The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-15
AFTER TEN YEARS.

A Romance in Real Life with a Pretty Finale.
| The rerre Haute Express has the fol-
lowing sentimental tale:
"How do you do, sir? Do you not
know me?
| These lnterrogations were put to an
old gentleman vino was stepping off a
| street car in front of the Terre Haute
| House yesterday. The gentleman who
spoke was about thirty-tye years of age,
| Il fine, handsome appearing man, who
| had but few moments before registered
| his name upon the pages of the guests
book.
The old man paused. He dropped the
| two large valises he was holding. He
rubbed his eyes, as if to clear away a
| mist. He suddenly spun around like
| Il top.
"Well, by blank!' he shouted. "The
devil take your
Notwithstanding this emiDently pious
| wish, the younger man did not seem to
be anxious to allow any possession OF
The sort, and he simply said, pointing
over his left shoulder:
Lets take Il drink"
"Well, by blank!' was the old mans
only answer, ana away they walked to-
getner.
BY and by, they came back, arm in
arm,
THEIR FACES BEAMING,
their heads III close proximity.
And the Express representative, who
happened to be about, gained the knowl-
edge oil the whole story-how, it is need.
less to say.
Ten years ago a worthy citizen OF In
dianapolis was, like "Brabantio," the
father of lovely daughter-an is yet,
for that matter. But at tn 1t time she
was unmarried, young, and belle. She
frequently visited this city, where her
friends were far more NUMEROUS than
angels visits, and on one occasion met
a handsome young LAWYER, one of these
wild dogs" whose face and figure con-
stitute about the sum total of their
wealth. In this case brains were united
TO guou looks, and, as Edmund Sparkler
would say, there was no "oigod nom
sense" about tue youth. Easy, graceful
manners forming the "cap sheaf' OF
well-proportioned whole, it was not
passing strange her heart was won.
THEY BOTH LOVED,
and as time passed on, their affections
ripened into the tenderest passion. But
as yet she was playing the part of "Des-
demona," and he gent!er "OlheIlo"
than that of Shakespeare. So far the old
man Brabantio, of indianapolis, knew
nothing Of the love-making, and it was
through a l0Ye-letter picked up by a
meddling servant, that he discovered it,
| The young lady was at the time here
visiting her friends. Maddened, the old
gentleman sprung upon the first train
and arrived mere about 9 O'clock in the
evening. AS it happened, upon that
evening his daughter was upon the
stage at Bowling Hall, doing part in
an amateur performance for the benefit
of the poor. Her lover was also cast for
one Of the parts and the play was in
progress. The old gentleman came to
The hall, forced his way back 10 the
stage
| STAMPING AND SWEARING
and enterGu the dressing room like a
whirlwind. He soon found his daughter,
and seiZing her by the arm, commanded
her to get ready to accom- pany him home.
She demonstrated and b.gged, but he
was entirely without reason. The young
man also came up and added his entire a.
ties. All to no effect The result was
that she was taken out of the hall, and
compelled to 60 home with her father by
the next train.
:. But vinegar" says an old proverb,
"never catcnes flies" This wasn't ex.
actly the kind of treatment for a high.
spirited young lady. OF course, too, she
was forbidden to communicate with her
lover.
The mails may, however, have carried
a pretty, perfumed letter or two. But
| to that the sequel will furnish cue.
| A week OF two after the young lawyer
left this city. He went to indianapolis.
Two days after his arrival there old
Brabantio found his back door open one
morning and his pretty daughter gone.
He raved, stormed, swore, Quite, quite
in vain. He swore still louder when he
received a copy of a Cincinnati paper
with a marriage notice something like
this:
/ MARRIED-At the Burneu House, yester-
| day, Mr.. Blank Of Terre Haute, Indiana, to
Miss Blank, only daughter Of the wealthy MIR
Blank, Of Indianapolis. The happy pair left
| on the night train for the Far West This il
understood TO be a clandestine marriage
For ten long years the old man heard
nothing Of his fugitive daughter.
Yesterday when he stepped off the car
and came face to face with his son-in-
llaw, he was amazed, confounded, struck
dumb. But he was no longer his enemy.
HE soon learned that his daughter is
still living, and that his son-in-law is
now one o1 the wealthiest men In San
Francisco. Strangely enough the old
Igentlemen is now travelling for the In.
dfanapolis house of which he was once
the head, having lost his great wealth
lin an unfortunate speculation
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