The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-02
The fatality Of Love Finds Curious
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A young gentleman named Joe
White, avery respectable. industrious,
quiet. good.looking fellow Of about
eighteen yeAFB OF age, and resident Of
GGrnantowp, went TO South Nashville
Saturday night, 10 visit his lady love,
. Miss Barnes. he had been frequent:
" to visit her before, OF various lines.
They were engaged 10 DO married. he
found her In the parlor sewing, as n
proper young girl should be. She was
anxious 10 finish the article, and there
fore concluded not 10 throw Il aside
when he entered, particularly as he had
oompllmonted4 her on her pretty ape
pearance, with her beautiful iace, bend.
Ing over her work, and her slender 6us
gers flying 90 she piled tho stitches with
40 much grace and rapldity 90 other
girls display when RklmmlnH over
the keyS' Of nasty plano, He
took his seat beside her. They
chRtted very gally. After waiting q
few minutes, which to him Seetiied
hours, he became impatient, and lonRed
10 imprint chaste kiss upon her fipe
and pouting lips. With the view Of
carrying out his design, ho lot hl1 arm
circle het waist fuftlvely, and, n he
ives drawing her clo6e 10 himself, she
objected To- being disturbed Intii her
little work wAa 1nl6hed; bat he In
sisted, She made D motion 10 shove
him on % girls are said 10, generally.
This molion proved fatal 10 her hAppl.
ness ana 70 his life. He became I'm.
petuouB and, drawing her 10 him With
much Violence, the needle, which was
caught IN her thlmble, got between
them, the point toward his ileSre. y Il
entered, and ~ he was about TO i'm
print Q kiss Of love upon her lips his
own became ashy pale. His vigorous
grasp relaxed, and then the FIRE OF love
died out as II BY y celestial puh, at the
moment Of contact He Slckened, fell
back upon the sofa quite helpless. The
young lady was very much alarmed,
and ran for assistance, The family ali
ran Into the room and proceeded 10
open bis shirt Collar, thinking he was
10 tainllng ht, and that the Hestora-
lives would Bumee. In undolnR his
vest II Was found that the needle had
penetrated his side very deeply, cir.
cumstanee which the young lady never
noticed In her fright. The doctor Wac
sent Tor. He administered what femes
dies he could. Partial consciousp eSa
was restored, and the young fellow en-.
abled 10 talk! The scene between him
and bis first, last love was extremely
Affecting. She ,Weptlike one who feels
tlat oil happiness on earth Is lost, and
no Seemed 10 regret her loss and not hiS
own condition. he consoled der By
saying that che would SOON get anothe Ter
lover 10 MI his place, who would be
more worthy Of her hand than 'he
could hope TO be, and who would
make her happy. This but Increased
her sorrow. She sank down Upon the
floor beslde hin and c:isd aloud, When
no was becoming worse. and the doctor
gave the emphatic opinion that be
could not live; she started suddenly 10
her feet, and running into another
room, swallowed o heavy dose OF Iaud.
anumC hich was kept there for the use
OF q young member Of the family that
was sick. It was some time before she
was discovered, and Il was with the Ut
most difficulty she was brought back
TO cop4ciousness. The first word she
uttered was; lob, where Is he let me
60 TO him; I will with him, At the
Bame instant the young gentleman was
resignlng his spirlt into the hands Oh
its Maker In the adjoining room, he
died about 10 O'Clock. She 10 still In q
precarious condition, and evinces
gymptomS Of insanity .NaShville,
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