Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-06

now Her greatest desire on eartn WAS 10 DC re-
stored to her parents. The letter gave her ad-
dress as 9i1 West 18th street. Immediately
upon the receipt of this letter Mr.. Brown and a
STAR reporter started by the II o'clock train
for New York, reaching this city at 5.
THE LOST GIRL Is FOUND.
The house was easily found and turned out
to be a large and comfortable apartment house.
While Mr.. Brown walked across the street the
STAR man rang the bell and asked for Miss
Brown. He was directed to the floor above
and there found the missing girl, for whom
parents, detectives and reporters have been
searching for SO many days. Miss Brown looked
careworn and sick and almost tainted when
told that her father was outside. The meeting
between father and daughter was affecting in
the extreme. Miss Browns first coherent re-
mark was to ask after her mother and then if
or father would take her home. AS soon as
Miss Browns nerves were somewhat quoted
she told her story. After leaving home on the
morning of the 10th she went to the convent
and received permission to visit frien-.
SHE LOOKED AT THE WATER.
Her head, she says, was paining her terribly
and she scarcely knew what she was doing.
She took 18th street car, changing at It'll
street, and got off at the It'll street wharf with
the intention of throwing herself off the pier.
AS she stood looking at the water some gen.
tleman walked close to her and said: You are
not thinking of jumping over, are your
This seemed to have brought her to her
senses, she thinks, and she replied, NO,
guess not" and she walked back to the cars re-
turning to 18th street.
She walked to the Pennsylvania depot, where
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called out and purchased a ticket for that
place. Miss Brown explains her having money
with her by the fact of having taken her collec-
ton of gold pieces to the school to show to
friend. On the train the young fugitive sat
with a lady, who inquired where she was going
Belle said: ITO New York, to find work"
Her new-found friend pointed out the evils
of city the size of New York, and gave her
the address of boarding house at AZ West 9Th
street.
On arriving in New York Miss Brown went to
the address, and Mrs. Conkling seeing her dis
tressed condition, consented to having her re-
main until she could find work.
During the following week advertisements
were inserted in several papers, and at length,
on the 2Sth of October she accepted a situa-
tion as companion to Mrs. Hart at the address
she sent her father, where she has remained
ever since.
STAR PERSONAL AEoUsEs HER.
Miss Brown says she did not realize the
trouble and anxiety she was giving until about
last Friday, when she sent to The STAR Office for
a STAR of October II. in which she saw her
fathers personal, reading: "Belle, come home;
mother is sick, papa"
This so worked on her that she wrote the
letter to her father confessing ALL Miss Brown
says she has had terrible pains in her head and
has at all times felt in a dazed condition. She
says she has had travelling enough to last her
the rest of her life and never wants to leave
home again. Miss Browns story was corrobo-
rated by the parties whose names have been
mentioned
SHE FOUND GOOD FRIENDS.
Mrs. Conkling was first seen at her home, AZ
West 9th street, which was found to be large
boarding house. Mrs. Conkling stated that Belle
came to the house on the evening of October
10 and begged to be allowed to stay. saying
she was from Virginia and was in serach of
work.
.'She seemed in such a pitiful con-
dition," said Mrs. Conkling, "that
had not the heart to turn her
away. told her that if she was really respect
able and was honest in her desire for work
she could remain for few days until a situa-
ton could be found. We advertised in num-
Der of papers, received several answers and at
last decided to accept the offer of Mrs Hart, on
| 18th street.
During Miss Browns stay here she made
herself q great favorite with every one, and
she was willing to work and showed the greatest
kindness toward the children"
| Mr. and Mrs. Hart were found this morning
at their rooms. Mr.. Hart is the proprietor of
| the stereopticon exhibition at Madison Square.
| He SAID that Miss Brown had been with them a
| little over a week in the capacity of companion
! to his wife, who had recently broken her arm
| in an accident He had noticed Miss Browns
| advertisement in the papers, had answered il
| and engaged her. He had been SO busy
making his preparations for the election
and the new companion had shown herself so
evidently respectable that he had put off MAX
\ ing any investigation as to her antecedents but
had intended to do so at the first opportunity.
| Both he and Mrs. Hart expressed themselves as
| having been greatly interested in the young
/ girl. Both Mrs. Conkling and Mrs. Hart had
noticed the presence of occasional melancholy
fits and Mrs. Conkling said that Belle used to
cry herself to sleep every night.
COMING HOME.
Mr.. Brown and his daughter left here for
Washington this morning. Mr.. Brown said he
wished to express his heartfelt thanks to the
kind people in New York who had befriended
his daughter and to the public and friends in
| Washington who had SO generously extended
their aid and sympathy in his searches. Ten.
Legislative Estimate In New York.
| NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-The legislature will
stand about as follows. there being still one OF
/ two districts in doubt
| Senate-Republicans, 10; democrats, 10. As
| sembly-Republicsns 81; democrats 61
In the present legislature the republicans
have majority of thirty in the assembly and
| ten in the senate.