Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-02-28

an interest for. The next day he was
surprised by a visit from has captain
who stated that the horse had found
his way back TO tho livery stable with.
out rider, which the owner reported
to the ship; he had tried to find GU,
what had become of the mate. bu,
could NOT, until that very day he had
heard at an Inn that young sailor had
been hurt and was lying at T rs.
The captain added that the sh. p had
been suddenly ordered to sea, had Ia.
ken in her cargo and was ready to
sail with that afternoons tide. There
being no time to lose, the mate wrote
letter to the surgeon, which he lei,
unsealed on the table, and in which he
said all that was necessary, including
an intention TO revisit them on his
next voyage, carriage was procured
and he, though feeble, went to Liver.
pool, and that evening sailed in his old
vessel for New York. The letter lett
by the mate, unfortunately, was never
received by those for whom it was in.
tended, beng as was believed, obtain.
ed, read and destroyed by young
lawyer, who had made Mary an offer
Of marriage and had been refused, but
who still visited the house.
Thus, on their return home Mary
and her brother were still without the
least clue to the "local habtation or
name" of their preserver, with this
exception, that the lawyer, in the
course of an incidental conversation,
had sneeringly observed, that the mate
was Ga poor mean yankee" but de-
MED knowing his name. Mary fretted
and pined away, and at last took TO
her bed, for almost unconsciously she
had become deeply attached to the
sailor her illness assumed at last a
serious character, and it being eviden,
that she would not survive unless she
again saw the object of her affections,
her brother Eat her urgent request
took ship for North America, and Ian
dcd IN Boston a few days ago, whenc,
they came on to this city on Sunday
night. The passage, and the hope 0
meeting with one whom she loved, re
stored her to comparative health unc
strength, and they put up private
boarding house in Pearl street.
Thus had Mary travelled double
the distance Of Becket's mother, with
out knowing either the christian OF
surname of her beloved. In the mean
time the mate arrived at New York,
! was transferred to the command Of n
merchantmen in the southern trade,
was cast away, fell i'll, wrote TO Eu.
rope, his letter miscarried-he sailed
himself for England, went to the sur
geon's house, was told all about Ma.
ry, and that she had sailed about sew.
en- days for Boston. He took passage
in the first vessel, came on to New
York, and without knowing that they
were in the house actually put up at
the same place, and slept beneath the
same roof with Mary and her brother
on Sunday night. In the morning,
when he descended to the break fast
table where he found the family alrea.
dy assembled, the first object that met
his view, on entering the room, was
the form of the fair traveller. She
saw his face,--uttered no explanation
but sprang from her seat towards bin,
and would have fallen had he not rush.
ed forward and caught her in his arms,
+" Good God Mary is this you?" as
she tainted away. When she recoy.
cred, mutual explanations and gree.
tings took place, and we are happy 70
say that they were married yesterday
afternoon, and set off the same even.
ing to spend the honey moon at Alba
ny, and by this time, doubtless, know
one another as well as though they
had been acquainted for years.