assisted by doctor, whose honesty and capacity must be taken of trust, these in terested persons, in the nineteenth centu- " of progress, can lawfully imprison their relative for life in country which calls itself free, and which declares that its justice is equally administered to all alike .-. -y t--.