The Morning herald., 1878-07-31

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"We will accompany her" observed thI
elder custodian. ave have strict orderi
not to let her out Of our sight. She mai
destroy herself. She isditsn desperate and
her friends constantly feaf suicide wheI
she is in one of her moods. One of theil
objects in sending her to Utica Is to placl
her where she will be incessantly watchet
and can do no harm to herself. We viii
accompany you, Mr.. -" and he step
ped to her side and took her arm.
She recoiled as if she had been stung
and exclaimed, with blazing eyes and palit
face, and i'm the greatest agitation, "Fol
Gods sake, do not let that man touch mel'
"Let it be me, then, Mrs. -," re
marked the younger of the couple, ad-
vancing toward her. Again she started
away, shuddering with the words, "Yor
are no better than he. You are both il
league against me. You have some dread
fal plot Of which I am the innocent victim
Oh, God! oh, God these men will kill
mer' ,,,,.,, =,
She allowed the conductor to lead he,
through the train. her .cnst0dians follow
ing, and speaking to the passengers as they
ws1t sal0ne, expressing pity Tor her, e17
planning the nature fathe case and the
:paiAful duty they had to perform. Their
statements were universally credited.
Everybody thought the. lady insane, and
her excited frenzieda appearance WAS rea-
son for their thinking so!.a poor thfnp.''
'Poor lady" Unhappy case" Glow
wild she lookS1were heard 40 she passed.
But nobody knew her; nor could she
find single face that was not strange to
her. She looked eagerly on both sides Of
the aisle, and in the last carsaid, ,dnheart-
breaking tones, s'No one I know |; not a
face I have seen before-not one. What
will become Of mew And then, she sank
into the silence of despair. Her face had
the appearance of mad woman's, and
everybody on the train believed Her mad
As theconductor rather drew than accom-
panied her back to her car, she moved
mechanically, as if half unconscious and
in dream.
Having taken her seat she burst into
hyPterical tears, sobbing bitterly, and exAI
siting the commisseration Of hef fellow
Then she grew comparatively
,alm and scarcely. moved . muscle, con-
impression thst shs was about
o swoon. She did not, however. She sat|
Upright in her seat, pale as. marble, her
eatures working and her limbs twitching
's though she were suffering from epi-
epsy;, r. ,,.- -,.... II
And this had been done in less time than
has taken to tell it. She had not been
ong in her seat before the whistle sounded
or Utica-only IA miles from Rome-and
be two men approached, saying gently,
You must come with us now Mrs.-.l
We will not harm you; we wish you we'll:
We are your friends; we are doing what
'our friends DESIRE" Again she expressed
Ter horror of them; appealed to the pas
engers, besought them to protect her de-
,lared that she was perfectly sane, and that
.hese men intended to carry out some base
1eaign. Nobody believed her, of course.
The train stopped. The conductor stood
lear her, having told one of the brakemen
o call a carriage, and the custodisns caught |
'ach an arm of the lady. She resisted for |
moment, gave little shrek, and then
eemed to faint. One of the men caught
ler up in his arms once more, saving.
Poor ladyp' bore her to the carriage. and |
vhile his companion held open the door,
placed her inside; both got in after her
Ihe carriage was driven of, and the train
dashed forward and disappeared in the
darkness, many passengers talking of and
Ditying the pretty but unfortunate Young
woman who had gone to the State Asylum
1t Utica. -. r
The train arrived at Albany in due sea-
'on, and the devoted husband, who had
oeen at the station for near an hour. was
mpatiently waiting to receive his wife. He
waited and looked in vain. Everybody
mad gone and still she was not there. HeI
Was directed to the conductor of the draw
ing rsom car, who, on learning of the ap-|
pearapce Of the lady sought for. perceived
At once that she must be no other than
Mrs. -, who had been pronounced in
sane.
The revelations made to the husband
were terrifying, Of course, but he felt that
not moment was to be lost. The con-
auctor secured an engine, ana, and with
The dismantled husband, started at the
earliest practicable moment and full speed
for Utica.
Arriving there aoout 4 o'clock in the
they could get no trace of TIE
men, but they discovered the hackman
whom the conductor knew He showed
The conductor the house, and 10 a few
minutes he and the Bostonian who pre-
served outward calmness despite his ter
rible excitement, were at the door of a
house in the eut'kirts of the town, where
The hackman had gone the evening pre-
vious.
The inmates were aroused, not without
and, frightened by the intense
manner OF the husband, admitted that a
lady had come there the evening previous
ln company with the gentlemen. and that
they had been shown to a room.
He went to the room as directed, and to