Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-13
Perseverance Rewarded.

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We clip the following good story from
the Bucyrus (Ohio) Journal, Of the 11tn.
vi course we do not know who this mod
ern Jacob may be- @
we picked up a Pittsburg paper the
other day, and saw therein the marriage
OF a couple that formerly resided in this
place. There are many marriages in 9th
er towns of people who have once lived in
Bucyrus and we do not pretend to record
them at all, but in this instance there is
an lncldcnt of too a nature to
be passed over. 1t is as follows:
Twelve years. ago the bride was a young
lady OF twenty. the daughter of a wealthy
merchant in Washington, Pa. In her
lather's employ was a young man named
Robert, who, the young lady being
6ewltchingly beautiful, as in duty bound,
fell desperately in love with her. She re-
appreciated the attachment and they were
betrothed. Unfortunately the young a.
dy's father. entered his protest against
this pleasant arrangement, and according
ly the young people put. off the happy
day indefinitely. About a year afterwards
she received a most tempting proposal
which urged by her father, she accepted.
and, to the eternal despair of poor Rob
ert, was married. But alas for the happy
bridegroom Scarcely three months had
elapsed when a kick from a vicious horse
killed him. Robert consoled the widow,
and determined at the end of q year or Sc
to marry her. He had too much respect
Tor her to press the suit Immediately, and
did not for fifteen months, when he pro.
posed. TO his horror she informed him
that she was already engaged, and that in
three months more her second marriage
was to be consummated. Two years pas
sed. In the meantime the widow and her
husband maynd ia Gunnaaae, and -RoLart
Possessed OF strange halluchation fnllow
ed them. That season the cholera swept
she city, and among its victims were the
second husband. Robert allowed a year
to pass. and was on the point of urging
his claims, when he received an invitation
to her wedding. She was to be married
to her late husbands partner. Robert re.
monstrated. The lady assured him that
her present step was not one of love but
purely Of necessity. The partnership af-
lars OF her late husband were in such a
state that settlement was impossible, and
to save immense losses she had determin,
ed upon marrying the surviving partner.
she assured him also that her sentiments
towards him were unchanged. and that
should she ever become a widow again
she would give him the preference. She
was married and in a short time removed
with her third husband to Detroit, Michi-
gan. But a fatality pursued her. Her
sell aud husband were on board a steam
er that was wrecked zeal Buffalo, some
years since. The husband persisted, and
she escaped only through the s~uperhuman
exertions Of a friend, who happened to
be on board. This friend was young, I'M
married and his gallantry inspired such
sentiments in the breast of the widow,
that she married him before Robert had
time to claim her. When he learned the
state OF affairs, he was somewhat indig-
nant, but she told him the circumstances,
and managed to satisfy him with the prom
Use that II she ever became widowed again
she would most positively marry him.
The lady with her fourth husband set
tied upon a farm near Bucyrus, while Rob-
ert removed to Mansfield that he might
be near her. In the course of q year they
removed to Pittsburg. where the husband
went into the mercantile business on Lib
erty street-residing, however, in Ale
ghany city. Robert followed them, and
finding employment, determined to watch
the chances closely. One day he was
passing the store of Mr.. -, when he
saw a terrible commotion. Rushing in,
he saw Mr.. - a mangled corpse up
on the floor. A cask Of rice which was
being hoisted had fallen and killed him
instantly. He inquired if any one had
been sent to acquaint his wife Of the acct
dent. Yes, the first clerk had just star
tarted. Looking once more at poor Mr..
-, to make sure that he was perfectly
dead, Robert started as fast as his legs
could carry him for Allegheny. The first
clerk was only a triae ahead Of him, and
Robert knowing the Importance Of being
in time, from past experience, and fearing
that the clerk had designs upon the wild
ow, ran like an Indian. Side by side they
ran, until they reached the Hand street
bridge. The clerk was obliged to stop to
make change, while Robert who paid toll
by the year, passed without delay. He
reached the house, told the heart rending
news, and obtained a solemn pledge from
the widow before the clerk arrived. This
time she was true to her promise, and af-
ter a year had passed they were married.
AS all her husbands died wealthy, Robert
is very comfortably fixed. His history
shows what perseverance will accomplish.