The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-16
Ifiuw tie Dubuque Hcrotd.l

.I,o,,i i,rD months ago there landed upon tho
i,ospitablo shores of America, widow lady from
E"rnny who fat. fair and forty, had come to this
iand IN GI,Cst Of some new and strange adventure.
Hers was Il heart of IL warm and gushing nature,
That sighed in ita loneliness, and having, by the
cruel stroke Of fortune, been deprived of that staff
on which shc had legal right to lean during this
carthlr privilege, she was resolved to replace it
with another, from among the gallant sons Of the
far Vest She stopped but a short time in New
York bul pushed on to Chicago, looking with pa
ticnt hupciulncss for the man who was willing to
r1o 81, her one hundred and ninety pounds OF solid
aycrlupos to his arms. But he camo not, and sho
iourncycd onward, and ut tho close Of e pleasant
Summers day was set down at the railroad station
nj Dunlcith.
Being accustomed to move in the first circles of
society sho hired out as n domestic at rcstau-
rant, in this city, and her warm and affectionate
the susceptible hearts Of all who were brought
within her influence. Her personal attractions
were irresistible, and for her smlo and loving Gu
ready to drop down upon his knocs in humble ado
ration. This was all very well 30 far as it went,
but the fair woman wished for something moro
you bo minc?" were what she prayed for, but alas
her admirers were all Of tho bashful order, and
deferred TSsq p mokcth @ the heart sick and hofnay
grew moody and dissatisfied, and last week she
quit work and announced her intention of return,
ing to Germany. She stated that she had $500
in drafts on Now York, and $500 in her possession
at Dunloith and if this could not bring husband
she should fly to some more congonial cline.
TO few ofher moro ultimate acquaintances she
conided her grief, and told them she would re-
main hero if she could find husband She was
wasting her sweetness on the desert mir. No one
was disposed to pluck tho blossoms which bloom
cd and shed rich perfume around her pathway,
and out of sympathy for her condition, her friends
introduced her to young man Of plastic brains in
cd OF her reported wealth, and anxious to gain
the prize. Visions of railroad shares, bank stock,
stately dwellings,, and broad lands danced in his
brain. In imagination he saw himself i'll q homo
surrounded by all tho appliances of wealth, with
troops of children clambering Oh his knees and
yelling daddy while, conspieuously in tho fore
ground stood tho fair widow, her countona CO
beanling with delight ut tho scene Such nn OPP
portunity was not to be missed. Cupid's brow
might never again be bent for his breast, and with
the sweat rolling down his manly checks in tor
rents, he proposcd and was accepted.
The other day they woro married. For brief
time they rcrclGd in tho delightssof tho honey
MOON and were transported, the spifitualists
say, to the forty-scvcnth sphere Of human happi-
ness. Nick was now possessed of his wife, and as
soon as the rule of courtesy would permit, ho in
tmated that sight Of the gold and greenbacks,
tho samo whereof lie had heard so much, would
afford his visual orbs the most supreme satisfac-
tisn. Like devoted wife, sho flew to her trunk
for the purpose of placing her treasure in the hands
OF her husband, when 10 and behold the valuables
were gone. The row that ensuod can better be
imagined than described. The dreams of Nick in
regard to his futuro wealth were dashed to the
ground, and, full of indignation, ho accused hor of
being base impostor. She insisted that she had
been robbed, but the general opinion among the
knowing ones is Tint she never had any drafts. An
that her former reputation was none of tho best,
and, put tho matter in Shakspenrean style, ''she
has been blessed with q for her cradle Gro she
had husband for her bod"