The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-15
A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
Hcyy n Boston Merchant Found Nesv Y cril
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The New York correspondent Of the
Bt Louis Republican,, writing of we'd
bings at Grace Church, says:
One of the widest afternoons of last
week. the dust blowing in clouds, q
marriage eventuated in this tabernacle
n which took great interest. AS there
ire twenty weddings u week coming off
there lust now, the romantic antece-
dents of one pair will not be easily loca-
ted, and you shall have their recital:
Three years ago this winter, young
Boston merchant came on one of the
late trains to New York. Designing to
90 to the st. Nicholas, he took his satch-
Ell and shawl and about 0 p. NJ. was wend-
Ing his way thereto in Fifth avenue
stage, which contained but one other
occupant, young lady, richly and ele-
gantly attired, who sat in the further
corner, and, beyond passing glance at
his entrance, gave him no further atten-
ton. The stage numbered along. The
gentleman disbursed his ten cents,
wrapped his shawl over him as he sat
near the door, and, tired with his long
journey, was very nearly asleep when
the vehicle halted opposite the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and at the same instant
the lady in the corner sprang closely to
his side, dragged his shawl about her
shoulders and nestled her face against
his breas5 as portly, gray old gentle
man hoisted himself heavily into the
stage. The young lady had so precipi-
tously changed her base that the half
awake traveller sat motionless, gasping
with astonishment.
As the stage again started the soft
voice of the young girl began to state
the case and define her position. "Do
make believe belong to you," she muir
INJURED. "Thats my father in the cor
ner; he thinks l am safe at home, and
not for thousand worlds would 1 have
him know I was out. As 1 saw him
getting in it was my only chance to do
this dreadful thing" The gentleman
didn't think it was so dreadful but he
tucked his companion up and whispered,
Where were you going?"
ITO Brooks's Academy, to attend q
Dance" said the belle. Remembrances
Of that Celtic gentleman who spent
"Three Weeks at Brooks's Academy
learning the steps for Lanigan's ball."
came over the Boston merchant. But
on went the stage, the old gentleman
buttoned closely up, the whispered con-
versation went on, the duluded father,
If he thought anything about it, thought
what loving couplejt is. The young
gentleman learned the young ladys es-
cort was to he waiting for her on the
corner of Broome and Broadway. Ar
rived at last, he wrapped her head and
cars with the ample shawl and carefully
lifted her out. Faithful to time and
place on the corner stood the waiting
party-two extremely tlashy young
men, smoking very poor cigars, and
adorned with much cheap jewelry, and
the lady friend, whose beau one Of the
two seemed to be. If the exterior of the
young men was unprepossessing, that OF
the female was still more so. The Bos-
ton man felt 10th to leave his improvised
friend with these people; the fair girl
was more anxious for the ball than ever
since pa was evidently going to Brook
lyn to stop all night.
But after some conversation, that de-
veloped the species to which the young
lady with the wax bead necklace and
the Connecticut Havana smokers be-
longed, our hero so wrought upon our
heroine, that she gave up the ball. Her
friend and her "feller" and the feller
designed for Miss Ella" departed for
the dance in huff, whilst the merchant
way up town.
Within the portals of handsome
house Just off the Fifth avenue, he safely
saw her housed, and finally he brought
his travels to an end for the night un-
der the roof of the st, Nicholas. Busi-
ness occupied our friends time to the
exclusion of visiting or hunting up the
companion of his singular ride, and Gf.
4nr tt,, Il 'c&., h,xh l,n Of
ten thought (no doubt of the pretty
little girl he had befriended, he went
home. Time went swiftly by. Again
business called the gentleman to New
York. This time it being hot weather
he came by one Of Fisk's big boats, ant
after supper sat outside chatting witt
some smokers, discussed politics ol
"roamed in meditation fancy free,
when one of the walters approaching
handed him card, upon which in dain
ty chirography We're inscribed these
mysterious words :" If you used to weal
upon your watch chain locket made il
the shape of an English walnut, follow
the man who hands you this till yor
reach window he will designate by
standing a moment before" Our here
readily remembered huge ball locke
shouldered he had worn nearly year
and it is to be presumed if his memor!
hadn't loclzet at all to remember, he'C
have done precisely as he did, which wa
to throw away his cigar and follow thu
waiter who wound circuitous routj
among chairs and around passengers
till certain state-room window wa
reached, when, stopping and casting {
significant glance at Mr.. -, he cir
cumspectly withdrew. The gentleman
surveyed the position. Each little win
dow was draped with curtain. Blu
even while he began to think he'd bet
ter go for that nigger, a curtain wa
pushed aside, and Il very lovely girls
face was framed in the opening. 1t wa
not many moments before he knew tn
young lady in the window was the mys
terious lady of his stage adventure tw
winters before. She had remembere
his face, and making herself known, SD
made known also her troubles. She ha
been kept at seminary in Mount Ho
yoke during three seasons. She had tina
summer determined to emancipate he,
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