The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-03-28

Loves Young Dream.
IT is an old adage, almost too trite
for repetition, that the course of true
love never did run smooth; and there
might be another equally true. though
less trite, that the rO"ghness of the
running makes true love only truer.
The accuracy of both these is illus
tratcd by romantic incident which but
recently occurred in this city.
The parties most intimately con-
cerned are three. The first is a young
lady, living in the neighborhood Of
Thirty-first street and Vernon avenue,
an astonishingly handsome girl, about
twenty years of age, brunette, with
large, flashing black eyes, a full and
beautiful form, cultivated mind, and
most bewitching manners. Her name
is well-known in the best society of the
city, but delicacy requires that it, as
we'll as the names of the others con-
nected with the story, be untold, at
least for the present. 1t is sufficient to
say that she is admired and honored by
all who know her. The second is
gifted young lawyer, who doesn't live
in Chicago, but who wooed and won
the rich love Of the girl some years
ago, was engaged to her three years
since, and has been and is now as de-
voted as was ever lover to his idol. 1t
is hardly necessary to say that the girl
returns his love with all the ardor that
young love only can know, and that the
affection of the two is of the character
which obstacles only strengthen, which
opposition only deepens, and which eff
forts to quench only cause to burn more
ficrcely. The third dramatis persona
is an elderly gentleman, pompous
self-important individual, whose name
is well-known in the city, and whose
Office is not thousand miles from the
corner of Clark and Washington streets.
He is the hard-hearted individual who
has made a world of woe for these
young people. However, he does not
figure in the story till later.
As had been said, the two had been
en- aged, and everything went happily.
The world seemed fair to them, and
they were to have been welded about a
year ago, but one day the young man
went on his brothers bond. Fatal day!
For later, his brother failed him, and
he had to pay the bond, and he was
impoverished. 1t was with a heavy
heart that he told his betrothed of his
misfortune and of the necessity for a
postponement of the happy day which
both had been anticipating with so
much patience; but with heart full of
Joy that he received her assurances of
her unaltered affection, and her will
ingness to wait till any time that he
might set to call her by the dear name,
wife, and so the marriage day was put
off indefinitely.
The girls mother looked upon the
changed state of affairs, however, with
different eye; the more, since the
third party, who. though advanced in
years, was supposed to be rich, had
manifested fancy for the daughter;
and the mother probably thought that
a "good MATCH" financially, was the
most desirable thing, and that love
iage. Accordingly, she took every
opportunity to favor the new candi-
dates suit, and tried to induce her
daughter to break the old attachment.
But this was not easy work. At first,
tae young lady mildly obiected; then
she tried to reason with her parent,
though in vain; and, finally, finding
that her latest admirer was pressing
his case, and that something decisive
must be done, she came out fatty, and
refused to break her VOWS and be a
traitress to him who trusted her. 1t
may naturally be supposed that storm
ensued, the result of which was that
the despairing girl was forbidden to
communicate with her betrothed, and
was required to see his rival when the
latter called. Protestations, entreaties,
prayers and tears were Of no avail. The
fiat was stern and inflexibly enforced.
Yet an occasional exchange of faithful
words took place between the young
lovers, and served to brighten the flame
which the mother sought to stitle. The
| pair could not, would not give each
other up; they vowed it.; and Il coup
Tetat was decided upon. They man.
aged to meet one night at the house of
friend, who lives on Vernon avenue,
near the University, and there agreed
that secret marriage should take
place in that house. The day was fixed
and was one but recently passed. Wit
nesses were provided, consisting OF
two of the prospective brides cousins,
and favored few Of sympathizing
friends. They separated, each feeling
that future bliss was insured. But a
few days before the union was to have
taken place the young lady found it
necessary to send some word to her be-
trothed. She wrote letter, and gave
it to little girl next door, asking her
to put it in the mail-box. The child,
all unsuspicious, showed it to her
mother, and that person gave it to the
young lady's mother! What followed
can better be imagined than described.
1t was storm of domestic anger, &C
companied by parental thunder and the
rain of filial tears. But the game was
checkmated. And now the disconsolate
young girl is the object of close sur
veillance, going out only with an es-
cort, and holding no communication
with anyone who might aid her in an
elopement. What the result will be no
person can tell. If the unwelcome
sutton becomes ashamed of urging his
suit on young lady who does not
want it, all may yet be right. But if
not-well, if those lovers ever get their
arms around each others necks, moth
ing will be able again to separate
them Chicago Times.
Indian Sign.Language.
1t is not generally known that the
Indians of our plains have common
language of signs-one perfectly under
stood bv all. Such, however, is the
curious fact. 1t undoubtedly grows out
of the necessity arising from their dis
tinct dialects, which are as many and
different as there are tribes. So unin
to11iUihle ia q member IF one tribe tn a