Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-06-11
Our St0rg-TtIItr.
Two DEATHS AT WILLIAMSBURG.

A LITTLE too romantic, said DR.. johnson,
to Goldsmith, abiding to paragraph il the
Vicar Of Wakefield. "But it is true, umidly
demonstrated Goldly. "Then give it more
romance" was the unhesitating reply; "wi'h
that knowledge it sounds as fat as q sign
board"
Having no faith in the universally of DR..
Johnson's taste, and trusting that there are
those among our readers who acknowledge to
thrilling interest in stories of real life, we do
not hesitate to avew, before commencing, that
the incidents we are about to relate were con-
fded to US as true by one who has neverthe-
less imposed a bond Of secrecy as regards
nemes and exact dates
In the winter OF 1861. there still resided
in Buffalo, where she had dwelt for nearly
five years a young lady about twenty years
of age, who supported herself by sewing in
various families, and who boarded at The house
ora widow on Pearl Street This young lady,
whom the public may know as Margaret
-, was an orphan, and it is supposed,
without brother or sister. Tall, gracefully
formed, with sweet eountenance that an ha-
bituaI expression of sadness rendered almost
beautiful, of gentle manners and the kindest
Of dispositions, she interested all with whom
she had intercourse, and counted among her
friends many ladies Of high social rank. Her
voice viii be recollected by those as one of
rare cultivation, and the songs she sung at
evening in parlors where she Piled her needle
through the day, may even yet echo in the
hearts Of those who listened. To few among
her acquaintance It was known that she had
been betrothed for over year to a lawyer
who had left the city about eight months pre-
vious for the West, and who then lived in
Detroit The two had formed acquaintance
ia Utica toward the latter part of 1855, where
the young mans parents resided, and in which
city Margaret visited two or three months
The lovers name was Robert-.
The spring Of 1861 arrived, bringing to the
heart Of the seamstress a growing bitterness.
The letters which had reached her from De-
trOit with weekly regularity began to grow
less frequent and she often wrote twice with
out reply. A promise from her lover to visit
Buffalo in April remained unfllflled in May,
and notwithstanding that she constantly urged
his coming, be always alluded to the matter
evagively. At last the correspondence on his
part entirely ceased, for a reason that could
not be justly guessed and, after waiting more
than a month for some recognition Of last
impsssiOned letter, wherein she had subscribed
herself true to her lovers VOWS, a" Yours only,
Margaret" !" having no acquaintance in Detroit
upon whom to apply for Information, she in-
ally, deluded by the tenor of one or two Of
his last messages, concluded that he was ILL.,
and determined to go to him. Communics-
ting her intention to only one or two intimate
friends she left for Detroit in the middle of
june 1861. Reaching that place, she visited
the lawyers Office, and found it closed. In
quiry Of gentleman who occupied a room in
the same building, revealed the fact that Rob-
ert had been appointed a Lieutenant in a Reg
-iment Of Volunteers that left two weeks pre-
vious for the seat of war on the Potomac
Obtaining the name Of the Regiment and
company, she returned desolate-hearted to
Buffalo, wrote to Robert anew, asking an cx-
Planstioh ofhis silence, and lived through a
fortnight Of maddening uncertainty. Areply
came then-10hat a reply ?-telhng the story
OF another love in Detroit, ending in treach-
cry Of which he was the victim of bis after
remorse for his desertion ofhis former mistress
Of the self reproacl and shame that prevented
him writing and asking her forgivness, and
imPeled him to seek peace Of mind in the mr.
my; containing a thrilling assurance of his
old affection, and giving news Of his danger
Gus illness in a hospital beyond Washington.
The resolution Of the nobls-hearted girl was
taken in an instant. She departed within