, 1874-10-10
P'lA:!NO,. ,.iLL..,
A Mysterious Disappearance
Talk with a Bloomer.
Ball in Honor Of the. Thirty-si1th
illinois Infantry,

oau III uouof VI LIS lHlrIy~sl1tl
Illinois Infantry,
:',~i ,. = 90. :;~5$ -,
A German ,Wedding--.visit to a
cheese.Factory. "
Bloodcd 1rors;es---:A: :nr1ilii---Mor-
mons---Icadicn1 Women. -. .,
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Special carrfsnoiat,.cess of 7he chfeaao 4t.binr =
pLAsot Kclidal Co., ILL.,, Sept 20, 1afi.
",C6mo dohn' to tho reunion Of tho Thirty
si1tl Illinois 1iegtnont- -rasrlotisui:-big dlnnor
--aance 'at tito Town-1all- speeches anl 1nualo.'
This was tue tnessago i11at came flashing to ran
ono' day latoly, aud, without any rromnaricsi
l tied on my Init, cangllt,up Batctei, and
misHot tlo morning train by tho fraction Of Sec
onu' Nbver mint, Homo Was not bilils.in thy.'
waa Iii easy time for tho a:20 p. nj. train on tho
Chicash, Burlington Il 'Quinty Road, md almost
bofo1o tlsiiow It, tho hunrs lad sped; and Isoat-
atf mysnlf tn tho comfortable department allowed
me, and tooka calm survey Of my fcllow-traycl-
osg, whb wore people goiug only short distances,
consequently Noro botter drossod and moro At
tractlyo than tho muoh-trayeled and bewrappcd
indiy1d,3al whb bolohga to the rbgular 'routlno.
lacked them oyor will tho indifference QUO ac-
qurcB from *scalng many nov faccs daily, whom
MY attention, was tlxed'by tho appearance 'of'two
porsous, ,@ohe, an elderly lady Of roEnod ard
dgniiied asrect, whose seronoH fnca bora jubt n
touch Of tint pathotcloss which ia innlieuablo
from thoso who aro doaf Or b'ind aud tic other,
Tint mort nconsruouH Of nnparitioue. a full
ije5ged Dloomer, WHO marched UP and down Tho
s;sle'of tlle car totally indifferent 10 the'loo1s
Of carioaty; iidcu1o, or gcpulBiou, that wcro be-
slowed upon her. As both of those peraonnges
had associations Of ,,ucolnnlon interest attached
to them, aost&cd nyaelf In my seat with cor
tain conviction that my time would bo pleasant.
", If NOT prolitablJ, spont. - -.
Tito eldorly lady was Mrs. c. r., formerly Of
Chicago, but now Of OslalooBn, Ia.,-a wealthy
widow, whoae .s'=f:; ,ss,.',.
'''' ilfsrRnroU3 DISAPPEARANCE 49,
ilt Now York fow ycara aEo created Buch m iul-
menso excitement. whole columns ruth startling
head.linas being devoted to it. THO factn OF tito
cano woro thesH: Mira. T. wan' resident. Of
Chicago, wor;labout s50, 900, aud devoted much
ot her timo'to travelling Bho was on her way to
Europe, art' stopl,od Mt nh artBtocratic uptown
lrotcl iu Now York. Going out ono day, she met
spnna friouds from Brooklyn, who insiBteu upon
taE:g lior home with tao.,," mud che Btaid ihero
tI,reo days. enjoying norsclf, and totally uncou-
se:nuu TINT kilograms. wero tiaahinR hitier md
t;l;lhcr, poico.utlicers searching tho city, md
newspapers publishing startling theories, all on
her ncooat. She did not know it till rho read
Of it II, n nso,as1sg paper, ard loaruad that hor
truE1 Ind Iocu o!,oed at tho hotel. aud lottcrs
runmnged anl reaa. in o:tter 10 identity her re-
Fyr ,teut,f fo3 mi FH1.o hat
fos!y u1Grderad. Meanwhile " the body" was
2eadins Of lsa nlyatellouy dlgappoarauco in any
thing Tut tranquil Etato or mind, which wns
Tot bottcroa BY Il ltrowlcdgo Of bills FOR tole-
gra'nu. po'ico-soryicss, otc., to tho amount Of
hundred OF moro dollars.
Nc discussed NIL tt1is through length Of tub
ing,-the delicate mechanism that conveyed sound
to lay friend, aud Which reminded mo or :, loug,
solemn night. long ago. when, through tho ealio
agency. We una carried thonghtn OF sorrow mud
cuinfort, while death lhy stcru aud rigid botNeon
Whom, at ,Napcrvio, my companion left tho
cars, my curiosity reverted to tic woman a fow
seats beyond 1nr, who had tho ,noral courage to
wear -.
RADICAL COSTUME,
which oven tho inventor had not been a.rong-
minded enough to dou. I worked my courl.e1tp
to tae 1,ccesaa,y pitoh md decidod to interview
Les on tho spot. Dropping into vacant seat
nrorcd to be Mrs, IIaw]oy. OF Mondota md shoo
vas rather plcuYotl than otherwise to rive hcr
REASONS Tor wearing tho Dloomor cnstu,ne. Bnn-
ing, il may be. in every woman posgibla CON.
wort. =
"What led YOU to alopt Tim nanta1oons on1
skirt" I nsled' ganolnS over tile si.u1f-brown
INV own convictions Of richtn cnaworca
lIrs. Hawlcy, II WALKED 9 miles in mid n,,i
water. with long tlress griabintr nj M. hnt,is
aud yas St cxhSus;o I tool, to NV bci, viii, \
nervous foycr, aud did not ret IN arnin FIR twn
weal,b," - 'o
u Could vou mt hovo },o,d vour drcua nm ~
pinned it nm out of tho way?'i "''
"Iu eitiier case / yloulil haya 1,,7 tlo rurf1op
in another way 1noc,lod my haritls troo, WuiS
lylnc iii. [ looked tic matter oy,'r aui rensoeI
il, lila way: tTbo hantln ,,,ti fcrt mro NJ unr.
wants : tloy do n,y;work. riyn nv lnnf,s Mi
tie freedom lhoy waut, bt1t nv foat ara INN.
pcrod at every STOP ii, / cut thoso draagiur
slir46 of, mud lot 1ny feot l,ayo full piay, 1hpy
will not drug and rel tired an they do nov. TIA
blood viii cfrcnfate easily md stnli csc,,,o tIa
miro Of tlo streets. As soou is 1 eoulI III IN
in bod, I get,t my daughter to a store to b,,v
some brown drilling, and 1 lad a mir OF pnnts
made, Bilch as un,ail bows wear. ouly tl1oy caun
down to tho ,ytep !; a pIoYt Skirt. reaching to
Tho Gulf. mud q loose Jacket, 1 hnyo wnrn tho
dress since last February. md find it mora COLI