The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-31
A Long Branch Romance.


Long Branch letter: A few days ago
quite romantic and pathetic incident
occurred at little evening party given
at the cottage Of well-known summer
resident. Several years ago in a SOUTH
ern city, Harry G. became enamored Of
the young and beautiful Miss S., and the
affair soon ripened into a love-match
Both parties by birth were endowed
with enough of worldly dross, and the
friends of either side would not have
been opposed to nor surprised by their
marriage. For a long time the course Of
true love flowed smoothly along, and
the young lovers seemed every day to
be drawn closer together by the silken
cord of affection. Time passed swiftly
by, and the enterprising lover was Of
fered an interest in the business Of an
old reliable house in a city nearly or
qui G 1000 miles away from this native
place. So he babe his brave little sweet
childhood. For time sweet epistles
flew thick and fast between the severed
hearts, and then, because Of some silly
little misunderstanding, cold feelings
were engendered and the engagement
WAS subsequently abandoned by mutual
consent. Several years. passed by and
the parties heard naught from each
other, save through friends, and the
affair had long since been supposed
to be settled forever. A few weeks ago
Miss s. came to this place to spend the
season. She was as beautiful as
ever, and a shade of sadness, which
fingered in her dark, |ustrous eyes,
seemed to add to her attractive
ness. The young lady has a rich,
mellow voice, and quite reputation as
a vocalist, ard at this cottage party the
other evening she favored the assem-
bled guests with several songs. Quite a
number of invitations had been issued,
and the spacious parlors were filled with
merry throng. During the evening a
note was presented requesting her to
sing her favorite ballad, whatever that
REQUEST, but as the lady glanced at it she
gave an involuntary start and turned a
little pale as she recognized the well-re-
membered hand. With paIlid features
and trembling like Il startled fawn she
took her place by the piano, not even
daring to glance about her, for she knew
that he who was once her hearts king
was an eager spectator in the audi.
a soft ID prelud R'"A'"! and A' With a
little quaver like halfsuppressed sob
her voice floated out pathetically with
the words "Must we then meet as
strangers after our dreams of love?" The
notes rose on the air as clear and mellow
as a lutte, and instantly the whispering
and rust]ing of silks ceased, and the au-
dience hung enthralled upon the sweet,
sad melody Of the songstress. She sang
with eXqulsit effect and the moist eyes
of the listeners were evidence that the
audience was strangely moved. Her
voice trembled despairingly as though
the words were the plaintive moaning of
disappointed soul and the melody the
death-knell of hope. After the first
verse came mournful interlude. Then,
trembling in every limb, with features
as white and CHASTITY rs the face of
if mutely and patheticalfy appealing to a
relentless fate, the dove like voice
mournfully warbled the first lines OF the
last verse of this musical gem, when the
great tears welled up in the dark eyes
and coursed slowly down the pallid
cheeks. At this inopportune moment
she caught glimpse of a we'll remem-
bered face, and, unable longer to res
train her pent-up feelings, with a last
little half-suppressed scream of dispair
the sweet-voiced songstress swooned and
fell like a poor lifeless bird into the arms
of her lost lover
OF course panic ensued, and the star
tied guests fled in dismay from the
room, and the couple were alone with
their intimate friends. The lady soon
returned to life, and there occurred
scene which can we'll remain untold.
Suffice it to aid that the course of true
love once more runs smoothly, and
there seems to have beena complete
understanding between the PRINCIPALS,
for it is announced that at the close of
the season a wedding will take place at
certain church in New YorA-, followed
by a bridal tour to Europe. Speaking
of the little occurrence at the party that
evening, gentleman remarked that he
never heard the Bohemian Grip sung
with such effect as then.