Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-03-18
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE

1.-THE cynics will have to take back
seat" said Superintendent Jackson
philosophically few days since at Cas-
tie Garden. "There is some good in
human nature after all, and men are
not deceivers ever" Florentina Bau-
erie. very pretty, modest looking
Swiss girl, arrived in this country on
February 18th from Basle, Switzerland,
having been sent here by her lover.
who gave her 5OOf and promised to
come over in the next steamer and
marry her. When the officials at Cas-
tile Garden saw the poor girls condi-
ton they smiled skeptically and said
that the young man would never keep
his promise; that he had sent Floren-
tina across the Atlantic to be rid of her
before the child was born.
But Florentina was sure that Roman
would come, and she pleaded so earn
estly that Superintendent Jackson did
not send her back to Switzerland as
he might have done under the law, but
had her cared for at the expense of
the Commissioners. When the next
steamer came in, Florentina was radi-
ant with hope, but Roman was not on
board, and she cried bitterly. But she
dried her tears, for something had de-
tanned him, and she knew her sweet
heart would come on the next steamer.
When the second steamer arrived Flor
entina, watching with fearful eyes.
was again disappointed, for Roman
was not there
Everybody was then for sending the
girl back to Europe, for it was appar-
ent of course, that Roman hadn't the
slightest intention of coming to Ameri-
ca. But Father Riordan was touched
| by Florentina's pleadings and her sub
lime faith in the constancy of her
lover, and the good priest interceded
for her SO successfully that Superin-
tendent Jackson consented to give her
one more chance. And Florentina,
with sad and wistful eyes, stood in the
rotunda day after day, eagerly scan
ming the passengers from every steamer
from the Continent of Europe.
Even the trusting girls faith was be-
ginning to weaken, when a afine-looking,
intelligent young man entered Mr..
Jackson's office, inquired for Floren-
tina Bauerle and announced himself as
Roman Gerber, of Basle, Switzerland.
| Florentina was assisting the matron
in the Castle Garden Hospital at the
| time. She was sent for and ran breath
lessly up stairs to the office. With
| cry of joy she ran to her lovers arms
and sobbed and wept copiously, while
the young man was himself deeply
affected. 1t was such scene as is not
often witnessed in a prosaic business
office.
1t appears that Gerber, who was a
railroad agent in Switzerland, could
not leave until he had settled up his
affairs, and then, without waiting for
| a steamer from Continental port he
ran across to England and took pas
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pool, which arrived last Friday. Flor
entina missed seeing him, because she
did not expect him to come by that
route. He spent Saturday and Sunday
looking around the city, not knowing
where to find his sweetheart, until he
thought of inquiring at Castle Garden.
He explained that he could not
marry Florentina in Switzerland, be-
cause she was Catholic and he a
Protestant. Hence he sent her to this
country, expecting to follow her in the
next steamer The happy couple were
married by Pastor Berheimer, at the
German immigrant house, and started
for Dakota to begin life in the New
WORLDLY. Y. Herald.