The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-14
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from III, Troy Times, Nov. 81
raors AGO a Young lady. who shall
,;,,o The nure and radiant maiden whom
the angels named Lenore: na'ne'e% mere
,nrever more. resided in the upper part OF
The CITY. She had hcvy OF dcvo'ea aaii'l-
s,,;,, n,rrh of the coquettr in her compo-
ai.;n, sho Aid not give smile for smile 10 al,
s,.'' a,nSo ono of her admirers on whom
u' ,a,.;shed all her love. OF course the
fnrtnnafe male was happy IN the love OF one
ao' Snau,;ful in feature and mind, ana
so,obt by every device known 10 ioNs!s
70 make himself more worth! Oh r,>
tressure. He was her conStaot ~
tendant at all places OF puh''o resort,
and the go>>iHS soon oeSan 10 "nt,pSl
rh.t tSer were cngagc6--a whisper to which
the cnIorine of fact was speedily given by
~ annnsrance OF a ring on certain hnger
" ". one If the lady'S hands. Her parents
ohont This time tor business reasonS) re-
,,,nycd Ia the western part Of the state, and
thc lovers were separated. 1 hey parted WITH
III, usual number OF assurances OF ever
lasting .ioelitv To each, which probably
meant Ms much and no more than thoSc
assurances generally mean. They were
lovers. engaged TO lie married ana those
who have been In that condition can easily
imagine what was said. Those who have
not vet occN Ill loNt, ahu pa tSo w. WV
idols Of their hearts. ought not 10 know
what occurred al the parting. Each
uicdged the other to write frequent let
tiers. and thus by means of the facilities
afforded by our obli@ing Uncle samuel
they hoped 10 keep alive their love for
each other. According 10 the laws Of cti-
ouettc the gentleman wrote the first Of these
tender mi>siveS, and there the correspond
srre on his part ceased, the how and why
of which will he more fully detailed below.
The Young lady IN due course of time re-
crived the letter and answered it. But
IN directing it she forgot to put the street
and number OF her lovers residence upon
the envelope, aud by a mistake on the part
Of a letter carrier the letter was delivered,
rot TO the person for whom it was intended.
out to another with the same name. This
aforementioned individual WAS nightly sur
priScd at the receipt Of tn" miS>lvc: but,
rs he rather liked the manner in which it
was written, he concluded to conti>cale all
such communications n might he indicted
in future by the young lady. 70 he wrote Il
reply. in which he protested his love i'll
terms aS strong as had the original lover, and
80 guard against mistakes, ne informed the
fair correspondents that be had changed his
residence. He gave the name Of the street
and number of the house i'll which he lived,
and particularly requested the l1dyto direct
her letters there, rs ne had reason TO believe
that another person Of the same name was
living in Troy. The correspondence WAS
continued until few weeks ago, when the
person who had received the letter, intend
cd for another conrluicd II visit the fair
unknown Ito him at least ana expose his
acts. lie did So. but instead OF IT," re-
proaches which he had expected. mild
words OF rcproof were only uttered, and
hut few Of these. The lady seemed 10 like
him. and he undoubtedly wor>hipped her.
The upshot Of the matter was that the two
were married some DAYS ago. The first
lover, it j. said. thinks Of arraignng The
Pos,.vfce Department for inclircncy. We
end this recital III the customary way:-Sich
j. life,