American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-25
From the Birmingham (Ergland) Advertiser
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.

It has been truly remarked that many of the
events of real life would surpass the pages of
romance if told with the same pathos and feel
ing; and this town and neghborhood has latter
ly been tho theatre of deeds as romantic as any
novelist could conceive, though invested with
all the true sobriety of matters of fact. A
young American planter, named Da Costa, of
good family and immense fortune, without any
membranes, and almost without living rela-
tlves, had latterly it appears, come over to Eng
land in search of wife, rather a romantic
errand, considering the number of ladies to
which the United States have given birth; but
one respecting which he had only one person to
please, and that one himself After visiting
some of the most fashionable cities of the king
dom, and spending his money like prince"
without meeting the object of his search, he
paid a visit to Birmingham, and was standing
one day at the door OF the Hen and Chickens,
when, as old wives would say, (and circumstan-
ces have IN this case proved the truth of his
saying,) the very person he came to Eng land
20 look for walked across New street, nearly
opposite where he stood. Struck by her APP
pearance with those peculiar sensations which
lovers will best understand, but which We
maugre our gray hairs-have not yet quite for
gotten, he followed the lady, and with much
politeness Tin words we will not pretend to de-
tally expressed a wish for a better acquaint-
ance, and desire to see her home. The young
lady, a Miss Rimmer, of Alcester was at that
time on visit at Mr.. Heeley's, Bristol-road,
to whose house the stranger accompanied her,
but his partner in life not quite liking such a
romantic visitor to young lady then under
her matronly protection, with due sense of pro-
prety discouraged the gentleman, and referred
him to her parents. The traveller, however,
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of whom he had travelled so far, and the little
town of Alcester was shortly after we'll nigh
frightened from its propriety by carriage and
four driving up full speed to the house of Mr.,
Runner. After many wonderings and many
'Fguesses'' among the inhabitants who it could
be- it turned out that it was Mr. Da Costa,
come in the most gentlemanly and honorable
manner to request of the parents permission to
pay his addresses to their daughter. Advice
was asked of those with whom they usually
advised on other matters, and all Gil cumstances
duly weighed, and consent was very naturally
gven and the stranger gave such evidence OF
the sincerity of his attachment that he was not
long finding his way to the heart of Miss Rim
mer; and then-well then?-why, what think
YOU, gentle reader'-he neither abandoned her
to a broken heart nor seduced her and left her
to comfort herself with dose of pruscic acid,
though many tales were afont OF what the
modern ''blue beard" would do, but married
her al .Alcsster Church, on Saturday last! three
carriages and four conveying the parties who
graced the nuptal ceremony with their pre-
sence. You see we are not writing tragedy,
but an opera; and an opera we trust it will be-
as far as the characteristic goes of all ending
happily, for the people whose daughter Ia;
thus become wife are good, honest people, III
moderate circumstances, the lady possesses
good sense as well as personal attractions, ant
the stranger has shown himself, by his munlti
cent presents, and by various acts Of kindness
as delicate as they were generous to be really
what he passes fora man of vast wealth, ant
a gentleman. We understand that the eldes
brother of Miss Rimmer is to accompany he
TO her new residence on the other side of tn
Atlantic, when his fortune, as well as hers, vii
be made. And ends our romance of rea
life.