Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-11
$4,000
ROMANCE IN REAL LIE.

following story:
"In the fall Of 1s47 young man came
to this city from Northern county, in quest
OF employment in the mill. After weeks Of
unsuccessful effort he became reduced to
the pitiable necessity Of pawning his best
clothes, in order to iquidale his bills and
seek employment elsewhere. After con-
sulting about disposing OF his clothes at
auction, he returned to his boarding house
to pick up the same, when the lady OF the
mouse handed him letter, directed to him
IN female hand, which she informed him
had been left there by boys which. on be-
ing opened, was found to contain 800 bank
bills, with note Of hand fer the same
nmoant, accompanied with the following
explanation
Mr.--, knowing your pressing wants,
and having the means at my disposal, send
you $40, with which you will please i'm
mediately settle your board bill, and call at
the card room, n--Milton--Corpo
ration, when, by applying to the overseer,
whom have seen, you will be able, by
giving your name, to obtain situation MS
card stripper. The work may not be de-
sirable, but peHeyere, and in time il will
lead to something better. In return for the
money you will please sign the accompany
ing note, which you will enclose in envel-
ope, without direction, and with a penny
Tor postage. Request the postmas ter to
place il in box No A STRANGER.
This note was made payable to the
bearer.
Though greatly surprised at such time
y favor from the hand fan entire stranger,
he gladly avaled himself to it, End impeled
by an irresistible power, he obeyed all the
directions to the very letter. On applica-
ton to the designated room, he found that
the situation had been secured for him,
through the earnest solicitation Of young
lady, who was equally stranger to the
overseer, yet whose pleading he could not
Withstand.
The whole transaction was so unusual,
that after our hero. by assiduous devotion
to his business, had secured the confidence
of his overseer, he related to him the whole
affair, and solicited his aid in endeavoring
to obtain the name and whereabouts of his
benefactrees. He entered willingly into
the plan, yet two years had passed, and the
mystery remained unsosed.- the mean
time. the strip2er had been promoted to
grinder, and had laid BY Of his earnings the
$50 with interest, in the savings bank, SO
40 ~ NC Pftpdftu W stltlt 10 Just Cbatm
any moment.
In his first endearor TO unrayel the mys-
terry, he applied at the post etfice, but found,
on inquiry, that the box in which the note
Sas pluced was not used by anybody, per-
manentiy, at the time Of the occurrence.
Every succeeding attempt in other tirec-
tons proved equally hbortive, until at last,
he ceased all effort. and resolved 10 wait
for coming events 10 unfold, or coming
time to re,eai the mystery.
Our hero, after residence OF over four
years in this city, had formed some very
valuable acq Iaintanees, and tits not strange
that, Notwithstanding his pecnniary obli-
CATIONS 10 one, he had formed very IN.
innate acquaintance with another OF the tar
sex. True, his moral sense rebe!led at
first, against yielding up his affections to
one while being 50 strongly under gratitsde
to agotssr; but gratitude 10 the unknopn W as
comp lied TO surrender, at last, TO the cap
tyatiug imsge 4; the kno,rn. Tie made ek-
Patton, however, FOR has in gratitude, by
frankly confess I. to..tlis beloved, what az
other OF her sex had done for him, without
solicitation, in the hour OF his deepest ne
eesslty.
She laughed outright at such an I'M
madenly act, declared II pr,ceeded rom
impulse, not ard, of which il WINS evideLf
the actor felt ashamed, and hence her stu
died silence. And she took occasion to
console him with the suggestion thstby the |
deposit he had made of the amount feceive''
h. had fully absolved himself from all iurth-
er obligation His lady love. being both /
law and gospel, he acknowledged the truth /
fulRess OF her suggestion, and resigned ms
affection, without reserve, into her Keeping |
As one 81 the most natural things under
the sun, they C included at last to 60 ana
ge, married. The day was set; but DAY
preceding which, he received note through
the post Office in letter, which contained
the following
Mr., Si-:-By calling this evening |
at No.-H--street. and paying the note,
with interest, which hold against you, |
YOU will spare expense. STRANGER
He called as directed, being extremely |
anxious to settle demand, which, from the /
very mystery which surrounded It, made
him at times feel unhappy. lie was re-
c.ived at the door by domestic, who con- I
Quoted him to the parlor, when, to his SUR
prise he discovered in waiting, note in hand
his own dearly beloved-the one he was
the next day to call by the endearing name
of WIFE.
Explanations followed, which may lief
10 the Imagination of our readers. Suffice |
il TO say they were married at the time set |
and to-day the gentleman stands conspic-
uous as one Of the most industrious and re-
spectacle of our intelligent manufacturing
populatio on and his amiable wife has &C.
casinn to rejoice constantly, that in the tall
Of lS47, she had t,centy dollars to spare.
The EARTHs RlNG.-The Boston cores
pondent OF the New York Tribune says:-
"In one OF my letters gave you some nc.
count of the earth's ring, discovered or rath-
er len,fied by Lieutenant Jones OF the Ma
was called him. have since learned
that the fortun tie finder of our p'anets or
nament is not Lieutenant, but Chaplain.
Hell, the Rev. George Jones, believe;
cert inly he is the Rev. Jones. He wts
formerly u clergyman at Annapolis, Mary
land, and was appointed a Chaplain in the
expedition TO japan. BY the advice OF
some scientific friends he devoted himself