The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-27
LOVE, ABDUCTION, SUICIDE
A Story From Scotland Which
Surpasses Legends Of the
Wild West.

occurred in Scotland which rivals in
dramatic interest and romantic incl
dents anything of the kind that has
ever happened in the wild west of
America. The story is of young
lady named Edith Bailey, the daugh-
ter Of wealthy London merchant.
who WAS visiting at Hawick, Scotland,
when she suddenly and unaccount-
ably disappeared. The young lady's
friends searched everywhere for her,
hut in vain, and she was finally given
up for deal The other dav she re-
appeared, and this Is the story of her
adventures IL discovered by the police:
There Is sanitarium "a couple OF
miles outside the town for the people
in the first stages of consumption.
Among the men employed about the
grounds was young man named
George Adair. He was 81 wears old
hardly able 10 write, and was not con
sidered either wise or cunning. He
fell in love with Miss Bailey, who
Is particularly handsome girl. He
realized that the young lady WAS 50
far above him in the social scale that
he had nothing to hope for unless he
could secure some unusual advantage.
As he confessed afterwards. and was
no doubt honest in his beliefs, he lie
termined to abduct and impriSon her.
and hoped she would learn to love
him when she realized how much he
loved her TWO miles away in the
was an old drift "r tunnel
which had bcrn driven for Il distance
Of forty feet and then abandoned.
The entrance was hidden by vines
and bushes and everybody about the
seemed to have for
gotten the place.
Adair cleared this out, and one
afternoon succeededin CARRYING oil Miss
Bailey when she had fallen asleep ON
a sunny bank over the rock. As she |
was being carr.e,l across the field she |
Adair Us an empIoye of the |
He talked TO her a. he |
hurried along. saying, he meant her
no harm, and was only trying to win
! wager made with friend. On the
ar side of the cleared field she made
uch a fight that he had to put her
lown, and she also got the handker-
hiei clear of her mouth. Then he
threatened her with death if she raised
II ;;l;um. and she walked the rest of ,
ne way to the cave. He had fur
i-hed the opening with a rude but
tout 'ioos. and as soon as she was safe
inside he returned to his work, and no :
ne noticed his absence. That night
e returned to the cave and explained :
. Mis- Bailey why he had carried her
ii. While there was nothing of the ,
illain about him, he proved TO be so
Estimate and pig-headed that the sit ,
alton was almost as bad. He was re- !
pec;ful and boorishly tender, but I
cry determined .
1t was he who got her trunk, de- !
ring to make her more comfortable.
'dair visited the cave only once in $
senty-four hours, about 9 o'clock at ,
ight. He provided his prisoner with I
lamp, gave her all the news in the
Use. us it happened, and seemed to I
e delighted over the accounts in the
ewspapers. Her fare was part of
nat with which he was supplied, sup h
emented by some luxuries he bought b
the village. He usually remained :.
ON 10 to II. He was nervous and .
'ashed in her presence. and he =
Gated her with the utmost consider g
ion and respect. He would she'd q,
ans over her appeals. but he never !,
Tented his purpose. The tunnel was "
cold. dry place, and aIiss Bailey did Il
It undergo any physical discomforts ..
account ofthe imprisonment. Each =,
Y for the first week she hoped to "
evail upon Adair to release her. ~
Finding tina, he could not he moved ~
I'M his position she gave her con n
1t to wed him, having no intention. y,
course OF standing BY her word. ~
en he was brought to see that the r.
ms must be published and certain
ms complied with, and that a legal
rriage with her, prisoner. was I'M
sslbie Although made desperate la'
his own stupidity he would not uI MI
e up the idea, and thus passed Bu
Ond week. Miss Bailey had not
N a passive prisoner during the -,
might. She had gone over the 10, TN
&c time again, hoping to find some no,
TX point to begin operations upon, sid
had found no encouragement. 1t
timber used for door-frames we're SIN
sive and set against solid rock, La
the door would have defied stout
arms and better tools than she NJ
Id bring to bear on it. At the be- an N.Y.
ming Of the third week Adair be- o.;