Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-23
A Scotch Lassis's Romance and Its Sad
Ending.

Sometime ago gentleman who lives
in Allegheny went abroad for pleas
ant trip, taking with him his wife and
young children. Some of the gentle
mans immediate ancestors had been
born in Scotland, and he desired to
spend considerable time in that coun-
try, and did so. During the visit of
the party one of the children was taken
sick at Dunkeld, little town in Perth
shire, on the left bank of Tay. The
town had but few accommodations, but
as the child was too weak to be moved,
the family were compelled to take lodg-
ings in hotel and wait for the little
ones recovery. The mother became
worn out with watching the sick boy,
and his father asked the doctor lit he
knew of any one who could be obtained
as a nurse and promising liberal pay.
The doctor said he knew just the right
kind of person, provided she would
consent to serve as nurse. She was
JEANNE, daughter of the clergyman,
who had formerly had charge of the
only child an orphan, poor and almost
to the poor and needy during her IA
ther' lifetime, and after he had left her
she had gone to the house of friend to
remain until she could obtain some
kind of work. The doctor told Jeannie
how matters stood, and she at once de-
clared her willingness to nurse the sick
child, and accordingly took her place
at his bedside. The bright, cheerful
face of the girl, and her winning man
ners, made her great favorite with
the children and their parents, and
when they were about to leave Dunkeld,
the mother insisted on JeaDnie coming
to this country with her as governess
of the children and companion for
herself. To this Jeannie objected
stoutly, and said, with many bushes
and much confusion, that she could not
leave Dunkeld! Then the reason came
out. She was engaged to be married
to the young man whom she had known
since childhood, and who was to marry
her as soon as he was able. He was a
guard on the North British Railroad.
"Why could not Stewart come, tooP"
said the father of the boy whom jean
ME had so faithfully watched. "I will
find work for him in Pittsburg, and you
need not be separated"
Then it came out that Stewart had a
sister who was bedridden, and who had
no support, and this was the reason
why the marriage had not taken place
before. Jeannie was persuaded to go
to Dundee to see Stewart and ask his
advice, and he was urgent in his coun-
sci that she she should accept the lib
eral offer that had been made to her
and go to America. He told her he
would follow her here when he was able
to provide for his sister. Stewart added
that the doctors said that the sick girl
could not outlive the winter. Poor
Jeannie was all tears and sorrow when
she left with her friends, but she heard
regularly from Stewart, and on arriving
here she soon became accustomed to
her new life and liked it greatly. About
a month ago Stewart wrote to her that
his sister was dead, and that he would
leave for America about the 1st of jan
uary. Jeannie's songs and smiles be-
came more frequent, and she looked for
ward eagerly for the arrival of the new
year.
On Tuesday last the papers contained
the account of the terrible accident to
the Marlborough train on the bridge
over the Firth of Tay. JEANNE heard
about it, and hurriedly read the mea-
gre account that had been sent by cable.
She did not say much when she finished
the dispatch until her mistress told her
not to worry about Stewart, as he was
probably all right, Then she began to
sob, and cried out: "It isna' all right;
it was Stewards train, and Stewart s
drowned!" Next morning came the
particulars of the disaster, and list of
the names of those drowned. Stewart s
name was among the list of the train
men, and when Jeannie read it she
went to her room and would not see
any one until the following morning.
Then she came quietly down stairs and
went about her usual duties without a
word to anybody. She looked ten years
older than she did before, but she made
no complaints, and has not referred to
her loss since that first sad day, and
her friends in their pity and warm SYM
pathy are watching her anxiously to
see that she does not do herself some
harm. And thus even this far-away
calamity shows how long-reached are
the shadowy arms of affiiction and sor'
row. PittSburg Telegraph.
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