The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-03-09
TIL SGHl0LMAS7ll lUTFI7lEI
WRITTEN FOR THE TRIBUNE.

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Romances and stories are generally in
terestng and readable, but more so when
the incidents with which they abound are
true. The following sketch, with the ex-
ception of the names, is a true account
of an incident that recently took place in
our vicinity.
Emma Dean was laughing, gay heart
ed maiden-sprightly in conversation
symm teal in figure, and possessed Of
all the traits and points Of character, that
help to make beautiful the female portion
Of society She was the Belle, Of our
village, at least this title was the volun-
tary gift Of the marriogable young men;
and, although there were many other
eligible young ladies in the village she
alone, bore off the palm for beauty, or, in
vulgar parlance, "took the rag Off the
bush" This being the case, it is not
surprising that lovers were constantly
congregating around her But their ef-
forts were of no avail. She remained
untouched by their fervcnt protestations
of love and and eternal fidelity, until one
day her heart was made captive. The
village school master, an old man, sud-
denly died, leaving his surrounding pupils
without a guardian. He was greatly be-
loved by his scholars and friends for he
had long been a resident of our village.
A young man, Thomas Danvers, by
name was chosen by the directors to fill
the vacancy occasioned by his decease,
and, after a short vacation, he commence
ed his duties as school master. He
was fine looking fellow and possessed
good education; he appeared to be in
dustrious and steady in his habits, and
was considered by anxious mamas and
minated daughters, as fit object for
their attentions. Numerous caps were
set by numerous young ladies, aided and
abetted by numerous mamus. But all
the love missiels sent from the battery Of
their charms failed to make him strike
his colors. BY chance, however, he saw
the village 'Belle" and then it was that
he acknowledged himself a captive. He
first saw her at the village church and
then, instead of watching the minister
and profting by his words, his eye con-
tinually wandered to the pew, where sat
lhe fair object Of his thoughts. A few
days after he contriyed to become ac-
quainted with her and this accomplished,
not an evening passed that did not see him
enjoying a love-like interview with the
fascinating Emma, on the step Of her ia
theirs resi- dence And this had not long
been the case, before the beautiful Emma
discovered that she was captive and
that her jailor was Mr.. Thomas Danvers.
Mr.. Danvers resided in the village Of
F-about seven miles from the before
mentioned village, where dwelt his ador-
able. He was accustomed, on Sunday
afternoons, to procure a dashing team,
from Livery stable, and hie away to see
his beloved, invariably representing to
her that said team was his property, and
they wocild take long delightful rides to-
gethsr
But il is Oue that love rGas in ms9y
rough channels, in many cases. and this
case, was no exception. The beautiful
Emma heard frequent reports that her
gentleman friend wss fond Of imbibing
the sparkling wine--that he "taFried at
the wine eup"-and when she inteHoga-
ted him as to the truth Of the charges, he
invariably denied them and she, trusting
fondly, believed him and thought Of them
only ss attacks Of enemies.