Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-17
A ROmnnce I'm Real Life,


The following little chain of incidents
will, we think, lose nothing by compari-
son with the most remarkable that are pre-
sented in tales Of fiction, while they enjoy
the rare advantage Of being true
A gentleman, whom for the oddity of IL
we will call Mr. Smith, served in the army
during the recent war, and, having been
wounded, was sent in 1868 TO an hospital
located near the village Of H, in Penn.
sylvania. During his convalescence there
he fell in love with beautiful girl named
Miss c., informed her of the fact, and
was accepted" by and by he entirely
recovered from the effects Of his wound,
and was again ordered TO his regiment,
which was then in active service. They
parted with mutual VOWS of eternal fdeli-
ty, and he left IL with the understand
ing that he should return Immediately on
tho expiration of his term of service, and,
inconsistent rs II seems with the princi.
pies of mathematics, "the two should be
made one"
Time rolled on. Mr.. Smith wrote letter
after letter TO the fair one, but "divil the
scratch of pen did he ever get back for
that same" and at last, incenscd at what
he deemed the faithlessness of the fair one,
and concluding that she had only been
flirting with him-he had heard her ac.
cuscd of such things-he wrote her one
indignant letter, TO wind up with, and dis.
missed her from his mind forever. When
his term of service expired, he returned to
his own home without thought of her hc
had once loved.
Recently he resolved to visit San Fran
cisco, and he sailed from New York in
April. He did not expect TO see familiar
face on board the steamer, but he did He
had just stepped aboard, when some one in
the crowd seized his hand so suddenly that
he thought it was pickpockct trying to
steal it, but he Immediately recognized an
old acquaintance from Philadelphia, whom
we win call Charlie
The latter was also bound for San Fran.
CISCO where he told Mr.. Smith he had a
married brother living, The voyage passed
Off very pleasantly, and few weeks ago
Mr.. Smith and his friend arrived in ouI
city. Mr.. Smith went about his business
while Charlie set about finding his broth
or's residence, giving the address to his
friend, and urging him to call.
Last Sunday, for the first time, Mr.. Smith
called at the house of Charles brother
and was welcomed by the latter, whom he
had also known some years previously
ANbb bCh lAllANlNNo lihNA bluIoNu W lANh ~ liNl
acquaintance of the family dropped in
and was introduced as Miss c.. Mr.
Smith started as though he had stepped
on tack; the resemblance of this Miss
| c. to the Miss c., of IL, wai
too striking to be passed lightly over Mr.
| Smith remarked that he had once known
persons of that name in IL, Pennsyl
vania. Miss c. exclaimed: III
| Why, we used to live there We onlN
moved here two years ago" At this mo
ment she seemed struck with Mr.. Smith
appearance. Mr.. Smith, with some patho
in his trembling voice. exclaimed: "Em
ma, is this youY' She replied, in thcsam
spirit "John John Is it possibleS" /
todS Miss C, of H.
They did not embrace, but they shool
hands very cordially, and soon wanted t.
know why one another hadn't written Il
| one another. Miss c. averrcd that sh
had written number of times, but, neve
having received any reply, had come to tn
conclusion that Mr.. Smith had only beel
flirting with her during his stay at the hos
pital, to while away the timc and 81
dropped the correspondence. Both hat
written, but it seems that no one of the let
ters had ever reached its destination. 1t /
supposed that they were intercepted by tn
village postmaster, who was an enemy Q
the c. family
Mr.. Smith is single gentleman still
never having given his heart to any other
and we have every reason to believe tha
the vows of five years ago will yet be ful
filled at no very distant day, and that in
word, the "happy paiy," so happily re
united, will wake up some fine morning
and find themselves married.-Sdn Fran
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