Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-11-04
A Strange Story.

contain the following account Of girl
named Mary Walker, claiming to have left
a home in Maine:
LAWRENCE. Kan. Oct. ia startling
sequel To a matrimonial advertisement has
just been made public in this city. II ap.
pears that "A well-known judge, resiling at
Ottawa. Han, some time since, advertised
in an eastern paper for a wife. The adj
vertisment was answered by "a girl by the
name OF Mary Walker. residing somewhere
In Maine. The Judge Is an old man. and
when photographs were exchanged he
sent the girl the shadow of u younger and
better looking man than himself. CORES
pondence was kept up. uEiil finally the
judge wrote to the girl that he was sick
and requested her To come on aud attend
him until health was restored. aud lac would
marry her The too conf ling girl con>en-
ted. and after "A long journey. found her
self AZ the depot at Ottawa, weak help.
less girl. far fiom home aud friends Aud
among strangers She was met 10y her
hiliauced the ju ige. but imagine Ler sur
prise. when. instead OF "A hand>o youu.
man. She beheld an ugly. shuiiliug old per
son. The girls Young dream, the ailuriug
pictures of young manhood and bright
home in the far west. were dissipaied AT
once \ horrid nightmare seenct. to- rest
AI'tfll Hfl ut IiEtttNN-
ed Ia have was nowhere To be seen. aud.
instead of going 10 "A mansion of ease aud
comfort. she was introduced To the apart
mrnts OF poor and unpretentions dwell
iug. \ marriage was soon consunnated.
but the poor girls nature revoItrd at the
nuptal be !. aud she would not become a
wife to the winter.ucd old man. The day
following. the girl. not knowing what to
do. applied for divorce. This was granted.
and having spent all her money. she ASK ed
for needle work among the good ladies of
Ottawa. In his way she supported her
self for several weeks. The daughters and
aud relatives of the Judge looked kindly
upon her and advised her 10 wed the Judge
ami live with him. But the girls bright
dreams aud her love Tor the shadow the
judge had sent her came up before her 10
constantly say Nor" To their repeated
Solicitations She brooded over her disap-
pointmcnts and sorrows. until her mind
undoubtedly wandered. and Ia her lon-li-
ness and she hastily packed travelling
>aichel and slipped away from Ottawa.
Having no money. she started to walk to
Lawrence. Poor girl. how different her
entrance and her exit. the former full 81
hope. the latter fall OF dread and di.ap-
poinimcni; the former TOLL of cuiicjug Nl>-
ions. the latter fuli OF furies. driving her
on and on uHtil rest would be found in the
silence of Death THE distance from Otta-
wato Lawrence i about ~ miles. and
Mary Walker could not walk IL Ia one day.
Night coming on. She rested Al deserted
cabin ou the road. seeking shelter on the
prairic>. far from the habtatious OF men.
aud away from the stupid sympathy OF
strangers.
lffhc girls reason had not entirely Ieft
her. II .he wa. capable of reasoning and
f,,i',., ,bnsc ,l,rm, which conscin,s ana
,intd Women always feel. even In their
own oui.t and ..ciIf. homes AT night. what
nm, have been her feeling. she crouch.
"a from view In that lonely cabin ON IN,
bI,ck and dr.olate prairieY Think of I, ye
d.u.,b,.rs ar hatnv households. ,hinL ~,
tyruo,bers and wives who cherish your
lar d,iigh,ful homes,
Mar waller entered Iavr,pc. u,con.
srious proh,hIv Of vh,, IN. wa. Join,
-, bsd wsIk,d oil N. ,,av iron, o,,,yS
M. had rested over nirhi in , drsoI,fc
,I,cc- .hc ,nus, nav. been tir,d c,,,soro
AM bu,grv |, apn.srs Thai 81. ,,anJ.-.
cJ about ri. .frori. I'M d,- or mill m.
uiI,llr nftb. afternoon when she nm,
III, h.u tat Tho r,..id.rca ~ IN, q, o,',
,hri.iisn families when tho door ~.
ot,cr.d
"pi,a.e do Won wan, any se,,iny dam.
dr. ,,.s m. si,,,I,. ;,-o,,tr, -, 81 10
r,ne-.d ,irl On hrin., ars,.-.,, ~, M
main, 80 re,,,Ir.1 M.,- 49,.
..CanI stem INTO = rnnn, I, rnnm.,, IN mr..
rano, INV dress
The .ooj LADY Of IN. bopse showed the
moor eirl into a he'd room ami returned IN
her parlor The pirl ia NOT r,iurn for
sorn. time and M, laJv sen, her lj,,le
daughter To krow the reason Imaoine
~. rhiId's sunrise 70 lind III. strarge ,,irl
with uightgoxn ON In h.d ub;,e a. a
carved .tatn. Tn. child b,,ried doxn
stair. and told the s,,r,iing $50 70 h.r
no,her when III. Iadv of,be h,r.,. 49,
reared AZ tho hedsid. vb.ra ~. .,r,u...
pirl Law her frs, eYrlsmstion Wa
w bo sent Won here.
God semi mo her. - was tho sal
,bongb truthful renIv Of moor der,ny.I
~, w.It.r ca ia ,r,,,b,a,tl,, -,
b. ;,are for IN 10, hansapo,s ~.
cejyed such care as Christian neool. olive
Ia ,be up,nrtuo,,. and aei;c,ad -"
..Tvnboia foyer, y, sa;d IN. doc,or wh.,
ne answered hnrriad summons ~ ,ha
grod neonl. of IN, hnusahnId and Ma,
WALKER r,y.d ahou, n,-rri,ga her hn,ns
in Maine. about ,,..,,,.,. ~ o.t,,,, The
Iudg. who h,d dac.iv.J h.r anil surh
ti,ing. A, wrr, unn, r,nos, in b.r mil
-. Iino.red thus f,ur ,yaeks when d,..,b
can. tn mr. r,Iiaf ami ,h. Nor ,,;rI ,,as =,
r.,
Letters wer. wri,,., ~ the J,d,. =, n,
rawa uis d,ugb,er and o,b.r rsi,,iyss
o,LTs csn. ,,i,h axnrassio.s or -.
Rn, tbav were roo fste EInailv ar,
Narv,s des,h and whan m. e,av. yy,s ~
| In he Po,teI's ALI In o,r H,Il Ceme,sry
/ tho Judoe made his an,,earance and a..
r,ngeJ Tor b,.r nroner hnrIai IIo 80 a.,
hills henneathad an her cio,bino whi.h
xas rnrw,r,j,d S,nr, 0,,awa 20 ,ha Ia,
! ,,Lo c,raJ for be, In sicr,sss ami o,ia,i,
,nrneJ ,wav Tho cio,h;ne, IA r,.nra.sn,a',
A. heinz vryv handsomaly mad. mn.
donhtedlv made for wedJi,g clothes hs,ors
she lon her home The undarclo,bIn w -
! banJson.i,, e,hro;,iare,I "a I'D -, -