Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-14
A RomsWce Of tho Treasury,
From the Washington Republican, =!


In ante.bellum days there was rich WASH
ipston widower, with two sons and TWO daugh. |
ters, who married wealthy widow lady from |
Louisiana. They aouiished until several more
children were added TO the ,int stock, and then
the husband suddenly died, and the cruel sheriff
came In and claimed house and furniture. All
the wealth which the former husband had left !
to his widow and child had mysteriously disap-
peared. A lady, who had been perfect s;ran-
ger to the family when in atluence, heard of
their great distress and called upon them, offer
| ing to share her home with the two girls, then
sixteen years Of age, and who were step sisters.
| Other friends came and the family was disiribu
ted around, The girls soon found employment
in the printing bureau Of the treasury, from
which, IN course Of time they were transferred
| to more Congenlal positions.
There was a wonderful deveopement ofiaent
industry and heroic virtue displayed by the girl
who is the subject Of this sketch. She took
house and gathered all the family together
She rented all the rooms she could spare BE
fore entering nron her official dute4 in the
morning she purchased the marketing and
supernlended the household for her stepnlother
was hopeless invalid Al,er office hours,
whicn was i, M., she returned home and sat
down to the sewing machine to convert into
clothing for the younger children, who were
half sister, the material bought th he money
she earned. Fully FIVE years were passed in
this way, The girl was beauuiul and finely
educated, and with all the natural instincts ior
becoming dress and ,lesent society, vet she
never indnlged in either but aore 4 simple
black dress, with plain linen collars and
cuh4
; One day some strangers Were passing through
the rooms in the Treasury sight seeing, ard
Que, an attache Of lhe Bel gian legation, caught
sighl of the lair young fac, intent npon dccu-
meuts that were sirangly at SatiaGce with the
refined, lady Ike appearance Cf the gid. 10
(, cut the story short, he found way to her ac-
quaintance, and also 10 her heart Alter allow
J ing time for him TO order the trousJeau from
Paris the wedding day was fixed, Thea arose
the obstacle of difference Of faith He was
willing 10 ahjure the Catholic view of marriage
being a sacrament and be content with the Epis
. copal service, but, while a marriage from the
t prayer book is quite sufficient in this country
/ it il not valid in a Catholic country. The re-
presentatives OF the Church of Rome N this
: city refused TO marry the couple if the Protes-
U tant ceremony was 10 succeed the Catholic. The
infatuated lover considered little stratagcm
: was lawtHl and right in such case, 80 he tool,
. his betrolhed and few friends TO 81. Aoysius'
= distant church and there, with few white
d lies, they induced the priest 10 tie the knot, \
It few days afterwards this private marriage was
d publicly sosemnized in crowded Episcopal
II church.
:, The nexl Sunday the man who had deled
II the eanons of Rome was publicly exrommuEi-
n Gated. And now, after six years have elasped
.. 1 will repeat what | was told Ivy gentleman
who IN June went TO Europe with syndicate
/. lie and the lady had served the Government
It together in the same bearean lie says: when
'e | arrived in Antwerp sent my card 10 Mad
Is anne on Harve. ] soon received note invi
j, ting me 10 dinner 0fcoursc, accepted. She
le received me in her boudoir, as her little daugh
{, ter (the third.child was only three weeks old
,e All the children were fondly shown, the baby
70 being completely enyeloped in old Flemist
ID lace In" estate was one Of the lin, st III lh,
l. country, and the house sumpiuous. The din
&. ner was served in dining room that was grano
to with silver and rare pictures. Four sevants in
livery waited on the table, and there we're min,
!, ~ different wines. The lady assured him tina
% everything he ate was Iaised OH the estate frou
1. America seed. The corn and other vegetable
,k the fruits, and even the turkey was Of Ameri
us can parentage.
d. Alter pleasant renewal OF their old frien
s. ship, and the Baroness had extracted all th
III news about the old Office and those still lei
:" there, the Major roee 10 take his leave. Sh
had sent heI own carriage and liveries for hin
and returned him TO his hotel the same way
Who will not say she deserves all her good for
tune and happiness" Her friends rejoice t
=, hear that her husband is man enough 10 spprt
-, a cate his treasure and good luck in obtaining 5
er noble woman ior his wife