Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-07


l2,b she made q very early start on
the way TO the train, riding horseback,
she SAID to Willie: - feel as If some
thing terrible viii come Of this trip.
GOOD FRIENDS, FAREWELL.
Well might poor Lilban's heart sink
within her. She was leaving home
that had come to be very dear to her.
81. was parting with motheriy nrs'
Dickinson: with her good friend Miss
Kinney: with ber constant companion
and loyal little subject Master WINE
ard was leaving the peaceful log school
house. with all Of its associations 20
60 20 RichmoDd-for whhtg IL must
have been either TO get the author Of ner
misery 70 partially right her wrong by
marriage. or to secure ahiding-plsce ana
midwife's care. She would be brought
70 bed in from four to six weeks 10
stay in Bath county would be certain
shame. Her marvellously-kept secret
would certainly be betrayed, ana sne
would have to endure, harder perhaps
than All the agonies Of motherhood, the
reproaches Of those who had been SO
Kind 10 her and whom she had 50 gross
ly deceived.
Life must have seemed very dark to
her that cloudy day as she rode from
Mrs Dickinson's 10 MIllboro'.
HOW LILLIAN LOOKED.
Lillian was a short and stout little
woman. She was only 4 feet II inches
high. but probably weighed l25 pounds
Her face was round and full, and she
was said to be really pretty. Dressed
for her trip to Richmond, she had on a
black alpaca dress: over that blue
Jersey. and underneath that warm
incket; around her neck a bright.
glossy. red-silk handkerchief, pinned
with black JET brooch while on her
head she wore hat made Of black
straw. turned up in front. II had three
ostrich tips on it, and was trimmed With
twilled silk and black velvet. Around
il was worn a veil. The most conspi-
cuous part Of her outfit was a red cro'
/ ehef shawl, sometimes thrown over hei
shoulders, sometimes carried on bel
arm. sometimes strapped Oh hei
cloihes-bag. She wore q plain gold I'm
cer-rinc. In one hand she had th'
| clothes-bag; on the wrist Of the oihei
she carried small sstchel. wherein sh'
kept ber money. What It amounted Il
no one knows. Mrs. Dickinson gave
her IS when she started ; how muct
more She had cannot be ascertained
AT Millboro' she took ont s5 and
81 note and paid for her ticket, and 60
fifty cents il change.
Oh. WEARY WAIT
Miss Lillian. if the object Of her 60
inr to Richmond was 10 meet her Cousn
Tommie. should have been there tn
night before. Here she was now q
! Millboro' Thursday. March 18th an
Tommie was in Richmond, having tha
morning arrived there from King an
! Queen.
Lillian was told that the train due a
Nillboro' at 2:30 ?. NJ. was six hour
late. That meant that she would no
reach Richmond until Friday morning
To those who saw her III the hote
parlor she looked thoroughly depresse
and distressed. She had lost the trsI
Wednesday. Cousin Tommie was a
ready il Richmond, and now her tral
was so late that she could not hope {
be there until Friday mornlng-frida
morning instead Of Wednesday evcnln
al 9:l5.
Mrs. Dickinson had prepared her
nice lunch; so she took neither dinne
nor supper at the hotel. For most
the time she sat alone II the parior-
alone with her thoughts {.
Millboro' is l76 miles west OF Rici
mond, on the Chesapeake and Oh
railway. The train got there thu
Thursday night about s:45. The hot
proprietor put Lillian under charge
the conductor. and the sad soul wss
last on her way to Richmond.
LILLIAN on THE TRAIN.
Mr.. Wright was the conductor Of tn
train. In the course Of a conversatio
with her-something having been sAl
about fast running-she remarked
him thai she wished the train woul
run of and kill her. She told the COZ
duct0r she was Miss Madison. He n
ticed her plain gold ring. The re
shawl she kept IN her lap. AT 2.55 Z
Nj. the train arrived In Richmond. III
conductor escorted Lillian 10 the Anne
ican Hotel bus. in which there wet
two other passengers, and got IN Inn
self and went as far as the ExchAng
Lillsn went 10 the American. Their
about 3 A. NJ. Friday. March 18th. 81
registered as d" Mss 7. l.. Morton, al
v-as ASSIGNED 10 Room 81.