The advocate., 1894-05-16

she was an attendant in lunatic asy
lum at -, New York; that lately
she had been temporarily transferred
to the ward of another attendant, who
was i'll, and that she had found there
young woman clearly not insane
who would not, for some reason, revea
her true name, but said that Mrs. De
lOrme knew her and would understand
that very strict orders had been given
concerning the young lady, who was
not allowed to see anybody nor to be
seen by strangers; and that the writer
hoped her desire to do o kindness
might not be allowed to get her into
trouble, as, if she should lose her pres.
ent employment she would have no.
where to go.
OVerton and Mason consulted long
over this letter, and finally reached a
conclusion. They agreed that no one
but Mrs. Mason and Kate should be
told the secret. John must have nc
hint of it, lest the information should
prove false and misleading. Next day,
under some plausible pfetext, oveEton
and Kate started, ostensibly, for Ris.
ington' to be gone several days.
A few days later, closed carriage
drove up to the lunatlc asylum at -,
and an elderly gentleman, accompa.
MED by very beautiful woman got
out, and went into the reception room
Of the institution. The superintendent
came, left an attendant to watch the
prospective patient and see that she
did not escape, and took 0verton into
another room.
After time Overton returned to the
reception room, took leave of his sup
posed daughter, with many prOtesta-
tiOnS of sanity and many tears on her
part, and drove back to his hotel,
where he did not register his real name
nor his western residence. That even.
ing he received a call from the attend,
ant who had written Mrs. Delorme
She bore penciled note from Kate
stating that she had seen Lena, but
had Signaled her that they must moi
seem to know each other. OVertOI
assured the attendant that she should
be taken care Of, and that the possible
loss Of her present employment neet
not worry her if she should be success
full in reScuing Lena. Next morninI
he consulted lawyer, and then wen
to the asylum and took his supposed
daughter riding-and forgot to return
Meanwhile, the lawyer had not beer
idle, and, before train time that even
ing, Lena was free.
In order to obscure their trail, Sc
OVertOn said,, the party, including the
reasonable attendant, went to New
York City, They were there all day
and after Kate and Lena had done
some shopping and all had done some
sightseeing, Overton remarked to Kate
that he would like to revisit the spot
where his tribulations began, to which
she eagerly assented. Lena and the
attended were not informed of the pro
posed destination, and, proceeding
toward Fulton Ferry and talking as
they went, the party were within two
or three blocks of the locality, when
the ex-attendant stopped short, and
said:
LET us turn off here. l don't want
to 60 down there"
"But we wish to 60 this way" said
OvertOn. "We wish to look at some
thing"
"Ill wait here, then" said the ex.
attendant. II wouldn't go down there
for any money"
"Whyf" asked Kate. "Are you
afraid of ghostP"
After considerable urging, the woman,
who was near forty years old, and was
conscious her conduct must seem alb
surd, explained
"When l was little girl, soldier
shot policeman down there on my &C
count, and he was sent to Sing Sing for
it. | can't bear to 90 near the place. "