The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-02
= FREAK GF NATURE

crowned devoted courtshIp Of two years,
on Monday fortnight, by the usual brief
but solemn ceremony. So far as can be
known, the course uf their true love had
run smoothly from first to last, without
hostile parents 10 make afraid, rivals &c
vex, or even the ordinary lovers duarrels
to he remembered even it forgiven. The
lady was a most exemplary member o9
society and the church, the gentleman. a
rising merchant; and the sympathetic
company OF relatives and friends assem-
bied in gay attire 70 iiorcr the wedding
had come tbiIher in the pleasant belief
that words of priest and book could ioin
II niarriage no two beings with better
prospect OF permanent happiness in such
union than had these. 1t was observed.
indeed, that during the soIe!nnizatior of
the rite by the officiating clergyman tie
bride gave sudden nervous starr, changed
color, and betrayed a curious restlessness
Of manner and disquietude of look suscep-
tIble OF no visible explanation; but as she
was a person of nerTous temperament,
and made no complaint Of any disturbing
cause, etiquette forbade particular notics
OF her demeanOr. The ceremony con-
cluGed and congratulations duly bestowed.
carriages conveyed the bridal party to the
railroad depot, where, after more good
wishes, husband and wife took a train for
New York
The former had observed the straSrS
emotion betrayed by the bride at the altar
and, now. when they were in the com
parative privacy secured by a surrounding
nt I1Dh -.
distractions of travel, gently demonstrated
with his fair companion for that still con-
( tiuued distraitness Of Mariner, 60 strange
/ II Inconsistent with their happy situation.
/ To his unutterabie wonder and positive
! incredulity of bIs own senses, the lady
+ turned upon him eyes fairly ablaze with
/ contemptUOus anger, and declared tDat
she despiSed him Before he could an
+ swer a word to this astounding confession
/ she burst into tears, and begged piteouslv
I TO be allowed to return to her home. She
had wholly mistaken her own heart, she
said, though unconscious Of the fatal de-
/ lUsiUn until standing as a bride before the
/ clergyman and hearing the solemn words
/ of the ritual falling from his lips Then
/ had come over her SIS by revelation ftnm
/ Providence the discovery that what sh.
had taken for Der love was bot an unreal
fancy, and that the man 70 whom she
was giving herself for life was absolutely
revoling TO her
Their marriage must be broken she
would say, or do, or write anything IN
the world to enable her companion 10 oh
tain an iHmediate divorce; and if he did
not permit her leave him at once
at once !-she would 20 raying mad Tn
say that the young husband was shocked
almost into madness himself By this in
credible revelation and appeal. would BE-
TO express but imPerfecTly his agonized
/ sensation. Pleading with her IN the
most moving terms to consider what sha
was saying, and all ils inevitable conse-
/ quences to both of them. he tried 10 con-
vince her that she was the victim of some
strange temporary delusion. probably re
/ action from too great nervous excitement,
and to be combaued with all her power
of will. BY such argument and every
soothing assurance possible to his inCenn-
/ ity, be succeeded, as he thought, in calm
ing the agitated woman somewhat, for she
+ finally sank into silence.
While tte train stopped at Albany he
stepped out from the car 10 procure for
her cup Of tea, upon his return vsi,h
which she had disappeared-gone, lc5t-
/ ing her baggage, with bis, and her hghd-
kerchief, upon the seat, but no trace cr
her course Of flight Through the train
and through another standing at the same
station, and through the first one again,
/ the frenzied man searched for her in vain
! The cars were off with him while h.
was thus employed, and he reached this
city in state Of mind not far remove!
from the madness which ne believed hal
fallen upon the unhappy virgin wife.
Ielegraphing back at once to the police
OF Albany for a vigorous search of that
city for the fugitive, he also secured the
service of the best detective ability here.
And it was in New York, after hun:
Of but few hours, that the missing lady
was found. Traced from the Albany
boat, which she had taken immedialeir
after leaving the cars in that city, she was
! discovered by detective in boarding
House IN Twenty sixth street, and her
heart-sic husband taken thither TO COM
/ fort her.
The Interview was one of hopeless mis-
cry for the man. for the woman, nov,
/ hardened and defiant in her manoer,
seemed to have forgotten that they hal
ever been married at all, and laughed at
his ''mad delusion' about it. In shorf,
she was thorough maniac; and it re-
riained but for her parents to hasten thiih-
er for her conveyance back to her hom1
by them, and for her husband to mourn \
marriage which had been more dreadfaI
to him than a death.
If this story is literally trpe-ard -
writer communicating it to the blN~0r
Kuickerbockeg alleges that it is now
peril comes within the specBlai;o"s "'
'those about to marry" and phyeiri.'N