The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-25
A BROKEN ENaAGRM eNr.
A Brief Rut Deeply Interesting Ro.
nance,
From the Sc Louis Republic.

nance.
From the 81. Louis Republic.
A matrimonial engagement was broken
last week. The young lady in the case was
an unsophisticated but pretty creature liv-
ing up the Hudson. The man was one Of
tender age, but of aggressive and large pre-
tensions who had CHANGED across the maiden
while on summer outing last August BY
his own representations he was the son OF
an extremely rich New York banker, and
the doors of the -Four Hundred stood con-
tinually ajar TO welcome him into the sa-
cred confines Of the most intensely aristo-
cratic circles In the fond and unwise way
usual with rural young ladies, this par
ticular up country girl believed that per-
fectly lovely mustache, strictly elegant
garments, and q British accent were unmis-
taxable evidence of noble lineage and
high-breeding SO she had no doubts of her
future when she promised on a romantic
moonlight night to be the wife Of the sweet
yourg man from the city. All through
the fall and winter the engagement Of the
pair was a delight, marred only by their
enforced separation. Letters of love passed
daily between the metropolis and the little
village on the Huds n, and once in great
while the young man went up the river to
pass Sunday.
Finally the enraptured maiden found an
unforeseen opportunity to visit in the
neighborhood where her lover dwelt. An
aunt living in Brooklyn sent word that she
would like to have her niece come to her
house for week or 80, and the happy girl
accepted the invitation at once. Wishing
to completely surprise her young man. she
refrained from letting him know Of her in
tended visit. 1t was understood that her
uncle would meet her at the Grand Central
depot in New York and take her to Brook
Ign, and from there it was the young lady's
intention to write to her sweetheart. At
last she got away on her journey, but to
her dismay, upon reaching the depot in New
York, there was no uncle there to meet
her. For hours she waited alone in the
great bustling station, not knowing what
to do. She shrank from sending word TO her
lover, for she could not tell him " here her
uncle lived, and she never thought that a
directory in Brooklyn would reveal that..in-
formation. Evening came on, and when it
was getting late a baggage porter who had
noticed the presence Of the girl approached
her and learned her story. The porter was
a good-looking, middle-aged man with gray
hair and board, and when he told the girl
he would take her to his house and put her
in charge Of his wife for the night, she did
not doubt his motives. She eagerly &C
cepted his offer and went home with him
Ths porter proved an honest man. His
a good-souled woman, who instantly ex-
erted tender and maternal influence over
the young girl. That night she slept
in peace. and arose in the morn
ing refreshed and hght-hearted. The
good woman who had befriended her had
called her for breakfast, and she went out
into the plain little dining room resolving
to show how deeply grateful she was for
the hospitality that had been shown her.
As she entered the room she caught sight Of
a young man sitting at the table
with his back turned to her. Something
about him seemed familiar to her, and she
went hastily around the table in order to
see the averted face of the youth. Then
she cried: "Oh. Ned" at the same time
holding out her hands toward him.
why, do you know our boyP exclaimed
the porter, looking with surprise at the faces
of the two young people.
Ned had jumped to his feet and was gaz-
ing with a stupsied expression at the sur
prised girl A red flush was on his face and
he looked something like an enraged ami
NAL. Then he pulled himself together by a
a great effort, and greeted his promised
wife in formal way explaining to his par
ents that he had met the young lady while
he was away the summer before. The poor
girl was too sensitive and gentle to demand
an explanation from her lover at that
moment. She tried to eat some break
fast, and was profuse in her express
sions of gratitude to the kind
people that had befriended her. All the
time, however, she was growing more and
more conscious of the cheap and contempti-
BILE deception that her lover had practiced
upon her. He was the son of a baggage
porter and Yves ashamed of it. He was a
mean, unworthy fellow, and she could
never marry him.
That day she succeeded in finding her
aunt's house IN Brooklyn, and made a sad
little visit there. after which she returned
to her country home. No letters passed be-
tween the lovers; the girl merely seat back
her ring without a word. CLARA BELLE.