The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-13

ticierk In general store near The corner
Of j fferson avenue and Bates street.
laisy mpie had thsn been over rom
BnYlah q, about one year, ana during nis
| aho oe or Miss Louisa sMerkhaua. With
theis plrents They GAME TO this CITY, anu
were lnus enabled 10 continue an ae-
| quaiHtanye wh Ich soon clianyed to love,
| anu the onsequent engageaneIi ~ resulted.
| Louisa's paFeHts berry pretty well SUP.
pied with this wofld's goods were much
opposed to Dalrymple as d son-inlAw.
chiehy because hs worked Tor living;
but their opposition was useless. Tue
young couple met in secret and carried
on a co 0srespondence unknown to any
one but themselves. TOO poor. to geti
married, young Dalrymple as soon as ne
reached his majontyV 81 arted est in
search Of his lortune. lie had not been
absent mauy months wlIen III iss Al erkA
nam's parents discovered that their
Ihaugnter was still spending with
Dalfynples and sent her toiQ bee to be
educaIed, ostepsibly. but really TO .wean
her rom the obj5ct of her affeclion.
| "For eight years." sad Dairymple, II
heard not a word from Louisa, during
whIcn time l moved to Melbourne, Aus
|Lralla, and established myself as an at
torney and counselor at law. AT last,
on the 20Jh OF August, 1865 1 was sur
lprised at the receipt OF letter bearing
Lne Liverpool poslInark and the sigma
lture of my lost Nv ee lheart. In The letter
sne stated that she had long thought me
Idead, but seeing my name III an Austria
liam paper the Old love had prompted her
to write me, some eJhing tell ng ner that
The Australian attorney wasrths Detroit
tclerk OF '54.
II answered the letter promptly and
| wi "A taa Of a hItt II
waited for reply in vain, until at last
imade up my MUD that either l mad been
Imposed upon Or death had claimed my
IsWeetneart. qua, s,1. ,geyt.A ja.., .sse
''Still bachelor I toiled at my pro :
fession and accumulated wealth, and
last anuary, filed with desire to re-
visit Detroit and my old home in Eng
laud, also intending TO visit the worlds
lair at Philadelpn.a, ! took passage on
the steamer Calcutta for San Francisco,
where l arrived on the 22d OF February.
Without delay | started East, and aimee
that me have Travelled across the conti-
nent tufee times. .'a
| "Last Tuesday evening was at Chi
cago. and to pass away the time !
lvlsited one OF the theaters. WHAT the
play was l do not recollect, save that
Lnere was a reunion OF the two principal
char racters after long separation, and,
as usual, the audience was dismissed In
high spirits. Esl ecially was L happily
Impressed, for in the person OF q lady
VINO assumed the part OF a kind, matron-
lily old woman / tancied that / recog-
nIzed the voice and features of the love
OF my youth, and try as L would could
mot dismiss the fancy. SO deeply Was
it Impressed upon my mind that after
going TO my hotel examined the play
bill and after10ng consideration re-
solved to call upon tho 'old woman
Tue next dayL carried out my resolu-
tion and there occurred a mutual recog-
milton, which, had you seehit, you could
never forget.
"Ehe result is that after nearly ten
years Of lie on the stage, Louisa has left
1t for good, and tOgeLner we will visit
Philaue lphia and old Eng, and, after
which we will return to Nielbourne to
end our days in peace and happiness, as
hope"
A reporter who had overheard the re-
marks of the man in the ch airintroduced
nimselfs and was not only received cor
daily, but was asked to 'come up to the
Howard House at 2 O'clock and you'll
see the sequel" *
i Having accepted the invitation with
thanks, the reporter was On hand, and
with four or i've invited guests wit
messed the marriage of the Australian
lawyer and the actress from Chicago,
and soon after saw the old man with
shining face and steady hand inscribe
| with extra flourish in the hotel register
| ''Enos Dairymple and wife, Melbourne,
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