Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-26
Married After Years.
The ROMANCE OF MAINE COUNTRY TovE.

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A marriage, the romantic details of which,
if fully told, would read more like novel
than like a story of real life, took place last
week at Bingham, and the happy couple are
now on their way to their home on the Pacific
slope. Thirty-two years ago Abram o. Saw
age, then q young man of marked business
ability, met Miss Chadborn, one of the most
beautiful and accomplished of the rural bellies
of Bingham. An attachment soon spraug up
/ between them. which in q few months result
ed in an engagement. The young man found
the quiet little farming town too small to sat
| isfy his ambition. and soon after his engage
ment to Miss Chadborn he left for the West,
with the idea of making his fortune there and
then returning for his bride.
| He settled in Nevada, and prospered from
the moment he first set his foot in this land
of gold and fortunes which sprung up IN
night. His business cares, however, seemed
to make him forget the sweetheart that he
had left behind him. His letters to her were
| few, far between and short. Finally they
ceased altogether. At first Miss Chadborn
tried to excuse his apparent indifference on
the ground that he must be very busy in his
new field. Then she grew melancholy and
/ finally resentful.
Meanwhile she formed the acquaintance of
likely" young man of Foxcroft named
VIM Bassett. They apparently fell in love
with each other at sight. In few weeks
they were engaged, and within three
months after their first meeting they
became man and wife. They lived
very quietly, aud seemed to be perfectly hap
py together. Both were industrious, and as
they went on they accumulated considerable
property. Then Bassett went to California
to improve his fortune. A short time after
he left Bingham disagreeable rumors about
his conduct came to the ears of his wife. She
was at first almost heart-broken over his &C.
tons, and a correspondence of a very I'M
pleasant nature sprang up between them. 1t
transpired that Bassett cared no more for his
Young wife, and, finally a mutual agreement
was made that they should separate. The
property that they had accumulated by their
industrious labor was divided equally between
them. Mrs. Bassett, with her share of the
money. opened first-class boarding house in
Foxcroft, which she has kept ever since.
Savage, in the meantime, proved himself
an adept at piing up wealth. until now his
property is estimated to be worth nearly
81 100000.
short time ago Mrs. Bassett went to
Bingham, her old home, and the scene of her
first love, to visit friends. While there she
met one of Savage's most intimate friends,
and she told him about everything that had
happened TO her during the many years that
had elapsed since her separation from Saw
age. This friend Immediately sat down and
wrote the whole story to the Nevada million
aire. As soon as Savage received this letter
he arranged his business for a long absence,
and told his clerks that he should be gone
about eight weeks. He took the
next train eastward and in few
IuV.a @f th
sweetheart of his boyhood days. Their
meeting is said to have been an affecting one
Though an interval OF thirty-two years had
passed since they had last seen each other,
old memories seemed to be awakened and
the same attachment that had characterized
their early acquaintanceship Immediately
sprang up between them. Mr.. Savage made
an offer of marriage and it was promptly ac-
cepted Mrs. Bassett at once began the work
of clearing up her business affairs, and two
weeks ago her clearinghouse was sold. Last
week she became the wife of the millionaire,
and the couple at once started for their paa-
tial home in Nevada.