The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-07-16
The Romance of Reality.

In one of our late English papers we are told
that about four years ago there lived in enc of
the Parishes Of the county Of Ayr, (wc do not
wish to be more particularly a young woman
whose charms had captivated IL respectable trades
man, and after sufficient time spent in court
ship the day was named which was 10 render
them mutually happy. The furniture and all
other necessary articles Of household use were
procured, ''ribands and perkins and a." were
lavishcd on the blooming bride by her cnamourcd
swain, and every thing went on swimmingly to-
ward the consimmaton of the marriage The
thousand times repeated quotation but the course
of true love- &C., was to be realized in this as in
many other instances, for the day previous TO the
wedding letter which stated that the bride and
her mother were wanted instantly at the bedside
of the girls father, who was dying, and wished
previous to his departure TO sec her who had not
been acknowledged as his child. Accordingly,
oil both parties went, after arranging with the
bridegroom as to the postponcmcnt Of the marri-
are. Before reaching their destination, the old
man had died, and the house was filed with cx-
pcctant relations, each and all striving for the
mastery and alike sangllinc of being almost cx-
clusvcly remembered in the will of the deceased,
whose property was worth about $500.
The reception of the mother and daughter, as
might be anticipated, was not Of the warncst
description. The various mental Offices of the
house were performed by both at the command
of a vixeniSh niece of the deceased, during the
few days preceding the funcra and on the after
noon of the day On which it took place, both
were sent to see the servants RECALLED in the ktc-
eli, while the expectant party dncd up stairs and
heard the will read. Scarcely, however, had the
mother and daughter been well set to work as
commanded, when order, demanding their
presence reached them from the dining room.
On going thither they were met by not the most
pleasant array of faces they had ever seen; and to
shorten the matter, excepting only Il legacy Of Il
few pounds each to the relations present, the
whole estate was left to the girl alluded to. Sew
cral of the unortunates tainted away-a few
stamped and sworc lustly-but by far the great
or number were unable to speak Tor sheer aston
lsllment In due time the girl was unrcscrycd
hcrcss to the estate, but her prctcntions rising
with her circumstances her poor bctrothcd was
forgotten, and she with all her wealth, within a
year from the time her fortune changed, threw
hcrsc If into the arms of an old and shrvclcd man
of law who had been factor to her deceased pa
rent. Her elected lover, from being Il rcmar-
kably steady man, became confirmed drunkard.
His business went to wreck, aud he left his ma
tive home and went to England to hide hssorrow
and his shame. About year ago an advertise
mcnt, dated Bath, appeared in an Eng sl pro-
vncial paper, offering a reward Tor any Inlorma-
ton regarding ar lndividual OF tie same name.
Having been for some time in that neighbour
hood, this caught the eye ofo OF his friends,
who, surprising he had the means of gaining this
reward, supplied what information he possessed,
to the party wishing for it, A message was re-
cevcd by our hero, requesting his attendance, at
a given hour next day at celebrated hotel i'll
Bath where he would meet with one anxious to
see him. Having borrowed Il suit of clothes
from u fellow-workn,an, he set out to meet his un
known friend, and on arriving at tie hotel to
which he had been directed was greatly surpris-
ed to meet his old flame, blooming in beauty, and
according to her own confession, as loving as ev-
er. Our story is almost at an end. The old
LAWYER had died. First lovc--that had never
been wholly iorgotten-again broke out with re-
doubled viror--the summary mode of marrying
in England favored the parties, and they were
united bcfre the expiration Of three days from
heir thus mee ting.