Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-12-10
nestled in his arms, lay where it had
fallen---lpon the deck.

nestled in his arms, lay where it had
fallen--upon the deck.
The passengers, on seeing the sad and
strange sight were amazed, and wonder
ed that her lover, whose agony was so
apparent, did not approach her PROSTATE
form. But the reason would be made
apparent soon enough. and their hearts
would bleed for grief that had no hope.
for blank despair that can never this
side of eternity be irradiated with one
CLEAN of sunshine.
The young lady was removed at once
to her cabin, ard was attended by the
ships surgeon, but it was long before
she was restored to consciousness. Her
intended husband was finally induced to
enter the cabin, but his presence brought
on paroxysn of weeping which threat
ened the young lady's life, and he at
once withdrew. A few days after the
strange events related had occurred, Mr..
Van Seller, with much hestapcy, related
to the writer's informant circumstances
which fully explained the events of the
preceding days.
When boy of ten, he ran away from
his parents, who resided in the city Of
Amsterdam, and found employment ms
cabin boy on ship bound for Java.
For five years he sailed to different parts
of the world, and had accumulated
considerable sum of money He CON
cluded, finally, to visit his parents but
on arriving at Amsterdam he heard that
his father was dead, and that his mother
had again married and removed to
different part of the country. On hear
ing this he decided at once to ship again,
and since then has sailed all over the
world. Ten years ago he engaged in
business in western town Md became
rich Two months ago he visited Europe.
met Miss Reuter-, who had been engaged
as govcrness. A mutual feeling of re-
spcct ended in love, and his proposal Of
marriage was accepted. She said her
parents were dead, and she had no one
to consult in relation to any step she
took in life He desired the marriage
to take place before leaving, but provi-
dentially the romantic girl wished it TO
be at sea, which delay, gricvous as the
results were, saved them from a fate
much worse than death. Gu the eve
ming previous to their intended marriage
Miss Reuter- spoke of her mother as hav-
ing once lived in Amsterdam, and that
she had been twice married. This fell
upon his ear as the knell of fate. the
name of his father the circumstances of
her half-brother running away to sea
when he was ten years Of age, his report
cd death by drowning on the coast Of
France, aud the strange coincidence of
I his and her lost brothers name being the
same. Not noticing the intense agony
, depicted on his face, she drew forth a
locket, and their mothers portrait was
displayed before them. With voice
sounding as if from the grave, he graspcd
: her by the arm andsaid My God, you
are my sister, my own mothers daugh-
! ter" She gave one wild, incredulous
look into his face, and then fell iai sting
upon the deck.
The voyage was long one and occu-
pied nineteen days, and before its term-
+ nation the young lady was able to go on
I the deck. She was, however, but a
shadow of her former self, and her rest
less, vacant look showed that her mind
. did not pass through the fearful ordeal
unscathed.
, Together they concluded it was better
| to place the ocean between them and in
/ a few days the unfortunate young lady
will return to her native Holland. Her
y brother has made her liberal allowance
E which will always keep her in easy cir
/ cumstances, and however bitterly they
may regret their unlucky fate, they can
, not but be thankful that their brief nc.
, quaintance ended as it did.
= In Virginia, Mr. Allen Hannah has
marriad Miss Hannah Allen, and now
Miss Hannah Allen is Mrs. Hannah
Hannah and is, perhaps the only wo-
man in the world whose whole name can
: be spelled backward the same as forward
That's what's the matter with Hannah.
A dog in Terrc Ha &c, Ind, will not
touch morscl of food until he has said
mimic grace; then he will go and sit in
the lap of the lady who owns him.
Plenty of fellows would do that, and they
arc not settlers either.
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