The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
THE FREAKS OF LOVE.
story of the Young Lady who went to Cali
fOrnia to Marry Man whom She had
never seen-The Romance of stern Facts.

story OF the ouug Lady wh0 went to Cali
fornin to Marry Man whom she had
never seen-The Romance of stern Facts.
The following, from the Sacramento
(Cal Bee, probably refers to q young
lady from this vicinity who as we know,
recently went to California for the pur-
pose OF being married to a gentleman
whom she had never seen, and who was
known to her only through the report
Of friends and photograph. We hope
the bride will never have cause to hate
the bridegroom:
An incident came to our knowledge a
a few days ago which may strike our
readers AS being quite romantic in its
way: When conductor -, of one of
the Central Pacific trains took charge of
his train at Truckee, bound for this city,
one day last week, he noticed among the
passengers a very pretty, modest-appear-
ing young lady, who seemed to be travel
ling alone. AS the cars climbed the
mountain, whirled through gorge and
around precipice, she sat ut one of the
windows and gazed out with an anxious
look, as though she longed to reach the
shore of the Pacific, where she might
meet with friends or relatives. While
passing through, the conductor thought
he heard some one address him, and on
looking around discovered that it was
his young female passenger, who, with
bashful air inquired if he was going
through to Sacramento. On being
answered that he was, she blushed still
deeper, and said that she had rather a
queer request to make of him. She said
she expected to meet at "the Junction I"
Il gentleman whom she had never seen,
but to whom she was about to be mar
ried, and requested the conductor to
watch for him and to introduce him to
her if he should find him. For some
two years they had been in correspon-
dence with one another-how it was
brought about she did not say-and it
was arranged that she should come to
California and that her unknown friend
should at once lead her to the altar. On
sped the train through tunnels and snow
drifts and over yawning gulfs, but the
soon-to-be bride neither thought of
danger nor of the beauties and grandeur
of the Sierras; she sat still and gazed
wistfully down into the valley where the
muddy Sacramento was winding its
crooked way toward the ocean, and
where she hoped soon to meet her mys-
terious lover. Station after station was
reached, and finally "the junction {"
came in sight. The conductor stationed
himself on the platform of the front car
and scanned the crowd that thronged
about as the train neared the depot. A
well dressed and gentlemanly-loo
individual stepped forward upon the
platform. He too, wore somewhat
anxious look, and he concluded that he
had found his man. A tap on the shoul-
der and low inquiry by him and quick
eager response from the stranger follow
ed; the conductor was right The train
moved on and they entered the car. The
meeting of the lovers we shall not at
tempt to describe, but will leave each of
our readers-especially the young ladies
to draw such pictures as they may
think the circumstance may warrant.
From "the Junction to the city we
have no account-the two fond beings
were unmolested. A few momentS after
the train reached this city carriage
drove away from the depot containing
two persons, a gentleman and lady,
whom the conductor recognized as his
young lady passenger and the gentle
man who met her at "the Junction. !"
The latter whispered to the driver to go
straight to the house of Rev. Mr.. -,
and they were lost TO view. We read of
such things in works of fiction, but it is
seldom that they actually happen
Rochester (R. ~ Chronicle.