The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-30

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"A not They settled down near .ne
olu NJ md ordered the porter to put
w., ,abla for them to play caros. i
~ .%be train began to slow down. ana
eralIy came to halt for a longer .,me
ma, sidetrack, waiting for another
~ train 70 PASS l heard Richard ask
',s was. Mrs. Chambray salo
1,nchIpgly that was safely asleep.
. Tue before realized 1t, they Desan
- talk about me. 1t happened tnele
~ .a No other passengers in the car.
p pt asked Mrs. Chambray II she
.honsbt 7 had any suspicion that was
.nt' On the right train, and she said'
NV. Tho slightest and then by de-
srees there foated to me through tne
enon door the most diabolical plot !
npd ever heard Of. l gathered from II
.hat we we're on the way to Philadel'
mia would reach there IN n''ie
while and would then proceed 10
n,ace near Washington, where the ooc.
tor had a private insane asylum anu
More 7 was to be shut up. They were
noiro TO administer some drug. that
would make me unconscious wnen l
n,os taken off the train. If they coulo
Mt cot me to take it for the headache
had talked about, Mrs. Chamoray
was TO manage to get it into my 1000
or give it to me when asleep MRS.
Cbambray it seems, had not known
the entire plot before leaving Europe
and this was their first chance OF tell
| ing her They thought l was safely IN
nv compartment, asleep, and she mao
zone into the other car to give the sig
nal as soon as she thought she had me
where | would not get up again LOT
while. :. : ........' 80. $50,
"They had arranged every detail.
Richard had been using as models the
letters I had written him for the last
three wears, and had constructed a set
of love letters from me to him, in per-
feet imitation of my handwriting.
They compared the letters and read
snatches of the sentences aloud. The
letters referred constantly to our be-
ing married as soon as l should return
from abroad, and some Of them spoke
Of the money as belonging to US both,
and that now it would come to It's own
without any further trouble.
They even exhibited a marriage
certificate, which, from what they said,
must have been made out with our
names, and Mrs. Chambray and the
doctor signed their names as witness
es. AS nearly as l could make out,
they were going to use this as evil
dence that Richard was my husband,
that he had the right to administer
my estate during the time that ! was
incapable. They had even arranged
that a young woman who was hope
lessly insane should take my place
when the executors Of the estate came
to see me, if they took the trouble to
do that As it was some years since
either of them had seen me, they could
easily have been deceived. And for
their help Mrs. Chambray and tho doc
tor were to receive handsome sum
Il could scarcely believe my ears al
first 1t seemed to me that I must be
mistaken, that they could not be talk
ing about me. But my name was men
toned again and again, and as each
link in the horrible plot was made
plain to me, my terror grew 30 great
that was on the verge Of rushing
! into the car and calling for the con
; ductor and porter to help me. Blu
something held me still, and l heart
Richard say that he had just inform
ed the trainmen that was insane, and
Q that they need not be surprised II
, had to be restrained, He had toll
!, them that | was comparatively harm
:, less, but he had no doubt that tn
\ conductor had whispered it to our fel
: low-passengers in the car, which 81
y planned their prolonged absence in tn
. smoker. Then they all laughed, an
- 1t seemed to me that the cover of tn
:, bottomless pit was open and that
was falling in.
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