The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-05-01
GbansbIiis Daily Sournal.
4 Romantic Marriage.

and all's wei that ends well, we are hap
py torecord it: - ~ ~ .
A few years ago young English no.
bleman, just fresh from college, raw and
fell desperately in love
with laundry maid of the castle where
his family resided. 1t appeared that the
passion first siezed upon his soul while
attending divine service at the village
church, where Susan, by her modes. de-
Ineanor, and bright blue eyes, complete
ly overset all the resolutions which the
young nobleman's mother lad evinced
upon the subject OF his fortunate alliance
with the daughter of the Earl Of c..
whose estate Of the young nobleman.-
How the acquaintance first began be
tween young noSleman who was read
ing for his degree, and young laundry
maid who could not read at all, no
chronicle will ever tell; but in a short
time we find with the assistance ofsn old
college friend, just received into orders,
at the very village church where the
the young lord had first beheld his Susan. |
in the first rosy blush OF an April morn
ing, with no other witness but the well
fed parish clerk, and pew-opener-with /
no epithalamium but the joyous chant OF
the early birds--no pomp and splendor
but those afforded by the great spring
festival Of nature, which the young lord
Just then deep in Virgil. appreciated bet
ter than any other kind, was united to
his Susan; and before the sun had risen
to his MONDAY height. the happy pair
were on their way to France. For some
months the young lord lived in the hap
by delusion that had presented to his
youthful imagination, the fair Susan as
the most enchanting and the most lovely
of her sex. But honey moons are like
moons Of eyory kind, they have their
waning hour, and at the end OF a certain
time, the young lord began to perceive,
to his utter astoniShment-for he had
never perceived it before--that the gentle
Susan was not only innocent, as he had
always thought her, but roloundly igno-
rant likewise? He asked himself how It
could have happened that he had not OBJ
served that fact at the Very commence.
meat. of their acquaintance-how he
could have lived III her company for
months without perceiving it--and how
it happened that just as the fifth month
had begun he was on the point of set
ting down to lead a quiet domestic lif
and enjoy the serenity and peace of the
married state, he should stait back with
fear and trembling at the dreary prospect
before him! Poor Susan of course, could
not solve the mystery. She, poor soul.
was more enchanted with her existance
than ever, while her noble husband grew
more gloomy and discontinued every
day. At length the horrid truth became
apparent 1t would be impossible to re-
turn to England with Susan as his BRIDE
Every act and every expression Of the
poor laundrymaid now shocked and Jar
red the nerves of the young nobIeman
In short, the dreadful fact was soon re-
yelled to him in all its ugliness-he was
not in love! Just about this time the
young mans family. to whom his flight
with Susan was well known, but who
still remoined ignorant concerning tht
marriage, began TO be importunate with
respect to his return. No longer helC
by the ties of that all-a5sorb:ng Low,
which had cost HIM SO much sacrifice
the young nobleman agreed in spirit Will
the views Of his family. But h wv L
break this dreadful fact to Susan? Il
his astonishment, however, he found he
grown as reasonable as himself, consent
ing without a murmur to his proposition
that she should stay in France to inbb
some sort Of education, while he repaire,
to England, to pave the way for an avowa
Of the truth to his lady mother. Susar
who had lear, el TO believe that ever, ide
emitted by her lord was the right one
consented to everything; and, according
w, with tears and sorrow at the sepera
ton, bnt with gratitude at all the good
ness and forethought, displayed by he
husband, took up her residence at
school in Faubourgh st. Herne, where
dame en- chambre, to receive the benef
of the first instruction that Paris coul
afford. Time passed on; the young lor
punctual in his payments, soon grew
amid the gaieties Of his new life, as ma;
ter Of his own actions, and the fatterin
and caiolings Of the fashionable world, [
look upon himself as bound by no othe
obligations to the haplesS Susan. Iii
letters grew more and more rare, AWAY
telling of the extreme restraint in whic
he was held by his relations, and th
want of means by which he suffered ur,
ing the greatest necessity for secrecy, III
til at length Susan, who believed al
wrote 10 him letter full of affection
announcing with pride that an Opportl
nifty occurred of relieving him of the bu
then OF her n.lintainance;she had accep
ed situation Of companion Of Lady
who was going to Montpieli,
for her health, and had been staying
the school with her. This took plaC
about five years ago, and during all tn
it would appear that the young Tor
caring little for the embarrassment of il
PRODUCTION or recogniction of his vii
content with the assurance given fro
time to time OF her health and wellar
satisfied with the entire purity and r
spectability Of the life she was leadin
was maintaining at homo the freedo
and liberty of an unmarried man until
short lime since, by the death of his mot
er, he was necessitated to make fres
arrangements. he was aroused from h
apathy with regard to the patient Susa
Lady E. was then residing at Pass
and it was tbither that Lord NJ d
rected his footsteps on his arrival. VIII
passed at this interview which had bee
sought by the husband as mere acqu