The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

was then supposed that the body had
drifted away and might perhaps never be
discovered
1t was while in this unsatisfactory
frame of mind that the sister superior
of the convent was astounded at the re-
ceipt of a letter from Sister Augusta,
dated at Springfield Mo-, in which the
writer disclosed the fact that she was
alive and we'll and sorry for any trouble
or anxiety her absence might have
caused. In addition she unfolded a ro-
| nance that might we'll take rank with
the plot Of any novel, were 1t not that
truth Is again demonstrated to be stran-
ger than fiction.
In it she told that after she left Eng
land the lover Of her girlhood had, too,
come to America, determined to find and
wed her. How. unable to obtain any
clue to her wherea bouts, but neverthe-
less persisting in his inquiries, he had
settled down in Springfield, Mo, and
there grown rich and prosperous But
| neither the distractions of business nor
the allurements Of new associations had
ever sufficed to efface from his memory
or disengage from his thoughts the love
OF his younger days-he Is still young
! and Sister Augusta Is not thirty-and
| he wrote everywhere for information
| about her.
For seven years this inquiry con-
! tinued
Letters were sent everywhere and the
| patient lover Travelled hundreds, thou
sands, indeed, OF miles In response TO
| hints and clues and vague rumors Of her
| having been seen. sometimes in one
! place. sometimes in another. All these
1 rumors were unfounded, for practically
ever since her arrival in this country
! Sister Augusta has been here in Kenosha.
About ten days ago there alighted from
! the railway train at this place tall,
well-built man. blonde Of hair and beard,
| blue of eye agile of STEP active ana
youthful, though there were streaks OF
! gray in his hair and marks of suffering
| and anxiety about his features. He went
to a quiet house in a side street and en-
gagged a. room and then walked the
! streets early and late, here, there and
| everywhere.
At last he was awarded for the search
of seven years. In her nuns garD' ne
saw the object Of his life's love approach
ing. Contrary to custom she was atone;
He stepped to her side and whispered
the one word:
Augusta
The nun gave one look upward into his
face and then she almost swooned.
Their talk on the street occupied but
moment. but In that time practlcahS
every detail was settled. She was &c
! meet him. In the garD OF Uhe "oilu'
night as the train left Kenosha for the
West. Thence to his springfield nome
and then they would marry.
Sister Augusta did not forget the err
rand OF mercy upon which she was en-
oaged She completed tilt was WISH
to a sick child of poor family near by
And then she returned to the convent
That afternoon little was seen Oh ier
It was supposed that she was In mel
room. Not until Vespers, when all th'
sisters gathered in the chapel was hel
abseuce noticed. Vespers over, she wa
sought in her room-about the buildin'
In the grounds-but she could not D
found.
All that night the sisters watched ant
prayed for her return. But when. OF
the following day, she was stu aDsen1
they gave the alarm, and the town JOIN
ed in the search
II has been learned that Sister Au
gusta, or, as she now is known, MISS Au
gusta Henderson, Is staying with trleho