her, and if you will let me run away, I'll give her her the horse and
buggy."

The offer was too tempting to be refused. The father had the warrant in
his pocket, and he accepted my proposal. We rode to his house, and he
went into the back-room by direction of his daughter while she and I
talked in the hall. I explained matters 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.

At Templeton I speedily made known my profession, and soon had a very
good medical practice which one or two "remarkable cures" materially
increased. I was doing well and making money. I boarded in a respectable
farmer's family, and after living there about six months there came
another most unhappy occurrence. From the day, almost, when I began
to board with this farmer there sprung up a strong attachment between
myself and his youngest daughter which soon ripened into mutual love.
She rode about with me when I went to see my patients, who were getting
to be numerous, and we were much in each other's company.

On one occasion she accompanied me to Worcester where I had some
patients. We went to a public house where she and her family were well
known, and when she was asked by the landlord how she happened to come
there with the doctor, her prompt answer was:

"Why, we are married; did'nt you know it?"

She refused even to go to the table without my attendance, and when I
was out visiting some patients, she waited for her meals till I came
back. We stayed there but two days and returned together to Templeton.