The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
HYPNOTIC SPELL BLIGHTS
LIFE OF n VILLAGE BELLE

, visits. but could not or would not avoid
them.
Finally she resolved to leave the place
Of her birth forever. and with her" daush-
ter. Alice slipped away from her fathers
home. telling no one Of her plans. She
went to Whitehaven and there sought
employment. This she obtained. and aft
er while life again assumed q brighter
appearance. But one again the old feel
ing came. Milburn found her there and
again his attentions continued. When
the man was away she despised and
loathed him. Yet she could have rid her.
self Of him by q word to the police au-
thorities. This she would not do, and to
escape him she moved again into re
mote hamlet in a distant county. But
again she was found out.
For the sake Of her laughter. who was
now growing into happy girlhood In
blissful ignorance Of the spell that bound
her mother about like q hidden, relent-
less web. Mrs. Milburn bore up. and at
length, fourteen years after her mar
riage. she left England and came to
America She settled in Hamilton, prov.
ince Of Ontario. Canada There she oh.
tained employment and once again
sought contentment, but It was the old
story over again.
Muburn, IN some manner. traced her to
her Canadian refuge and again the old
miserable life was on. With what little
money she had left she moved again.
this time to the United States. She chose
Cleveland at random. and arriving there
on q gloomy November morning in 1906,
her heart Jas heavy within her.
Nowhere . Familiar Face.
She knew nothing Of the great city and
saw nowhere q familiar face or object.
But love for her daughter, who was now
ripening into womanhood. kept her up.
and after a weary search she found en-
ployment in an East End family and
placed the girl in a boarding school on
Franklin avenue
Here, as everywhere else. Milburn found
her, and after a few months she migrat-
ed again. this time to farm in Portage
County, where she secured q position as
housekeeper. Months went by without
word from Ailburn and for the first
time since the day long ago when she
stood on the vine-covered porch Of her
little cottage in England and listened to
the death kne1l Of her hopes from the
lips of a police officer, she began to
achieve q feeling Of security. But one
night there came a knock at the door.
Emaline. the daughter. opened 1t. and
there stood Milburn. Father and daugh-
Ter nd0 never DeIOre seen one 8nOIner,
yet each recognized the other.
Milburn came into the house and stood
before his wife and child. He begged
forgiveness Of his wrongs and declared
undying love. He had reformed, he said
had been converted to Christianity and
was now prominent in the ranks Of the
Salvation Army in Pittsburg. He begged
his wife to go with him to Pittsburg,
where he would show his changed con-
dition Of heart and life by undying de-
votion and manly living. At length his
fervor prevailed. and. mastaking the fas-
cination Of the man, which she well
knew, for love. and forgivfng all the
wrongs he had caused her, she promised
to go.
His True Nature.
In Pittsburg there came q repetition of
the first days Of their married life in
England. After a few weeks Of sup
posed happiness Milburn's true nature
showed itself and his wife's sorrows be-
gan to multiply even more rapidly than
before. He disappeared for days at a
time and Mrs. Milburn was forced to sup
port her child and herself by her own
efforts. Then he became abusive, until
one day the cord that bound the heart
sore woman to the man broke.
She brought about Milburn's arrest.
He was convicted Of abusing his wife
and failure to support herself and child.
and was sentenced by Judgs Ford to
four months in the Allegheny County
workhouse.
Friendless and homeless, the woman
and child returned to Cleveland.
When Milburn's sentence was up he
went directly to Cleveland and located
her in apartments on Woodland avenue.
near East Fifty-ffth street. He came
at night and in an ugly mood. With
drawn revolver he threatened the lives
Of mother and child unless they returned
to him. Bravely she stood her ground,
until his rage grew to such proportions
that it seemed probable that he would
carry his threat into execution. Then
she called the police; whereupon Mil
burn withdrew. threatening vengeance.
Milburn was once convicted of bur-
glary and sentenced to a long term in
the penitentiary by Pennsylvania court.
only to escape because of a technical de-
feet in the indictment With no appar-
ent means of support, he was always
supplied with money, and 1t was rare in
deed that a crime could be fastened upon
him. He, was known to the police as
criminal, yet prove him guilty Of any
specified offense they could not.