The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-25

The facts In the following case come
to me by letterlfrom alyoung lady who
lives in the beautiful city OF San Jose !;
she is perfectly unknown to me, and
simply signs herself "Aurelia Maria"
which may possibly be a fictitious
name. Bat no matter. the poor girl is
almost heart broken by the misforLunes
she has undergone, and so confused by
the conflicting counsels Of misguided
friends and If1siduous enemies, that She
order TO extricate herself from the web
of difficulties in which she seems al
most hopelessly involved. In this di.
'lemma she turns to me for help, and
duplicates for my guidance and In
struction with a moving eloquence that
would touch the heart OF q statue. Hear
her sad etofysl ~ LlLial LA.y III
She says that when she was sixteen
years old she met and loved, with all
the devotion OF passionate nature, IA
young man from New. Jersey named
Williamson Breckenridge Carntheis,
who was six Yeas her senior-e They
were engaged with the free consent %
their friends and relatives, md for a
time 1t seemed as II their career was
destined 10 be characterized by au i'm
munity from sorrow beyond the usual
lot of humanityszgBptsRt last the tide
Or fortuna tnrnedi yonpg Caruthers be-
came Infecled with small Pox' Of the
covered from his illness bis face was
pItted like "A waffle mould and his
comeIIDesS gone forever. AureIia
Thought u break 6ffthe engagement at
tirst, but pity for her unfortunate lover
caused KeFyi6 postpone, the marriage
day for a season, and give him Er0 ltlheF
the very day rbefere-. the wedding
was toZhaveG akpn place Brscei nf idge,
ile,absorbed' IN atcIiing the dight
of a balloon, walked into a we'll and
fractured one Of his legs and It had ITO
be taken off1above the knee. Again
Aurelia moved to break the engage
ment, but again love triumphsds and
she set the day forward aud gave him
another chance to reform.
Il And again misfortune overlook The
unhappy yonth. He lost one arm by
the pFeimat ura sOharge ofa Foufth-of-
July cannon, and within three months
got the other pulled out by n carding
machine. Aurelia's heart was almost
crushed by these latter calamities. She
could not but be deeply, grieyed. to. see
her lover passing from her by piece-
meal, feeling, as she did, that he could
not last forever under this disastrous
process of reduction, yet knowing of no
way to stop itst dneadIu career, and in
her despair she almost regretted like
brokers who hold on and dose, that ale
had mot taken him at first, before be
had suffered such an alarming depre-
citation. Still, her brave soul bore up,
and she resolved to bear with her
friends upnaturai disposition yet a
little longer. ia 80 l-iisi Jrt'aui Ii-1i4s II
Again the wedding day approached,
and again disappointment oYershad-
owed it, Caruthers fell III With 1.-The
eryslpelas, and lost the nse Of one OF
his eyes entirely The friends and re-
latiyes Of the bride. considering that
she had already put mp with more than
could reasonably be expected Of her,
now came forward and insisted that the
match should be broken on; but wa
yering awhile, Anrelta, with agepsE-
ons spirit which did her credit said she
had reflected calmly on the matter, and
could not discover that Breckenridge
was to blaues Szsa tiisra sas,is q 5as.i-fs
So she extended the time once more,
and he broke his other leg. 80. - = NV
It was sad day for the poortgirl
when she saw the surgeons reyerenfly
beartng hyey the saciEt whose use she
thar somemorez OF her lover had gone
She fsTe that the field or her All eeiions
Was growing moro and more ciFeaml
scffhed Avety day but once more sIla
| froR ned down her relatives aud re-
naWed her baiiothed sHsli si1
StShortIy before the Hfne9 sci for the
nuptiAls another disaster occurred!
There vas but one man Bcalped By the
Owen River Indians last 1Yenrs That
man was Wifllausoh BfeekinFidEe
Garuthefs, of. New Jersey. he BIis
huLrying home With happiness q In
his hart, when he lest his hair 1ofe
ever, and IN that hour OF bitterness be
/ almost cursed the mistaken mercy that
had spared, his head 4.st ~ L.