The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-05
An OLD NlAID,S ROMANCE,
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lie Shipped Out.
SCRANTON, Pa, July .i.-Aliss Caroline
Clyde, Of the village Of S.oddardsville,
was the oldest Of three spinster sisters
and n bachelor brother. The parents
died many years ago and left them in
fairly comfortable circumstances, and
tho ic.r lived together and held the
property in common. All OF the chit
dren had been we'll educated. Each Of
the young women had chances to marry,
but the suitors did not come up to their
ideas Of what a husband should be intel,
lectually, and 30 the intelligent girls
grew to be old maids. They were indie.
pendent, yet sociable and neighborly,
and they had many friends among the
villagers. -,
Twenty-Five years ago tho youngest
elster died and left her share OF the prop.
erty to the two remaining girls. Ten
years later the brother passed away. He
had accumulated q few Thousand dol.
lars, which he willed to his two sisters
Inside OF three years the younger sister
died and Miss Clyde was alone in the
world. Besides the house and lot she
had between $1,000 and $4,000 in good
securities. For twelve years Miss Clyde
and solitary female servant occupied
the old homestead. Las. summer q
young Englishman, who said his name
was Arthur Parripgton, took up bis
abode iu the village. He pretended ia
be very pious, attended tho sane church
that Miss Clyde did, formed heracquain.
tance in short time and soon began tc
make love to her. 1s.s5s,., : y. s.
'MisH Clyde was then sixty.one year:
old and her young loyer only twenty
seven. The elderly maiden was greatly
aattered by Parrington's declarations o
lpye. She told some OF tho neishborine
women that she had meyer supposed thai
a man could possibly think as much Of s
woman as harrington thought OF her
and the ncighboriDg women told her uo
to believe all the fellow said. But Mis-.
C!yde did believe him, and during tht
holiday season last winter SHE We;
quietly married to her young Englisl
lover. The honeymoon was passed il
| tho old Clyde homestead and ther
I Arthur Paningson made a trip to New
| YORK alone. he stayed there for nearl,
a week, when lie ieiurnad to bis brldi
and remained q fortnight. During thl
next two months he made q number o
journeys to the metropolis and the vii
Layers wondered what he was up to-, ss'
| Toa inquiry oi ~ neighbor, Mrs. Par
yinston contided the fact that her hus
iand haa taken sll Of her securities ant
was going to double them before th
first OF the year; that when they hat
got sec, 900 they intended to sell the ol,
homestead and move TO larger town
4 In May Mrs. harrington sold The hous
aud lot and got The cqsh ior it, end viii
: her consent harrington Looked aroun,
for a new house. He was to be back In
J side OF a week, but his aged wife has no
4 eecn him from that day to this. Fiy
weeks after .s!s departure Mrs, PAIRING
ton received q letter from her rascal
young husband. Il wes postmarke
Liverpool, and In it he THANKED har 10
giving him a start in tho world, hope
that she would not cry about 1t, truste
/ that some one would take good care
her, aud call that he should never eros
i. the ocean again. The deceived von,a
6 bad less than, $50 when parrlngton le
l. her, and she has gone to live with SON
relatives in Central New York, l'9