Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-27
ROMANTIC EPISODE.
Meeting of 1--WE Long Separated Sis
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From the Sc. Louis Republican, Oct ~ :,
During the storm of yesterday there oe-
CURED in this city one of those episodes in
human life, the circumstances and par
ticulars of which make il seem more like ]
stage production than living reality-the
meeting of two sisters after long years of
separation-one of them few years past
resident of one of our most fashionable
thoroughfares, and the wife of q success
| full and respectable business man; the other
unmarried, and for some years past play |
thing for the freaks of fortune. The meet
ing took place on the pavement in front OF
| a well-known dry goods establishment, and
was witnessed by a number of passers-by,
who, seeing the lady in silks, satlns ana
fIlrs in commune with one whose bonnet
was old and tatteTed, whose shawl was
faded, whose dress was tTavel-soiled, ana |
whose shoes lily protected her tired 1eet |
from the snow that lay beneath them, |
paused to observe the Ito them) strange
spectacle The facts, as hastily CLEANED
from the porter and an intimate friend OF
the resident family, are as follows:
Years AGO, the wife of whom we speak,
lived with her parents in the State OF New
| York, where she was cOurted and won,
but in opposition TO the Will OF her pa
: rents, by the man who is now her nus
< band For time the marriage was de-
! layed, in the hope that her relatives would
t finally give their consent, but the hope,
was vain. An elOpement was planned ana
successfully carried out, and from that
/ day forward no tidings of her parents,
brothers or sister were ever had by the
clipping daughter The couple came West,
g and by iudiciOus and careful management,
, industry and economy, a nice competence
o was accumulated, and few years ago tins
: | city was selected as their future and per
II manent home,
Ie After the elOpement came the war, and
20 the two brothers responding to their coun-
at try's call went forth to return to their
re home no more. They fell in the battle OF
rs Pittsburg Landing. Sickness came to the
to father, mother, and only remaining child
N "a daughter-and with sickness and dis
Ill ease. other misfortunes that cot up the
re substance and estate of the parents, and,
l with hope to recover, in some measure,
a a. their lost competence, they joined colony
- that was organizing for settlement on
some of the tributaries of the Republican
river in Kansas. The fate of that colony
Nv is well known to those who are familiar
or | with the numerous Indian massacres on
to the Western borders within the last two
i'll wears. The aged father and mother were
d among those who were murdered, and the
IT. daughter was left without home or shell
en- ter. or the knowledge of the existence OF
he a relative west of her place of birth, ant
IL to her friends there she determined to ap
Vi peal for a home.
'dl | ottor oftar lpttpT was written bUt ne
Ill., reply ever came to greet her expectan
yearning, and, after several months o
waiting. she determined to attempt tn
ia Journey and make her way back TO tn
r. place where she was born. With this in
no tention she gathered together her scant.
al wardrobe, and, in company with return
'th ing family, started on her long journey
te, Their means were scanty, and by the tim
ne they reached the State line at Kansas City
'ln they were left penniless. The family wit
III whom she was travelling concluded TO sto
there, but the young girl decided to prose
cute her Journey to a termination. Out G
q money and destitute, she frankly mad
To known her condition and the circumstance
oc- attending her checkered life to Col. San
et. Lowe. of the State Line House, and thl
gentleman, with his well known chivalr
and liberal heartedness, provided her Wit
hi. part of the funds to defray her passage
be- St Louis, and saw that the lack OF I'll
cry balance should not prevent her reachin
this city.
On Sunday afternoon last, she took Ii
.ar | evening express, and on Monday mOrnin
sed found herself here, without single do
to lar, and no clothes but those she wort
Monday she spent in seeking employment
but her garb was poor recommendation
! and she was turned from every door
at which she applied for the means of ear
Ivll ING a subsistence. Where she rested c
are Monday night is not known to us, b
Yesterday morning she wandered out
the storm and snow, with, as may be su
bo posed, heavy heart, and a cold and su
inc. fering body rs well. In her mCandcrin
nina | she CHANGED to pause in front of the pS
ace Of fashion already indicated and
she paused she sobbed and wept, as wi
similarly situated would not VIII
be- weeping and sobbing, a lady, emergil
mes from the store, happened to see her tea
enl- stained face and hear her sObs, and, pc
ing haps. some old memory was awakene
Tie and. though her carriage was
waiting. she turned aside and G
sFsps | GdEPu the NdllOtItl III A'llNNlStA'Ao
Question followed question, the answt
GUS were frank and candid, and in IL
dis minutes the gayly attired and fashionat
inst woman recognized in the weeping girl t
youngest of her parents, once happy hou'
hold, and, notwithstanding the wonderi
gaze of the spectators that had gather
l n,-- around them, she clasped her in lor
~ fond embrace, and freely mingled l
tears with those of her sister. The
movement may be easily imagined. 7
carriage was called, and the two sist
entered, and, again clasping each other
sisterly affection, were driven away t
home of comfort and affluence. 7
mon meeting was as singular as happy, al
50 long as she wills it, home and life
JOY and cOntentment is open TO the c
who had suffered so long and enduI
rect, | such trials
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