Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-08-10
Miscellany.
Romance in Real Life.
From the Rochester Union Of Saturday.

inc locomotive nau Wnirleu alongside OF |
the platform, whereon stood group of
people, some saying their last parting
words TO weeping friends, some eager and
flushed with hope, others hurried and
anxious. No one noticed the young girl
who so quietly stepped into the car and
took her seat without any words of fare
wells each individual was too busy think
ing of himself, even after the train had
started on its way, to take thought of that
pale face, or cast a second glance towards |
the delicate but trim little figure that had
SO silently appeared among its travellers.
But we may follow her If others do not,
and learn what is written in that silent
face. An orphan going from the place of
her birth TO earn, if possible, greater
pittance in the great metropolis, as a |
saleswoman in a store. The great me-
tropolis of which she has heard since a
child, pictures itself in her Imagination,
and a restless curiosity combined with
many anxious forebodings, fill her mind
alternately with hopes and fears. Morn
ing dawned-and as the train whir'ed on,
fast approaching the city, the passengers
began to bestir themselves, and after the
customary hustle Of arrival, they soon
were scattered far and wide. Some had
returned TO the embraces of loving friends
some were hurrying through the crowded
streets in search of their Old acguaint-
ances others, forlorn and lonely, thou ght
only of seeking employment. Our hero
inc was accosted by some friends, who had
heard of her coming. and kindly offered
her the hospitalities of their home until
she should find home elsewhere. A few
hours later, her friends, wishing to show
her some attention, invited her to 90
aboard an ocean steamer then lying in
harbor. She complied with the delight
Of a country lass, and her curiosity was
satisfied and pleased by all she saw. A
Liverpool packet was lying beside the
deck, and our little party deserving it,
thought they would visit it also So, go
ing aboard, they walked up and down the
deck. Meanwhile, little sailor boy--a
"jolly tar" in technical language
r oned TO them, saying, "Ohl come into
the cabin; you have not seen the best
part of our ship" They followed him in
to a beautifully fitted up saloon. Our
heroine was in ecstacies. A door opered
at the other end Of the cabin, and a tall
man approached-his noble form and
lordly bearing at the same time impress
sing all with the feeling that he must be
the captain of the ship. Introductions en-
sued. In her delight, our heroine ex-
claimed "Oh! | should like to go to Eu-
rope on such ship p 1t was the deep
voice of the captain that answered.
Well, you can if you WILL" Gas your
stewardess, / suppose, sir p replied the
young lady. GAS my wife !" exclaimed
the master. As your wife, sir y cried
the damsel in no feigned astonishment,
"you must be jokingp' No am not"
exclaimed the captain, Il mean every
word of it~ On the instant the color
sprang TO the cheek of the young girl
her heart beat rapidly. Could he mean
it?" Concealing the emotions of her
heart, sho stood buried in thought. The
Captain meanwhile took her friend aside,
and showed him letters of credence from
some of the most respectable firms in Eu-
rope. Then, returning, he anxiously
/, awaited favorable response. She, with
trepidation, asked for a few hours to con-
slider this unexpected proposition, which
was to be fraught with such remarka-
bic change in her condition, her hopes, her
fears alternating in her mind as she med
itated. 1t was finally agreed that he
should receive his answer at 3 o'clock, p.
NJ. AT the appointed time the Captain
called, and with emotions such rs the ten
der sex only are susceptible, she yielded
her heat confdingly to him who was to
be her future lord, and to whom she had
been but few hours before an utter
stranger. And in few moments they
were standing together, bride and groom,
she no longer the dependant, orphan coun-
try girl. What thoughts must have whirl-
ed through her brain as she journeyed
some three hundred miles TO her native
village TO tell the wonderful story of her
recent change, and make ready for her
departure for Europe Con her bridal tour,)
which was to be in three days.
TIC residence of the orphan girl was
village on the Ere railroad, " where two
roads meet" The groom is Captain o.,
of the old Liverpool line of packets.
CuRIous CAsE.-The wife of re-
turned Ohio soldier was alarmed lest her