Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-08

NAASStcu ana sent Oh TO tue
! young lady on Murray Hill. After while
l began to take an Interest in the young
nan' although for a long time l didn't
e e Ano" MS name, for he never mem
taoneu II, nor did he ever send card with
.ne rose. Ihe young lady used to come
lnto tue store quite often with her mother
anu sister, and l was at her house fire.
quently, for they entertained, and
Always ala their decorating, but never
saw the young man there.
Cne tnlng | began to notice after
awnnIle, ana that was that the young lady,
whenever she went out OF an evening,
whether to party or to a place of amuse-
ment, always wore white rose, and it
ol9h,t take me very long to make up nv
nllhd' whenever | happened to see her,
e1aO tne rose she was wearing at that
ldehtlcal moment had left my store at
aoouC D O'Clock that very afternoon. The
nrst Time noticed this was at the opera,
where go whenever can. She was in a
box, with her family, in full dress, but the
oniy mower she wore was a large white
rose. After awhile who should discover,
slttlng a little distance in advance of me,
put Ihe seltsame young man whose face
naa become so familiar to me as nv
daiIy customer, who always bought
single white rose. Was he listen
ing TO the music2 Was he paving any
attention to what was Transporting on the
stageE Not bit of it. He evidently didn't
come there for that purpose. He was
looking all the time at that white rose or
the Wearer-probably the latter. l don't
DeneVe he knew there was another person
IN the house. And / didn't blame him
very much, for she was picture. To my
eyes, and no doubt to his, she was the
nandsomest girl in the house that night;
and that was saying good deal, tor there
were some of the best people in New York
present. The next day he came into the
store as usual, and, as l was waiting on
MIN, l ventured to say that saw his rose
the evening before at the opera.
did youp was all he said. He never
appeared stuck up, but still there was
something in his manner of saying Did
you? that gave me to understand that he
did not care to converse further upon that
subject. used to be at the young lady's
house, as l have said, in a business way.
put never saw him there, nor up to that
time had | ever seen them together. One
day who should come in here at
about O'Clock but the young lady and
her mother, and they hadn't been here
i've minutes before the young man en-
tered. He walked past them and came
up here by the desk. They both saw him,
but not word or a bow passed be-
tween either of the three. / noticed
this, and was puzzled by it, for,
thinks /, of course the young lady must
know who sends her the roses, or she
wouldn't wear them. But / saw some
thing very soon which set my mind at rest
on that point. The mother and daughter
were buying white violets. and the young
lady picked one out of the bunch, and
held 1t. in her hand. Alter completing
their purchase, and as she turned to follow
her mother out, the girl gave a hasty
glance in the direction of the young man
and dropped the violet on the floor. Then
she went out. 1t wasn't many seconds
before the young man had that violet
carefully tucked away IN his pocket, and
you would have thought he had found a
gold mine from the change which it made
in him. Why, you could see the happiness
stick right out of his eyes. Well, the
next afternoon the young lady came in
alone at few minutes before O'Clock,
and the young man followed directly
after.
''There was no doubt about their being
acquainted this time, for they at once
began to talk in the most earnest manner.
] couldn't help looking at them occasion
ally, for, to tell the truth, | was begin
ming to take quite a lively interest In the
young people and their love affair. The
from his manner, | thought he seemed to
be urging something upon the young wO-
man which she was rather 10th to accede
to. They talked all OF half an hour, and
then went out together. the young man
not even stopping for his rose, although
he came back for it presently. Well, very
soon after that got my order for the wed
ding, and before it took place got the facts
of the case. 1t seems the young man was
a lawyer In neIghboring city. He had
just been admitted to the bar when the
young lady went to visit friends in his
city. They met. He had little money,
but not much, and was beginning his
fight in life. Her father was a wealthy
New York merchant. The first time the
Young man saw her she wore a single
white rose, and from this habit of hers he
came to call her sthe lady Of the white
rOse.' Well, he fell over head and ears in
love with her, and / guess she did about
the same, but when her parents found it
out they put stop to it at once. They
didn't propose TO have a daughter OF
theirs marry an unknown lawyer without
money or clients. | guess there was 8
pretty lively time over it, for the young
lady had will of her own, but she finally
promised not to marry without their con-
sent, and further agreed not to see the
young man or to correspond with him.
Well, she kept that promise until she
met him in my store.
"But the lover didn't propose to give ii
up in that way, and so what does he do
but come to New York and get into
good lawyers Office in this city, and 60
TO work. The only thing that passed be-
tween them was that white rose. Her
mother soon suspected who sent them,
but on that point her authority was of no
avail. The daughter was obedient in
everything else, but she drew the line at
white roses. The lover used to write to
her, but she never replied TO his letters;
she wore his roses, however, and this en-
enlargement kept his love alive. Finally,
the day she dropped the white violet, he
wrote asking her to come TO the store next
day, and she came, as ! have told you.
He told her that be was making good
progress in his profession, had enough
10 support a wife on in a re-
spectable way, and urged her TO
marry him, with the consent Of her pa
rents if possible, without II il not. She
finally consented, went home, and told
her folks that che had seen the young man
and had promised TO marry him. Then
there was a scene, but IL didn't change
her a bit. She persisted in declaring that
she would marry him any way. Well,
when her parents found that they couldn't
move her they began 70 be little more
reasonable. The father finally said he
would make some inquiries, and upon
that understanding the daughter prom
ised not 10 take any immediate steps
toward carrying out her matrimonial In
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