Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-04
A ROMANTIC STORY.
How Two Medical Students Strove fol
and Won the Hand Of the Same
Lady.

Troy Press.l
The following very romantic story
is but the substance of what hap.
pened in our own city many years ago.
The characters that appear as princi.
pals have passed away, but their de-
Sceudants yet live among us and occu-
by honorable positions in society.
Two young men who had passed
through colleges and graduated with
honor were studying medicine.
They were fast friends and were all
most ~inseparable, They entered So
ciety together, aud were well received
in the best houses. They were to-
gether one evening at a reception in
one of the wealthiest mansions Of the
city, when a new star appeared in the
person of a niece of the hostess, who
had come from Massacf usetts. She
was handsome and reports agree in
saying that she was as good as she
was pretty. Both of the medical
students were smitten, and for the first
time in their lives afeeling of estrange-
ment came between them. The
natures of the two young men were
essentially different. One was frank
and open as the day, while the other
was taciturn and reserved. Both paid
court to the lady, but she soon mani
tested a choice for the more frank
character and they soon became en-
gagged. The defeated sutton seemed to.
bear his disappointment resignedly.
In time the lady went home, and the
successful sutton went abroad to COM
plete his studies. While absent let
tiers were received by the girl concern
ing her lover which created the
feeling hat he was false to her, and
finally one came in his own handwrit-
ing bidding her farewell, and stating
that he was about to be married to a
lady of rank. This proved almost a
death blow to the girl, but she soon
rallied and sought in every way to
conceal the traces of grief. The de-
feated sutton wa at hand and again
proffered his homage, and finally in a
fit of pique she married him.
Had this been the finale of the
story there would be no romance.
1t was not long after the we'd
ding before the lover returned.
He could not be made to believe
that the one he loved was false by ma
ture. lie reasoned hat there was
cause for change, and, like a sensible
man, he commenced the task of un-
raveling the mystery. After much
trouble he obtained an interview with
the wife in the absence of her hus-
band, and as an answer to his up
braidings she showed him the letter of
rcnunciatien, She was happier than
she had been in many days when she
learned that the letter was a forgery,
and that the lover had always been
true to her. She at once renowned
her husband, and soon opportunity
offered, and she procured a divorce,
and was united to her first and only
love. The husband and wife settled
down in this city, and here he en-
joyed a long aud successful career, and
when he died, full Of years and honors.
he was surrounded by his wife and
family. The false friend, who BY his
wicked Vaccinations, had wrought so
much sorrow. removed to Lansing
burg, where he became a physician of
uote. lie afterward remarked, and
his posterity to-day occupy honored
positions in the State. In two family
in this city the marriages are
recorded among the archives,