The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. Some DAYS since,
gentleman arrived in Cleveland, in pursuit ola
fugitive debtor and having here learned that the
runaway could probably he found in Detroit,
went on in pursuit Of him to that place. He
there discovered the object of his search, and
with him very beautiful and interesting young
female, who was living with him as his wife.
Knowing that he had wife residing nj the East
our friend was somewhat surprised nj this new
accession to the domestic circle of the fugitive,
and still moro when she assured him, in n
manner too sincere and innocent to leave room
for doubt, that she had been legally married to
the person with whom she was found. Not
troubling himself, however, at the time with an
inquiry into the matter, the creditor arrested his
debtor, and brought him TO this city, where he
was lodged in Jail Hitler the lady followed him,
and here the circumstances were disclosed, which
have doomed 4 pure young creature to a broken
heart, and will probably terminate in her early
death, life more horrible than the grave.
From the information we have reccived-and
it is furnished lis on uLquestIonabe authority
it appears that Nj. Al. the lady of whom we
have spoken, was an inmate of Il boarding school
Mt Lewiston, where she become acqua inted with
the man to whom she was afterwards marred.-
She an orphan, and it is said inherited Il
large fortune, which was under the care of an
uncle, her guardian. Delicatcly bred, and igno-
rant Of the world, it is not cause OF wonder that
her feelings were strongly tinctured with ro-
nance. She was younS, too-only slXteen-and
in addition to extraordinary beauty, possessed OF
every accomplishment of intellect and education.
The villain who deludcd her WAS introduced to
her relatives rs gentleman Of standing and re-
spectabty, and by his personal graces and con-
slmninte tact was well calculated TO win the at
fecons of an inexperienced and unsuspccting
bosom.
Unable TO accomplish his object by any other
MEANS he proposed marriage, and contrary to
the earnest remonsranccs of her uncle and
friends she listened to his entrea,ies and finally
eloped with the fascinating stranger, to whom
she married in Detroit. 1t was not until her
arrival in this city that she discovered the fatal
secret of her husbands former marriage. The
person who gave her the information. states that
he never beheld more ar-rending scene.-
The conviction that she had been tluped by him
upon whom she had placed her hearts richest
affections, wilh whom but moment before, she
had expressed her willingness to die in prison,
together with the thought that she not his
wife, produced an alternate struggle between
pride and love, such MS only be understood
by those who have learned its horrors by expert
ence. Nature, ever kind to its tenderest flowers,
left Miss j. long insensiblc to her fate. Another
and perhaps lutte less bitter affliction, was in re-
serve. The unprnciped villain had circulated
lar and wide report that they had never been
married, and that she was only one of the many
whose love he had won without the ceremony Of
legal union. This story too reached her cars
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 childhood, the
friends she loved, and how had the wealth of her
heat been repaid? He for whom all had been
sacrificed determined on still further sacrifice
OF her only remaining treasurc--her good name,
and by pitifu and malicious falsehood, endeav-
ored TO complete the ruin his arts and wicked
ness had devised.
In the mean time, the author of her sorrows
and disgrace, having procured his liberation from
prison, has gone, we know not whittier, and
capped for while the consequences of his of
fence. But though the law, tardy and utterly
impotent rs it is in matters of this kind, may he
intellectual to inRict upon such being the pun
Ishment his crimes demand, there is :n avenger
IN his own conscience, if there is one spark of
yet left, which sooner or later must IA
ward him retribution more fearful than any
human tribunal can dispense.
Miss }. contrary to the orders of her physician,
who considered her removal in the present state
of her health hazardous, has returned to her home
in Canada. Poor girl! If sympathy can heal
the wounds of the spirit, no honest heart will
refuse her the balm of its pity and compassion.
Cleveland Ohio) Advertiser.