The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
EX-GoV. LONGS ROMANCE.
How he met the Pretty School Teacher,
he Will Make his Wife.
Washington letter.

Congressman Long, Ex-Governor OF Massa.
chusetts, will go to Worcester this week,
with his two daughters to see his intended
bride. The girls will remain with her until
the wedding day, May %, and the Governor
will return TO his duties in Washington on
Friday. The youngest daughter, Miss
Bertha, told some friends recently how her
father came to meet the young school teacher
whom he will lead to the alter. The story
has in it considerable amount of romance
as well as a valuable moral for the many
young women who earn living by teaching
the young idea how to shoot
1t seems that last September the Governor
was on the lookout for a school ID which he
might send his daughter, and wrote to several
institutions for information about the
course, training, accommodations, DC. OF
course he received plenty of answers. All
of them were the regulation newspaper adj
vertisement except one. This was curiosi-
tv. IL was from the Vice Principal OF a
young ladies' seminary near Worcester. 1t
stated that the seminary was as good as most
of those in operation in Massachusetts,; that
the course was lacking in many important
points, although some persons were satisfied
with il; that the location was not so health
full as it might be, and two girls were in the
infirmary at the time; that the water supply
was tolerable; that the building was COM
Portable, but lacked many modern conven-
fences; that the corps of teachers was not
quite large enough, and that the seminary
had no distinguished references, but might
refer to several persons whose children had
been educated there. The Governor was as
founded.
A seminary that was not the best on eartn !
One that did not have a model course, an
unequaled location, perfect healthfulness,
all modern conveniences, and a full and dis
tinguished corps of teachersl Who ever
heard of such thingf "a remarkable and
unique person wrote that letter." remarked
the governor to his daughter, land we will
see her, whether any terms are made or not.
A private school principal who does not
laud her school as the best on earth is worth
seeing as a curiosity, il for no other reason"
The next day he and his daughter went
out to Worcester and met the writer of the
letter. She proved to be as unique in beauty
as in letter writing. Tall, slender aud
willowy, with pale, regularly featured face,
lighted up by a pair OF the most roguish
dark eyes in the world, she had little of the
appearance which is generally credited TO
boarding house teachers. With merry
twinkle in her eyes she expressed surprise
that the Governor had come to see the sem
mary after reading her letter, since all the
other institutions OF learning in Massa.
cbusetts were faultless. as he had no doubt,
discovered from their circulars The three
then went through the grounds and house.
and, whether it was that the inspection had
satisfactory results or for other reasons OF
his own, the Governor left his daughter in
charge of the pretty schoolmaam.
During the rest OF September, and up TO
the meeting of Congress, Mr.. Long seemed
to have developed unusual tender af-
lection for his absent child. At any rate,
he could hardly let day pass without see
ing her. Miss Bertha was just little sur
prised, as her father. though always affection
ale had never before sought her company so
frequently. OF course, in those visits he
generally met the pretty Vice. Principal.
Well, without further ado about, it might as
we'll be stated at once that the old, old story
was enacted again. One day the Governor
turned up at his home in Bingham, with a
smile 30 wonderfully bright, and beamed on
everybody in such loving way that folks
began 10 whisper that something was up.
On the same day, by a singular coincidence,
the pretty schoolmaam could do nothing
with her scholars on account Of their per-
sistent gazing at the new diamond ring she
wore.