Smyrna times., 1878-03-20
A Romance of New York,

On tuesday there were borne from y
sumptuous house high up on Fifth avenue
Ior lnterment in Connecticut town on
tne New Haven road, not far from the
CITY, the remains of revered wife and
Hotner whose distant girlhood had SIM.
pilea the heroine of a romance rs dra.
inatlc as ever found exposition in novel or
Oh stage HALF centuary ago, when She
was the only unmarried daughter of an old
anu wealthy family of the town, in whose
het Dody now rests, she came to
we" ork In the bloom and vivacity of a
you'h JuSC conscious OF its own power, to
visit the friendly household Of one Of onr
llrsC merchants. A prolongation of her
soJourn there did not excite the ramon.
STRANGE of her parents until thew were
surprised by information that her DELAY
was possibly occasioned by the frequent
calls OF a gentleman, lieutenant Of the
Drltlsh navy, whose attentions seemed
omlnouSly serious, when her mother took
the family carriage precipitatelv for the
city, to convey back forthwith the oiddv
damsel Upon arraignment before the
maternal bar the young lady did not denv
'he frequent visits of the alleged suitor |
"hom her New York friends had even no |
reason to interfere with; indeed. upon |
stepping INTO the carriage to 90 home |
(there was no New Haven railroad then) |
she SAID quite cOolly: "Its useless to find |
iault now, ma, for | am married" Such |
4hdeed was the startling fact; after short
anu ohiy hhaily suspected summers court.
snip, she and the lieutenant had boon
married. and before tLa
norr!hed mother and romantic dauohter
had been in their Connecticut home twenty.
four hours the bold young sailor was there
TOO, TO claim his wife, But he found her
a prisoner, locked in her own room. and
eoth parents met his appeals with a steady
REFUSAL to acknowledge his authority. The
5iri II "us out child, they said, not conscious
ot her own mind, and they should resist
win every possible form of law any at
Tempt 10 remove her from their custody
ne husband, urging that they loved each |
'tHer, was told that she whom he had made
us VIE IN name now only bitterly regret | {
ed her sentimental folly and wished to (
zee MN no more. Astounded at this as. 7
er'on, the young man passionately i'm.
'ugned its truth. Would he be generous l
nough to give her up, he was asked. if She {
lerselt assured him of her desire to that '
meet! ChlValrously, though too rashly. {
he agreed so 10 do, confident, un. i
ouotedly, that she would prove true to i
nm And then came the most extra. 7
rdlnary scene of the little drama. Q
married sister, strikingly resembling the a
ct imprisoned virgin wife, had been hastily O
ummoned from New York for the bur. I
ose' and artfully dressed to intensity the n
esem6lance, hurriedly entered the room t
mere the Lieutenant was present, with a h
'iend for witness, to learn his fate. and Fl
ith simulated sobs, hastily hid her face on p
er mothers bosom. Supposing her to he c
le wife, whom he agitatedly called bv
anne, the deceived husband begged her to il
with him. :" wish to remain with INV f.
lother !! was the apparently fearful o
nswer, without so much as q glance for lC
i'm; and without another word the lien. S
'nant bowed to parents and child, and at il
nee Withdrew with his friend from the Z
'om and the house On his wav bacl< ~ n
ew York by steamboat favorite dog that Fl
'companied him leaped overheard. and he tc
unglng instantly over to the rescue. was h
'owned. wac nj