Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-21
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No llttls sxcisensst - hsea c0Gled d
finh svssss, rseeakiy 8 a. cian1sstine
marriage Of . yell known elesgyunn, .
widowsr with -four children, 70 : young
woman Of many pefsonal charms and sccsm.
plishasnEA Who nighI vssy Alsiiy Be his
dsuehese. TIE bside Sslsnap to . very
wealthy and fAshiona0le Ahailly, and hcs
hid every adysatAes Of edoci&ion, ociety
AID trsssL An hsirss II peupsct and :
beauty and . Wit, in fact, she Was regarded
with longing eyes By sAea ~ autiaent in
tellect snd capital. At Newport. last -
son, she created sensation, md returned
h00e with enough lowers snd admisen IN
her train 70 satisfy The vainesl and most an.
bitfons coquette, which, however, it seenA
she ~as not BY any means. &
The clergyman, who Lost his wife seven
or eight ysAas ego, went .t0 Europe with
her In the spring u 1891, and arted IN the
capacity Of private tutor, which established
. relation that gave him access to her at oil
times. She was much attAcbAd to him. =
her parents knew; but they never suspect
Cd the nature Of the aeeaehment, believing
It the fondness . girl might naturally feel
for teacher ~ much her superior in years,
Who We cell bred, rfnsd gentle and con-
genial. Imagine their surprise, anger and
Indignation when they harmed, by . note
from her own hand ststing that she was
MrA-, and asking their forgiveness for
what she had done. Love was the sole e.
one for marriage, but now, believe, not
= ~,~tsA kS,A ~ IL
quent in her defense. declaring che bod had
. tender passion for the clerical gentlemen
for fur years, and had 1t last yielded to ito
promptings rather than wreck her own and
her lovers happiness forever.
"Ella's" parents refused to pardon her
for the most hcinous offensc Of marrying
some one she loved told her they would
never see her again, even il she we're dy-
ing, and assured her they would disinherit
her forthwith They have dome 81, un-
derstand; disowned her in the face Of
heaven and humanity and ordered her
never to darken their doorway with her
disobedicnt presence.
In the church, fashionable one, the un-
expected marriage has excited tresncn
deus cOmmotiOn, and divided the cVngrega-
ton into two factions, those in favor ofand
those against the union The latter declare
the pastor shall he removed from the pull
pit the former assert defiahtly that he shall
remain: and as most of the gentler sex are
in this category, have little doubt they
will carry their ls,int.
The welded pair meanwhile live quietly
In small hut pleasant house in Sixth ave
nue., not more than five blocks from the
spacious and elegant brown stone mansion
Of the parents Of the bride, and seems very
happy In spite OF the disparity Of years be-
tween herselfAnd husband. Her new home
is humble and plain compared n the one
she % lately Quilted; but her liege lord no
doubt repeats to her the biblical sentiment
about love and the crust and stall fed OK,
and she is comforted for the loss Of her
her diamonds, her throng Of wor-
shippers and all her luxurious surround
ingA Those who were her friends, like
those in Mackenzic's "NIan of Feeling" will
never cease to pity her for marrying man
she loved, and, what is still worse, for being
happy in her marriage 1t is greivOus
sin; bat then it ia ~ rarely committed, no
one need disturb himself at its enomity.