News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-24
AFTER MANY YEARS.
The Interesting Romance of a Portland
WOman's Life.
[Trom the Lewiston Journal,l

| [lrom the Lewiston Journal
600 you see that lady, looking into a
shop window, just across the street2n
said a Lisbon street merchant to the
Journal scribe, Saturday. The scribe
| looked In the direction referred to, and
saw we'll dressed lady of rather dis
tinguished appearance of perhaps As,
admiring one of the show windows in
q dry goods store.
'The history of that woman's life is
stranger than fiction" said the mer-
chant. "She lives in Portland. When
a Young girl she fell desperately in love
with a poor fellow, who returned her
| affections, but did't have money enough
to pay the parson for marrying them.
| After deal of consideration by both of
| them, it was decided that he would
| start for China, to seek his fortune, and
| that she should remain behind and wait
| for his return. She made VOW that
she would not marry for three years,
and if, at the expiration of that time,
he had not returned, she would be at
perfect liberty to act at her own pleasure
about matrimony.
Accordingly, the lover boarded the
first ship he could find that was bound
for that port, and the lovers parted.
Six months passed and the girl heard
not word from her lover A year
went by, and no letter. The girl grew
almost distracted, for she came to the
conclusion that he had either gone back
on her or was dead. A second year
went by and nothing was heard from
him. At this time another gentleman
began paying his attentions to the lady,
and finally asked for her hand in mar
rage. The girl thought of her vow
and said no, not until the three years
is past. The second man urged heI
with all his power to marry him. He
offered her wealth, and ever luxury
that money could buy, but she was true
to her vow, and said that she would not
marry till the expiration of the three
years. Long before this, she had sup.
posed her lover dead
The end of the third year was draw.
ing to close, and she had promised
the ardent sutton, who had been paving
her every honor in his power, for year
and half, that when the time was up,
she would marry him on the following
day, if her former lover did not return.
Liz Jay SdL1C, 11h IllO Ludu Olull re-
turn from China. On that very day the
wedding bells were rung, and they
were united in marriage. Hardly had
the marriage ceremony been performed,
when a ship came into the bay from
China, and on board was her lover, " he
had left her three years ago to gain q
fortune for them both-returned. I'm,
agine if you can her grief, when she saw
him. He came back, abundantly rich,
to claim her as his bride, and she had
three days before married another The
blow nearly crushed them both. But
six years wore away, and in the mean
time the man married and went out
West to live. In few years his wife
died. He had not heard one word from
his old love for many years, and one
day, merely from curiosity, he addressed
letter to her rother, inQuiring if she
was alive, and if so, where she resided
He received a letter shortly after that
she had been widow for several years,
and was living near Portland. The
gentleman left for Portland on the next
train, and in less than a weeks time
they were married, and to-day they ara
living happily together in the suburbs
of Portland.