Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-22
AT HOME AGAIN.
Mary Churchill Once More with Her
own People-What She Says of Her
: Escapade.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

belng asked TO detail her eXperIenc ce
since leaving home Miss Churchill
replied:
Il wish you would not ask me to
go all over that again. Anyhow. I
don't like reporters; they say so many
nasty things about you. Perhaps
they are not all like that hateful
thing who wrote to morning paper
from indianapolis, saying | had in
vlted him to my house to see me,
and to call regularly. Enough repor-
ters came to see me without being
asked and the one who wrote about
me never saw me at all.
The lady seemed to have made up
her mind, but on the request being
repeated by her father she began by
telling about pawning her iewelry.
: was getting ready to 60 for three
days, " she continued, "and in order
to obtain some money to pay for my
ticket and support me I went to a
pawnshop somewhere on Franklin
avenue, and to another place on
Fourth street, near the Court House" :"
WAS the latter kept by Michaels?"
''Michaels! Oh, no! I know his
daughter, and was afraid to meet her
IN the store, and have given them a
gOoel cleW to wOrk on. [ took it to a
place near there, and for the lot of
jewelry I received about $14."
What did you do with the opera
glasses?"
They were pawned at the same
time, and then went and spent 81. so
for this dress touching the skirt she
wore) and so cents for this hat"
With this remark she snatched the
hat from the back of the chair and
placed it IN a jaunty position on her
head.
why did you select Indianap-
olis?"
Il knew they would look for me in
Chicago or Cincinnati, and [ didn't
think any one would ever look in
smaller town to find me-"
why did you stop at Decatur?"
Because [ suppose the conductor
suspected me and wouldn't take me
any further. paid my fare to Deca-
tur and got off there"
''Then you did not try to buy a
ticket to Buffalo, n. ""
ooh, no. Who said that?"
Here her father explained the ma
ture of the report, and his daughter
added with much spirit:
Then | guess conductors are like
some reporters they don't care much
for the truth" +"
did you try to borrow money in
Decatur from Mrs. Shortell?"
mo, [ remained about ten hours
instead of ten days. and took the
train at II o'clock for Indianapolis,
where [ arrived at o'clock. [ went
directly to an intelligence Office and
was offered three places for
doing general housework. I was
afraid to take any of them as [
couldn't cook, and [ knew I would
get into trouble. I went to hotel
and was back to the intelligence office
at six o'clock the following morning.
My money was almost out, and I told
them that must do something, so [
took q place as chambermaid in a
hotel, nd soon learned how to make
beds Then turning to her father,
she exclaimed: ooh, here is some
thing l never told any one. I was
just awfully sick with a cold for the
first three weeks [ was away. It set
tied in my eyes, and I cried all the
time, Or"
"Why did you leave the hotel2"
Colonel Churchill inquired.
Il was told what beautiful place
it was at the Insane Asylum, and [
thought I might get place there, so
took the street cars one afternoon
and applied 10 DR.. Fletcher. The mo-
ment L saw him | was afraid of him.
He took chair beside me, and it
seemed as if he looked right through
me. l was really frightened for the
first time, as [ knew that he suspec-
ted that had run away from home.
He offered to put me in charge of a
ward-one of the worst I
wouldn't take it, as | didn't know
much about treating patients. The
Doctor then took a girl from the iron
lng-room, and put me in her place. [
used to feel so queer; when [ got easy
ironing | felt that I was all right, but
wnen [ got hard pieces, [ would
shiver and think everything was
going wrong"
Where did you write your letter."
L wrote it when my roommate
was cleaning up. I had that much
trust in her, as I knew she would not
read over my shoulder. | addressed
it and put it myself in the letter-box.
| would not have written only I saw
that report that Mary Churchill had
been found Fin Keokuk, and a denial
from Caldwell that I had eloped with
him"
Turning to her father, she contin-
ued: "Oh, | had such terrible feel
ing when I saw that. 1t was dread
ful. You cannot imagine how awful
terrible was the feeling that came
over me. For the first time I knew
OF the sensation my departure had
made when reports were coming from
every part of the country.
The narrative was interrupted by
the, entrance of young lady friend
and Mrs. Churchill, and the thread of
the discourse was regained by Col