Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-19

1ne wheels VI the carriage brushed
my skirts Is 1t swept by. and l stopped
for moment To wstcn its progress down
the street. As dad 60 IL reaches. point
nearly opposits the lawn gate. and the
horses were pulled down 10 a slow walk.
which was maintained through the rest
Of the block.
At the corner the vehicle came 10 q
halt and man sprang our. noticed
THAI he Was TOO heavily wrapped for the
temperature Of the night. II l had re-
manned - my first point OF observation
l should have met hlm face TO face as he
reached the pavement He walked
brfskly up the street 10 the gate, shook
il with what seemed 10 me To be . very
muscular hand and passed on.
Then l made a miserable mistake In
stead Of retrzcing my steps and watch
ing him unseen, l walked faster 50 that
l might meet MIN. Ny excuse II that
desired u be sure as to the identity OF
Richard Melville his mission there
would DO beyond . doubt. although l
did not like the idsa of his being there
in spite Of the message he had left. II
1t turned out TO be an unknown man his
strange conduct would serve TO put me
on my guard. Private asylums some
times have strange experiences. have
had patients In my charge before now
In whose liberty meddlesome people
evinced . mort troublesome interest
But that Is neither here nor there.
When passed the MAN l could not 10
certain whether or not it was Richard
Melville. But of one thing l am posi-
tive. My patisat was nowhere in sight
as passed the lawn gate. This circnm-
stance quoted my fears TO some extent.
Whoever the stranger was, he became
suspicious on account Of my being there
Perhaps he SAW that was watching
him. Perhaps be recognized me as be-
longing TO the Asylum. l did not SEQ q
signal gwen, but one certainly was given,
for just then the person in charge of the
carriage struck the horses sharply with
the whip. In a moment the eQuipage
was out of sight.
reached my room in no pleasant
frame of mind, you may DO sure. If the
man had seen was Richard Melville /
had nothing to fear but my patients
peace Of mind. II it was not Richard
Melville, reasoned, had some I'M
known conspiracy to contend with. /
believed, however, that on account of
the evident detection Of the scheme to
summon some one to the gate by the
signal given no further mischief would
be attempted that night.
Shortly after reaching my room An at
tendant came TO make her final report
for the night. At the door she turned
back, and saw by her manner that she
had something on her mind. told her
to speak, and she came to the point at
once.
II have Just come from tho lawn gate"
she began. Il don't like tho way people
have been hanging about there today.
Once suspected trampish looking fell
low Of tamperng with the lock and
ordered him away. have had my eye
On the place all the evening. but nothing
unusual has occurred. Mrs. Green was
on the lawn until short time ago, but
she went TO her room at once when /
mentioned the matter to her. The gate
and the door are secured as usual, and
think we are safe for the night, but it
may be as well to be on our guard"
The information given by the attend
ant increased MY alarm, but dismissed
her without mentioning what l had
seen and went to bed
Late in the night was summoned to
the reception room. There met . re-
porter for one of the morning newspa-
pers. The information he gave me- was
startling in the extreme. Mrs. Caroline
Green had escaped from the asylum, and
was then in the custody of the police at
a down town station house.
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