The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-09
WHOLE NO. 1859.

A GRAND hAPIDs RoMAHcE.-She came here
in blaze OF silks, yelvets and jewelry, and
took rooms at Sweets hotel She was fair to
look upon, and her manners, although modest
and reserved, were winning, so, in day or two,
she had more admirers among the guests of
the hotel than she could have counted on all
her jeweled fingers. Her time was spent in
driving, shopping, walking, and in the hundred
and one ways in which elegant ladies of leisure
amuse themselves for want OF something better
to do.
There were quiet drives in the soft spring
evenings with admirers especially favored.
There were bird's-eye views of our beautiful
city from the bluffs, and enraptured gmpses
of our handsome business streets from the
plate windows Of dashing turnouts. In short
everything was lovely, and the bird whose
name gives tone to many a nursery ballad was
suspended at an unusual altitude. The lady
was, for time, the center around which ali
social aspirations centered, and her styles OF
dress, pronunciation, etc. we're copied by more
than one lady who sought to conquer with the
gentle weapons which, In other hands, were
making so manv conquests.
Among the guests at the hotel one business
man seemed favored above all Others Upon
him her handsomest toilets and brightest
smiles we're lavished with profnsion which
brought others sorrow in the exact proportion
that they brought him happiness. He sang,
danced, drove and chatted with her until, con-
sidering the fact that he has wife in the city,
the matter began to look serious.
He seemed unable to exist out of her pres
ence, and spent more than one day which should
have been devoted to business by her SIDE. At
last he declared his love.
In few days the anxious lover grew savagely
jealous OF ali his competitors for the heart
which seemed created for him alone, and his
love making partook of a character altogether
too unanimous for the rude gaze of those about
him. Then secret meetings were planned, and
the two souls drifted along in current OF rose
leaves whose fragrance sweetened all their
lives.
A day or two ago the couple had an appoint
ment in the lady's private sitting room. Who
shall say what glorles Of love and loves con-
fidence took possession Of those envious hours
which drfted away all too swiftly? In the
midst of a tender passage door leading into
the room opened and the fair ones husband,
pistol in hand, frowned down upon them. AS
a rule arguments are Of no avail in such cases,
especially when the husband is armed and the
wife Is tearfully agonizingly penitent. At least
it proved so IN this case. The husband de-
clared that he had received blow from which
he could never recover, and that he considered
| it his duty to warn the world at large to be-
ware OF the monster who had stolen his owD
little birdie. or course this will never do. The
business man had every thing at stake, and offer
ed to pay any amount rather than have the matter
get out. At first the injured husband couldn't
think of patching up his wounded heart with
filthy lucre, but finally took check for $2,5C0
and retired, accompanied by his wife. And
thus endeth the first chapter.--Grand Rapids
Times.