The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-10-22
The Romance Of n Poor Young Girl,
and IL, Unhappy Ending.

ana III, nhAppl Ending.
On HOWE street. in small ivy-ciad
cottage. resides with her irascih.c
widowed father romantic Young girl
named ircnccsi she doves dearly 20
build castles IN "a. air. tenmied by her
SELF and q fairy Prince whose wealth j.
only egmiled by DIS beauty aud sur
passed by hi- affection Tor aud towards
her Her father r. fearful lest the girls
head should be- turned hv reading the
Ledgcr and the H'ur,rieg and similar
publications, and is apt ~ remark IN an
unfinished manner that II he thought
she wa, getting any ~ that into her
head he'd do BIS duty by Der o. father
should. Florence j. employed iu "a haf-
factory. 4 few days ago .hc read ia
the Iarcrlcg the following romantic
item
How SHE FoCND 4 lir>RAND. ~
Not many weeks ago Young Girl cm-
ployed ia a hat-iac,ory az Nottingham,
Mass. who had wearied ~ the narrow
and uncongenial sphere Of her home.
wrote. GA pink-,nted paper. ia "a neat
hand fun ~ character, this note Ms
name j. Eleanora Gertrude smith.
live AT Malsngham, Mass. where |
work in the hat factory. ! ana : wears
Of age. 3 feet 50 inches high. 81 Slight
build and wiliowy figure. With wealth
of golden hair and blue cye- deep as q
summers sea- think that could
love, but, all Elcanora g.. - llav-
ing daintily folded thi, cpi,tle. scented
il with "A faint soupcon Of Mown
Hay. and scaled IL with "a >ignet bearing
a Cupid mounted on a dove bursting
from the heart 81 blu-h-ro>c, she
tucked il inside the lining 81 the bat ,he
was finishing. and lett her fate "a for
tune. The hat was purchased by a Mr.
AlgernOn John >i~ncy, Of Rochester.
~ y, "a young man Of striking appear
ance. eminent talent, and immense
wealth He found the note. and. hi,
curiosity being awakened by IL con-
tents. did not rest Till be bad travelled 70
Walsingham. Mas. aud discovered H.
writer The acquaintance thus re-
markably formed rapidly ripcned into
love. and-tO make a long story short
on Tuesday last. ~ Walsingham. Mas.
the Rev. Hosea il Sandcr,on united in
the holy bonds Of matrim0ny Eleanor2
Gertrude Smith and Algernon John
Sisnev May their pathway be >trcwn
with flowers, The bride ha, contri-
buted 10 these columns under the pseu-
DOWN of 'Gcriie tiu>h. y"
Florence. having read this. was moved
with a consuming desire 10 see for herr
self how the old thing worked, ana ac-
c0rdinglv constructed letter If some
what similar order ~ epi~tolary archi-
lecture. which she enscuncel neatly in
the lining of the most STYLISH hat that
was 10 be turned ont 0f the factory. argu-
ing with true feminine shrcwdnc~S that
IL would probably become the property
Of Young man ~ match Alas the
best laid schemes If mice and Young
women oft gang agley Her ira-ciblc
widowed father had been culiivating
with perfectly honorable intentions and
a view 10 mairimony the society Of a
young woman Of 2f. and had arrived az
that age when man fingers long al the
loOking-gla~~. and read, with some in
tercst the testimonials with reference 10
the merits of the various vinta-t.s of
hair-dye lie already had purchased a
pair Of boots three sizes too small. and
An overcoat with a velvet collar. ar
desiring % make an indelible inpre~si
on hi> Duiciuca's heart, wished to se-
cure a hat Evil fortune induced him
To accomplish III. toilette with florence's
hat. lie purchased il. and was about 10
place hi~ card inside the lining when "a
neatly folded piece ~ paper met his
eye. lie opened it and read Florence's
note Then be walked rapidly
homcward. ON hi, way he
passed Z newly erected building. Step
ping in be- asked the boss plas;ercr II De
could uhlige him with nice Timber
lath. The boss plasierer said be- could
Grasping tie Hath firmly in hi, red right
hand ami remarking. between his
clcnched teeth; "I'll DO ms duty hy
her a "a father. he hurried homeward
Alas, poor Florence chicayo Tribune.