and he went into the back-room by direction of his daughter while
she and I talked in the hall. I explained mat- ters as well as I
could; I promised to see her again, and that very soon. My horse and
buggy were at the door. Hastily bidding my new and young wife
"good-bye," I sprang into the buggy and drove rapidly away. The
father rushed to the door and raised a great hue and cry, and what
was more, raised the neighbors; I had not driven five miles before
all Worthington was after me. But I had the start, the best horse,
and I led in the race. I drove to Hancock, N.Y., where my pursuers
lost the trail; thence to Bennington, Vt., next to Brattleboro, Vt.,
and from there to Templeton, Mass. What befel me at Templeton, shall
be related in the next chapter.






CHAPTER II.

MISERIES FROM MY SECOND MARRIAGE.

LOVE-MAKING IN MASSACHUSETTS-ARREST FOR BIGAMY- TRIAL AT
NORTHAMPTON-A STUNNING SENTENCE-SENT TO STATE PRISON-LEARNING THE
BRUSH BUSINESS- SHARPENING PICKS-PRISON FARE-IN THE HOSPITAL-KIND
TREATMENT-SUCCESSFUL HORSE SHOEING-THE WARDEN MY FRIEND-EFFORTS FOR
MY RELEASE-A FULL PARDON.