The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-07
The Arts of Bereaved Afection-A
Sad Case of Misplaced Conf
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From the Dubuque Herald, October g5.l
About two months ago there landed
upon the hospitable shores Of America,
q widow lady from Germany, who. fat,
iair, and forty, had come to this land in
quest of some new and strange adyen-
ture. Hers was n heart OF warm and
gushing nature, hnat sighed in it's lone
illness, and having by the cruel stroke of
fortune been deprived of that staff on
which she had legal right to lean during
this earthly pilgrimage, she was resolved
to replace 1t with another from among
the gallant sons of the far west. She
stopped but short time in New York,
but pushed ON to Chicago, looking with
patient hopefulness for the man who was
willing to clasp her one hundred and
ninety pounds of solid yordupois to his
arms. But he came not, and she iourneyed
onward, and mt the close of a pleasant
summers day, was set down at the rail-
road station of Dunleith. Being accus-
tomed to move in the first circles of society,
she hired out rs domestic at u restaurant
in this city, and her warm and afieetionatr
disposition soon made profound impres-
sion upon the susceptible hearts Of all who
were brought within her influence. Her
personal attractions were irresistible and
for her smile and loving caresses more than
one phlegmatic admirer was ready to bow
down upon his knees in humble alteration.
lHlS wis ull very wei so lar. as III went.
but the fair woman wished for something
more definite and tangible. declaration
prompt aud unequivocal. a few deep gasps.
and the words will you be mine were
what She prayed for, but alas, her admirers
were all of the bashful order, and would
not come up to the sticking point. Hope
deferred makcth the heart sick" and she
finally grew moody and dissatisfied. and
last week she quit work and announced her
intention of returning to Germany. She
stated that she had $1,000 In drafts on New
\ ork, and $500 in her possession at Dun
cith, and if this could not bring husband
she should fly to some more cougcnial
cline.
To a few of her more intimate acctaipt-
ances she coniided her grief, aud told tll,Gi
she would remain here If she could find
husband. she was Wasting her sweetness
upon the desert air. No.o was disposed
to pluck the blossoms which bloomed and
shed rich perfume around her pathway,
aud ont OF sympathy for her condition, her
friends introduced her to young man of
plastic brains In Dunleith, whom we will
call Nick. lie soon learned of her reported
wealth and was anxious to gain the prize.
Visions Of railroad shares, bank stock
stately dwellings and broad lands danced
In his brain. I'm imagination hn saw him
self in Il home surrounded by all the appli-
ances of wealth, with troops of children
'ldlibVIllR on MS klltPS, anu NplllnH uNtUN.
while conspicuou>ly in the foreground
stool the fair widow, her countenance
beaming with delight at the scene. Such
an opportunity was not to be missed. Gu
bids bow might never again bc bent for
his breast. aud with the sweat rolling down
| his manly cheeks in torrents, he proposed
ana was accepted.
The other day they We're married "or
| n brief time they rcvcled in the delight Of
| the honeymoon and were transported. as
| the spritimlStS say, to the forty seventh
sphere of human happiness. MEX was
now possessed of, his wife. and aS soon rs
the rule of courtesy would permit. he init
mated that sight OF the gold and green
backs, the tame whereof lac had heard so
much. would afford his visual orbs the
most supreme satisfaction. Like devoted
vile she flew to her trunk for the purpose
of placing the treasure In the hands of her
| husband, when 10 and behold the valuables
were gone. The row that enSued can bet
ter be imagined than described The
dreams of Nick in regard to his future
wealth We're dashed TO the ground. and, full
of Indignation, he accused her of being
tase impostor. She insisted that she had
been robbed. but the general opinion among
| the knowing ones is that she had never any
drafts or gold, and that she told her story
to trap husband. An inquiry into her
past history has elected the fact that her
| former reputation was none of the best
and, to put the matter In Shaksperian STYLE
''she has been blessed with son for her
cradle ere she had husband for her bed