Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-11-29
From 'he clevelC pa Dahl Advertiser.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
"Trnfh Is STRANGER fhnar fctinn.n

An incident has lately come TO our
knowledge in this city which goes 10 verify
the correctness of this remark. Some
lays since gentleman arrived at Cleve-
land, in pursuit of a fugitive debtor, and
having here learned that the runaway could
probably BE- ioundin Deil oft. went on in pur.
suit 10 that place. He there discovered
the object of his search, and with him, a
very beautiful and interesting young e.
male, who was with him as his wife. Know.
ing he had wife residing at the east. our
'rlend was somewhat surprised at this new
accession to his domestic circle Of the fl.
gitlve and still more so when she assured
aim. in a manner too sincere and innocent
to leave any room for doubt that she had
been legally married 10 the person with
whom she was found. Not troubling him
self however at the time, with any inquiry
into the matter, the creditor arrested his
lebior, and brought him to this CITY, where
ne was lodged in Jail. Hither the lady fol.
lowed him, and here the circumstances
were disclosed, which have doomed q
pure young creature to a broken heart.
and will, probably, terminate in her early
death or, life more horrible than the
grave.
From the Information we have received
and it is furnished us on unques,ionable
authority, it appears that NJ. A. j., the
lady Of whom we have spoken was an in.
mate Of "A boarding school at Lewiston.
U. c. when she, became acquainted with
the man TO whom she was afterwards mar
ried.
She was an orphan and it is said inherit
cd a large fortune, which was under the
care Of an uncle, her guardian. Delicate
" bred, and ignorant of the world, it is not
Il cause of wonder that her feelings were
strongly tinctured with romance. She
was young too, only sixteen, and in add-
ton to extraordinary beauty, possessed of
every accomplishment of intellect and edu.
cation. The villain who deluded her was
introduced to her relatives as a gentleman
of standing and responsibility and by his
personal graces and consummate tact, was
well calculated TO win the affections of an
inexperienced and unsuspecting bosom.
Una |, to accomplish his object by any
o'her means. he proposed marriage, and
contrary to the circumstances Of her un.
Gle and friends, she listened to his cntreat-
les, and finally elopcd with the fascinating
stranger to whom she was married at De.
troit.
Ii was not until her arrival in this cit
that she discovered the fatal secret Of her
husbands former marriage. The person
who gave her the information, states that
ile never Witnessed more heart.rending
scene. The conviction that she had been
duped by him upon whom she had placed
her hearts richest affections, with whom but
a moment before she had expressed vii.
lingness to die in prison, together with the
thought that she was not his wife, produced
an alternate struggle between pride and
love, such as can only be understood by
those who have learned its horrors by ex-
perlcnce. Nature, ever kind to her ten.
derest flowers, left Miss ]. long inscnsible
10 her fate. Another, and perhaps little
less bitter affllctlon, was in reserve. The
unprincipled VILLAIN had circulated far and
wide report that they had never been
married, and that she was one Of the many
whose love he had won without the cere.
mony of legal union. This story, too,
reached her ears, and the conviction of its
truth gave another and deeper pang to her
wounded spirit.
For him she had given up all, the home
OF her fathers, the associates of her child
hoo1, the friends she loved and how had
The wealth of her heart been repaid He
for whom all had been sacrificed, determi.
ned OH still further sacrifice Of her only
remaining treasure-her good name and
by piiiful and malicious falsehood endeav-
ored 10 complete the ruin his arts and wick
edness had devised.
In the meantime, The author of her sor.
row and disgrace, having procured his lib.
Grafton from prison, has gone we know
not whittier, and escaped for while the
punishment of his offence. But though the
law, tardy and utterly impotent as il is, in
matters Of this kind, may be Intellectual to
in6icl uron such beng the punishment
his crimes demanded, there is an avenger
in his own conscience, if there is one
spark OF humanity yet lett. which soon
or late must award him retibuiion more
fearful than any human tribunal can dis.
pense.
Miss j., contrary to the orders Of her
physician, who considered her ,moval in
her present state o. health hazardous, has
returned TO her home in Canada. Poor
girl! sympathy can heal the wounds OF
the spait, no honest heart will refuse her
the balm Of its pity and compassion.