The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1857-05-12
A Romance In Real Life.


material for n good novel. The statements
arc reported to be literally c. rect:
"Some sixteen years ago, a young gentle
man in New York City, contrived for while
the daugntef br worthy our ';6.lur;si ,,rnr.
st. merchant, who was opposed to the young
mans visiting his daughter. He persisted in
his cndeavors to win the young lady, and at
last was forbidden enter the old mans
house.
Still, tho lovers contrived TO meet, occa-
sionally aftcrwards-and at the expiration of
six months, matters having been previously
SO arranged, the g II consented to marry tho
youth who loved her and for whom he would
have perilpd his life, so deeply rooted was
his affection for her. He did not seek the
fortune, Cor he was in employment, at hand
some salary, rs principal book-keeper in an
extensive jobhing house, and his ecuniary
prospects were very fair. But the parents
were obdurate, and he was driven from the
house.
As we have limited, at the end Of six
months they agreed to be married, and all
the requisite arrangements were made, the
evening was tixnd upon, even the ch plain
had been engaged-but on the morning of
the day proposed secretly for tn nuptials, the
whole plan was discovered, and the match
was broken up l.eremptorily, by the obsolu:e
authority Of the parents.
Time passed on; the daughter was sent to
a distant part of the country for n while
the young man was disappointed and dlshoart-
cned, and left New York for the West,
where he remained two wears. Meantime
man to suit the tas,es Of the parents turned
up--a man Of considerable means, but old
enough to be the young girls father; and the
match was arranged, after long persuasion,
between Emma and this man, and she we'd
ded him At last.
Three years subsequently, the young man
found iinsef in New England, where he
settled and took wife also, findi @ it "not
s-,.>d fo hn olnnn" md -on,n A~""n years
have passed away, with their thousand and
one changes Of place, Of circumstance and of
fortune. From the time of their separation,
the original lovers had mover met.
The young man became the father OF three
little ones, and then lost two Of these; which
bereavement was soon after followed by the
death of hs wife Time few by-he had
been fortunate in his husincss, and resided
few miles out Of the city. in a sweet 'little
cottage, uncouded by Sorrow" for the days
of his sorrow had since gone by, and he en-
dcavorcd to be conteniod and happy, sur
ronnded rs he was by the comforts of life,
and in the ecioymcnt of the society of his
dear little daughter.
One dav last month he was returning home
in tho afternoon, and, upon entering the cars,
! ho found them to be full. He sought seat
and found one occupi d bv lady about thir-
" wears of age, beside whom he sat down,
and the cars soon moved out Of the depot
As they entered into the light, he suddenly
tarned to the ladv, and excamed-"Mad-
am! Emma is this you?"
He didn't know exactly what he said-but
it was the fact that he was on tlr- same scat
with the girl whom he had really loved, and
with her whom he had never seen since the
cruel separation.
A mutual explanation quickly succeeded.
Our widowed friend asccrtained that his form
er intended was on her way to the North,
upon visit to her friends. That she had
been married nearly eleven wears, had hut
one child living, and that her husband had
been dead ver two years.
He pointed out his pretty cottage "a tho
cars passed on-but did not leave tho train.
He proceeded forward, renewed his acquain-
tancc, found the lady her own mstres-, pro-
posed to her again-for he believed her love-
iy ~ ever, and won her sure, this time. And
We record the fact with no ordinary degree of
Measure, that within three weeks the lovers
were actually united in marriage in the city
of Boston. Long NAV they live To enjoy
the wealth and happiness which must follow
their union.