Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-15
THE MISSING GIRL.


Mr.. Brown described his daughter as being ex-
ceedingly quiet and retiring, girl Of simple
tastes modest manners, but of a proud DISPOSE
ton. Her pride led her to exercise great care
in the selection of her companions, of whom
she had but few. She had decided disinclina-
ton to communicate with young men.
She seemed happy and cheerful, though
seldom gay. There was not much in her sur
roundngs to drive her to suicide.
PAINS IN HER HEAD.
One fact that remains untold that might give
this theory a coloring of truth, and that is that
for at least a couple of years past Belle-her
name is Susie Isabel, but she is called by her
parents and friends by the name of Beile-has
been sufferer from severe pains in her head
that have at times caused alarm in the mind of
her father.
Two weeks ago yesterday morning she was
quite ill on this account and kept to her bed.
The next day she was better and once more re-
sumed her studies. Again last week, two or
three days before she disappeared, she COM
planned Of her head but on Thursday morning
she was unusually bright There is q suspicion
in the mind Of her father that her almost con-
slant sufferings, which came on without warn
ing, had caused her to take her life.
A fact that gives some support to the idea Of
suicide is a remark she once made in reply to a
question of her fathers, to the effect that she
would '.just as soon die as suffer this way"
LEARNING TO SUPPORT HERSELF.
1t is thought impossible that she went away
to seek means of livelihood as her inclination
and desire to become self-supporting had already
been partially gratitied by her father, who i'm
pressed on her the necessity of her learning
something of business methods first. He took
her into his Office and taught her how to keep
his books. which she was soon able to manage
without difficulty. In payment he gave her all
the gold coins that he came across in bis tran
sactions, and which amounted to O compare
lively considerable salary for young girl
She made bangles of the dollar pieces and
| saved the others so that the family calculates,
she had upward Of S25 saved at the time
OF her disappearance. She seemed to care very
little for her money, however, for she usually
left it on her bureau in o small box in very
careless manner. 1t can not now be found
and her father is clinging to the hope that she
took 1t with her. Apparently she had no Sc
cret need for money, no desire for it, only a
wish to be able to do something for herself
She did not visit the sick friend whom she
mentioned to the Sisters of the Holy Cross
academy, and who actually exists, nor did she
visit anybody OF whose acquaintance with her
the parents are aware. She has friends in Bal
tmore whom she has visited at times, but in
quiry there shows that she has not been seen
by them. Everybody in the neighboring coun-
try who are known to the family has been ques-
toned without results.
DESCRIPTION.
The missing girl is seventeen years old, 8 feet
l or inches in height, with a fair complexion,
regular features, grayish blue eyes and auburn
hair, which she wore yesterday in plaits. and
was attired in a hight dress with dark blue trim
mings, dark-blue coat and dark-blue felt hat
She usually had but little color, her
face being generally rather pale, with
tendency to freckle under the eyes
when her face was exposed to the sun. Her
| aN,aN lybf hot in
color. but her eyelashes were long and heavy
Her hair was unusually abundant and was long
and luxuriant. casual observer would fail 70
notice small mole on her left cheek near the
mouth, as he would also miss the fact that her
two upper front teeth, being slightly
crowded, were very little bit
irregular as well as being somewhat larger
than ordinary. The same person would mis-
take her to be about fifteen years old, but he
would be struck by her perfect development
Her figure was trim and pleasing and her arm
was unusually large and plump. She walked
briskly with short steps her head carried very
erect, but when she suffered, or was tired, she
dropped noticeably.
AT THE HOLY CROSS ACADEMY
Bellies connection with the Academy of the
Holy Cross was so recent that the sisters there
had had no time to form any estimate as to her
character. When The STAR reporter called at
the academy both the mother superior
ana the sister who taught the girl
said that they knew nothing more than the
fact that she had gone from school Thursday
morning on permis sion and had never returned
She had been there Only three weeks, and had
been i'll several times in that period; that
there had been no opportunity to see into her
tendencies or her ideas. Her studies they said,
were very few and her tasks light, so that there
| Is no possibility that the school duties have
had their influence in overturning her reason.
il that be the real situation.
1t has been suggested that possibly Miss
Brown merely followed out one of those strange
freaks of girlhood that sometimes draws young
people toward the stage with q strange power
of attraction. On the other hand it Is said she
had but little fondness for the theater and
seldom cared to 60, although she had many
opportunities.