Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-19
Romantic n mi incident.

Som sixteen years since a young gem
tleman in New York city contriyei awhile
to pay his addresses to- a beautiful girl
there, the daughter of an obstinate Pearl
street merchant. who was opposed to; the
young man visiting his daughter He
persisted IN his endeayorsk to win the
young lady. and at last he Was forbidden
to!enterthe old mans house 49,
Still, the loyersScont triyed to meet occa.
sionally afterwards and at the expiration
offs xlmopths, matters having been .previs
ously SO arranged, the girl consented TO
marry the youth: He did not seek, the
fortune, for he was in employment, at a
handsome salarys as principal book, ,keep,
er in an extensive jobbing house. and his
pecuniary prospects were very fair, But
the parents were obdurate, and he was
driven from the house. rs .sag.,
At the end of twelvemonth they
agreed to be married, and all the 9equi.
site arrangements were made; the even
ing was fixed upon, and even the chap
lain had been engagedi but on the morn
ingsofthe day proposed secretly for the
nuptials, the whole plan was discovered,
and the match broken of peremptorily by
the absolute authority of the parents.
Time passed on; the daughter was sent
to distant part of country for while
the young man was disappointed and
disheartencd, and left New York for the
West, where he remained for two years.
Meantime person to suit the tastes Of
the parents turned up-a man of consid-
cradle means, but old enough to be the
young girls father. and match was ar.
ranged, after, long persuasion between
Emma and this man, and.she welded him
at last.
Three years subsequently the young
man found himself 10 New England,
where he settled and took wife also,
and some dozen years passed away, with
their thousand and one changes of for
tune. From the time of their separation
the original lovers had never 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 his wife. Time
flew by-he had been fortunate in his
business, and resided few miles out OF
Boston. in cottage surrounded by the
comforts of life. aud in the enjoyment Of
the society of his dear little daughter.
> One day he was returning home in the
afternoon. and upon entering the cars he
found them full, He sought seat and
found one occupied by a lady about thir-
ty. years of age, beside whom he sat down
and the cars soon moved out Of the de-
pot. AS they entered into the light. be
turned TO the lady, and exclaim-
ed. "Madam! Emma Is this you 2"
He didn't know exactly what be said,
but it was fact, that he was on, the seat
with the girl whom he had really loved,
and whom he had never seen since the
cruel separation. ..s4..
A mutual explanation quickly succeed.
ed. Our widowed friend ascertained that
his former intended was now on her way
10 the north, upon visit. that she had
been married nearly eleven years, had
but one child living, and her husband
had been dead over two years.
He pointed ou: his pretty cottage as
the cars passed on-but did not leave the
train. lie. proceeded forward, renewed
his acquaintance, found the lady her own
mistress, proposed to her again-and we
record the fact with no ordinary degree
of pleasure, that within three weeks the
lovers we're actually united in marriage
in the city OF Boston. q,