The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-03-13

AN " III w ~ " LIZ !
|AY, MARCH Il, 1880.
Police Board, and they have received
an unlimited grant Of the city's dirt
20 that within tho next two weeks,
expect to be able to see tho cobble'
stones, = sight which has not glad
dened my eyes for this many > day.
A pretty little romance occurred !
short time ago, which for : time
threatened serious consequences, bu,
at last turned ont to the satisfaction
of all parties concerned. A rich wid.
over, whose name I would only have
to mention to have it recognized
throughout the United States, waa
blessed with lovely daughter, who
like the sage in Hamlet, he loved
passing we'll. She was attending
boarding school on the Hudson, and
her papa took trip to California,
The father Of tie young lady had Z
partner, with whom he had been
associated many years, and their re-
lations were Of the most smicable and
confidential character, the pair had
engaged in . very profitable speculs-
ton, where each had bagged q mil
lion, and, as I remarked before, one
was blessed with daughter, and the
other with son. The daughter was
sweet sixteen, and the son eighteen,
and while the girl was attending school
on the Hudson, the boy was prepar-
ing for college in Connections. The
widower with the daughter kept no
home after the death Of his wife, and
the daughters vacations were gener-
ally spent ct the house Of his partner.
The boy and girl had thus grown up
together, very much like brother and
sister-oDly they we're not. To make
a long story short, papa with the
daughter made trip to California,
leaving Minnie, who was at school, in
charge Of his partner. Now it occurred
about this time that William arrived
At his eighteenth birthday, and his
papa resolved to give him q birthday
party. As the rules Of Minnie's school
were particularly severe about pupils
being absent during school term,
William's papa thought that he would
give the party and say nothing about
it to Minnie. Well, the party was
given, and it was quite : swell affair,
for the gentleman occupies one Of the
finest residences in the upper portion
Of the city, and just 40 they were in
tho middle Of the "German," who
should pop in but Miss Minnie. There
was considerable CONSERVATION among
the elder branches of the family: but
10 the presence of the company there
was no opportunity for explanation.
The school authorities, not knowing
where she had gone, telegraphed to
her father Of her sudden disappear
ance ; 10 = couple Of days, her guar
dian, not knowing what the school
authorities had done, returned her to-
school, and at school, they concluded
70 make her an example to all run-
away girls, so they shut her up in q
room, on very meagre diet, bat she
to get = note to her young
over, who had not yet returned to
,chool. That afternoon lie borrowed
,is fathers buggy and horses, and
'tarted up the river. After dark
'ound him under the window Of his
ady love. A ladder was borrowed
rom . s.neighboring building, and in a
rery short time, the happy pair were
flashing down the river road at good
on mile gait. A clergyman was found
~ the wsyside, who, 10 consideration
# ten dollars, made the twain one
1esb, and next morning, bright and
'arly, they turned up ct home to ask
or papa's blessing. What could he
loS There was the certificate, and
Ire thing was all regular, according
o the statutes of the State Of New
York. Like q sensible man as he 10,
'e said, "bless you, my children"
md now the youthful couple are bill
ng and cooling like turtle doves. The
,thsr papa is yet to hear from, and
10 be has no conscien tious scruples
'gainst swearing upon proper provo
alton, it is fair to presume that he
nay make it warm for them yet.
Canal or no canal, that is the ques-
ion, and whether we come to fiual
lecision at all, one thing Is certain, !
he great engineer Of the Suez ditch
s bound t., have q Jolly good time.
Almost eighty years old, with q |
young wife, and several
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