The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-09

placated. She demanded the truth and a
full avowal of the facts concerning
susanna Hill and her connection with 1.
2. Hill. Failing to elicit satisfactory
explanation she took her children and
left her husbands home, yowing with
the fuu strength of her by no means
ordinary nature that she would not re-
turn to the roof unless Susanna Hill not
only left it, but left the state
here arises another point in the story
that has never been explained, not even
by those who incline to the theory of
hypnotsm, which4in those DAYS received
scant consideration even from the cred
uIous Mrs. Hill did return to her hus-
bands home. Not only did she return,
but she seemed only too anxious to do
so. Nor did Susanna Hill leave the
state. Instead she set up a prosperous
millinery establishment in the best loca-
tlon IN town, and got the unrestricted
patronage of the whole countryside
a curious feature of the entire affair
was the unfaltering loyalty of the wo-
men of the locality to Susanna Hill, who,
although never once Offering to clear her
reputation in any way, won everybody
by her dignity and cheerful fortitude I'M
der the most exciting conditions. For
years after the close of the war she
conducted her millinery business. IT was
q
hiameless life, although it was no secret
That l. P. Hill not only established her
IN her shop, but saw to it that she
lacked for no legitimate feminine lux
uries.
WATCHED SUSANNA HILL.
I. P. Hill exercised over the woman an
almost savage surveillance, and an add
t+onal temptation was not infreQuentIy
given to gossip by the methods he en-
ployed. 1t was well known that he was
insanely jealous of the nailliner and on
one occasion he vented his feelings BY
forcing an entrance to her apartments
breaking in the door with an ak. Al
thouSh these occurrences shocked out
slders, they never seemed to disturb
either Susanna or I. p Hill, each Of
"hom went about as if the other had
never existed
For years this sort of thing went on
and children who had heard the story
from their parents told it to children OF
tnelr own, but from no one interested
was any explanation ever vouchsafed
Samuel FILL disposed of his remaining
property and disappeared. Some said he
went TO California, others said he went
to England. 1t was Conceded that hc
cropped out of sight for the mutual ben
eht OF The brothers, and that l. T. Hill
was the cause Of his departure. Mrs
Hi died. l. P. Hill, then wealthy and
not yet an old man, might readily have
married again, but he elected to remain
a widoWer. The death of Mrs. Hill an,
parently did not alter the relations ex.
isting between him and Susanna, who re-
NAMED a resident of the town long after
That event took place. The only no.
lceable change was that the widower
Kept more strict watch of the uiI1irar
VINO mad retired from business and was
LVlhg on what seemed to be a never
railing income. Then I. P Hill died
after making an almost spectacular
struggle against an insidious disease
With his taking off Susanna Hill de.
parted from the home of her girlhood To
take UP a new life among the Deonla of
the Minnetonka region. That was fiftee1
years ago, and here she has lived ever
since. The only admission she has ever
MADE in all that time was the statement
when asked why she did not accent some
enc Of the many suitors she had had,
that brother would not care to see me
married" She always referred to I. p
Hill IS brother"
FORTY YEARS SILENCE UNBRoK-
EN-
There the chain of incident stons
There has been nothing to continue tbe
! forging Of its links. Susanna Hill drop
( ped all her old life, all her old asso-
Citations, and for decade and a half has
lived quiet, aged woman Of attractive
personality among altered scenes and
faces. The intense interest ccncernfno
her strange silence and its motive has
never abated, and her friends are won
dering whether she will die with the
secret still locked in her heart.