Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-06-07

Romance in Real Life. The following details
are AS strange as they are true. In The neighbor-
hood of Gloucester, young lady Of highly re-
spectacle connections has experienced series Of
reverses in the of the hearts best affection
seldom equaeJ. A gentleman Of some station
in society became by accident acquainted with the
maiden to whom we allude, aud their affection be-
coming reciprocal, day was fixed Tor tier I'M
ion, which was to have taken place in the city OF
Gloucester. Agreeably with this arrangement,
and as the match n desirable one, her parents
purted with lucrative business in the country,
on which she and her mother lived in respecta
bty and comfort, and went to Gloucester, inten-
ding to settle. The day for the celebration of the
wedding ar.19ed but, alas! the bridegroom came
not his parents had perernptorily forbidden the
match, and he was already, by their contrivancc,
on the seas, bound for Jamaica. a letter reached
the poor girl, but to confirm her fears; his pa
rents consent had been withheld, and he had
suddenly left the seaport town III the west OF Eng
land where he resided, not failhless, but an I'M
happy lover Time passed. and industry OIL the
part Of the haplcss girl hut i'll supplied the loss of
The comparative independence herself and family
! had left when they came TO the city OF Glouces
ter, with these views and INDUCING in the hopes
TO which we have alluded, and though blighted in
heart she cheerfnlly submitted in supporting her
decrepit mother and aunt in comfort. Time, the
gentle soiener of aifliclion, had many n long day
cast its dimming shadow over the great event Of
absent lover, ill week or TWO ago, when, to her
nstonishment and delight, she received letter
from him, breathing the devotedness of constant
attachment and VOWS of unaliered affection, not
the less welcome though waited across the seas.
Another and another followed, begging forgive
ness Tor the former apparent neglect-an still a
mother, the last accompanied by the consent OF
the parents of the absent one. The poor girls
hopes were at the highest point of anxiety, when
she received still more welcome epise, assuring
her that her lover had landed at Falmouth, and
was Fastening to perform his neglected promise
The day was looked forward TO with delight; il
came, and with it, the dark lidings of the grlvC
q her lover had been suddenly seized with Hines;
the night before his departure for the city Of Gou
4 cester-h he was corpse before morning As
melancholy satisfaction to the poor disappointed
y girl, the mother of the intended bridegroom visit
v ed her immediately, when his mother confessed
that her son had been nm involuntary exile & would
l. have remained so, had not his parents, whom IN
:. loved and respected, gave their consent to his un
j. ion; after frequent communications, his parents
,. assented, and he instantly Quilted Jamaica tC
Is claim the hand of his first love Fastening Il
d meet her, death ruthlcssly arrested his progress
a before he had heen many hours on his native
Ie shore As proof OF the sincerity of his attach
ment, the lover in tho hour of dissolution he
quea,hed to his bride elect $4,000.
IN Hereford (Engldnd) Times.