Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
ROMANTIC INCIDENT.

0olhe sixteen years sInce, a young gen.
tlenan IN New York city contrived awhile
to pay his addresses to a beautiful girl
there, the daughter of au obstinate Pearl
street merchant, who was opposed to the
young man visiting his daughter. He
persisted in his ~endeavors to win the young
lady, and at last he was forbidden to enter
the old mans house.
Still, the lovers cnntrived to meet occa-
s%ionally, afterwards ; and, at the expiration
of six months, matters having been previ-
ously so arranged, the girl consented to
marry the youth He did not seek the
fortune, for he was in employment at a
handsome salary as book keeper in an ex-
tensive jobbing house, and his pecuniary
prospects were very fair. But the parents
were obdurate, aud he was driven from the
house.
At the end of a twelvemonth they agreed
to be married, and all the requisite arrange
ments were made the evening was fixed
upon, and even the chaplain had been en-.
gagged but on the morning of the day pro-
posed secretly for the nuptials, the whole
plan was discovered, and the match broken
off peremptorily by the absolute authority
of the parents.
Time passed on; the daughter WV sent
to a distant part of the country fof, awhile
the young man was disappointed and,
dishearteaed, and left New YORK tho
West, where he remained for two years
Meantime a person to suit the tastes of the
parents turned up-a man of considerable
mQanG hint old annu~b 10 ha Tho IN n
girls father, and a match was arranged,
after a long persuasion, between Emma and
this man, and she welded him at last.
Three years subsequently the young
man found himself ID New England, where
he settled aud took a wife also, and some
dozen years passed away, With their thou
sand and one changes of place, of circum-
stances and fortune. 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 tt ese, which bereavement was soon
after followed by the death of his wife,
Time flew by; he had been fortunate in
his business, and resided safew miles cut
OF Boston, IN a cottage, surrounde} hu the
comforts Of life, and 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,
found them to be full. He sought a seat,
and found one occupied by a lady about
thirty years of age, beside whom he sat
down, and the cars soon moved out of the
depot. A they entered into the light, he
suddenly turned to the lady and exclaim.
ed, "Madam B.! Emma ! Is this you p"
He didn't know exactly what he said,
but it was a fac that he was on the seat
with the girl whom he had really loved
aud whom he had never seen since the
cruel separation.
A mutual explanation quickly succeed
ed. Oar Wdowed friend ascertained thai
his former intended spw on her way t.
the north, upon a visit; mat she had beef
married nearly eleven years, lad but on,
cnua living, aud her husband had hae,
ocaax yer two years.
cars ~
He PSoGsedsd forward, renewed his az
luaintance, found the lady her own mil
tiess, proposed to her again, and we recor
the fact with no ordinary degree Of pleal
ure that, within three weeks, the lover
were actually united in marriage in the c
ty Of Boston.