Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-08-04
A Remarkable Affair

Under this head the Sunday Mercury
prints the following precious story which
will do very we'll for light reading such
hot weather as this:
A Fifth avenue love case has recently
come to light, which throws the most Won
derful romance of ancient times into the
shade, and promises some rich develop
ments. A younger son of wealthy Wall
street banker is the happy man who was
beloved by two daughters of an avenue
millionaire, and both were bent upon hav-
ing him for their lord and master. But
banker junior had preference of his own,
and not being particular favorite with
pater famitids, proposed midnight elope-
ment. The favorite fair one jumped at the
idea, and agreed to meet him on certain
evening on the curb, after all the family
retired. Her sister overheard the propo-
sal and acceptance, and resolved to thwart
her rival, though her projected plan for SO
doing was as curious as ingenious. She
followed, and caused friend to follow, her
sister wherever she went, before the ap-
pointed night had arrived, noting careful
ly all her actions and purposes. The in
tended bride had her suspicious, but they
were not very deeply fixed, and hence she
was rather careless in her preparations
She bought a dress for the occasion-a
dress ofpeculiar material, and had it made up
by dress-maker. Her sister being in
formed of this proceeding, did the same,
causing her mantle to be exactly modelled
after the other; she also purchased other
things for the same reason, and copied her
sister rival in everything. In the room of
the bride elect large cheval glass reach
ing to the foor was one of the adiuncts
of tue toilette, and a veil of thin lace was
lying over it, when not in use On the
morning of the appointed day, the schem-
ing sister obtained access to the room
while its proprietor was riding ont, and by
the aid of her bribed menial, removed the
books from the back of the glass she then
scraped all the quicksilver from the back
of the glass, and after removing all traces
of her work, left the room. Towards even
| ing she again stole in, dressed in travelling
! dress, etc., similar to her sisters, and con.
/ cealed herself behind the mirror being
! there enabled to survey all that was going
e on in the room, through the lace veil, while
4 no one could perceive her, without going
: close TO the latter for some special purpose
Soon the bride elect came in, slept q
e short time on lounge, and near II O'Clock
e hastily arrayed herself in the garment she
f had prepared. She then went toward the
: cheyal, carelessly threw aside the veil, anc
), beheld what she supposed to be her owl
: reflection. Could it be Was she he
: sister instead Of herself9 Was it not a de
s lusion? How came her sister by tha
: dress 2 She moved her arms; she jumped
h tho reflection did the same. She wa
0 indeed her sister instead of herself, and ful
: of this idea, she resolved to fly to her room
b lock the door, and throw the key out G
!, the window, SO that no one but herse
d should run away with Banker, ir.
n Away she darted, half-crazed, when be
II sister went quietly down to Banker, il
, palmed herself off as her sister, was hustle
a OF to the residence of certain clergyman
e and married in the dark. Next mornin
G the poor deluded bride that was to b
e hardly dared to look at a mirror; br
is when she did, fearful suspicion iashe
across her mind, and off she went to loo
6 at the choval. Then there was time
h, Pater tdnsitids and Mater ditto was calle
IS up and informed that the biru had flow
I'd Nothing has since been heard of Banke
d Jr, and his ingenious wife, but it is repo
ted that they sailed in the Persia last tri
e. The enraged father will start in pursuit /
le the next steamer. Beware of woman
of cherut-ry.