Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-17
LA ZfNGARELLA.

A Rich Widow and Her nau1h,.--
What BefeII In the DAYS when
They Went GyPsying.
Two or three years ago rich widow.
The mother of beautiful young daugh-
ter III ZlnesVille, Ohio, fo0sishly visited
an encampment of Gypsies on the ont
skirts OF the town to have her "fortuna
told, and was thereby persuaded into the
acquaintance of q prominent man of the
band, whom she was subsequently infat-
uated enough to marry. The first de-
sign OF this incOngfuous union wss that
the Gypsy bridegroom should withdraw
from his people and become a respecta-
Die member of civilized society: bat
events soon dictated, instead. that
the wife should become a Gynsv
as measure of opposition to her
renegade husband. Before sueb mar
rage had been thought of. 9 moor
young man of ZlGesVille was sutton for
the heart ard hand Of the widows daugb-
ter, despite the determined opposition of
the mother; and after the lat.er's own
misguided matrimonial adventure. the
new husband and step father coming
INTO the family strongly favored the i'm
pecunl0us youths pretentiOns, and coolly
promised him the hand of the beiress
His motive in this matter was 4 desire TO
be rid of q step-dsughter whom he sUs
pected OF likelihood to influence her
mother against giving him too full con-
troll OF the estate OF her late husband:
and Sc perempt0Tily did he make known
his wishes III the case th4t the result was
an irrec0Hcilable breach between his wife
and himself The elder lady not only
renOuuced him for his premature dicta-
ton, but actually fled from him, with her
daughter, 70 the protection OF the
gypsies in the wood, who for sufficient
compensation were ready enough to SYM
psthize with her against their late com
rade. Mother and daughter became yer
liable gypSies themselves; the young
heIress adopted the picturesque costume
of their new friends; and when the band
started in their two great wagons for a
new camp the fair refugees went with
them. 4 few days ago the Bohemian
wanderers appeared in Bloomington and
camped in a wood southwark of the town.
whittier came very soon the Zlnesville
lover and the discarded gypsy husband.
The meeting Of the pursuers and pursued
in the shadows Of the forest, with
swarthy faces and odd costumes in The
chorus, waI highh dramatic. The lover,
anxious 70 COHciizte, proposed
TO b,rd himself, by writing, to
refrain from pursuit Of mis- sweet
heart until lie should have earned
q competence for himself, if TIE mother,
on her side, would agree to accept him
then as s0n-in-lsw. No terms, how
ever, would the resOlu.e mstrcn make
with him or his supporter; and when he
and the condemned gypsy husband drew
knives, by way OF forcing the heiress
from her new guardians, the mother pre-
sented arevolver with as determined sig
mfcAnce of meinl She might have fred,
too, had not her daughter throHn herself
between the hostile weapons, and be-
sought her lover, for the sake Of the love
which she knew he bore for her, to with
draw. Finally, both the young man and
the Gypsy partisan left the encanpmeni;
and as, on the following morning, the
band and their two strange gusts disap-
peared from Bloomington, the end of the
story is We. 10 be told.