Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-17


A REMARKABLE AFrA1R.-Under this head
the New York Sunday Mercury prints the
following precious story, which will do very
well for light reading such hot weather as
this
A Fifth-nvenue love case has recently come
to light, which throws the most wonderful ro-
nance of ancient times into the shade, and
promises some rich developments. A younger
son of a wealthy Wall street banker is the hap
Ply man who was beloved by two daughters of
an avenue millionaire and both were bent upon
having him for their lord and master. But
banker junior had preference of his own, and
not being particular favoritc with pater-Jlmi-
las, proposed n midnight elopeInent The
iavorite fair one jumped at the idea, and agreed
to meet INN on a certain evening, on the curb
after all the family hadretircd. Her sister over
heard the proposal and acceptance, and resolved
toNhwart her rival, though her projected plan
for so doing was as curious as ingenious She
followed, and caused friend to follow her sis
ter wherever she went, before the appointed
night had arrived, noting carefully all her ac-
tons and purposes. The intended bride had
her suspicious, but they were not very deeply
! fixed, and hence she was rather careless in her
| preparations. She bought dress for the ocea-
siOn--a dress Of peculiar material, and had it
made up by dresSnaker Her sister being
| informed ofthis proceeding, did the same, caus-
I
other; she also purchased other things, for the
same reason, and copied her sisterrival in every
| thing.
| In the room of the bride elect large cheval
glass reaching to the floor, was one of the adj
juncts of the toilette, and veil of thin lace was
lying over it when not in use. On the morning
of the appointed day, the schemng sister OBJ
tanned access to the room while its proprietor
was riding out, and by the aid of her bribed
mental 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
evening she again stole in, dressed herself in a
travelling dress, &C., similar to her sisters and
concealed herself behind the introducing there
enabled to survey all that was going on in the
room, through the lace veil while no one could
perceive her without going close to the latter
for some special purpose.
Soon the bride elect came in, slept a short
time on lounge, and near 12o'clock hastily ar
rayed herself inBthe garment she had prepared
She then went toward the cheval, careessly
threw aside the veil, and beheld what she sup
posed to be her own reflection. Could it be?-
Was she her sister instead Of herself? Was it
not a delusion? How came her sister by that
dress? She moved her arms, she iumped-the
reflection did the same. She was indeed her
sister instead of herself and full of this idea,
she resolved to fly to her room, lock the door,
and throw the key ont of the window, so that
no one but herself should run away with Bank
er, Jr.!
Away she darted, half crnzed, when her sister
went quietly down to Banker, Jr palmed her
self off rs her sister, was hustled off to the resi-.
dencc of certain clergyman, and married in
the dark Next morning, the poor deluded
bride that was to be hardly dared to look at a
mirror; but when she did, a fearful suspicion
flashed across her mind, and off she went to
loob at the cherol. Then there aoas time
Pater .tamilias and mater ditto were called up
and informed that the bird had flown. Nothing
has since been heard of Banker Jr., and his
ingenious wife; but it is reported that they
sailed in the Persia last week The enraged ia
ther will start in pursuit by the next steamer
Beware of woman's cAeeaIry.