Year: 1871

knob, and turning heavy chair upside down against the
wardrobe lay down upon the sofa Lwas awake almost
all night my extreme hunger and fear preventing me
from closing my eyes.


THE SECOND DAY-HALF MILLION oP MONEY
Atdayllght was awakened by knock at the door
Having ascertained that it Isadora removed the
chair and allowed her to enter After few words had
been exchanged, she spoke substantially as follows:


It is impossible for You 10 get out but II you should,
your folks poor and can't do anything with u.s. You
speak of nsce Pshaw There is no such thhg In this
city-money win do anything We have at our com
mand the thousands Of those who know that we hold
their fair name and the honor OF their families in our
hands These men are our slaves and not lew ruined
fortunes are due 10 the hold which woman III In's
business gets upon II man keeps out OF stochs
he cannot through his fortune fast enough 80 ho
lets some woman-ady mean-get possession OF some
secret which he would die rather than II should pe
known-then the work of dissolution begins. Those VINO
call themselves Justices come foss Detectiyes-we
bribe them Detective D. Is even in our employ. III
they should come they would not find us at home for
this large house. and there several ways OF get
ting out OF it," Leaving these assurances as grains OF
consolation the tall lady departed.


The madam then entered bringing all the morning
papers and after laying them down, said: You VIII
that your folks do not about you for they have
not advertised you missing stop fretting, then
and you will never regret It." She then left me alone
till o'clock In the afternoon.


During the interval several Of the girls in the house
In TO visit learned that there were In all 20
women in the building or twice heard sobs and
prayers coming from an adjoining The voice was
undoubtedly that OF young girl Her lamentations
something like this: "Oh, II could only get out,
and My poor mother" could not get any Information
from any OF the girls. When alene wrote note,
intending 10 throw out Of the window into the adoin-
ing yard, but the madam, entering suddenly surprised
me and seized the paper.


the twoW about
o'clock, sitting in chair feigning sleep The
mistress OF the house said, in whisper: What shdN we
heri The in the other Is just as bad,
guess bring her round. This one has cost as
dtready about all he Gdcance" They then left without
entering the roOm


was left alone until about 10 o'clock at night, when
GIRL who had visited during the afternoon, came in
She said that she pted me- and that II was determined
to resist to the bitter end all attempts to ruin me she
would if possible, get me out during the night. The
"party had evidently commenced below, for could
hear the noise of the piano and frequent opening and
closing of the front haldoor persons were continually
passing and repasg along the hail. She said that must
submit closely vailed for must never know where


had agreed to this proposition with reluctance,
but goaded by the hope of escape fnhly consented


sat in expectation for several hours, and finally be-
gan to think that she had been deceiving me. had


early abandoned all hope of her coming. and began TO
ycep bitterly when she entered noiseessy and, telling
me that it was after O'Clock, hurredy threw my shawl
around my shoulders. Taking OFF my hat she covered
my head with a very heavy green vail and led me down
stairs. She remarked that the "ladies" had all re-
tired, and that there very little danger We de-
seended to the basement and having reached the front
door my guide extorted promise from Inc that would
there await her she quickly unlocked the door,
and after having fastened it behind her. down the
street After having been gone about 10 minutes she
returned and said she had succeeded in finding
driver of one of the carriages at the door who for con-
sderaton of $40 (which she had pledged him had agreed
to take away. Making that my eyes were closely
enyeoped led out, closed the door, hurried me
along the street and no the cab which was standing
near The curtains drawn down and the cab drove
off II WAS a very tedious ride that at the end Of
about half an fell into doZe noticed that we
stopped once for several minutes My companion said
very little but retained tight hold on my arm About
daylight the stopped, and upon my asking her how
could return the money with which she Lad procured my
deveranoe she said to send through the postoce to
! edith Purcell Box No. =" This have since done,
together with a handsome present l have never
since heard of her how she got into the house.
stepping ont of the cab it drove rapidly away
and 1 found myself in a sparsely settled neigh
borlood. Seeing street-car pass at a
distance walked down toward the crossing, took the
next car and astonished when, upon asking the
conductor learned that was iu Brooklyn. ride Of
about IS minutes brought TO Fulton Ferry, and was
more astonished when on arriving at home found the
family at breakfast They asked why lad returned so
soon Their treatment and the absence OF the adYer-
tlsement was fully explained when they produced
letter from me- in which it stated that would stay
several DAYS" with my friend Mary -, on Madison
st. The note was written with pencil and had been
delivered by boy on the night OF the German jubilee.
THIS is the end Of my story ascribe my deHyeIance 10
the mercy OF Divine Providence