The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13
MISS MoRosINrs ELOPEMENT.
Her Sister Julia Gives Graphic and Cos
sipy Account Of the Affair.
New York sun.

brown eyes and hair and an olive complexion.
Her sister is very fair. II want to tell you all
about this" Miss Morosini said, because then
the truth will be known, and people will not pay
attention to all kinds Of disagreeable stories that
are made up. Now, just think. One of the pa
pers said this morning that papa had seen that
coachman with his arms around my sisters
waist. How foolish that is. Why, my father
woull have shot him right away, and so would
any os my brothers.
''Some ladies came from Riverdale to call on
my mother this morning to express their sympa
thy. She was not able to see any one, and re-
ceived them instead. They told me that it had
been ~umored that Mr.. Morosini's coachman was
too attentive to his daughter. The other coach
men all said that they knew something was go
ing to happen and had known it for months
Schellng was Vctorias constant attendant dur
ing her horseback rides, and they noticed that
they talked together, and that he rode close be-
side her, instead of staying behind, as servant
should do
..when did you Hrst suspect that there was
anything wrongP
II can't say was constantly being sur
prised by my sisters conduct or the coachman's,
but couldn't allow myself to be suspicious 1t
seemed such an impossible thing even to think of.
"But that coachnan was an awfully cunning
man The tricks he played on me you would
never believe We have vacation at Easter,
and papa told him to practice my saddle horse
little, and get it ready for me, so that could
go out riding with Victoria. He did practice; he
practiced the poor horse with a vengeance. One
day he came in and said he had been exercising
inn in inn
grown vicious and had thrown him over the
fence, and had then gone and jumped RICH:
through window into the barn, tearing out all
the glass and cutting himself badly about the
head. Then he went out and sswed up my poor
horses nose in such way that it looked per
fectly awful, and it took the veterinary surgeon
a long while to rip out the sewing that the
coachman had done. The horse was unfit to
use for a long WHILE so that had to go without
riding during all my Easter vacation, and he
and my sister continued their rides alone.
Then again, our long vacation, which lasted
until September, began on june 70 He had
probably forgotten about my coming, and wasn't
ready for me, so had rides with my sister for
the first three days. But on The fourth day no
came in and said my horse was so sick that it
couldn't be used. went out and found it was
sick very sick and it kept sick during the entire
vacation, and didn't get any more rides.
II got suspicious then, for it seemed very
strange that my horse should always be the one
to get sick, and every time just when had my
VacaGlOn. i Went TO the COacnDlan ana bOlQ MIN
Ibelieved he had poisoned my horse one time
and cut its head the other on purpose. He was
very angry. and protested SO that didn't say
anything more about it.
"Once Arthur Dodge, a young gentleman liv
ing near here invited us to ride THAT was one of
three rides got) and of course he was all the
escort that we needed, but Victoria insisted that
the coachman must go, too. l knew that would
be an affront to our escort, and said that we
didn't need any one else. but Victoria insisted,
zn5 forgot herself SO far as to ask the coach
man ABOUT it. Isn't 1T so, Ernest she said.
that we must take you along, too, whether we
have any one else or notP oh. yes Ernest
said; at Newport the young ladies always take
the groom along, whether any one else goes or
not
We'll l didn't want TO insist any longer, and
he went. But the way they rode you would
never believe. They made their horses Just
creep. begged them to hurry up and have
good gaIlop but they wouldn't do it, and at last
we got out of patience, and Mr.. Dodge and
galloped off together, leaving them alone. /
know now that that was exactly what that
coachman wanted
Every time Miss Morosni said that coach
man. her eyes snapped like fire crackers, and her
slipper came down with bang that seemed out
Of all proportion to its very diminutive size. 1t
was evident that none of the Morosn household
lived Ernest except the solitary member that
had gone away with him.
But it seems almost impossible to believe
hoy much my sister must have thought of that
twice while riding with him, and never said
word about it at home for fear she would not be
allowed to ride any more. Once we knew she
had fallen, because 4 man who had seen her
came to the house and asked if she had been
hurt; and another time her habit was very dirty,
SO that it was plain that she had fallen of. But
both she and the coaehTIiATi deriivd it each time
Another thing that we thought was strange was
that they didn't ride anywhere to see anything
interesting but always took the loneliest roads
where there was hardly bird to be seen.
"But the worst thing that man ever did, if he
did it on purpose, was on Good Friday. He was
driving papa to the station, and just as papa
went to get out of the carriage the horses
jumped suddenly forward, throwing him under
the wheels, and almost dragging him into the
river. He was badly cut about the knees, and
had to go to bed 1t took him long while to
re. we'll Papa was hurt this way three times.
It's wonderful what influence that man had
over her She used to go TO the stable six or
seven times a day to feed apples to her horse
until finally. about month ago, papa forbade
her going any more. Then she used to go to a
flower patch near the barn and talk to him while
she picked pansies, Ny sister was very good
girl, though and it was all his fanlt. 1t worried
her to think that she was doing wrong, and the
thought that she was going to run away and dis
grace the family made her almost sick. She
was as plump as she could be last winter but
she has been growing thinner every day since
then. and has been nervous and unhappy Only
a little while ago mamma looked at her while
shewas lying down asleep, and called papa in to
see her too 1t made them cry to see how she
had changed in a little whie.r
Others OF the family told the story of Schel-
lings departure and the elopement as follows:
The coachnan knew that he was to be discharged,
and on Sunday week ago he came to Mr.
Morosini and said that be was discontented and
was going to leave. but" he said II don't
want to leave you without any coachman, so I'll
ytay until you get another one.
mo you won't said Mr.. Morosini. You'll
10 tomorrow
Miss Morosnl was very uneasy on the morn
ing he left She went out early with the pet
parrot on her shoulder. and sent word for the
coachman to bring up her horse Vim. She spent
4 long while in feeding him apples and talking to
the coachman. The family thought she was
talking to the parrot, and paid no attention
About noon he went away, clad in brand new