Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-25
MG&EERGOUS DISAPPEAx.xcr
OF a YOUNG LADY FkOM HEN
HOME.
Tine STORY OF n Newspaper Perform,
and 1ss Connection With the Vile
du GGAVre.

For the past month the following
personal has appeared daily in the col.
umns of the New York Herald:
LAMB.-I impIore You to return,
Oh, come home, come home, nv
child. J.F.H.
i his personal, unlike most of those
which appear i'll that paper, speaks to
the people who are acquainted with its
story, of terrible family atfiiction
and sorrow.
Among those who babe alden to
friends and wished good speed to the
Vile du Havre as she started on her
last and fatal journey, WAS Miss
Constance Health, who, with her
father and her brother-in-la~, had &C
companied her sister and her three
children to set them off on their trip
to Europe. AS the steamer rode out
snto the stream, she, the father. and
the husband returned to their home,
tut not without some misglvlngs Of
the safety of their relatives. The
morning following the departure
of the vessel, the girl told her
family that she was possessed
with the dread that something
unfortunate would overtake the
steamer before it crossed the OCEAN
Her father and her sisters husband
eHdeayored to dIsabuse her mind Of
her fears, and everything that wealth,
and pleasant and happy associations
could give was obtained to divert her
mind from the terrible picture shehad
conjuredup of the impending disaster.
This care and kindness seem to have
it's Effect, and the gllri forgot her fears
She mingled freely III society, and WAS
the admired of the beauties OF Marry
Hill. being an accomplished and
thorough lady.
Her family resided at that time at
No. 208 West Twenty-fourth street
Now, those of them who have not pass
ed away to a certain or still, as III her
case. an uncertain fate worse than
death, reside in Brooklyn, but little
removed from dependence
ON THEIR FRIENDS FOR SUPPORT.
Their wealth has been used IN at
tempts to find their - lamb.
For weeks and weeks after the news
of the loss OF the Vile du Havre, the
young girl was crazed. Her sisters
S'SAA
madness with the news of that disss-
ter, and fears were entertained that
two more of that family would be hur-
ried to their graves by this calamity.
Owing to the kind offices OF friend,
who, by day and night, watched the
grief-stricken husband, he was saved,
and received strength enough to bear
ND against the great affection. Miss
Constance never fully recovered. EV-
erything in and about the house re-
minded her of her lost sister and her
little ones. Her grief, though intense,
did not manifest itself In any vloien,
outward signs; it settled tixedly ana
became ever present to her.
On the night of May Il she ie1'
home, and has not been seen slnce'
Notwithstanding every effort has been
made
TO DISCOVER HER WHEREABOUTS.
The country has been secured for
her by people especially engaged 70
make search for her, and personals
and advertisements inserted Ill all 'n1
paDers in the States. The father ana
son have expended nearly oil OF then
wealth in the useless hunt.
This afternoon the father-ln-laW, &c,
companied by his friend W no sasea
him from his grief, as usual, Vis'teu
police headquarters and inquired ~.
news. There is nothing, they sa'u
and then turning went from the fooI
to the headquarters in New YORK. ant,
the different telegraph offices, anu
places which they regularly WISH III
search of their lost Lamb. Inc W.
man when she left home was dresSea
in brown silk, with black shaw s ahu
heavy mourning veil .-Bro0Alyn E"y'''