The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-30

III ehe heroine OF loves story, has Tor
some months been favorably receiving
the attention of a Mr. NJ, the son
of another wealthy patrioiau of the City
ofChurches This Geatlcman is said to
be model of manly honor and integrity,
and certainly commands the respect of a
large circle of friends, who unite in say
ing that no whisper injurious to his char
acter has ever been uttered: that ne is
possessed of youth, wealth, and many
amiable qualities, and that he is in all
respects ga good match" for any lady.
" "rn"ars. however that sIr. and Mrs.
W--did not share in this general
opinion of young NJ, and, although it is
said thoy could give no tangible cxplaua-
ton for doing so, they steadily discoura-
gcd his attentions to their daughter and
threw every obstacle in the way of their
meeting Opportunities for meeting
however, and even for confidential and
tctc u tcte converse, were not to be denied
to those whose social spheres were SO
nearly identical, and their mutual affec.
ton appeared to be ouly stimulated by
the discouragemcnts with which the el-
ders attempted to surround it. Nearly
two months ago Mr.. Ms business re-
quired him to make a brief visit TO
Europe, AMI being desirous of securing
that promise upon which he believed
his future happiness to depend, he made
formal proposal of marriage to Miss W
was accepted, and then proceeded at once
to notify her father. of this fact, and to
plead Tor his consent. The old gentle.
man received him with chilling, courtesy
listened to his little hurst of rhapsody.
promises of lifelong fidelity and to his
request for the paternal sanction, aud
then gave the applicant au ice-bath, by
saying. "No, sir; l will never consent to
your union with my daughter" After
this 1t was in vain that Mr. NJ. expostu.
lated and reasoned. The paternal mind
was fixOd, and the young gentleman was
finally provoked to say, II will not prom.
ise that we will not marry without your
cpasent.3 To this threat Mr " replied;
=" Ny daughter win never without nv
consent" The yo"ng man believed he
knew better than that, but it does not
appear that he said So A perfect un
derstandInS of their future proccc lin :.
appears, however, to have b, b,aa est lblisI..
cd immediately afterwards between tho
young laly anl her # mcc, and the latter
soon after saile.l for Europe, returnins
after ad absence Of about six weeks. 1t
is supposed that the young couple met
soon after hisreturn from the old World
and last Tuesday the littls coup Tetat
which they had evidently arranged with
great care, was Effected. On that morn.
ing, the young lndy's parents being alb.
sent on a brief visit to watering. place
in New jersey she began making prepa.
r"tions for going out as if for casual
drive or shopping tour. The carriage
was ordered, and the lady was busy with
her toilet when her aunt, who happened
to be in the rooms, noticed aud rallied
her upon the extreme care which she
was devoting to the arrangement of her
hair Then she observed with some
surprise that, alt housh it was in the
morning, the young lady was assuming
very elegant and expensive silk which
she had lately had made, but she only
received the careless answer, "Oh, one
likes to be prescntablc even if it bo only
for drive in the Park" Then the
young lady sailed grandly down the
stairways, entered hcr carriage, aud.
after privately instracting che coach
man, was driven off. Late that after
noon the same carriage drove up to the
door, but containing only a messenger,
who entered the house, sent for the aunt
and handed that astoni,hed lady letter
from her niece, containing what Dickens
has described as -four closely written
sheets of extra superdne, wire woven
pcnitcnce. The letter was unsealed.
and but vaguely addressed, and the aunt
in her anxiety, read it through. 1t dc
scribcd the wedding, which had been a
gorgeous one, in the NJ paternal man.
sion, but conducted by Unitarian cler
gyman, in the absence from the city OF
the Rev. DR.. Van Dyke, at whose church
the whole party were worshippers, con-
tained whole pages of argu .lents, excu,
ses, aud appeals for forgiveness, aud
finally explained that the writer was theu