Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-10
A Romnntic A AGnir.

A day or two snce, We puoHsneo, say
the Cincinnati Nonpareil, the marriage of
Mr.. P, of Yicksburg, to Miss
r., of Covington. From cireum-
stances of rather singular nature, con-
nected with the marriage, good deal OF
gossip has been occasioned in this commu-
nifty during several dayspa 1t appears
that Mr.. S. of Covington had been paying
his addresses to the lady, and had pres
sed his suit successfully, as he had reason
to believe, for the engagement had been
completed, and the wedding day fxsd.-
Mr.. S, happy in the protsssations and ca
resses of love, made no secret of his sp-
preaching nuptials. The wedding gar
ments were prepared. the clergyman was
engaged, and friends abroad were notif-
ed BY letter and by telegraph of the same.
| The wedding was to take place on the
first of September. On Sunday last the
! lover had an interview with his intended,
the arrangements finally completed, and
trip to Niagara Falls, Sara .oga, New
York, DC. during the honey moon agreed
upon. Twenty minutes after the depar-
ture Of Mr.. s., the affianeed bride left al
so in company Of Mr.. p. of Vicksburg.-
They came directly across the river. and
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and wife.
OF this, the unfortunate Mr.. S. remain
ed in blissful ignorance until late hour
on Sunday evening, when the father OF
the young lady called u on him and over
whelmed him with the astounding intclli-
gence. His feelings on being ony.rced
of its truth, can be im.gir ID, pc hap, but
not described The fstc- was Indignant
beyond expression, at TIE conduct of his
daughter He svore, although he never
swore beFor that he sic aid never receive
one cent of his we.lth-'e is worth near
| 500, o,C0O--and hat rothing should in
! duce a recor -iIiaticl. The next morning,
the news spread everywhere, and Mr..
g. four all Covington gesting about his
misfortune. This jilting affair, so extra
ordinary and unaccountable at first glance,
( is explained something after this manner,
by those who appear to know. Miss X.
had loved Mr.. p, and been engaged for
several years, but her parents had forbid
den the match, so the lady, the sex is ev-
or fertile in expedisnts--determlned to
choose another lover, one whom her pa
; rents approved, and thus, after securing
their written consent that she should mar
ry, notwithstanding that she was under
I age call in her former lover TO bear oil
the prize. Thi, she effected by making
a cats paw of Mr.. s., and it appears she
performed the heartless transaction from
beginning TO end, without once exciting
the suspicious other parents or lover.
Who, after such coup de etai, will ques-
ton the dsceitfulnsss of woman But
the romantic part of the story remains oI
be told. The forsaken lover. after asking
himself thousand and one times what he
should do under circumstances OF such
painful embarrassment, at length resolved
NOT to shoot himself or her-tut 70
join in the practical joke and the too an
noying laugh, and 10 offer himself as
mediator. So he called upon the indig'
nant father and after talking over tht
) affair, succeeded in convincing him it va
better one of the parties should be made
. unhappy than that all should b'
miserable, and as things eosld not b.
helped, he urged the parents TO becom'
reeonciled TO their children. This done
f he came TO Cincinnati, and accompanies
, the newly married couple to Covington
where they received the forgiveness an
d ben.dietion of the offended parents
t Verify, the lover stands on slippery Pii
ces.