The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-03-13
A ROMANCE or FIFTH AvrsUE.
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY TOLD OF 4 NEW
YORK LADY LATELY DEAD.


New York Letter 10 the Bohis.ore San.1
On Tuesday thcre were borne from sump-
tuous house high up on Fifth avenue, for in
terment In Connections town on the New
Haven road, not far from this city. the -
mains Of a revered wife and mother whose
distant girlhood had supplied tho heroine of
romance as dramatic as ever found cxposi.
ton IN novel or on stage. Half a century
ago, when she was the only unmarried tlaugh-
ter of an old and wealthy family Of the town
IN whose cemetery her body now rests. she
came to New York In the bloom and viyacitv
OF youth just conscious of its own power,
to visit the friendly household Of one Of our
first merchants. A prolongation of her So
journ here did not excite the remonstrance of
her parents until they were surprised by in
formation that her delay was possibly occas-
Toned by the frequent calls of gentleman. a
lieutenant of the British navy, whose atten-
lions seemed ominously serious, when her
mother took the family carriage precipitately
for the city, to convey back forthwith the gid
dy damsel. Upon arraignment before the
maternal bar the young lady did not deny the
frequent visits of the alleged sutton, whom
her New York friends had seen no reason to
interfere with indeed, upon stepping into
the carriages to go home (tiere was no New
Haven railroad then) she said quite coolly -
It's useless to find fault now, ma, for l am
married." Such indeed was the startling
Fact; after short and only finally suspected
oh ,t..
had been clandestinely married and before her
Mortified mother and romantic daughter had
been IN their Connecticut home twenty-four
hours the bold young sailor was there too, to
claim his wife But he found her prisoner,
locked in her own room, and both parents
met his appeals with steady refusal to ac-
knowledge his authority. The girl was but
child, they said, not conscious Of her own
mind, and they should resist with every pos
sible form of law any attempt to remove her
from their custody. The husband, urging
that they loved each other, was told that she
whom he had made his wife in name now on
~ regretted her sentimental folly and wished
10 see him no more. Astonnded at this asser-
ton, the young man passionately impugned
its truth. Would he be generous enough TO
give up, he was asked, If she herself assured
him of her desire to that effect2 Chivalroun-
". though too rashiy perhaps, be agreed so to
do, confident, undoubtedly, that she would
prove true to him. And then came the most
extraordinary scene of the little drama. A
married sister strikingly resembling the yet
imprisoned virgin wife, had been hastily sum-
moned from this city for the purpose, and art
fully dressed to intensity the resemblance,
hurriedly entered the room s.!;cs5 the iieuteii-
ant was present, with friend for witness,
to learn his fate, and with simulated sobs,
hastily hid her face on her mothers bosom -
Surprising her to be the wife he agitatedly
called by name, the deceived husband beg
ged her to go with him. "I wish to remain
with my mother 4" was the apparently tear
full answer, without SO much as a glance for
him, and without another word the lieutcn.
ant bowed to parents and child, and at once
withdrew with his friend from the room and
the house. On his way back to New York by
steamboat favorite dog that accompanied
him lcaped overheard, and he plunged in
stantly over to the rescue, and was drowned