The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03
TEE nNSTERY OF 4 LOST GIRL
Through Western New YOrk-On tn e
I.;tkes-an Cincinnati aud to Cuba.

tThc Wavcrly IT, " Advocated
In the Advocate Of last week was re-
lated the strange history of a girl whose
life up to her eighteenth year was passed
in Ti0ga County, in Northern Pennsyl-
vania. Her name is given as Katie Han
son. She loved the woods, and roamed
freely through the dim aisles Of the
forest. Her father presented her rife,
in the use of which she became expert.
The Hansons were intelligent, edu-
Gated people, and had chosen the wilds
Of the Tioga wilderness because of the
facilities offered for acCumulating wealth
in the lumber business. The nearest
neighbors of the Hansons were a family
named Johnson, who lived half mile
away. They were lazy, dissolute, ignorant
and vulgar people. They lived by lum-
bering, fishing and hunting.
Between one OF the sons of the John
SONS and Matte Hanson an attachment
grew out of frequent associations and
hunting excursions. This displeased the
Hansons, and enmity sprang up between
the two families. Katie was forbidden to
associate with the Young man. She was
headstrong, and did not mind her fathers
injunction.
One day. while in the wood with her
little rife. she became reflective, and,
sitting on a log, She worked herself into a
"brown study" She determined to
have no more to do with "the johnson
tribe" realizing, as she did, that their So
cial positions were so unequal that u mar
riage with lazy, ignorant fellow like the
"y0ung johnson would result only in
unhappiness. Unfortunately her line of
reasoning carried her still further, and
she concluded that the way out of all her
difficulties was to forever leave her old
haunts.
When the conclusion was arrived at
she at once started for the State of New
York. One night was passed in the lone
ly woods, and the next day she came
across hunters cabin, the occupants OF
which were out. She entered, found
provisions enough for meal, appropri
ated enough male attire, and then re.
sumed her journey.
Another night was passed in the for.
ests. Ike next day she entered the vii
age of Corning where she took the E;e
train for Dunkirk, to which place the
road had recently been completed. Al
Dunkirk she found employment as cook
ON lake boat. The society was not con
genial, and she soon afterward obtained
the position Of head cook on first-cas.
boat plying between Detroit and Buffalo
This position pleased her and she re
| tnipal II f,,T, Inn1 finn
In the meantime her parents had re
sorted to every means to find her The
first night of her absence her fatheI
searched the woods; the next day anc
night, and for several days and nights
the search was continued, the neighbor
joining in. Gradually the idea became
stronger that she had voluntarily lief
home and friends. Although her de
Imeanor had always hccn Of The strictcsr
moral nature and her virtue mques
toned, it was feared that in d wilid treal
she had gone TO some city or village ant
entered upon life of shame. This slls
picion on the part of the parents anC
sympatnizipe friends was the open tall
of the Johnsons, and the latter lost IL,
opportunity to impress the theory tha
Katie had been driven to depraved lif
| by the conduct of her parents. The lat
Ter were almost crazed. The father ad
vertised in the papers far and near, am
for years he searched imvain for his littl
Katie.
One day while Katie was in Buffalo
marketing for the steamboat cook-roon
she picked up a paper and read the ac
vertisemcnt regarding her and descril
> ton Of her appearance. This alarme
: her, but her alarm turned to positil
d fear when shortly afterwards she saw he