Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-21
EVENING STAR.
Poor Girl


mere are no sadder cases than those I'm
Nhlch The mind, through its efforts 10 a.
en- en- push some aim, gosded on by an ambi-
ten 10 excel, becomes unseatad and toftsrs
and fails, leaving the finest piece OF Sunreme
mechanism a wreck, and the BODY wasted
sI,o Sorn; case on Che outskirts OF Chit
cago has Just come 10 light which will excite
IliN, IN which woman strived 10 reach ont
Tor knowledge, obtained 10, and then under
NE heaYy weight Of the labor she had EN-
Pc! ca lost her grasp upon the prize and be-
came wanderer fn The woods where the
osTth refused 10 her pillow and the skv a
s,iat 10 me suburb OF Highland Park. p
mics distant, TO the north, on the lake shore
nNeo young lady by the name Of Mary r.
1otch. Several years ago she was beYpit of
it Sl.ltsl cate, and was offered a home under
me ROOF OF her sister, Mrs. HotchktSs For
some reason left unexplained, this girl then
OF Il, bad not been the reel pient of those az
Nantaees which elevate woman in 10 SOcietv
education and refined culture AT mis- ~,
rod she was almost illiterste. But nature
pad Put her in possession Of an indouita-
ble ambition, and she had the pride
OF htr sex, minus its attachments
At her earnest solicitation. she was allowed
10 enter one OF the schools at Highland Park
She commenced at the TudimentS Among
those were but mere dolls 10 her Striving
rs only the brain can when pricke,i by prils
she laoCred on In her endeavorS and when
DINERS were enjoying the Solace OF Sleep Sha
VIZ n ilnlsht student over her books. Two
Years OF this iIceSsant work continued. Ifft
wasted aer form until IL glided about Ike a
shaGOw- IL brought light 10 fla l,y.i,, ,-,l O :
me end or this time She was acc1-, a. 4 a a..
grade certificate SIS "A teacher. I-uon ba~ A.
conn mcnt OF This, she received the ,-,r-
ktalutaticrs or the faculty and a hosf OF
friends. The success she 'attafncI W. -
ksidt y as a mental triumph. and those wro
iSd cheerei her along the toilsome wav p.c-
tuitd ior ner future that WAS DAZZLING
eroush 10 cause the most backward aid ur-
fortunate 10 emulate her example and take
courage. II was oolate. The howerS which
buddod at her approach into new life had
harnIE eNhaled their perfume until they COM
ntnttd 10 droop, wither, and fade. The body
IaiI ming mat II was, refused 10 bear The
weight thai mad been placed upon IT, and thp
mind, broken and shattered like a vase falI
INTO particles until there was uaugIt lpff h1Yf
aslhendid ruin Three or tour weeks ago the
uuln came upon her friends. Words no
matter how gently they fell upon her ear
ala not awaken in her the life she formerly
mad. The eyes put on vacant stare, ana
at last her language became an incohereD,
Nrangllng While those who knew her were
lndulglng still i'm hope, she disappeared frorl
thelr midst. Her absence was first dIscby-
.Iti iaie Monday night. The sad news
spread throughout the vicinity II was tbe,l
given out for the first time that She has oT,
sSNefal previous occasions attempted sui
cue, and had ouly been frustrated by those
VINO were in constant attendance upo1 her
actions. When II was learned that Sba xras
nlsslnS, the hrst impression was that She
nae az iast succeeded In throwing away Inc
NE which her own labor had brought 10 a
waste y search was instituted, but lis results
proved futile. Day before yesterday about Il
people, headed by Hon. w. W. Boyington. and
company of 60 from the Lake Forest acat-
envy OF which she was graduate healed by
COl. VIM. VI. Johnson, went out To make a
maj search. To the west of Highland Park
there is forest In which the underground i
somber, dreary and as desOlate as III "a were
The heart OF lonesome, untraveled wood
land OF the west Into this the scents
plunged. Diligently they labored when IN
was day, and in the watches OF tue night
when the winds had linked themselves IL
storms and darkness, they ceased not 10
work. At last, when hope had almost lag
geo, on 1hursday morning, at about SOclOck,
Inty stumbled on 10 the body OF woman
me halr was loose, and the vital spark 50
dim that the Closest scrutiny was REQUIRED
10 tell OF its existence. They picked IA 40
lencerly and took il out into The DAYLIGHT
III was 80 emaciated. and so feebly did the
HE blood cob through the veins that the
pulse gave no indications OF existence and
the eyes which feebly looked out had scarcely
enough OF animation in them 10 tell that
something was left to reward the search
w hetner she had been without fool all tbIs
Tune, or what had been the trials and suffer
ing she had endured, has not been given. and
probably no one vii know I'm this life a. She
is In such a feeble condition as 20 shut out an
nope OF recovery. 1t is some consolation 10
know that she is again in tia arms and
unotr The protection OF those who love her
Chicago Tunes.