The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-23
A Young Girls Folly.

A romance in real life, with an end
ing sadly different from that which the
books give, has just transpired in q
small village not many miles from
Cleveland. Clara J. was young
lady of IS, quite fair, and possessing as
many charms as most young ladies OF
her age and surroundings. Her father
is an honest. farmer, whose acres, al
though numbered by the hundred, are
not entirely, free from incumbrance.
Some three months ago copy of the
daily Cincinnati Enquirer, by some sad
fate, fell into this young lady's hands,
and her eye ran over the column of dis
reputable notices headed "Pe-sonal.
She had then no idea of answering any
of the many solicitations for corre-
spondence, by any means. But it did
in some way seem a charming thing to
look them all over and speculate upon
who the adventurers were, and what
they were doing, and why they adver-
tised. And so she did look over these
columns and so she did become inter-
ested. u3 aaH suHA if
At length she came to the conclusion
that it would be a romantic thing, just
for fun, to answer one of these notices,
and in harmless way see what might
come of it. With heart beating high
she penned modest note, which simply
served to answer the advertisement, and
in due course of mail letter returned
to her postmarked Chicago, and direct
ed in most beautiful hand. The seal
was broken, when the letter was found
to read as follows: .a2 i.
CHICAGO, ,--.-Miss Clara J.-MY
DEAR MISS: was rejoiced to receive your
note of to-day. Since placing the notice in
the paper to which your note was the reply
| have received alarge number OF sOlicita-
tions to correspond, but yours was the only
one that1 have answered. / shall be pleased
il it is convenient and pleasant for you to do
so to continue a correspondencem1fjl We
shall become mutually acquainted, and thus
/ am certain we can not fail to be profited.
Write me again soon, and tell me what you
think of this. Very respectfully.
..s.. an arew -77iTT--.ssa
This was a charming letter to the
young lady. She read # over and over
again, and carried it with her for sew
eral days. The beautiful chirography
and perfect orthography made It espe-
cially attractive, and she was convinced
that there could be nothing wrong, and,
besides, if there were, she was only
writing for sport, she thought, and g
nothing serious could happen. She had
never thought much of the rough-and-
ready fellows of the village who had at
various times shown their honest atten-
tons to her. She now had real city
beau, and was evidently flattered. She
knew that he was some great mana
bookkeeper, head clerk, in some opu-
lent firm, or something of that sort.
So when the proper length Of time had
elapsed, SO that too great haste would
not be manifest, she wrote again, and
thus a regular correspondence sprang
up. 5s5fq
i Things were we'll along before the
parents of the young lady were aware
of what was going forward. At length
he asked the privilege of coming ont on
a visit to her. She accepted, and the
time when the lovers, united in heart,
were to meet face to face at length ar
rived. He came, and as she is as much
captivated with his presence as she has
been with his penmanship and compost
ton. He remains few short days, ,and
it is rumored they are engaged. To bep
sure, her parents are not pleased with
his appearance They consider him far
too snowy in dress ard plausible in con-
versation; but Clara was satisfied, and
was convinced that the old folks were
stubborn and unsophisticated, and were
trying to interpose needless obstacles to
the course of true love. And SO, at j
length, they yielded; and, as the Chica-
60 gentleman still fingered near, and
was desirous of consummatingI a mar
riage with their daughter, they at length
consented, and the couple who were
thus brought together were united in
holy wedlock and departed with what
dowry the liberal father was able to be-
stow This was less than two months
ago, and last week the poor girl, now
transformed into a sad and carew0n
woman, returned to her fathers home.
The sequel is soon told. IN The young
husband was a gambler, and, upon OBJ
taining his wife's money, had soon dis
posed of it, and they were left pennilsss. !.
He had ,resorted to various inakeshifts
to get the necessaries of life, but.h had
been found next to impossible to get on,
and the young wife, at length tired Of
the struggle, had written home for mon
ey to return with. The father imme-
diately went to Chicago and returned
with his daughter. It is pretty well
settled that Wilson-for that is the young
husbands, name-was once q stock
broker and in good shape to prosper, SO
far as this worlds goods are concerned,
but the fascination of gambling seized
him, and has dragged him down. aaa