The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-08-06

accommodated.
A Country Maiden I'm Boys At.
tlre-AII for Love.
Commission houses and their coun-
ting-rooms have little of romance about
them, and consequently they are the
last places where the world looks for
the romantic. But very recent devel-
opments in a dry goods establishment
have very beautifully illustrated that
line Of Walter Scott's, that ....
Love rules the camp court. grove and mart"
and sheds its influence untrammeled as
the sunshine, investing with its warmth
and brightness the darkest and most un-
inviting places.
TWO months or more ago a vacant
clerkship in the house referred to was
applied for and filled by youth, appa-
rently about sixteen years of age. He
applied in response to an advertisement
of the firm-"Wanted, youth, who
can write good hand and come we'll
recommended" Out of sixty odd ap-
plicants our hero Tor heroine) took the
palm for the neatness, legibility and
regularity of his chirography; was sent
for, presented himself, and was Install
ed in the position of entry clerk. He
displayed remarkable aptitude for busi-
ness was quick and accurate at figures,
ever ready to run an errand or lend a
hand at anything that was to be done.
In manners he was polite, FLUSHED when
looked at or spoken to wept when Chi
ded by his employers, or chaffed by his
fellow clerks because of his peachy
cheeks, feminine figure and general girl
ishness of appearance. ...-..sr..,..
Time wore on. The busy season came,
and brought with it a gentleman from
beyond the Blue Ridge, who had occa-
sional dealings with the house. Desir-
ing to examine the stock, the entry
clerk was called from his stool and in
structed to show the gentleman over
the floors. Their eyes met, those of the
strange gentleman and the entry clerk
the gentleman stammered, "Great
God " and staggered into seat the
clerk blushed scarlet to his ear tips, then
burst into tears. Then came the de-
nouement. The gentleman explained
that he recognized in the clerk the lost
daughter of a citizen of his county /;
that she ran away in August last, and
had since been mourned by her parents
and friends as dead, as they could gain
no tidings of her whereabouts or fate,
though all the considerable towns of the
State had been searched by the father
in person, aided by the police.
The daughter in clerkly disguise then
explained, as best she could between
sobs, and it was "the old story again."
She had loved and seen her love thwart-
ed by parental opposition, the most re-
lentless and unfeeling. Her lover,
youthful as she, being also opposed by
his parents, left his home soon after,
and came to the city, where he was not
long in obtaining employment. A se-
cret correspondence wasopened between
the two, aided by other parties.
This lasted for some time, and strength
ened the cords of affection, drawing the
twain nearer each other, though separa.
ted by the misty mountains and many
miles of cruel space. AT last, in one OF
these fatal moments Of girls weakness,
she resolved to give up all for love
home and heaven, too, if need be-and
left the house one evil night, when the
family was absent, equipped in her
brothers Sunday suit, determined to
join her love in the city. This she did
do, and though he-timid boy-was al
first frightened at the step his sweet
heart had taken, she, by artful stories
of her treatment at home, infused into
him a manly spirit, and he-bold boy
resolved to become the protector of in
nocence while he buried the secret o.
her sex in his own bosom. He took hel
TO his boarding house, and procured fo
her room separate and apart from hi
own. 1t was agreed between them tina
she should preserve her incognito, anC
sink her sex and identity in male ap
parel. Thus, with his assistance, in thi
disguise, she had sought and obtainet
the position Of entry clerk in the estab
liShment where she was discovered a
we have related.
Al Well, having told her romantic story
, the girl who shall be nameless, gave tn
address of her lover; IA messenger wa
! dispatched for him and he came. III
, made clean breast of IL, confessing all
q They had both been industrious, work
ing hard, each in their situation, wit
D the one object in view, and that wa
marriage, SO soon as they had ACCOUNT
q lated enough money To procure brid'
!. rousseau, rent chambers and set u
O housekeeping. The respective paren
!. OF the truant lovers We're informed b
!, telegraph of the situation of affairs, an
they telegraphed back at once, ''Marr
: them and seud them home." tt.r4
o One day last week witnessed the I
IS turn and reconciliation beyond Il
1t mountains. May the couple who ha
W attained the fruition of earthly bl
re through such tribulation have scores
lehildren, and live to celebrate thu
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