ABSTRACT
July 18 – 1841 – Sunday – Felt very melancholly – went a walk on the forest in the afternoon – fell in with some gipseys one of whom offered to assist in my escape from the mad house by hideing me in his camp to which I almost agreed but told him I had no money to start with but if he would do so I would promise him fifty pounds and he agreed to do so before Saturday on friday I went again but he did not seem so willing so I said little about it – On sunday I went and they were all gone – an old wide awake hat and an old straw bonnet of the plumb pudding sort was left behind – and I put the hat in my pocket thinking it might be usefull for another oppertunity – as good luck would have it, it turned out to be so
