The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-23

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SuifoTs Have Died.


A strange story printed IN the s..
Louis Globe.Dclnocat ceused consid-
cradle ccmmonon iD the southern end
Of that city. who,c the lady in ques-
uon resided quite ewhlle.
The story was told BY clergyman
of tho Episcopal church, who has been
n sufferer from the lady's strange fate.
The lady IA question is bat a visitor 10
America. whence she came to try and
Shake OF spell of which she firmly
believes she IS the victim. 4 few
-oars previous to her leaving Ills.
toric Caiedonia" she returned from the
MATRIMONIAL estates OF the family, nine
and one.hGlf miles from the llolyrood
palacc in Edinburgh, to Aberdeen.
By the desih q her father. since hen
arrival IN this country, she has become
Ga hc.rcss 20 q large estate. She is re
fined. graceful and handsome, but The
fatality attaching 10 her makes her life
az unhappy one
When bit II years old she became
strongly attached TO nephew Of the
bishop Of Carlyle. One day, while
r;dint across the heath in MS COM
panv. she had q pesentiment thot lie
would propose THAI night and that she
accented She Saw him, in moment
arv vision, lying, pale and cold, By
tho roadside Bewilderd, she inyol'
UNFAIRLY stopped her horse and ia an.
other moment foil III q swoon. lie
bore her TO Z cOtt9ger's near by, and
oD her recovery the bashful young
mans love had been 50 intensified by
anxiety Chat. in a moment of mutual
tenderness they wclc beirCthed. After
oscorung her home ne bad TO pass the
sanlo SPOT 20 return 10 his domicile.
Tho next morning they found him
deed rccr where she had fallen. His
borse bod evidently thrown him, and
he had hcon killed by the consequent
injury 70 his head.
Inc LADY recovered, and eighteen
months oltorwad she was betrothed
70 Gu English naval officer. who was
sudlcnlv ordered TO the West Indies
10 ioin II. H. S. schoolship Luiydicc
Tho next spring, on the return Of the
shin home she was wrecked, and al
on board but two were lost The
vounr lover was not one OF the saved
Time healed the lady's twice wound
ed heart. and her affections were won
bv an English army officer, who was
drowned Shortly after the betrothal
The NIGHT he was drowned she Yves
attending ball and, according to her
statement. she was seized with Q sud.
den attack Of dizziness and tainted.
On recovering she said she had seen,
in O. vision. tie ball room suddenly
transformed into q submarine cavern,
containing nothing but the corpse Of
her accepted lieutenant She could
never be induced 10 dance again.
Il took a great deal OF persuasion TO
induce her 70 become q hance again.
But tie persistence Of an American
sea captain conquered her reluctance,
and she accepted him. He returned
10 Philadelphia with his ship for thJ
purpose Of putting his affairs in shape
for The wedding. While his ship was
at anchor OF the Delaware Break /
water he was also drowned. The bride
elect came to the Quaker City after
ward and having relatives in Caron
delet. resolved to make long visit to
them
The clergyman who furnished the
facts above related met and loved the /
lady, and she apparently reciprocated /
but when he proposed she replied byi
telling bim her story, and all his elo-
quence failed to change her resolution /
never to marry. His attention to her
had been O matter Of society gossip, 7
so that there was something Of 81 SEN
49lon where there appeared In the 50 (
ciety columns Of The Globe-Democrail
~ item stating that she had gone to (
visit l.-uls in the interior Of the
state, aud would soon return to her
home Ia Scotland TO reside perma- /
ncntly.