Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-11-11
a WILD WONAN EECIAIM Ed.

We lately noted the appearance Of
q beautiful young woman, who was
evidently dementsd, in the woods
along the Albany and Schenectady
turnpike, She was captured recent
ly by party of young men, but
fought so viciously, with the aid of a
pair of sharp pointed scissors, that
she broke away and escaped. A few
day. since man named Louis Bour-
haki made his appearance at Kearns'
Hotel, neal the Albany and Schenec-
tady turnpike, in the town of Wa
terylist, and asked the bartender TO
give him all the information he could
about the Wild girl. The stranger
said that he lived in Vermont, but
resided nesr Albany in 1873, and
while there his ON ' daughter was
reduced ts a clerk who worked in =
dry goods store in Albany. She was
deserted by the heartleIs deceiver,
who fled to New York City, and has
not been seen bv him or any Of his
family since. lie became enrsged
when he learned The position hi.
daughter WAS in, AND expelled her
from his house. snd had not seen her
since. 4 few days after her depart
urs he became sorry Tor his rasn act,
and now woul. give ali he had to see
his child again. Th. father hsd
heard the report of s. wild girls ap-
pssrance near Watervi:et, and want
cd to gee if she sas hi. daughter
The bartender sent fer two Of the
young men whs met her in the
woods, knd with whom she had the
contest, whose namsS, are Edward
Harrison and james Lumbly, znd
they gave minute description of
ner to Mr.. Bcm baki. Abou: four
o'clock on the tame afternoon four
young men from that locality and
Mr., Bourbski proceeded to the woods
10 lie in wait unti! she might make
her sppcsrauce. But they waited
t"gether long sine, as she se.mec
TO be cautious about yeatrring out
.f her hiding place since her conflict
with the Young men some Two Seeks
sgo. The party soon divided. three
goirg in one direction ard two in AZ
oIaer, in this Way they walked
about The woods nesIly all night
4bous 4 o'clock the next morning
Harrison and Lum6lv, who vent
slone, heard cry ss if from some
female in distress, snd traced it 10 ,
cave in desp rayiae. After "a
Consultation between them it was
settled thst iIsrrisoa shou.d remain
and watch her, While Lumbly re
turned to appriso Tho rest of their
success. A few minutes after his
departure she commenced to CRY
agsin aud wiring her hands, at the
same time mutterinS some sentences
IA the french language. Finally the
whole party retIrr,a and entered the
cavern 90 their hands snd knee
She gave shrek 0! the utmost de
spair when she saw them, ran sId
Knocked her mead against the wal,
and scted like = maniac After 3
!ime she turned and began to implore
lhein to 20 aw.v. Mr.. Bourbaki, ,
who kept in the rear all this time,
;hen stepped forward and said in =
loud voice, "Emms." She started
and looked as il: petrifed, and in a
moment rushed with Wild cry into
her fathers arms. Ihe scene that
followed it would he impossible to de-
scribe. She was perfectly sane, but
refused TO tell Why OF how she lived
there, but simply said she would tell
her father sll some other time -
They started for Kearns Hstel 'he
making no objection to accompany
them, and reached there about 8
oc.ock in the morning. The girl
ga, nearly naked, but wore the rem
n&uts Of the clothes she had on when
she cit her fathers house in Albany,
in May, 1873 She va. provided
with clothing at the hotel. and aftef
hesrtfslt thanks to tha young men and
Mr.. SeSrns. by her father. the par
CT; sad daughter departed for Al
bany, whers they arrived about 81
O'Clock in the evening. Troy Tines.