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ALove-Romanceo of Week-A Wealthy
Planters Daughter Narrowly Es-
capes Hymen.

A Love e-Romanceo of a Week-A Wealthy
Planters Daughter Narrowly Es-
capes Hymen.
A wealthy Southern planter residing in
Adams County, Mississippi, o few miles from
NatcheS, visited the North last June, accom-
panied by his only daughter, very pretty
and accomplished girl Of eighteen, and after
passing the summer and part Of the au-
tumn at the seaside, and in the leading
cities of that section, concluded to return
home by way of Cleveland and Cincinnati,
having some business of importance to trans
act in the former place.
On arriving at the Forest City, his daugh-
ter desired TO come on here, where she had q
number Of friends, and wait until her parent
should join her. To this her father con-
sented-indeed he refused few Of her re-
quests, so much did he love her-and "Julia'
was, the day following, very comfortably
quartered at the Spencer House, enjoying
herself as was natural for hopeful and care
less girl of her years, who has never known
care, and who sees but roseate future before
her.
On the second day of Julia's advent to the
hotel, she encountered young and hand
some stranger, who 30 constantly and so ad-
miringly fixed his eyes upon her at breakfast
that she felt an emotion she had never known
before. She knew not what allied her, and
therefore concluded, from memory Of the
many romances she had read, she must be in
love. Her Romeo, it appeared, was as deeply
smitten as she, and contrived to obtain an
introduction to her the same evening. If she
believed herself enamored before, she felt
assured Of it after her acquaintance with him
who had so fascinated her. He was gentle,
graceful, refined and intellectual; his conver-
sation being of the peculiar sort that steals q
woman's heart away ere she knows she has
one to lose.
As both were impulsive and passionate, they
mutually revealed their attachment on the
third day they passed In each others society
and on the fifth concluded to get married. In
nooent Julia, she never thought of papa, and
whother or not he would be willing TO give his
daughter to fortuneess youth. Julia prom
ised eternal devotion to "Frank," and they
even went so far as to fix their nuptials on the
coming Saturday. The two were never out Of
each others presence; they vowed they never
could live apart again, and that separation
would of necessity result fatally.
Two days, two envious days, only lay be-
tween them and Paradisej and they counted
the minutes that bore them nearer to the
Eden of their hope. Alas for love, how often
are Its dreams dispelled Alasl for fate, that 20
frequently fetters the will of the truest and the
best
The planter arrived at the hotel on Friday
evening, and, by some means obtaining an In
timation of what had transpirsd In his absence
informed his daughter he had received letters
that demanded his immediate presence in Nat
chez, and that she must be prepared to leave
on the train the next morning.
How eloquently and earnestly Julia implored
and entreated, We have no means Of knowing,
nor what plans she formed for the future; but
certain 1t is she left at Ave O'Clock, before her
"dearest friend" had risen.
It is said Julia's sweet eyes bore evidence Of
bitter tears as che passed down the stairway
leaning heavily on her fathers arm; but
whether those terrible lamentations will move
the heartleas deities to her prayer in the future
is not for mortals to unfold. We must close
our story, for here our knowledge ends. Were
we not varacious chroniclers, we would make
the couple happy; but history, gentle reader
admits Of no embellishment, and We yield "a
ediots we dare not disobey.