The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-16

They DO Happen Occasionally ana Here
Is an gnstance.
Tspeclaf Correspondence
NEW YoRK. Feb. 81 don't dare 70 ten
who they are, but there is as prstty a httla
romance connected with Two well known 80
Getty ladies. whose names are often seen iB
print, as q novelist ever put IN q book.
In her girlhood, tAe first Of these lived 81
q homely cottage on The outskirts OF New
port, the famous watering place Of the rich
and fashionable. BY her. neighbors abe was
known as sthe farmers pretty daughter
He titled tile soil, furnished the big hotels
with its products, while gae milked the COWS
and picked the berries that supplied his GUS
toners TIE cottage was i favorite stopping
plaEo for Sadies ia driving, fog they were
always sure Of q glass Of cool, fresh milk a1a
q luscious dish Of fruit.
One day, the old farmer forgot 70 leave
q basket 81 strawberries that had bean
ordered by a rich Old aristocrat named
wen, call her Mrs. Van Brunts that's near
enough-and on his return home, told his
daughter to AXE them To her rooms a. the
hotel. Kate was at first reluctant, for she
was well bred, proud, and Thought herself as
good as anybody money on no money.
She went, however, was cordially received
and left not only the fruit but an impression
that changed the current Ok her life. Mrs.
Van Brunt had a ySung sons handsome,
clever, and with a heart like q photograph
plate. In the conversation that followed
the wit, beauty and sparkle Of the pretty
country girl was q revelation It wa an
agreeable interruption 70 the m0notony Of
their fashionable lives.
After this interviews Mrs Van Brunt was
q frequent caller az Little Cottage, and ~
often accompanied by her stalwaft heir, who
never failed TO insist on seeing 'tho young
lady who prepared such delicious berries aid
milk
On one OF these occasions. Mrs. Van Erutt,
who had become very fond Of the farmers
daughter, asked her II she would not Ike TO
go abroad and be her guest for q couple of
months. OF course, In any ambitious girls
mind there could be but 2 answer, ande
after consulting with her parents, she pro-
nounced an unmistakabie ycsl All tho ar
rangements being made, the trio, motherY
son and rustic belle started on the trip
From tho very FIRST there WA q havog Of
love ia the atmosphere. Kate sugered miosts
&C least Appeared e for she knew there
was millions IN it.p To the young fellow,
who was somewhat tired Of ordinary Hirte,
lions with the city girls, it was an agreeable
episode in his usually sluggish life. Hot b
while the old lady was blind. She had sou
her heart on a high matrimonial alliance ia
another quarter, and did not dream OF danger
as a. outcome Of the generous friendship SIZE
had hown the giHl. Every day. however,
strengthened the intimacy OF the young
couple and complicated the meshes of tie
web that Cupid was weaving They beca<na
almost inseparable, travelling ~acquaintai ces
looked upon them as betrothea, and finally
the SON frankly told his mother that ho bad
made up hbl mind to get married
The news came like a thunder clat@tt az
a clear sky. and the STORM that followed
shook up the old aristocrat 70 such a DEGREES
that she threatened to disinhorit him. Moth
ing remained but To retgun home as quickly
as possible and send the girl back to her mink
pans and cows This was done, bat shortly
after reaching New York, the young man,
worried by the opposition Of his mother, was
taken i'll The illness became 50 serious fhat
his alliance determined to hasten to his side.
She called at the HOUSE, but was REFUSED nd-
mission. Again and again she spilled 10 see
her beloved with the same result, until one
day, meeting tho mother by accident, sho
confessed that she was tie aflanced wife Of
her son and demanded to see him as q RIGHT
The latter was now at the point OF deash.
4 UaltlJDcA aAA A4SVtsrlAvA43 anu tNc DEINNI
aristocrat's heart teiented Possibly
with the hope that the woman he loved beek
might be the means Of restoring hin td
health But IL was too late. No siRn Of
recognition occurred, and on the foncwing
day he died.
In her grief, she prayed forgiveness for the
wrong she had done, and folded the country
girl to her bosom as an adopted daughter Az
such she was received into the family, tho
porAJn belonging TO tho dead heir was settled
upon hor, and in time she became a central
figure in New York's best society.
Two or three years afterward she became
the wife Of q foreign diplomaet and now.
vibrates between the two condiments. enter
tains and is regally entertained, and occupies
q sphere 10 which she would, ii any event, Is
entitled by virtue Of her true w0manhood
r. g. DE FoNrA1nM