The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-01

ROMANCE AND SENTIMENT-AYO YOUNG GIRL
IN BOYS CL0THES-AN ESCAPADE.
young man made his appearance in Justice
Purdy's office last evening, in company with an
officer, whose very fair complexion and generally
petite appearance at once attracted attention He
had pretty face, world of brown ringlets melt
ing blue eyes, and such winning little mouth, with
dimples at the corners, that no woman could have
resisted falling in love with him on the spot-a cir
cumstance that, to experienced ewes, sharpened by
long familiarity with feminine eccentricities sug-
gested doubts of sexual neutrality-suspicious. that
the pretty boy was no boy at ALL but only pretty
girl in boys clothes With the doubt came the
confirmation in the account of the officer, who
stated that he arrested his prisoner at the instance
of a boarding house keeper on Randolph street,
named Mrs. Murray, who alleged that she was
runaway girl, and in need of the services of the
police. She was quite abashed at her detection and
at the lnqulstiye eyes directed upon her. and, for
some time, declined to make any answer to the
questions put, except by spiteful little pouts, but
she hnaily regained her temper, and gave an ac-
count of herself, with many hestations and half
frightened glances at the listeners gathered around
She said her name was Minnie Harris, and that she
belonged in Canada, somewhere near Woodstock,
and that her father was a master mechanic, who
had appreciation of the troubles of Young ladies
of romantic disposition.
She had received tolerable education the prin-
cipal element of which was an extensive course of
novel reading, from which she had gathered en-
larged ideas of the sphere designed for the devel-
that washing dishes was the last thing for hero
inc to engage inland she thought some of becom-
ing heroine, and told her father so. He did not
appreciate her romantic sentiments, and sent her
to bed at shutdown for being obstinate and 'talking
trash,' he styled it. She improved the time be-
tween shutdown and morning in reading Rinaldo
Rinaldino, by the light of a talow dip. Being I'M
acquainted with the plot of that intensely interes-
ting work, unable to state its substance but
gathered from her narrative that there was young
lady in it who ran away from home in bows
clothes, climbed over a mountain, rolled up her
sleeves to light big giant, but succeeded in subdu-
ing him with glance of her mild eye, and then
ferried herself across broad sea, in dug-out, to
great city, where she had many charming and
successful adventures, and finally married rich.
Minrie awoke in the morning, with her blue ewes
sutfused in tears at her hard fate which were not
done away by the events of the day, consisting as
they did, of several hours application to the wash
tub, in compliance with the demands of her par
ents. Her mind was made up that night to follow
IN the footsteps OF the brave and vrtuous Gerald
ma. No more wash-tub for her-no more dish cloth
to disturb her romantic visions-n0 more drudgery
to dash the aspirations of her sentimental soul all
should be novelty, adventure, and success. She
would go and teach school, sell dry goods, embroi-
der tanc7 work. or engage in any other light diver
sion, until some rich gentleman came and threw
himself at her feet, offered to kill all her persecu-
tors, and married her in halo of happiness.
She left the best suit Of her youngest brother,
and arrived in Detroit a couple of weeks apo-
Here she found herself alone and friendless anon
a multitude of strangers, not one of whom cared a
straw's value for her welfare. What on earth to
do she did not know, and in despair she went to
the boarding house, and cried her eyes out during
the first two or three days, after which she settled
down in listless, bewildered state ofnind and made
no effort whatever to help herself The natural
consequences was that sharp eyes soon discovered
her secret and she speedily handed over to the
poice,so here she was, and that was her story and
all she wanted was to get home. Glad enough she
to hear that she would be sent there by the first
train in the morning.-Detrois Free Press