Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-08-21
A CLERKS ROMANCE.
He Married q Wealthy Widow who Sud-
denly Died and Left Him Rich.
From the Philadelphia News.

He Married q Wealthy Widow who Sud-
denly Died and Left Him Rich.
From the Philadelphia News.
To-day | want to tell you most ro-
mantle story about young salesman
who was employed in celebrated
clothing house on Chestnut Street, until
about eighteen months ago, at salary
of $50 week. This young salesman is
Mr.. E. L. Robinson. If you are tamil
lar with New York you have often
seen ''Caswell & Hazard" signs. They
hang out upon half-a-dozen retail drug
stores in various parts of Gotham.
Some years ago Mr.. Caswell died, leav-
ing his widow, as / am informed, for
tune of considerable over S500,000.
Two years ago Mr.. E. L. Robinson
went to Newport to visit his sister, and
there was introduced to Mrs. Caswell, a
lady about his own age. 1t was case
of love at first sight on both sides.
Newport society remarked it; and the
disappointed suitors, setting to work to
learn Mr.. Robinson's antecedents, soon
found out that he was salesman in a
Philadelphia retail clothing store.
They spread this report, but 1t had no
effect upon Mrs. Caswell, who seemed
to be as completely in love as was
ever girl of sixteen. The engagement
was soon ANNOUNCED. and this was fol-
lowed by quiet marriage. Many of
the most fashionable ladies and gentle
men of Newport attended the recep-
ton held by the newly married pair
after their return from short wedding
trip. This was about eighteen months
ago.
Considerable astonishme mt was ex-
cited in this city by what was widely
termed "Mr Robinson's lucky CATCH"
When he resigned his position as $50
a-Week salesman his former comrades
congratulated him, but in such mel
ancholy fashion that it was plain to see
that they slightly envied his good for
tune. The strangest thing about the
whole affair was that nothing got into
the newspapers at the time. For five
months the bride and bridegroom led
life without cloud. The possession of
SO much money did not make Mr.. Rob
lnson lose his head, and the change in
his circumstances did not make him
distant with his old friends. Everyone
who saw the couple remarked their
to each other, and this perhaps will &C
count for the fact that they were
seen SO little in fashionab society.
Their honeymoon went on like a. Mid
summer Nights Dream" all poetry
and roses and love, and it seemed that
it would never end. They travelled oc-
casionally, and had made plans for the
future, when about five months after
the wedding, Mrs. Robinson fell ILL.,
The physicians did not think her all
ment anything but slight malady, and
SO her husband regarded it. He cared
for her with all the tenderness of
lover, and she never seemed as easy
when he was out of her sight. But as
the days went on and the bride grew
steadily worse. forebodings came to
the young Philadelphian. and he
pictured to himself only too truly the
future. His worse fears were fulfilled
and his wife died, leaving to him, as her
sole heir. her fortune of considerably
over half million of dollars. For
some time after she passed away he
was inconsolable. but his doctors ad
vised travel, and he left the coun-