The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-10
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WEDNESDAY 49,. JUNE 70. lss s'j
Boston Correspondence Springfield Repabils
Boston Rornances-,A Rnsfne Like
Matc7l--Marble. AN a NLAtrian0ny--'
divorced and arrtesa--A Very
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Death laid his irresistible handsupon q
Young shoemaker during the year l86 Z, and
ihe cordwainer Of course g psgged out, g IS
r. said in the cheerful game Of criheage.
He LEFT widow and . nice little properly
should hare called him i manufactures,
and not q maker The widow mourned long
and loud, and deaped her spsrson in expsn~
ave weeds. She never should look upon
his like again her grief could never be
assuared : rs for smarrying again com-
mend her to generous dose OF strychnine
as the alternatives. She was conscientious
woman, and, living in the country she
couldn' tapend OIL herincome on purple and
tine linen and the other traditional Injuries
of wealth. So she resolved to invest some
of her. accommodating greenbacks In Q
ssstoried urn" or some such monumental
monstrosity, commemorative Of her defnncs;
husband's virtues. She called upon q mar
ble-werker Of o neighb boring town, and took
counsel with him. He was comedy,
person, and plainly had 9 genius
for sympathetic sculpture. The bargain;
was struck--for the monument, I mean
In due season 1t was finished, and the artist
came to the village Of the lady's residence
to superintend its erection. She was Q con-
slant attendant in the cemetery, watching
the progress of the work. II Was slow pro-
gress for some reason. Day after day she
put in an appearance at the melancholy en-
closure, and wept silently while the work
went on, except sometimes when the dete-
rental marble man ventured to beg Tor ner
advice on some doubtful point. Marble
man though he was, he had o tender heart,
and that organ was touched by the sight OF
her devotion. He pitied and anon he loved
her, that Niobe in bombazine. One day, as
the two stood contemplating the white me-
morial of the departed, he spoke; she
listened; her sobs ceased she placed her
black kid glove in his muscular palm, and,
to make the story short, they are to be mar
ried soon. do not know whether the mar
BILE man got his pay for the monum UNI ent.
ROMANCE NO. 2.
] have reserved the strangest story for
the last. In lS45. q young man and q young
woman took upon themselves the sacred OBJ:
LEGATIONS of matrimony. They lived to-
pether in the enjoyment Of what is known
as coniugal bliss just one year. At the
end of that time the husband .disapp eared.
The wife waited and waited, like Marianne
in the moated grange, but the husband
came not. In due time she procured o di-s
yorce, resumed her maiden name, and adj,
dressed herself theoretically TO work, ind
ing in active employment the most potent
nepenthe for her SORROWS. Success rewarded
her: she accumulated q comfortable pro-
perty and, after living in Boston and Cali.
fornia many years, she returned to her ma
tive village and lived ut her ease. Once
in awhile she went down to Boston, and
visited the family of Mr.. S. Since her
husband left her on that memorable day
in 1916 she had never heard of or from
him. Beyond doubt he was dead. Last
February Mr.. S., residing near this
city, took stranger into his carriage.
In the course of conversation, he asked
the stranger his name. G- c., re-
piled the latter. "Did you ever hear of
j.. G-?' inquired Mr.. S. lie
is my brother.'' s'And has anything been
known of him since he disappeared years
ago?n. eyes, he returned very recently,
and is trying to find his family" ~ 6 Why
bless your soul,' cried Mr.. s., know his
wife perfectly well shevisits at my house,
and is now living at Nj" Of course
the returned wanderer soon heard this
news, and few days later the deserted
wife received letter from him whom she
had once called husband, but whom for
twenty-three long years she had not seen
nor heard of. a correspondence ensued,
and two weeks ago to-day, think it
was, the truant went to see the woman
whom he had SO cruelty Wronged. The
particulars of their interview cannot
give; but it is safe to infer that the smoul-
dering spark of affection was resuscitated
in their two bosoms, and that the great gulf
of twenty-three years that had divided their
lives was bridged by process whose ra-
pidity and simplicity Roebling or Eads, or
any other civil engineer, could not parallel.
In fine, at this first meeting they renewed
their twenty-three years old troth-plight.
The next day they went to D -. to see his
relatives: The next they, OF rather she, for
he had NO property, bought q farm ! the
next they returned to NJ /; the next they
were REMARKED very quietly and the next
they departed for the farm In where
they propose to pass the autnmnsof their
lives in the calm happiness that tends, or
ought to attend, two souls with but Q SIM
gle thought-two hearta that beat one.
The foregoing remarkably story is true IN
every particular, and i am personally nc,
quainted with oneeof the eGnlted couple.
A Disseminated Couple.
An old. discontented couple, who had
hard work to- procure the necessaries Of.
l;f., ,ua,.e constantly complaining of the