, 1874-11-14

We: SATURDAY, NOVEME
tl,oa Oh ILLS way baclt to tho aeyum. Iro Ind
boon Warned tint force Would DO uaod II ho ro-
e!etcd. Knowing TINT roslssai'eo would DO III
telprood In l,iH cna0, M now outbreak OF 1nafl-
ts 1 aeses e na sey e top aoneao iE1 il s o%
for You to holp mo. At,ack Tug Commission IN
1unaoy.--ntld bo quick about IT,"
:, Wo lost lo tino in preparing for tho attack.
On tho dny when I received tho news OF our
rnlsfnrkulio we left Endbourto Tor London, aud
at onco toolt moaattcB ID obtaih tho best 1egal
advice.
Ny dear fatlcr-though I was far from de-
serving his kinuncBB-elltorod into tho inatter
haart nl,d soul III duo coslrao Of Limo wo pre-
Ing sl'at Tho decision Of tho Lrt'acy Comullssion
might bo hgt naftle. ..-.. .
We supported our petition by quoting tho owl
1onco Of Rotand's friendB and ncig!ibors, during
hia throo yoars residence In tho Lake country nj
n froo ma;,. Thoso worthy, pooplo {being ,sun,-
1nonod boforo thc Lunaey Contn,lnston) Ind ono
and all agrcod TINT ilc WIS as to their Judgment
and experience perfeutlY qulot, harmless, mid
S W him. otors Gt ,nS ad ofta aa aeoonsne s hia
In sailing .oxcarsionB on the lake. Do people
trust 1natlnan With GIN, and With thu r1,atle
nAo'nont OF hoat2 As to tho "ace Of Viotonoc."
which tho hors at law and tho next of Kin
.H4 A@ue suo A!1AAH VI 1hV4s'tA AZ
tho n1adhouAo, II amounted to this. Ho had Lost
hts to1npnr. and had knocked man down WHO
had T. offended him. Very WRONG, no doubt. but Il
ta0t - PROOF OF lnnlnehs, w!at thousands OF
tticoa to prove lily insanity waa still more absurd
ie was aole1nnly doofaroa tbat he had put m I'm
aEo OF tho Virgin Mary III hia boat when ho went
ot,t on his entiing excursions I havo econ tho
image; II was very beautiful work Of at. Was
Roland mad 10. adniro 1t a,ll take It with
MIN? Hls religious convictions loaned to-
ward Catholicism. II lio betrayed insanity in
a,totting hia bent with an Image Of tho Virgin
nlary, Whnt is tho tnontai condition Of moat of
che latlies In Chrlstaudom, who woar the cross
as MI ornament atouud their neeka? We adj
vnncod these arguments in our petition aflor
quoting tho ovidenco Of tue witnesses. And,
moro than this, wo oyon wont tho length Of nd
lnitting, As an act Of respect to tho Court that
my poor husband might bo eccanttlc in some OF
Lis opinions and habita. Dut weput 1t to tho au-
thoritlcs whether hotter rosults might not ba ox-
poctod fran plAcing him undor tho caro- Of n
wife who loved him, atd whom ho loved, thhn
from shutting him tip In All asylum among In
curablo n,ndmen Ms hls companions for life.
Such WAS our petition, 80 far as mn able to
describe it.
Tho aeoiaion rested with tho 1.ords Justices.
They dec1fed agninst us
Tur,,lug deaf eur to our Witnesses and orr
arguments, those nercslcRs lawyers declared that
the Doctors individual assertion Of my husbands
insanity was enough for them. They considered
noland's comfort to bo sufficiently provided for
iii tho nsy]um, With at1 allowance of E70D
for tho rest os his dnys.
80 Iat AZ was cnncernel tic result Of this
Infamous Judgment WAS to deprive mo Of tho
position OF 1soland'a wife; no luuntto boing ca
pablo OF contracting marriage iu law. 80 far as
my husband WAS concernea, tho RESULT maY be
bo8t stated In tho language or popular news
paper Which published an article on tho case.
iii Is possiplo,' said the a1ticls-1 wish could
personally thank the man who wrote it." for the
Court OF Chancery to take man who has n
largo fortune aud ia in the prime Of life, but is n
littio touched In the bead, and mako d monk Of
him, and then report to itselr that tho comfort
und happinesa Of tho lnnatio hayo been elrectu-
nsy ,as, provided for at tho expenditure OF E1oo b
Roland was doterminod, however, that they
should not make nouk OF him, and, you may
rely upon 1t, 90 Vas I.
But ono alternative was left to us. Tho au-
thority Of the Court Of ,chancery (wltnin its tu-
risdotion) is tho most despolic authoyity OF, tho
face Of tho eaith. Our one hope WIS III taking
to flight. Tho price Of our liberty, as citizens Of
England, WAS c1i!o from our native country, and
tic entiro abandonment of Hollands fortune.
we accepted those hard conditions. lIospttable
America offered ug a rofNgo beyot,d The reach Of
mad.doctors and Lords Justices. 70 hospltablo
America our lioarts turned to our SECOND coun-
try. Tic serious question was. How weto wo to
get there?
We had attempted to correspond, and Lad
failed: Our lettors had beon diecoycred aud
seized by tho proprietor Of tho ASYLUM Fortu-
nately, we had taKcn the procaution Of writing
Ia a "ciphor" Of Rolauds invention, Which ho
had tanglt mo before our marriage. Though
our le:torB wero ileE,ble. our purpose was sus-
pectcd aB matter Of cou1se, and a watch was
kept on my nusbapd. night aud day.
Foile1 III our first attclnpt Ut making arrange
meutH secretly for our flight, We continued our
correspondence (stil in c'p!'sr) by lneaus Of ad-
vortisetnonts in tho newspapers. This Bocon1
attclnpt was discovered Il, lss turn. Roland was
rofuBcd permission to Hlbseiibe to tile neNs-
paporB, and was forbidden to enter the raadiug-
room Of tho asylum.
Thcao tyrannlcal prohibitions came too late.
Our plans had already been communicated, We
understood each other, and We had now ouly to
bide onr time. Wo hud arranged that my brotll-
or aud . friend Of his on whoae discretion wo
could thoroughly rcy. should tako it III turnB to
wateh every eyens foq gven tine t9 an sp
asylum. Tho spot had boon carefully chosen.
It was on the bank Of lonely stream, and close
to tho outskirts Of thick wood. A waterproof
knapsack. containing change Of clothes, a false
meats, wcro hidden IN hollow treo. AIy brother
and his friend always took thor tiahing- rods
With theu, and presented themselves aB engaged
III tho innocent occupation Of angling to any
chance strangers who might paHs within sight Of
them. On ono occasion tho proprietor OF tho
asylum limse!f rode by MY brother on tho oppo-
ato bank Of tic stream, and asked politely If ho
had had good sport!
For fortnight these s.anch allios Of oura ro-
liovcd each other regularly OIL their watch--aud
no sisna of tue fugitive appeared. Gu tho If
teonth evening, just as tho twilight was chang
Ing into night, ald just aB my brother (wlloso
turn it was) lad decided on leaving the place,
Roland suddenly joined him Oh Tho bank Of tho
stream.
Without wasting momont In words, tho two
ot oliCA hrtnr11 thn tYDnI. and tOn3f tla fnnn.