The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-12
some young and beautiful, woman. whom

some young and beautiful woman: whom hen
s%SS IS of S.Ssr 2o Hall NOR saPsss fnG sSo
has mono OF the qualities that would arouse
the village in her behalf ervai Nor is her father e.;
whom tho Village would arouse any great
but But had this.wo,nan been everything that Is
attractive she could not Tt have attracted more
condition. IN I the suiicrings she was UNDER
| going. which made every man and woman in
feel es s ,bo to
Miss Hall was a quiet honest girl. religious
and industrious. She had reached the age OF
20 years without having attrneted the espe.
| cial attentions of any man., without having
work and Of doing the routine duties that fall
! toa.woman In small town. and in house;
no ws"ss uSSs is Es hsr
ness. which had tinged her mind with a do
preston that was almost, meldn nc She
back after meditating suicide for.n few days:
the nes o nn 6
well and had tried TO drown herself in the
S RSy Tss Fis h a. Smey weary sick
pseped at and questioned ,n ana snspeeted with
harshness Of CONNECTICUT, villagers, She .ieit
that eyes were upon her day and night. that
spying for tho rest OF her days. And at the
first chance she fed again
noon ns sho I'VE, Was ' not prepared She was lying
upon n sofa dressed in house gown. with y
r9iir Of oId russell shoes mp pnon Her 1eet one OF
When her mother left her unGunrded she
rose from tho sofa; took up thin plaid shawl
| In less than ten minutes tho search was
begun, But through tho cunning Of desnera;
| ton she escaped all the searchors and
| in country wherO She Is well known.
where every stranger is n IN to- noted and
vehicles. ana on horseback. She took no
money with her. Her shawl was The only pro.
sufficient only for Inning about the house
to her bed from sickness. And she, hns
been limping over tho frosty. stony fields
70 rst
bitter cold Of these December nights with only
while she was possessed Of tho Wild fear lest
she should beirecaptured and returned to the
atic, and to face the bitter drudGery Of house,
=. 1t was the thought Of this fororn creature.
shoes upon Eer feet, thai aroused co Nsw
| and made them feel that this woman must be
| found. and Mt once.
| WI SttuIuuS ultelHpou toWuIu ''' " ClpCh
Selectman Ilindleys boy was standing in the
| door of the Brick Church in the town of Darien
the and so and
bridgeport roads. IIc was waiting to pump
the organ for young woman who was coming
whom is" sure vas Miss ali s"m'n ry from
tho direction OF South Norwalk. She was limp;
SHAWL was 81 thrown over her head, and pulled
about her face: she STOPPED at tho crossing.
| ton, then in the other. looked at the 6iyn-
board nird and finally went on toward Daren.
canaan as a centre. laid. out the surrounding
ecuntry IN radius Of four miles into sec
ments. Some went from house to house. in
curing Of tho people and examining the out.
over the fields. climbing the bleak hills, de-
sTEendins into the thickets s. OF the valleys .
s2s sS es sass Hasfs rhs,
dead leaves In little ho'owa y nen they came
they looked for ice holes.
Several times they found the footnrints OF
women 8 shoes: Then they followed as far as
thorough we're they that when night fell upon
able to state condenty that p Miss sI Han Was
not in that region either dead or alive.
homo. with his danGhi er's piano tIore and tho the,
music she had been turning over the, day she
was a most melancholy gathering Pastor Bow.
or was there; completely exhausted with his
day. work; In tho mosnng he had
Who S the Of Of tss,s ehyrc G1% ps
had talked to them Of tho cir and had led
personally directed tho whole search Af Deacon
strHamins from under his hugely ilt Trimmed me-
soft hat Ilo had gone over the coun-
hy Ss tie and alarm At farm
aniries. He was fuand ready Of suggestion.
because his wfe's sister had once run away.
days And johnson and Fascoc and Ray m on
and IIoyt were there In great boots and furry
And as they sat thcro in the dim, lamplicht
Al sorts Of plans we're discussed a., kinds Of
means Of getting turtle; i than her feet would
c ger p eaptur % misht await 5sr ""efe 'an'
women Of the village were passing to and fro
betwcren tho street door and the room whore
ME- Hui sn S~ Wsn, ' down apd TO 1s
ton. Here 200 men were. gathered-a tired
take. Darien, rs the centre Of search and
! ulNlue M tES country W VIC east, west,
| and south. that to the north OF Darien having
| been searched thoroughly to-day.
To-day New Canaan will tako on Its ancient
monotony. Tho wanderer has returned. and
even i she should get well enough and strong
warned by their experiences. will watch her
| more closely.
They Will also watch more tenderly. for all
| OF them. her father included. have learned TO
value her more than they, did when she was
| tho obedient. accomplishing household
drudge. sick and weary. yet working on be-
cause no one realized that there was a limit
| to her endurance.
Mgr. O'Connelrs Return to Rome,