The Red Cloud chief., 1878-03-14
4 ROnANCE OF NTH ,,,>ry.
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~s~ Nsrk Lad, Ousrt, NJ

sNsety ~ q Il.
IN Tuesday there ~~r, t-,rne ,r.w :.
sump'ooas house high upon rinh Az
nue., o iniermept in a C-onprc,-n,
,o~h on The New Haven road Not "a,
from THIS city. the remains II = r,,,n.I
we ana mother whose distant rirlh,,l
had supplied the heroine Il . r-ntp.,c,
!" dramatic ~ ever found exposition in
mover or on stage, Half a century 40
"h"h u ~as the unl, unmarried
daughter Of nm old and wealth, family
VI The town IN shosc cemr,er, h.r ~,
now rcsts, she came Ia New Yrrl ia
the bloom and viyarity n a Youth iu.,
conscious II it, own power, Ia yi,i,,b.
friendly household IT ON, a our dr.,
merchants. A prulUnsstion n her "a.
lourn her. did not excite ia. r,mop.
STRANGE 81 her parents until th.y wsr,
surprised b, Information that her della,
was p"esio', o'ca'Ioncd by the frequent
calls OF = gentleman. = lieutenant If
the britsh navy. whose attention..
seemed ominously serious. when her
mother took the family carriage pr,ciu.
tately Tor the city. To conN., back forth
with. I'll, giddy damsel. lpon arrairp,
mehi before the maternal bar the ,nnnes
lady did not deny the ~frrpurn, visit, a.,
The alleged sutton, whom her New YORK
friends had seen no reason Ia interfere
with indeed, upon stepping into IN,
carriage To 20 home Cthcrc was no Un.
Ven Railroad them she said. quite cool.
~ III useless To find faul, now. ma.
TT ! All married. Such indeed as
the startling fact after n shor, and ON.
~ finally suspected summers courtship.
sh" n b lieutenant, had been clauS
dcsunely married. and before the hor.
riied mother and romantic daughter
had been In their Connecticut hum,
twenty -four hours the bold Young sailor
was there too. To claim his wife Bu,
he found her n prison Or, locked in her
" room. and both parents met his
appeals with n steady refusal TO ac.
knowledge. his authority. The cir,
was but n child, they said. NO, conscious
Of her " mind. and they should re-.
sist with every possible form Of law
any attempt to remove her from their
custody. The husband, urging thai,
they loved each other, was told that she
whom he had made hi, wife in name
now bitterly regretted her sentimental
folly and wished Ia see him no more.
Astounded NJ this assertion, the Young
man ~passionately impunged its truth.
Would he be- generous enough To give
her up, he was asked. II she herself as
surcd him Of her desire to that effect I?
Sh~ivalronsly, though too ra,hly per-
haps. he agreed 50 to do. confident. un.
doubleday. that she would prove true to
him. And then came the axtraordina-
ry scene Of the little drama. \ mar
ried sister strikingly resembling the yet
imprisoned virgin wife had been hastily
summoned from this city for the pur-
purpose. and artfully dressed 10 in,cn-
sify the resemblance. hurricdly entered
b room where the lieutenant was pres
cnt. with a friend for n witness. to learn
his fate, and. with simulated sobs. has
thy hid her face ON her mothers boz
som. Surprising her TO be the wife
whom he agi,atcdly called by name. the
deceived husband begged her to go with
him. IL wish to remain with my moth
er'' WAS the apparently fearful an
swer, without so much rs n glance for
him, and without another word the lieu
tenant bowed TO parents and child. and
al once Withdrew with his friend from
the room and the house. On his way
back 10 New York by steamboat n ia
vorite dog that accompanied him leaped
overheard, and be-. p%lunging instantly
over to the rescue, was drowned Cor.
baltimore Sun.