Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-10-07
| ROMANCE IN A CONVENT
Dramatic Meeting Of q Young Priest
and Beautiful Nun at Ut.
Dc Chantal,
Near Ttfs City - How an Old
Adorey MAS Found At the
CunfessloRal,
Where a Sensational Scens o..
curred--A CHI Who Took
tho Veil for Spite.

4psoSai to ne Harlstr.
NEW YoRK, October 6.-The Morning
Journal publishes the following:
4 widow lady, residing on the outskirss
OF East Leadville, Col, told strange story
70 . reporter yesterday. The door OF -
unpretentious cottage was opened BY .
fairhaired, rather handsome little woman
Of about twenty eight years. She hssitatsl
About tslling her sxpsrisnoe, bst eqessntsd
when assuf6d hsf NED ~ ~es98 - -
revealed.
~ was born and raised" she said, aftsl
closing the door Of
The Cssy PsrIsP
and seating herself BY the reporter, Gig
Massachusetts,, on . small farm in Hamdsn
county, and at an early age va, sent TO the
seminary at Holyoke 10 finish my educs.
ton. At that time | WAS only sixteen
years Of age. At the end Of the first year
met q young man whose name Il 10 not
necessary 10 mention. The admiration was
mutual between us. In q short time had
promised TO marry him when graduated,
on the condition that my parents would
give their consent We agreed that moth.
ing should be said 10 them nj the time, but
10 came TO their ears thai ! Was receiving
attentions and devotins much time TO e.
t.rtsining him. They objscted TO my see
ing him any more. This brought about Q
climax.
Told ny Lover
what my parents had said, and he resolved
to lay the whole matter before them and
ask their consent to our marriage.
After that could not see him except
clandestinely, and our secret meetings
were kept up until my parents sgain Wis.
tied me- which was in about . month. 1
notified my betro'hsd that they were In
town. sud he called ON them and told them
the story OF our love. They refused 10
sal ction our marriage, and gave mo orders
not To see the young man again. asked
th,m what their objections werv IN they
told me it was his poverty. l will sdd
here that while
He Wa Peer
he was intelligent and industrious, and
held . good position IN one OF the largest
manufacturing establishments In the oity.
"You know" shs went on, "how stub
born old folks are sometimes, when they
want 10 be, especially In cases whore the
marriage of their children 10 concerned.
The result was we we're kept apart, and -
we were both quite young wc took our sep
ara,ion very much 10 heart.
We vowed eternal oonstancy to each
other and promised that unless We married
each other We would never marry a. all. !
was absent to attend school In Boston.
Orders were given 10 the Mother Superior
10 keep q close watch on me, and not si.
low me to get out unless accompanied by
some OF the teachers. was more
Like . Prisoner Than = Papil.
30 far a. my personal liberty was concerned.
In time learned TO like the convent, not
withstAndIng the strict watch that vss
kept over me, and by degrees ! learned 70
bear the separation from my lover with
something like resignation. by devotion
TO my stndiss and q strict compliance with
all the rules Of the institution, ] gained the
favor OF my teachers and was soon on the
b, 81 OF terms with them, but ! was still
closely watched.
After had been In the convent les
than q year frat conceived the notion of
tskipg the veil and becoming . nun. The
world had no charms for me nov, and j
~ cretsly determined. must confess partly
out OF spite TO my parents, TO take ths yeti.
This determination ! communicated 70
tb. IN, aud ~ ! expected, u met with their
di.pprovsl. told them they bad laid
the Foundation for my course, and l Wss
determined N follow Il. remained
In the Cssvsnt fsv Thsee Yeass,
never having heard . word from my old
admirsr during oil that ums.
Il finally graduated and went home, still
determined TO take the vsH. ] made In
quiriss ABOUT conycntg aud hnally oon-
,'luded TO 20 to M. De ehantal, at Whssl.
-. n bRfaYa Il
ras .irusted - tbtt could 60. ] bad
saved from my spending money by thst
city. ,nd The hst stoptoftnplty offered I rsu
awsy from bone and soon found myself 10
the lily that hsd selected for ny boms In
a lie of ,eclusiOn. repaired 81 ones 70
Ib. convent ard made known my purposs.
"Isss received kindly and 81 onos en-.
not giys in detail my NE for the hr't To-.
years. In due time vas admitted n foil
srs,srbood Finally begsn 70 tire of the
life OF solusion, bat rssolvsd 20 make ths
bet OF IT, The good osiest that hsd been
my father coniessor % long wss taken vio-
hn,Iy ~ spd died, and . new one VS. ~
pointed TO Ill bis place. The h"s dv
after
had taken the place Of the good father Who
had gone 10 his reward, I vent - usual "
confession. The day was . sunny day j.
June. approached the oo.fsssionsl, sno
us / Besftd II, . bright rsy OF bght
,,rean,d through the windoe and revealed
10 nv s.tonish.dsyes the face 0f my old
suitor In the confessionai. ] uttsrsd Q
scr.sm: my head swan; my senses fos'
sooI me and ! fAl faintisg on the hoH.
The noise sttrsrssd the ismass OF the in-
stitutiop. ] Was taken op In IN uncoo-
scious oonditios and carried To my room.
Rsstorptiyes wsrs sdmisistsfsd and after n
short time oonsciousasss rsturnsd. VI
cour,e IN sI Iplanalion vas nou ns,esssry.
nd
The ssssy e 0ss Lsvs.
and dissppointment Vas told 10 the Moth
or BuuSrios, Ny old friend, who vas no1
\ priest nod were allowed 70 see sscn
other snA talk tha mattsS over. We toia
our expssisnoes siAos No had been sspb.
rsted- He bed taken 70 ths Pne,hHi
through disappoistmsnt, and fs!s g dio,
that q mists ks had bees msde We both.
I concluded We usrs not sitsd fof the Ss'
,ponslhilities Ss hsd assumed, and ~ ~
solved ~ possible TO rssfses the stsps ~
IAN sppliostion w. made 70 the Pope for
. dsper sstisn frsstsg us from the So.s y
bad taken. The stSry Of eos lore and Dc
sppointmsst was smbodisA In tbs aopftes-
sion Tbs Fobss of the prisst sod nua wore
aoffed, sud in de- u1s vs vsfe married.
/ We vspt 10 6Outbsfn Colorado. sngsesd u
| The irsN business and Hse4 hsppiiy fes
l ,evsrsI yssrS. LAst week NJ kusb see
! oisd. I sold out eaI Httie farm snd cs9e
10 Lssdvilis, and Asrs ] shalI remain uaui
| disL"
cRARiTY sEYoHo 0eLfS.