The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-27

Ilao no connection with him until October.
let him read a letter before sending
and when was through went into the hall
well. i said yes. Why have you not
been IN my room? ssid l did
e EVENING now 10 seq he said, come ONE. some
consented. He said he was so lonesome. b.
tween the nrst and the middle of October. 1874,
was assisting Ezra q. Valentine, teacher, in
fixing the books in the libra V at the deaf and
dumb asylum. He said, come this evening 10
done liking the books l went out OF the library
and went up stairs 10 his room We again had
criminal Intimacy and continued during the
month of November. When ne found L had
missed my monthly period be was alarmed. and
bought me some medicine and the instruments
L got my monthly and was well the I'd day
OF Novemo Der, and was not well any more until
lost the child. In the month of November
met 4. u. Valentine in the hall as was coming
from the study room TO the mail box TO put a
letter In it. he asked me if 1 was all right. /
said, NO" tod hun had taken the medi-
cine as directed, but IL had done me no good In
the month ofDecember he invited me into his
room. told him would not go. He said /
come TO his room that afternoon he would ex-
plain told him L would never do it again.
he said he did not intend doing anything, but
AFTER MS saying he would not have any con-
necuon with me. / went into his room
would come all right, and he was very much
troubled because he had done wrong in Sc
ducing NE; but must be patient, and when
IL all right Il thought he meant to marry 10 e.
he TOOK me by my right hand and
MADE ME TAKE A SOLEMN OATH
never to tell any one-to keep it a secret unto
death. He gave me more medicine; also, when
the medicine was all gone to let him know, and
he would get some more, but for me not to
come to his room any more. L went ont. After
III was gone let him know, and
he handed me another bottle full in the library
IN
me very sick. commenced taking it in No.
vember and continued till January, when 1
found it did me no good, SO threw
the medicine away in tie middle of January.
when there were several girls viii myself re-
ported as missing our monthly periods. We
were ordered TO the sick room, so we could be
Kept warm and to take medicine. | refused 10
take medicine and did not want to 60 to thesic
room, but The matron made me mind ;she never
night came the nurse gave me medicine out OF a
big bottle on the 9th of February. Ii was on
saturday night. When took The medicine on
Sabbath, February 7, I suffered with very mu eh
pain IN stomach all day, and in the evening i
was SO SICK that the matron assisted me to the
SICK room. she never knew what was the mat
ter with me. still suffered all night took no
medicine on the Sabbath, but on Monday L still
medicine. On Tuesday morning. the 9Th of Feb
ruary, IL passed away. Mr.. Ezra Valentine came
TO the sick room between the llth and 18th
ana asked nell was SICK. told him was and
was all right. He made me swear never to tell
Ii was him,
AND IN A FEW YEARS HE WOULD HELP Me.
He then left me. The nurses were in the room
at the time. still grew worse end on the 18th 1
suffered unto death. They sent Immediately
for two physicians. They told MI. McIntire to
ask me whether had done anything bad, and
said If did not tell would surely die con-
ieSSed had. Then the doctors attended me;
then they left. Mr.. AcIntire asked me q great
many questions. was very SICK and celirIous.
remembered my oath TO Z. G.. Valentine so |
tol him mT uncle John. Mr.. Gillett took down
cause was SD sick. Then Mr.. McIntire sWore
he never would tell, but he broke his oath and
published 1t. Un March rs he showed me the
newspaper and told me to read il and be careful
TO see If 1t was all right. He asked me who
bought the medicine and instruments 1 told
him Ezra q. Valentine, but he would not be-
liege. l told him, if he did not believe me- TO
csi f. 70 Valentine so He called him. and he
him If he bought the m Sd;cne and Instruments
Mr.. valentino said, Oh, Ida, did get them for
swered no or yes. 1 only cried. Mr.. MacIntire
would not believe me. He said a young man
could not know what 10 buy, and that it must
have been married man. Mr.. Mclntire in
sisted 1t was married man, so told him uncle
John f. Fawkner. Then Mr.. Valentine patted
ting that lie on me-" On Monday, 18th. MIR.
Va entine came into the sick room, and made
me swear agsin never 10 tell. He said If / aid
tell he would kill himself with a pistol. He
said the judges would be here in the evening,
and if | told that it was him, Mr.. McIntire'
the matron and AL would be expelled, and
THE ASYLUM WOULD BE RUINED,
and will be put lin Jail. The judges came in
the evening, and told my teacher, Mr.. Gillett, 70
give me the oath, and when they questioned me-
L had to tell them lies. Mr.. Valentine said he
would pray Tor me in his room to give me
strength to write. and for God to forgive me for
lying for him. He prayed as long as 1 was in
the library. After was dismissed. Mr.. McIn-
tire came to me and asked me if L felt sick
again. told him yes, was very tired and
weak: 1t was most u O'Clock. On Wednesday,
the Slst, as sat in the nurses room with lie
matron, Mr.. Valentine came in and sat by my
side. While the matrOn was writing on the
slate, she did not look at me ano Mr.. Valentine
what we were talking about. He again made
me promise to keep secret about him, and he
would make all right in a year or TWO. 1 asked
him If he would please give me his picture he
said he could not give me his picture, fer he was
afraid they would suspect him. He said he
would put his picture in the matTon's letter
when she wrote me. He shook hands with me
and told me never To tell any one ABOUT him.
| He bid me good bye and left. In few minutes
he came 10 see me again, and he coaxed me very
often; and he would never want me TO tell any
one about him. told him never would tel.
he Inrew Kiss TO me and LEFT. Ny
came for me. Mr.. McIntire advised me not TO
ride in the coach If my grandmother was not
with me; and II uncle George oster wanted me
to go to his home in indianapolis, to refuse. and
say wanted to go to my grandmother's, and il
they insisted, to come back to the asylum. But
my grandmother was in the coach, and 1 left
the city to go to Danville in the evening of the
sSd t OF M ssafan here made this fTll
When went TO bed l prayed for God,
but could not pray. [ thought God
would not want TO hear me what prayed.
was sorry that had told a wicked lie on John
X. Fawkner. IDA X. FAwKNIR.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. p. A. B.
Kennedy, a Notary Public, this 27th day OF
April, A. D., 1875. Z. A. b. KENNEDY,
lsEAL. Notary Public
Mime. Ristori and Mrs. Lander were hand
somely breakfssted in Chicago the other day
by the Ladies' Fortnightly Club in that city
The breakfast was very prettily conducted,