The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-08
her several times about the grounds in a wheel
THE WRONG BOX.


credited by report as her devoted admirers are
legion. One of the prettiest stories told is in
regard to the attachment of an English secre
tary of legation. Learning that Miss Letter
and her father two summers since were about
to sail for Europe, the young fellow at once ell
gagged passage on the steamer which he had
heard they were to take. At the last moment
discovering his mistake, he instructed his valet
to proceed to England in charge of his lug
gage, and dashing into cab with only hand
satche containing toilet articles he offered the
driver princely sum If he would insure his
reaching in time the dock from which sailed
the steamer in reality selected by the object of
his admiration. This was successfully ac-
complished, and, hurrying ON board justas the
ganE-plank was withdrawn, the Englishman
had the felicity Of sailing to his native country
in the companionship of Miss Letter and her IA
ther. The story was waited back to Warrington
and raised quite little stir, which scarcely
given time to comfortably settle down before
rival one was started concerning the proposal
and rejection of another aspirant to Miss Lei
ter's heart hand and bank account. This also
was member of the British Legation, who,
while high in her favor, sought and obtained
permission to give theatre party In her honor.
The morning of the evening on which 1T was to
have been given the attache, full Of blissful
dreams, drove to the florists, secured box of
choice long stemmed roses, and then, on more
useful matters INTENT extended his shopping to
include the purchase OF some desirable silk un-
derwear. With the two boxes in the carriage
he drove rapidly home, and after destroying
quire more or less of note paper, ended by in
diting only the briefest note, and, giving it to
his servant, bade him at once convey it with
the flowers to his lady love. The servant took
the box, but he got the wrong one, and when
the young lady read the note asking her to
''wear the contents tonight she was very much
surprised and decidedly bored. The young
man was even more bored than she was, and
his capital stock in the bank of love shrunk to
nothingness.
THE CARRoLL-BANCRoFT MARRIAGE.
Four or five years since, when it was an
nounced after the death of Mrs. Bancroft, wife
of the venerable historian, that a grand-daugh-
ter, of whose existence no one had previously
even heard an intimation, was to come and pre-
side over his house on Fl street, society was on
tiptoe with excitement. 1t did not have long
to wait, however, for the young granddaughter
arrived, and from that time until her sensa-
tional marriage, two Years since, with Mr..
Charles Carroll, of Howard County, Md-one
of the CAROLS of Carrolton-the young lady
managed to keep society in continuous whirl
of surprises concerning her actions and inten-
tions. Not month before the marriage with
young Carroll took place the rumor gained
currency that dinner given by the historian to
a coterie of intimate friends had been for the
purpose of announcing the engagement of his
who owned and resided in the magnificent
Chateau de Cibeaumont par Doyne, (Dordoyne,)
In France. 1t was further whispered that the
two costly diamond rings worn by her were the
gift of her titled fiance, who, desiring her to
ercise her own fancy in the matter, had in
closed a check for large amount to be spent
In this manner. 1t was a most interesting
story altogether, and society looked on with
pitying solcitude when it was told that the
young girl was soon to be sacrificed to mer-
cenary marriage, and that her engagement with
the Viscomte was dfdire de cOnVendnce ar
ranged by an ambitious sister living abroad.
The formal announcement Of this engagement
was subsequently made at Newport, and it was
November 16, shortly after her return from this
place, that Miss Bancroft electrified us by
walking quietly out of her grandfather's house
one morning and being married to Mr.. Carroll
in the parlor of st. Matthew's rectory. The
service was performed by Rev. Father Chap
pelle, the necessary consent OF Cardinal Glib
bons having been secured by the young people
going in person to Baltimore.
MARRIED ON HIS DEATH-BED.
Mrs. Nina Wright de Podestad, who spent
several seasons in Washington, has already
had crowded into her life experiences SO roman
tic and thrilling that were they made the theme
| of romance the public would at once con-
denim it as altogether improbable and over
| drawn. Coming to Washington as the divorced
wife of fugitive from justice, forger whose
whereabouts are to this day enshrouded In
| deepest mystery, she at once attracted marked
attention. The prestige of her worth, beauty,
| and standing as the heiress OF prominent New
| Orleans family soon won for her host of
| friends. Among the most ardent of her ad-
| mirers was Mr.. dc Podestad, an attach6 of the
| Spanish Legation, who, though unable to obtain
| the consent of his Minister or family to his pro-
! jected marriage on account of the divorce,
| finally decided to brave everything and marry
| of what was to have been their wedding day the
| husband-elect was violently Ill, and, growing
| rapidly worse, sent for physician, who even
at that early stage professed himself dubious OF
| the result. Mrs. Wright was at once notified,
| and during the few days which her lover lin
| gered never left his bedside. The young fellow
| was urgent in his desire that the ceremony
| should be performed, and after delay of some
| hours spent in endeavoring to gain the consent
of his priest to ofieiate the services of Metho-
| dist minister were finally secured. Shortly
after the solemn service was concluded the
newly-made wife was left widow with the har-
rowing duty Of arranging for the burial of the
man whom the Minister and members OF his
| own legation refused to acknowledge as her
| legal husband
The reason for this opposition on the part OF
| the Spanish Minister, who has recently been re-
| called, appears to have been two-fold, for when
| he went TO the house to view the body shortly
| after the attaches death there ensued scene
which beggars description. Across the corpse
| of the young Spaniard the Minister hurled