The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-11

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Ro NANCE IN REAL LIFE.-Several
years ago, young lady in Tazcwcll
county was wooed by young man. He
obtained her consent, and the consent of
the CID folks, but three days before the
wedding she took freak into her head.
anu went off and married another. The
young man was heart broken, and packed
up his trunk and went to New York citv
here he hid his grief, buried imscH
IN business, and engaged in speculation,
was successful, and became wealthy. A
younger sister Of the girl that had Tilted
hlhl' moved by sympathy, commenced
correspondence with him to endeavor to-
mitigate his sorrow The correspond
enee became Interesting. The young
Sifi gre" up, and as years rolled on,
rlpencd into great beauty The sight
OF her photograph awakened in the Young |
man bosom the love that he had sun /
posed crushed forever He proposed to I
her and was accepted Her father was a +
wldower and was anxious to eet married I
himself as soon as his daughter was out +
OF the way, SO he urged the match for
ward The means of the lover now
admitted brilliant wedding, and prepa
rations were made for it. They were to
be married last Wednesday in style, and
depart Immediately for New York. A
few days ago the expectant bride rcceiv-
cd letter from her betrothed, stating
that he had entered into speculations
that would keep him in the city 50 that he
could not possibly be with her at the
time appointed. and asking her to delay
the ceremony for day or two lie also
referred to the time when he had expect
ed to be united to her sister. Provoked
to think that he still remembered his
former love, the young lady wrote him
IN passion, and sitting down at the
same time wrote to Il cousin of hers. a
farmer in Iowa, who had long loved her,
telling him that she had broken her
Engagement, relating the circumstances .
o nm, and ending by saying that she
was an ready to be married, and if he
would come and be there at the time set ,
or Der wedding, she would marry him.
lie complied Her bctrothed in New !
L ork, astonlshed to receive her letter {
ioseo up his business as best he could
na came to Tazewell county by the next
ram. lie reached the little VILLAGE
,here she lived, and was fastening UP to I
ne mouse TO fulfill his engagement, when !,
e was met by some of his friends and J
oid that his bride had Just been married +
. another man. He tainted awav IN
,0es ne spot and was taken up to the hotel.
hen the bride was told of it, she was e
rwhelmed with remorsc, but it was E
hen too late. She was legally married
her cousin. The New Yorker. twice
cart broken, left for his home without
seins her, and she passed through this
ny Yesterday, on her way to an Iowa 7
~ urn, !, looking very detected and anything
ut like a bride-Peoria Trauscr;pt
Here's the old man again, lib years
"a TINS time, and living in the North
aroma mountains. The Tarboro' 1ar- ST
"ttaa says that at the time of Brad II
oeks defeat, he was 20 years old, and tt
ad a wife and three children. lie has n,
ways been in moderate circumstances; :,
we'd upon a coarse vegetable diet never = :.
'ank anv liquid but spring water, and -
ds fair to live many years longer. lie !"
rs survived seven wives, and having <,
st his last one about sixty years ago, he -,
wv begins TO feel quite lonely, and -.
lshes to marry again.