The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-07-30

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Of San Jose she Is perfectly UNI
known 10 sne, and simply signs her
s-lf aAnreIia Maria which may pr
siblv b. . fictitious name. Bot no
mssaer, tbe prs~ gid - almost heart
l,ruken by the misfortune she has I'M
derrone. and 80 confused BY The con
6.ctIn9 counseIs Of misguided fsien.is
and lasidous enemies, that she dos
MT kD1W what course 10 pursas~ M
order 10 extricst- herself from the
web of difficulties In which she seems
almost hcpeiesely involved 10 this
dilemma she turns 70 me for help-zf'd
sappiicstes for my guidance and M
siracsion with movlng eioqa-Hce
that would touch the heart oi stat
ue. Hear her ssd story.
She SAYS that when she sss sixteen
yesrs old she met me and loved. with
in the devotion Of . passionate ma
ture. ! Young man from New Jersey
named Williamson Breckenridge Car
ushers. who was six years her senior.
They we're engaged with the free con-
sent Of their friends and relafiyes-and
fdra time il seemed a. ii their career
was destined to be characterized by
m immunity from sorrow beyond the
usual lot IL humanity. Blu, q, last
the tide Of fortune turned; Young
Caruthers became infected with small
pox Of the mos, yirulent type, and
when he recovered from his illness
his face was pited Like waffle mold.
and his comeliness gone foresef-
Aurelia thought to break of the en-
pagement at first, but pity for her
unfortunate lover caused her Ia post-
pone the marriage day for season
and give him another trial.
The very day before the wedding
was to have taken place, Bteca,n-
ridge, while absorbed in watching tn
flight Of balloon. walked into we'll
and fractured one Of his legs. and il
had To tie taken of above the knee.
Again Aurelia was moved ~ break
rhe engagement, bu; again hove Fri
umphed, and she set the day forward
and gave him ano,i,er chance 10 re-
form.
And again misfortune overlook the
poor youth. He lost one arm BY the
premature discharge Of Fourth OF
Jnly cannon. and within three months
he got the other pulled out by earl
in2 machine. Aurela's heart was al
most crushed by these latter cal
antilles. She could no, Int he grey
I'll to see her lover passing away irom
her by piece meal. feeling a. . lid.
that he could not last forever uad-r
this disastrous process Of reduction.
"a: knowing 10 way 20 stop - dread
.ul career: and in her fearful dr,paif
she almost regretted. like brokers
y hD bold nn and io.e. that he bad
rot taken him al first. before b.. ii
suffered snch an alarming depreeia
zion. Sill her brave soul bore az.
aud she resolved IL bear witt her
friends unnatural disposition - =
little longer.
Again the wedd ng day approach
e1. and again disappointnents over
slta..pwed - Csrufhets fell Ill with
the erys' pelas, and lot thr ~. - me +
of his e,es @utir-ly. The fficni- aud
r..afiyes "a the bride, ,.a,-id-fsny
that she had ALREADY pu' up with .
faor- than c Juid fes-olsbly be- expo
I'D q. her. aow came forward and 80
sisted thai iii.- match should ~ .f.,-
kea of. but sitter aasenng .itsIe.
A4reiia. with genergu. spirit tisst
dill her credif, said that ste hs ~
fect-d calmly IN tne matter. AID
gould MOI discover ast Es-cl-ifr.dge
was 10 blame.
>0she extended The time os.ae .saFe
AID BE- broke b. ttb-r leg.
II was sad d4y Tor The rs,of g.ti
gtan she saw 'h@ surgeons rcYcr~rs'-
Is bearing a.sg :ae sack whose us.-s
she had learned by previous esp..-
l@nce. ana her heart tod her the bit
ter truth that spme more ri her lote
aas gon. She ieit that the field RI
h-r affection. 1ss growing mote aud
more eircum scr bed every day, and
once more she fosned Down her re-
iatiyes and renewed her betro,hal.
Shortly before the time set fui the
unpfials, another disaster occurred
There was but one man scalped hy
the Owens river Indians last year
That man was Williamson Brecken-
riige Garuihers. o. New Jersey. He
was hurrying home with happinc IL
hts heart when he lost hi. hair fprey-
81, and in that hour If bitterness he
almost cursed the mistaken mercy
that bad spared his head
AT last Aurelia is IN a serious per
plexlty AS 10 what she ought To do
She still loves her Breckenridge. she
writes. with true womanly feeling
she still loves wha, is left Of him-but
her parents are bitterly opposed to
the match. because he has no prop
erty and is disabled from working,
and she has not sufficient means TO
support both comfortably. Now,
what should she do?" she asks with |
painful and anxious solici,ude.
1t is delicate question; il j. one
which involves the life long happiness
Of woman and that Of nearly two
thirds Of man, and feel that il /
would be assuming too great a respon-
slbillty TO do more than make 4 mere
suggestion in the case. How would
il do to build to him: II AnreIia can
afford the expenses, let her furnish
her mutilated lover with wooden arms
and wooden legs, and glass eye and
a wig, and give him another show:
give him ninety days without grace,
and if he does not break his mex IN
the meantime marry him and take the
chances. IT does not seem 10 me that
there is much risk anyway. Aurelia.
because il he sticks TO his singular
propensity for damaging himself ev.
cry time he sees good opportunity,
his next experiment is bound to finish
him, and then you are safe married
or single. Ii married, the wooden
legs and such other valuabes as he
may possess revert to the widow, and
you see you sustain no actual loss
save the cherished fragment of a no
BILE but most unfortunate husband.
who honestly strovc to do right I'm,