New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-08
Romance In Real Life.



The particulars of decidedly romantic affair
the denouement of which has recently transpired
nave come to our knowledge, and although for
IeIetennal reasons we shall not give the names of
te Pafues, we are, nevertheless, at liberty to use
the taCts as related to us. Some five years since
gentleman, whom we shall call Mr.. B., lived in
an Eastern city. He was blessed with little of
this worlds goods, save two beautiful twin
uau?nteFs. Mr.. b. beng at the time Widower
retained one of the daughters at home tn at+and
to the domestic concerns of the household wLija
tne Other was sent out to work by the dav at .
nelghboring factory. One of the DroprietGrs
Dachelor OF forty, was at length fascinated by The
beauty OF the pretty factory girl and aftayr nm
merous opportunities, prevailed upOn her to con
sent to secret marriage-his social position not
permitting the existence OF such a plebeian ali
ance to be made pnbic-but, at the same time
promising the girl that the bans should be nnh
llshed In due time. Even Mr.. B. was not aware
aG bhe tlme OF his daughters marriage But the
Vlllal9y Of the proceeding is yet to come. The
WouLd-be husband, having worked upon the mind
OF an unsuspecting girl to such an extent rs tn
persuade her to secret marriage, determined to
carry ms arts still further, and imposed a mock
marriage upon her. Accordingly a license was
forged, and mock priest bribed to consummate
lhe iafce' A year passed, and the pseudo nus
6and was ruined by an unfortunate investment
He determined to leave that part of the country
and seek to retrieve his fortune in the West AZ
eordingly he told his dupe he must leave her, 10
Whlch proceeding she not being willing to con
y V, M
mediately left for parts unknown She very nrn
IDENTIFY c0nhded the whole matter to her father
alone, and nothing was ever known OF it by anv
other than these two. Meanwhile the Lofhario
came to this city and managed, by dint of sharp
practice, to procure Il precariOus livelihood
Three years passed, and Mr.. B., by one of those
freaks of nature by which army contracts and
petroleum have reVolutionized society of late
found himself the possessor of moderate wealth
and his business calling him hither, he purchased
residence in our city and removed his family into
it. His daughter, the former factory girl, had
marTied again-or rather in good faith-and was
the happy wife of prosperous merchant in the
East. Now comes the denouement, which is soon
told The old decever saw the sister of his
former victim on the street, thought she was not
herself but her sister, inquired of bystanders and
was told it was Miss B., and that she was an
heirees, concluded that he could, of course, com
mand her consent to a bona ttde marriage by
threats to expose her, and would thus obtain
money, of which he stood so sadly in need, fol
lowed her home, walked in, and announced him
self as her former husband. OF course there was
q scene-the lady never having even heard of her
SISTERS trouble-and Mr.. B. was at once sum
moned to the rescue. He took it in all its bearings
at glance, and treated the prospective husband
to as vigorous an application of boot leather as
eyer unfortunate wight was subjected to. To the
discomhted sutor's threats that he would have
recourse to the law, Mr.. B. replied that the whole
course OF his vllainy was known to him. and that
puC LOT ms desire to suppress the whole matter
~ tS wo4u give him home in the pententiary for
1ne oaia9ee of his pestiIential life Here was an
uuGA G peotea predicament Thus the matter rests
Tnad ~ Htte probability that it will soon be