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BLIGHTED HOPES.
The Termination of Romantic Courtship
After the Pretty Miss Goldberg Had
Crossed the Wide Ocean to
See Her Lover.

She Came, She Saw and She Conquered
Her LoveS
In this city resides q successful
pedler, Mr.. Il. Livitansky, who, weary
with the batchelorhood of six years
since he attained his majority, still
dreaming of some guerdon life's la
Dor to bless and seeing around him
the possible joys of companionship
beyond the vestibule of bachelor
hood, commenced casting about for a
suitable companion to share the joys
and sorrows of his life.
Last spring, when life was full of
fragrant blossoms and all nature was
so rejuvinating that no dream could
seem too fair for realization, Mr..
Livitansky realized that his highest
ambition must be gratifed, and the
one blank space in his life filed with
an ally, a lifetime companion for
himself, and that he must secure her
before decays effaclng fingers had
swept the lines too deep on his brow.
He confded his secret intentions to
his paternal ancestor in the old coun-
try, and as girls just to his liking
were none too numerous here, and
his timidity rendered them unavail-
able, sought his assistance in the Sc
lection of one from his native heath,
on which he proposed to pay the
freight and all duty-which comes
high on fine goods-provided that
through mutual exchange of billet
deaux, two souls could be made to
beat in unison.
The father had an intimate friend
and lifetime companion and he was
the possessor of a matrimonially in
clined daughter of 10 summers, just
blooming into beautiful womanhood,
which he described as being as fair
and sweet as summer morn-a
queen in her beauty crowned.
The old gentleman, with true pa
ternal interest, consulted his friend,
whose name by the way was Gold
berg, in reference to tightening the
ties of their friendship by bringing
about a union with his son IN the
great empire of Texas, .. S. A, and
his friends lovely daughter, Annie
Goldberg. The old gentleman lis
tened to the description of the coun-
try and the opportunities it afforded
to the matrimonial ship which they
proposed to launch, his friend to
furnish the captain and he the mate,
and yielded to the prospect. The
young folks were introduced by let
ter, regular correspondence ensued,
in which there was perhaps much
yearning, flaming passion and luried
infatuation. They spoke of the pos
sible Joys ia store for them, and
hope and trust, fair and beautiful,
warmed and irradiated, by their
growing love, found expression in
their letters, the tender and harmo-
nous prelude to what follows,
though then all wins seemed nectar,
all music harmony, all airs balmy, all
thoughts rapture, and they listened
to the refrain
"Thou art so near, set so far"
which softly went up to mingle with
the signing winds until they began
to plan to overcome this difficulty.
Mr.. L. was too busy to think of
the long trip across the ocean to get
his promised bride and arrangements
were made to get her to come to
him. He sent her S125 with which
to pay all expenses of the long jour
ney and few weeks ago she babe
adieu to her home in merry old En-
gland, fully intending to become
Mrs. Livitansky upon her arrival in
Brennan, before the sweet, voluptu-
GUS languor of summer had depart
ed.
She had pleasant journey, land
ed i'll New York and from thence
came direct to Brennan, where she
arrived two weeks ago.
Her lover was appraised of her
coming and awaited with anxious
expectancy, ready to sip the nectar
from the crystal cup of hope de-
ferred.
She was received and went to the
residence of one of his friends, where
they could cultivate each others &C
quaintance in person and compare
the real with the ideal.
But the ''two clouds tinged with
the rising sun"-if they could be,
compared to clouds-didn't sat eve
float on and mingle into one" but
drifted further and further apart
each day she remained here, until
she began to repent that she came
and, woman-l like, who had braved
everything to accomplish her object,
now broke down in tears at the pros
pect of not being able to retrace her
journey Her dream was over, her
idea-tshattered and she expressed a
determination to continue to nurse
full grown soul in solitude even
until old maidism rather than link
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