Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-05-28
NliisfeI!aG1jss.
Romantic Incident.

Some sixteen years since q young ger.
tleman in New York City contrived
awhile to pay his addresses to a beautiful
girl there, the daughter of an obstinate
Pearl street merchant. who Yves opposed
to the young man visiting his daughter
He persisted in his endeavors to win stho
young lady, and at last he was forbidden
to enter the old mans house. a,rs.,
Still. the lovers coptriyed to meet, oc-
casionally, afterwards, and at the expira-
ton of some six months, matters having
been previously SO arranged, the girl cons
scented to marry the. youth. He did not
seek the fortune, tor he was in employment
at handsome salary, as principal book
keeper in an extensive jobbing house, and
his pecuniary prospects were very fair
But the parents were cbdurate, and no
was driven from the house. '
At the end of twelvemonth they
agreed to be married, and all the requisite
arrangements were made; the evening
| fixed upon, and even the chaplain had
been engaged; but on the morning of the
Gay proposed secretly for the nrptials,
the whole plan was discovered, and the
match broken off peremptorily by the 40
solute authority Of the parents. saI
Time passed on; the daughter was sent
to distant part of the country for a
while-the young man, disappointed,
and disheartened, 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 a match was ar
ranged, after long persuasion, between
Emma and this man, and she welded him
at last. a-zs..=---..-~-, ...-
Three years subsequently the young
j man found himself in New England /,
/ where he settlg-A and took q Wifi also ard
some doztEsf-iJ passed away, with their
| thousand and o .sss.s7suapges of place, ofcir-
4 cumstances ana Of fortune. From the
time of their separation the original Ior-
e-s had never met. lf re. ..,.,...
The young man became the father of
three little ones; and he lost two Of these
which bereavement was soon after follow.
ed by the death Of his WIFE Time few
by-he had been fortunate in his business
and resided a few miles out Of Boston, in,
a cottage surrounded BY the comforts Of
1 life, and in theaenjoy ment of the society of
ibis dear little daughter. garsr9 ~
One day he was returning home in the
afternoon, and upon entering the cara
found them to be full. He sought-a seat,
and found one occupied BY d lady, about
thirty years of age beside whom he sat
down, and the cars soon moyed,out Of the
depot. As they entered into the light
suddenly turned to the lady, and exclaim-
ed, HMadaml Emmal Is this you?79aJ
He didn't know exactly what he said.
but twas fact that he was on the seat
with the girl whom he had SO really loved
and whom he had never seen since the crUs
el separation. N
A mutual explanation quickly succeed
ed. Our widowed friend ascertained that
his former intended was now on her way
70 the north, upon a visit, that she had
been married nearly eleven years, had but
one child living and her husband had
been dead yearly two years. 4ess
He pointed out his pretty cottage as
the car passed on-but he did not leave
the train. He proceeded forward ard re-
newed his acquaintance. found the lady
her own mistress, proposed to her again,
= and we record the fact with no ordina-
ry degree of pleasure, that within three
weeks the lovers were actually united in
marriage in the city of Bos on. So.