The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-06-11
Romantic Incident.

while to pay his addresses to beautiful
girl there, the daughter of an obstinate
Paul street merchant. who was opposed
to the young man visiting his daughter
He PERSISTED in his endeavors to win th,
young lady, and at last he was forbidden
to enter the old mans house.
Still, the lovers contrived to meet, occa
sionally, afterwards; and at the expiration
of some six months, matters having beer
previously SO arranged. the girl consented
to marry the you h. He did not seel
the fortune. for he was in employment
at a handsome salary, as principal book
keeper in an extensive jobbing house. anc
his pecuniary prospects were very fair
But the parents were obdurate and he
was driven from the house.
At the end of twelve month they
agreed to be married, and all the requisite
arrangements were made; the evening
was fixed upon, and even the chaplain
had been engaged; but on the morning
Of the day proposed secretly for the nup
tials, the whole plan was discovered, anc
the match broken off preemptorily by the
absolute authority of the parents.
Time passed on the daughter wa.
sent to distant part of the country for E
while-the young man was disappointed
and dsheartened, and left New York fol
the West, where he remained for two
years. Meantime person !tos.suit the
parents turned up-a man of considerable
means, but old enough to be the young
girls father, and the match was arrang-
ed, after a long persuasion, between En-.
ma and this man, and she welded him al
last.
Three years subsequently the young
man found himself in New England,
where, he settled and took wife also, and
some dozen years passed away, with
their thousand and one changes of place,
of circumstances, and of fortune. From
the time of their separation the original
lovers had never met.
The young man became the father o
three little ones; and then lost two oi
these, which bereavement as soon fol
lowed by the death ofhis wife. Time flew
by-he had been fortunate in his business
and resided a few miles out OF Boston, in
a cottage surrounded by the comforts O
life, and in the enjoyment of the society
of his dear little daughter
One day he was returning home in the
after noon, and upon entering the cars he
found them to be full. He sought seat
and found one occupied by a lady abou
thirty years of age, beside whom he sa
down, and the cars soon moved out o
the depot. AS they entered into The
light, he suddenly turned to the lady, ane
exclaimed. 60 Madam! Emma! Is this
you?''
He didn't know what he said, but i
was fact that he was on the seat will
the girl whom he had really loved, ant
whom he had never seen since the crue
separation.
A mutual explanation quickly succeed
ed. Our widowed friend assertained tha
his former intended was now on her wa,
to the north, upon visit; that she hac
been married nearly eleven years, ha
but one child living, and her husband ba
been dead over two years.
He pointed out his pretty cottage as th
cars passed on-but did not leave th
train. He proceeded forward, renewe
bis acquaintance, found the lady her ow
mistress, proposed to her again-and W
record the fact with no ordinary degree
pleasure, that within three weeks the 10,
ers were actually united in marriage
the city of Boston.