The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-14
Row THE eOAcHEAN WON HER.
Victoria Morosini Explains How Ernest
Captured Her Affections.

Victoria Morosini Explains How Ernest
Captured Her Affections.
Notwithstanding the fact that volumes
have been written and published about the
famous Morosini elopement case and various
explanations made as to how the lady be-
came infatuated with her fathers coachmsn,
the real facts were never brought to light
until they were obtained by a reporter here
from Mrs. Schilling herself, says o Boston
telegram to the New York World. The story
is remarkable one. Mrs. Schilling in reply
to questions on the subject, said:
From childhood up it has been my pleas
ure to roam at will through the forest which
surrounded my home. Riding, too, was a
great enjoyment to me, not because Ernest
drove, for then | had no interest in him.
One day / went to ride on the road that
winds along the banks of the beautiful Hud-
son river. From one point on that road the
ruins of an old stone mansion are visible.
1t stands on the top of a hill at considerable
distance from the road TO the right. l had
often wished to 60 nearer to the moss-grown
walls, but had always been deferred
by some member of the family be-
ing with me, or else the sign
marked "Dangerous" which was nailed to
- ties in front of 1t. But this day was alone
end determined. Ernest drove, aud, not
w1thstsnding his entreaty, L sprang out of
the carriage and was soon peering into the
great entrance of the old ruin. Aiming my
self with a stick l pushed aside the vines
and creepers that oyeFhung the open door,
and stood within the great hallway, which
YVES filed with poisonous undergo With.
The interior presented such 8 wild aud
gloomy aspect tha5 Was almost on the point
of running away. Had / done go, Victoria
Morosini would never have married Ernest
Schilling. Being that day imbued with a
spirit of adventure. / mounted to the top Of
q fight of stone sters, where found a mar
row hallway leading INTO large room at the
back / started Co traverse that hall, but on
taking three or four steps forward there was
q e!bsn. | felt myself ng-falling-snd
then 1 became unconscious. When 1 re
gained my senses some days later, 1 was
lying in bed at my fathers house, sur
rounded by anxious friends and relatives,
and Ernest (who had rescued me, crushed
and bleeding, from beneath the
wrecked fleOr) stood over me with a
ing the doctors decision as to NV chances
for life. had fingered for days, wasting
slowly. 1T is serious wound" said the
physician; ''she has suffered great loss OF
blood, and predict her death within an
hour unless one chance alone remains for
| heard him say without being able to open
my eyelids or speak word. Then there
was another pause. Not oRe OF them moved.
Then Ernest Schillings stepped forward, and
without moments hesitation he barred his
strong right arm and Ssid, calmly, yot, Oh,
so deternninedly: Take frem my veins the
last drop of blood if it viii save her life"
The blood was transfused from Ernsrts srm
| to mine he saved my life, for l grew strong
| almost Immediately. Then there arose an
| intutiVe attachment between Us. How could
| resist loving the man 20 whom owed my
| life and who was pleading for that love-
| the being whose life-blood coursed through
| my veins, warming me back to life? 1t was
great debt / owed him, and one which
have cheerfully paid-if. indeed, the pool
recompense Of my willing hand could psy it
He says II has. Our vows at lesst are indis
| soluble. 1t is bond of love between u:
| that is fixed, uneltsred, unslterable. Had
a thousand years Of life I'd live 1t all with
him. And now you know why Victoris
Moroeini welded with Ernest Schilling.