Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-12-14

Abon. two months ago there Ian cd IN
on the h"sp;'"!ie shores of Amo:;ca. 4
wiG"w lady from Germany, who, fat. fail
md !orty, bad come TO this lard in uues
ct some now and strange adventure. Icrc
was heart II warm and gushing ma.
tnrc, that sighed in its !,,ueIness, and hav-
ing, by the c'ucl stroke Of fortune. hcen
deprived OF that staff on which she had a
legal right; TO lean during this earthly nil.
grmage, she was resolved to rcp!ace'it with
another, from among the gallant sons OF
the far West. She stopped but n shor,
time in New York, but pushed on 70 Chic,
"@"' looking with patient horefullness for
tie man who WAS willing to clasp her one
hundred ana ninety pounds Of solid aver.
'!urn's TO his arms. But he came not. and
she J'urncycd onward, and at the close of
pieasaut summers day was set down a..
the railroad station at Duneith
.j2lng accustomed TO move in the first
circles Of society, she hired GU; rs a do
'n's,'c at restaurant. in this civ, and her
warm AID a!irctionaie disposition soon
mace profound impression uron the sus.
centlt.e hearts Of all vino were brouoht
within her influence. Her ncrsonal a,,r,o
'ols were Irresistible, and for her smile
and loving caressess more than one phlec-
Matte adm'rer was ready to drop down
upon his knees in humble adora,ion. This
was all very well SO far as it vert bit the
la'r woman wished for something more de.
holte and unequivocal few deep easps,
and the words, "will you be mine 2" were
what she prayed for, but alas, her admirers
were Of the bashful order, and would not
come up to the sticking point. "II.pe
deferred ,naketh tie heart sick.". and she
finally grew moody and dissa,i&hed, ana
last week she qnt work and announced
hef 'nteniion o: returning TO Germany.
She stated that she had 81 500 in drafts on
New York, and i this ,ou!d bring h,s
bard she should fly to some more conpc-
NAL cline
10 few of her more intimate acouain-
'anccs she corfdcd her grief, and told
them she wonld remain here if she conId
tind husband. She was wasting her
sweetness on the desert air. No o::::e was
disposed 10 pluck the blossoms which
b!ooned and shed rich perfume around
her pathway, and out of sympathy for her
condition, her friends introduced her to a
Young man of plastic brains in Dunlci,h.
whom We call Nick. s.. lie soon learned of
her reported wealth, and was anxions to
gain the prize. Visions Of railroad shares
bank stock, stately dwellings,. and broad
lands danced in his brain. In imapination
no saw himself in homo surrounded b.
I'll The Appliances Of wealth. with troops
OF chi''ircn c'an'lcriug on his knees and
yelling daddy, While, conspicously in the
foreground stood the E"r widow, her coun
tena:ce beaming with delight at the scene.
Such an opportunity WAS not to be missel.
Cupld's bow might never be lent for his
htstst, and with lbe sweat rolling down
his manly cheeks in torrents, lie proposed
and was accepted.
The other day they were married. For
a IrieG time they revcled in tie delights
OF the honeymoon, and were transported,
as the spritualists say, to the forty-seventh
sphere Of human happiness. Nick was
no" possessed Of his vie, and as soon as
the rule of courtesy would permit, lie IN,
tlnated that sight Of the gold and green
bac ks, the sanewhereof ho had heard so
much, would afford his visual orts the
most supreme satisfaction. Like dnvo-
tsd wife, she flew to her trunk for the 2ur-
rose OF pacing her treasure in the hands
Of, her husband, whom 10 and behold the
TaiIab!es were gone. The row that ensued
can better be imagined than described.
Inc dreams Of Nick i'll regard to his fu-
ture wealth were dashed to tho ground,
and, full Of indignation, lie accused her of
being base inpostor. She insisted that
abe bad been r.bSe'l, but the general opin.
ion among the knowing ones is that she
never bad any drafts. An inquiry into he,.
past history, has elected the fact that her
former reputation was none CT the best.
and, put hesmatter In shakepearean style,
'sbe has been blessed with son f,r her
{ esadl ssefe short had . ~hbsband for her