Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-09-27
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ROMANCE In A CIRCUS.

ROMANCE In A CIRCUS.
The marriage of W. S. Eldridge, one
of the famous two-horse riders of Bar
NUNS Hippodrome. to Miss Lulu Lewis,
in this city Monday night. was very ro-
mantle in all its details.
While the show was in st. Louis the
first time, Miss Lewis was engaged to
perform prominent part in the MAY
pole dance" She accepted a permanent
engagement, and accompanied the Hip
podrome when it left st. Louis. She
was modest and retiring in her conduct,
ard consequently slow in forming &C
ouaintances. At Rockford, ILL.,, while
Mr. Eldridge was riding at full speed
around the track in the Hippodrome.
one of his horses fell. The rider was
thrown and crushed beneath the fallen
horse. He was lifted from the ground
in apparently lifeless condition and
conveyed to hotel. where surgical aid
was summoned The surgeon, after a
careful examination, pronounced Mr..
Eldridge's condition very critical. and
said that careful nursing, in connection
with good medical treatment, would be
necessary to save him. The accident
and Eldridge's condition were general
ly discussed among the attaches Of the
hippodromc, and IL this manner Miss
Lewis learned that the services of a
gentle and faithful nurse were required.
Without consulting any one, or even
informing the manager of her inten-
ton, she repaired to the hotel and took
up her station by the bedside of the
wounded man. She found him entirely
helpless, and with the spirit of a brave
and true woman, she performed every
duty required of faithful nurse. The
second day she rejoined the hippodrome
but not to remain. She sought the man
, ager, Mr.. Coup, and explained to hin
l the cause of her absence, and asked per
mission to return to Rockford and nurs,
Eldridge. She described his crltica
condition, and said she was willing t
/ nurse him without reward. Mr.. Coup
who never considers expense III provid
t ing for the sick and wounded under hi
S care, commended the course pursued b
i the young lady and gave her permissio
to remain with Eldridge until he recoN
!. cred, adding that her salary would NJ
d only be allowed but increased. She II
!. turned and watched Eldridge night an
:: day until he was pronounced by the a
d. tending surgeon out of danger and G
~ the road to recovery. She then depar
TX ed as quietly as she had made her a
m pearance, and rejoined the hippodrom
es In few days Eldridge also rejOin'
~ the show and reported for duty. Mi
e Lewis seemed to avoid him, apparent
an desiring to make him feel that she h;
only performed her duty and wish
in neither thanks or reward. In this {
IS lemma Eldridge sought Capt. Fra
in Whitaker, one of the oldest shown
81 in the business, who has immediate CT
un troll of all the performers. Eldridge {
e. planned to Capt. Whitaker the grt
eat service that Miss Lewis had render
its him, acknowledged that to her care
ces owed his life, and asked advice in regs
ers to properly rewarding her. s
'0' The old Captain told him that to
of fer money to woman who had q
.uz PLAYED such kindness and charity wol
only offend her, and advised him agai
ay' taking any such step. Eliridge Il
ver confessed that the lady had, while be
Ter ing numerous wounds, unconsciously
, am, hleted very serious one that her
'ove renting care and modest demea
'O.n had won his heart, and in return
-ery her kindness be would be happy to |
laid vide for her for life. The Captain g
Deo- him fatherly advice. telling him tina
he really loved the lady. and was 8
the to provide for her, he should seek
nest and declare himself.
NV NV Eldridge followed this advice W
inter out delay, and the lady confessed
and the sympathy first aroused by his b
for less condition had ripened into love,
ocks that she would cheerfully commit
O CI1 self to his care and assume the dut
him henceforth nursing him through all
-, ness. The result was a wedding in
Louis, which has already been chr
mt eled.-.St. Louis Times.
bring
," ~ 1t is now announced that Carl Sc
will not only make one speech in
3. : but eight or ten in the several large
ees of the State, and in the supper
'er do Hayes, the Republican candidate
Governor and hard money. We cal
ty to attention of the snarling little band
Z M call themselves Liberal Republican
this State, but vote the Democratic
'Senee ct, in which that pure patriot, the I
Jest ez Hon. Frank B. Sanborn, is a shi
NJ light. to this fact. One by one the
p the es fade. Schurz has gone away
On the them: who will go next Boston {
and
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