Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-05

Romantic CnreeP of an RceentrIcn Girl
Four YeHrpb Adventures Of n Fair Gin
ciunntian=Her SUCCESSFUL DTRsquerade-
A spppOs4di HfssVdy Hescived into .
PIeasaht COMEDY.
About four years Jsince dur community
was startled BY the apnouncement in the
daily journals, of what was supposed at the
time 70 be a fearful 'trakedy,lih which a
young and beautiful girl waS believed to
have been carried away by some wnsteh;o
and as nothing had since been heard from
her, little doubt was entertained by her
friends that hehad after briefspace, either
experienc ed the fate of "Desdemona," or what
was more shocking still, had been compelled,
in her disgrace to barter virtue for lile
Her parents, who were well advanced in
years; gradually sunk beneath the terrible
calamity, until they became living personih-
cations of settled melancholy and deep de-
spair.
Numerous circumstances had led them
irresistibly to this conclusions on the night
of ber departure, policemen had heard the
smothered shrieks of q female, in the vicinity
of her parents residence; but before they
reached the spot all was silent; neighbors
too, had heard mysterious noises, and OBJ
served dark figures beneath the lady's win
dow; but, strange as it may appear, they did
not think to raise the alarm, or even speak of
the matter, until her absence was discovered;
but afterward there was such a marked SIM
ilarity in their stories, that there was no
room to doubt their truth. Besides, if she
had simply eloped with lover, and been
legally married, she would have informed
her parents of her whereabouts, and ascer-
tanned from them whether they approved or
disapproved the course she had taken, before
| she cut them off forever. Nor was this all /;
her lover the man TO whom she was sup
| posed to have been betrOthed, still remained,
| not 1,o
| ing, as that of the parents. Under such cir
| cumstances the conclusion that. she had
been forcibly abducted appeared necessarily
to follow.
About the same time young man, or
rather boy, named Frank Bates, of slight
stature, but with rosy cheeks, smiling face,
ready step and winning demeanor, engaged
in the service of q river captain as a cabin
| boy, and by his promptnessy and ingenious
ness, so ingratiated himself Unto the good
| win of his patron, that he was elevated to
an assistant olerkship, position for which
his education and activity emlnently quali-
fed him. He remained on the boat in this
capacity for about two years, when he went
to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and engaged as o
clerk in a dry-goods store. Here his affA-
bility did not fail to draw toward himself
numerous friends, and among the fair bellies
of the Bluffs, he was the admired of all adj
mirers, and his employers store was soon
discovered by all of them, to be the best in
the village, and Frank was every-wherelap-
plauded as the most agreeable Of clerks.
When he attended parties and places of
amusement, he was Away assigned the post
of honor, and it must be confessed that no
other young man in the vicinity could fill
the station with snch perfect ease and grace
as could our hero.
1t would be useless, however, to trace his
history during the two years he remained at
Council Bluffs. nor to chronicle the oft-raised
hopes and repeated disappointments by his
female admirers-they will readily suggest
themselves to the reader. But in the mids
of life there is death-the glory of victory is
otter succeeded by disgrace and defeat, anc
it so happened in this case. About three
weeks ago, at masquerade, Frank" was
discovered-how the paper that relates the
facts narrated above, does not state-to be {
female, much to the chagrin of all the fail
sex, and to the scandal Of the neighborhood
At this unlucky mishap, Frank revealed
name and parentage, at the same time COOL!
requesting to be retained in his employer
service, promising to draw around the plac
of business two male patrons for every fe
male repulsed but whether or not he wa
allowed to remain, we are unable to say.