Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-12
ROMANTIC NARRATIVE.
fortunate Escape from IncestuOus
VarriaEc-A Brother BetrOthed
TO his Own Sister.
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The strange incidents related in the
following sketch are vouched for as
strictly true by a gentleman who ar
rived az New York on the steamship
Rotterdam. OF the Rotterdam and Ant
u.rp line, on Wednesday Of last week.
~ q vessel Left Rotterdam August 9TH,
4. .F among the passengers in the cabin
were a man apparently thirty. five years
.. sg- named James n. Van Seller, and
" uug lady apparently fifteen years
yIugeT. named Maria Reuter-. From
I.n Ule Of leaving port the two men
lugI attracted much attention, the
usl .Jr his graceful bearing aud hand
some locke, ard the young lady for her
la.ufv. # such spirituelle type that
tr- gentlemen in talking about her,
4.vleI her glne Madonna" The ship
h.a not skinned over the dark blue
.-a e-- mo5s than two days, when
I.a conduct Of the two excited the curl
o-..g Jr lle passengers 10 q still greater
f.rlas. They sat eJarste at the tsble,
.lf never while 81 meals evinced by
E.r- rr word iLEt they were even ac-
HuN.LeI But in The morning, even
before Tie -uu had reared its crest out of
Ira bosom u old ocean, and long
sNr De had sunk beneath the waves,
.ae 20. iscfs a. 50 much curiosity could
aHH.4 engaged la conversation in such
. manner az lgf. no doubt OF their beiL z
esther man ana wife OF lovers shortly 10
.. married But why the necessity Of
acting go .tra1geig toward each other
when in c-mvsuy? The female Occu-
T.-fsUi tle cabin were on nettles, and
d.f s-uiusa ID solve tie mystery. Whis-
..r. DID, uilcla. ID the fair fame of the
N. .lua we're Whispered f.om ear to
rHr ."l soon tlev reached the ears Of
DO ..urg man. He was indignant, hut
.I r"a you1g lOjy the rectal, and
.r.rEer to save them from future an
-H.a.na be t1d The writer's informant
tnsi lie was engaged TO he married, and
af ls lL;-uCed bride thought there
r.. . boz s.me.hug so romantic abCu.
# l... .Ea .u mid ocean that he acceded
ID beer vi.l. Their acting as they did
.u ua .sb'l was 50 that when the time
erlve. fsr their marriage, they all, as
n.s I-t snlai said, might enjoy 3 genu-
I.a surprise. The sixth day cut from
-t was Glr down as the time for the au-
..ai0us event, aud the ladies' in the
cabin were Wilu with excitement On
size evening VIecsiiug the marriage, g.
.4. =IE was dipping its lower edge into
Ila western h.Gizon, the passengers
.a lex wtrs startled by icui
.r|-E from tie after part of the
UIrr .ara deck # the ship. They
r.-.el I'D tie spos from whence the
sound Or. c=eaeG, and saw Miss Reuter-
etched on deck, while at s short dis
.L ..a her lover leaned against the gun
E'.a, his face asay pale, while upon its
very luaswent was depicted ali agony
rlsl 3 man can feel but once in his life
Eu. What dire discovery led to such
a urlimZtl0n 0f sprrDw? What upas
tree. with it- malignant breath, had
H1. .usi The alM5s ylere Cf love that
.Bev but q few brief moments before
l.l brealhcd? There stood the groom
~ lr-L J-r1w, Epeechless and motiOnless,
and the head Of his intended bride, in
stead Of bsing nestled in his arms, lay
where il had fsllen-1pOn the deck.
Toe passengers, on seeing the sad and
s.ralse sight, were amazed, and won
dgr5' ,lat her lover, whose agony was
20 slgaT mt did not approach the pros
tra.e form. But the reason would be
made apparent soon enough, and their
hears would bleed for a grief that had
10 hope, for blank despair that can
l-ysr this side Of eternity be irradiated
with one glesm Of sunshine. The young
lady was removed at once 20 her cabin,
ali was attended by the ship surgeon,
nus it was long before she wss
"a, -Jre1 % c1nsciousness. Her in
tsu.ed husband was finally induced to
elt,r the cabin, but his presence
IN ugnt on q paroxysm Of weeping
vi ch threatened the young lady's life,
ana he 81 olce withdrew. A few days
after Tue strange events related had oe-
Clusi, Ar. Van Seller, with much hesi-
fancy, related 10 the writer's informant
circumstance which fully explained
the events Of the preceding dayg. When
q boy "a ten nc ran away from his par
enfs who were residing IN the city of
Am 3,eEdam, and ioand employment as
G.6.E boy on o chip bound for Java. For
I've years he sailed to diff rent parts OF
tEe void, and had accumulated a con-
siderable sam Of money. He concluded,
fuvIy O. visit bic parents; but on ar
riviuq a. Amsterdam he heard that bis
fs.rrr Wa dead, and that his mother
had cg'in married and removed to a
d.T rent part o. the country. On hear
ipv tbis he decided ct once 70 ship agsin,
ard sigca then has sailed over the world
gea years ago be engaged IN business