Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-08
RELIGION AND Love.
Romance OF the Bellevllle Convent
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Il. Louis Republican.
Among those who escaped from the
burning Immaculate Conception convent
nc Belleyille, last Saturday night, was q
Yery pretty young lady, an orphan from
Eone Of the interior villages Of Illinois,
who is now lying in one OF the wards
ofthe st. Elizabeth hospital, Bellesville,
recovering fronl injuries she sustained
in jumping from the third-story window.
Although In moderate circumstances,
fher beauty and amiable disposition
have won for her many ardent admir-
srs and among them several wealthy
Young men. who have sued for
her hand. All Of those lovers
with the exception Of one, the son Of
,ne Of the wealthiest merchants in East
St. Louis, were unsuccessful in their
,uits, and even hi, in pressing his claims,
encountered obstacles which for g time
Threatened to prevent him from leading
her to the altar. While she was visiting
the friends of the young man in Ques-
lion, he met her and fell madly in love
with her, and she reciprocated. lie was
about to propose marriage, when his
father, learning she was 3 Protestant,
objected to the match, saying that any
.on Of bis who married 6nyy other than a
Catholic girl, would be disinherited.
The unhappy lover called on the young
lady and laid all the facts before her.
She said that she had no objections to
becoming a Catholic. One branch of
the Christian church was about as good
IA the other, sa anyway, she
thought. The lever. was happy again
It was decidedds that she should enter
the Catholic conqent at Be]leviile.
When she Informed her guardian that
she had determined to change her fault
and spend the remainder Of the year in
the immaculate Conception convent,
that individual, who happened to be an
nncompromising Protestant, refused to
furnish the money necessary for her ex-
pc 1ses while at the institution. She in
formed her lover OF her predicament
whereupon he volunteered to pay her
tuition. She objected to this arrange
ment at fret, but was finally prevailed
upon TO allow the young man tofoot her
bills with the understanding that she
would become lis wife Immediately
after she hsd graduated, She &C
cordingly entered tile convent abont
three months ago and remained there
up to the time of last Saturday nights
fire. After she had jumped from the
third story of the burning building q
a young man picked her up aud carried
her to his home in Belleville, where he
watched over her ard did all he could
to restore her to conf ciousness. She was
subsequently removed to the hospital,
where the young man has since called
on her frequently. 1t is said that he
has fallen desperately in love with her:
The young lady wears upon one of
her fingers an engagement ring, placed
there by her East St. Louis lover. but
her latest victim entertains hopes of be-
ing able to gain her hand. She still re-
mains faithful to the young man who
placed her in the convent, however, and
for that reason az soon as she RECEIVERS
from her injnries wedding in high life
is likely to take place in East St. Louis.
The friends of her rescuer extend to
HIM their sympathy.