Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-03-07
A ROMANCE 0FF1FrHA AVENUE,

avn . CUM pSOOuS. nVOSS W On
Fifth avenue. for interment in a Con-
necticut town on the New Haven Road,
not far from this city, the remains of
revered wife and mother whose distant
girlhood had supplied the heroine of .
romance as dramatic as ever found ex
position in novel or on stage. Half .
century ago, when she was the only un-
married daughter Of An old and wealthy
family of the, town in whose cemetery
her body nov rests, sne came to New
York in the bloom and vivacity of
youth just conscious of Its own power,
to visit the friendly household ofone OF
cur first merchants. A prolongasion Of
her soujourn here did not excite the re
mo.strance other parents until they were
surprised BY information that her delay
was possibly occasioned BY the frequen,
calls of a gentleman. a lieutenant Of the
British navy, whose attentions seemed
ominously serious, when her mother
took the family carriage precipitately
for the city, to convey back forthwith
the giddy damse'. Upon arra,gnmen,
before the maternal bar the Young lady
did not deny the frequent visits of the
alleged suitor, whom her New Yorh
friends had seen no reason to interfere
v tn; indeed, upon stepping into the
carriage to 60 home (there was no New
II wen railroad them she said quite
c'oly: cts useless to find fault now,
NJ for l am married.. Such indee"
. as the Startling fact; after short and
o.ly finally suspected summers court
strip, she and the lieutenant had been
clandestinely married, and before tn
n. rrlfied mother and romantic daughter
had been IN their Connecticut home
twenty four hours the bold young SAL
pr wss there too, to claim bis wife!
Bot be, found her prisoner, locked il.
her own room, and both parents met
his appeals With steady refusal to &c
knowledge bis authority. The girl was
but = child. theY said, not conscious Of
ber own mind, and they should resist
with every possible form Of lsw any
sttsmpt to rsinoye her. from their. cus
tsdy. Tie hasbass, ,u,fgise that thsy-
loved each other, was told that shs
whom he had made his wife in name
now only bitterly regretted her senti
mental folly and wished to see him no
more. Astounded ct this assertion, the
yosng maa paseienatsly. impugned its
truth. Would he be generous enough
to give her up, he was asked, if she
hsT3slf1 assured him of her desire to that
effect? Chlvslreusly, though 600 rash
y perhaps, hs agreed to do 50, conf
dent, 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 summoned from this city
r. the purpose, and artfully dressed
to intensity the resemblance, hurriediy
entered the room whore the lleutenan
WAS present, with friend for Wit
neas to learn his fate, and With simu
lated sobs, hastily bid her face on hes
mothers bosom. Supposing her to b.
the wife whom he agitatedly called by
name, the deceived husband begged her
to 60 with him II wish to remair
With my mother!" Was the apparently
fearful answer, without 50 much as
glance for him, and without anothe,
word the lieutenant bowed to parent:
and child. and At ones withdrew witt
nis friend from the room and the house
On his way back to New York b.
steamboat . favorIte dog that accom-
,anied him leaped overheard, and he,
plunging instantly over to tho rescue,
vas drowned