The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-25
f'"m Mr Shipp'nSb"ry (P".) .Ncms.
ALMOST TOO ROMANTIC TO BE TRUE

community, in reference to an affair in
humble life, the particulars of Which we
cannot permit to pass by unnoticeL. So far
as we have been able to gather the facts
OF the case, they appear to be as follows
About three years ago, George Fry, Of this
vicinity became enamored Of Il beautiful
G'psey girl, who, i'll company with num-
Der OF her people, had encampcd in wood
near this place. Mr.. i'ry's love was fondly
reciprocated by tho fair Gipscy, and she
consented to marry him. But "truc love
never did run smooth" and so it happened
IN this case. The consent of the father Of
the lady could not DC obtained to her mar.
rIage with 81 man not accustomed to zen.
tiIity!"
However Glove laughs ut locksmiths y,
When Mr.. Fry found that he "cou!d not
win the favor of the old folks" he set about
planning ways and means to steal the oh.
Jcct of his affections. In this he WAS not
unsuccessful. One night, when the hard
hearted old man WAS wrapped in the arm,
OF Morpheus. and all around wis lonely and
drear, MIR. Fry approached the camp of the
wanderers, and was MT tv her for whom
his heart had long in agony S;yho,l After
tondly embracing her, he solicited her To
accompany linn, without delay, to avillace
II few miles distant. Without hesitation
she complied with his request, an, ON the
following day they were married. 4 =
The rage Of the old Gipscy when he found
that his daughter had 'slolcl," can better
be imagined than described. Nothing could
s"othc his temper save the rrlum of his
child. In vain he sought for her. Nothing
conll be heard from her.
Finally, whcr he found that he himself
could find no traces of her, he offered a
heavy reward to the persons WHO would dis
cover her whereabouts, and in the presence of
several 'kidnappcrs," exhibited large guam
titles Of gold and silver, Which induced
them to make the effort, and IA few evening
after, in most inl.uman manner, they ac-
complishcd their object In the absence of
Mr. Fry they wrcstel her away and de-
llvered her over to the hands of Il iathc.
unsusccptible of the divine feelings of love.
Immediately the entire group of Gipsies
fled from the country. l;umor said that
they had returned to England, from whence
they hailed.
Two years noisclcssl y glilel by, and
nothing WAS heard by Mr.. Fry from his alb
sent wife, although he long cherished the
hope that she would escape from her "tv-
rannical parent" and return to him whom
she loved. Time, however, gradually rus
ted Mr. Fry's loye for his Gip<y wife. lie
felt that it WAS ''not good to be alone" so
long, and at the end of two wears, he again
united his dcstinies with another of Ewes
fair daughters. Suffice it to say, with the
latter he experienced no visible diniculty.-
Things moved smilingIy along-Mr. Fry
lived happily with his wife and the rest or
mankind. But, alas how short.IvcI are
some connuLal combinations! Last week
MIR. Fry's first wiie-his gipsy wife-in
company with "George Fry the scconJ,'
arrived in this place, in search of him! By
the assistance Of officer Shade, she was
successful in finding him.
Limited space forbids us from entering into
details, at this time, of the exc,uciated suf,
foring Mrs. Fry has undergone since her
departure from this place. The intelligence
OF her husbands second marriage WAS Il
severe shock to her; but she cmphatically
declares her exclusive right to him. 1t ap,
pears, by tho way, that Mr.. Fry's second
wife was "a widow" that her husband went
to California some Yeas ago, and soon af-
ter his arrival there, it WAS rumorcd that he
was murdered. a few weeks since q letter
was received from him by her, we have
been informed, in which he states that he
will return in the next steamer, &c. What
the finale of this romance will be is beyond
the power Of human ken.
IadestruetibiIity Of Ewoyment.-Nlan-
kind are always happier for having been
happy; so that if you make them happy
now, You make them happy twenty years
hence, by the memory Of it. A childhood
passed with due mixture Of rational induI-
gence, under fond and wise parcpts, ditfuscs
over the whole of life a feeling of calm
pleasure; and, in extreme old age, is the
very last remembrance which time can erase
from tho mind Of man. No enjoyment,
however inconsiderablc, is confined to the
present moment. A man is the happier
for life, from having made once an agreeable
tour, or lived for any length Of timo witl,
pleasant people, or enjoyed any considerable
interval of innocent pleasure; which con-
tributes to render old men SO inattentive to