The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-10-06
A Romantic Affair.

day or two ago we published, saws
the Cincinnati Nonpareil, the marriage OF
Mr.. p, of Vicksburg, to Miss X. of Covinc-
ton. From circumstances of rather sin
gular nature connected with the marriage,
good deal of gossip has been occasioned
IN this community during several DAYS
past. 1t appears that Mr. s., of Coving-
ton, had been paying his addresses to the
lady, and had pressed his suit successful
ly, as he had reason to believe, for the
engagement had been completed, and the
wedding day fixed. Mr.. s., happy in the
protestations and caresses of love, made
no secret of his approaching nuptials.-
The wedding garments were prepared the
clergyman was engaged. and friends
abroad were notified by lotto- and by teie-
graph of the same. The wedding was to
take place on the lst of September. On
Sunday last the lover had an interview
with his intended" the arrangements
were finally completed, and tiip to Ma
CARA Falls, Saratoga, New York, &C.,
during the honey moon, agreed upon.-
Twenty minutes after the departure of Mr..
s., the affianced bride left also in company
with Mr.. p, of Vicksburg. They came
directly across the river, and at the Den
nison House were made man and wife.
Of this, the unfortunate Mr.. S. remained
IN blisstul ignorance until late hour on
Sunday evening, when the father of the
young lady called upon him and over
whelmed him with the astounding inteli-
gence. His feelings on being convinced
of its truth can be imagined, perhaps, but
not described. The father was indignant
beyond expression at the conduct of his
daughter. lie swore, although he never
swt re before, that she should never receive
one cent of his wealth-he is worth near
0,Ooo-and that nothing should in
duce reconciliation. The next morning
the news had spread everywhere, and Mr..
S. found all Covington jesting about his
misfortune. This jilting affair, SO extra
ordinary and unaccountable at first ola, ce,
is explained something after this manner,
by those who appear to know. Miss r.
had loved Mr. p. and had been engaged
for several years, but her parents had for
hidden the match, so the lady-the sex
is ever fertile in expedients-determin
to chose another lover, one whom her pa
rents approved, and thus after securing
their written consent that she should mar
ry, notwithstanding she was "under age"
| called in her former lover to bear of the
prize. This she effected by making q
"cat's paw" of Mr.. S., and it appears She
performed the heartless transaction from
beginning to end without once exciting the
suspicious of her parents or lover.
Who, after such a coup de etat, will
question the deceitfulness of woman -
But the romantic part of the story re-
mains to be told. The forsaken lover, af.
ter asking himself thousand and one
times what he should do under circum-
stances Of such painful embarrassment, at
length resolved-not TO shoot himself, or
her, or him-but to join in the practical
joke and the too annoying laugh, and to
offer himself as mediator. So he called
upon the indignant father, and after talk
ing over the affair, succeeded 10 convinc-
ing him j: was better one Of the parties
should be made unhappy than that all
should be miserable, and as things could
not be helped, he urged the parents to
become reconciled to their children. This
done, he came TO Cincinnati, and accom-
panied the newly married couple to Cow
ington, where they received the forgiveness
and bsnediction Of the offended parents.
Verify the lover stands on slippery places.
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