The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-16

roses and then, on more useful matters in-
tent, extended his stopping 20 include the
purchase of a pair of silk hose.
With the two boxes in the carriage he
drove rapidly home, and after DESTROYING a
qnlre, more or less. Of note paper, ended by
lndihng only the briefest note, and giving
1t TO his servant, babe him TO at ones convey
lt 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 ITO wear the contents tonight, y
she was very much surprised and decidedly
oored. The young man was even more
bored than she was, and his capital stock in
the tank 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
granddaughter, of whose existence no one
mad previously even heard an iutimation.
was to come and preside over his house on
II street, society was on tiptoe with excite
ment. 1t did not have long to wait, how
ever, Tor the young granddaughter arrived,
and from that time until her sensational
marriage two years since with Mr.. Charles
Carroll, Of Howard county, Md
one OF the CAROLS Of Carrollton-the young
LADY managed to keep society in a contin-
uous Whlrl Of surprises concerning her
actions and intentions
Not a month before the marriage with
young Carroll took place the rumor gained
currency that dinner given by the his
tortah 10 coterie of intimate friends had
been for the purpose of announcing the en-
gagement OF his granddaughter to the Wis
comte de Chanute, who owned and resided
IN the magnificent chateau de Cibsaumont
par DoYne (Dordoynel in France. 1t was
further whispered that the two costly dia-
mond rings worn by her were the # of her
titled hance, who. desiring her TO exercise
her own fancy in the matter, mad inclosed a
check Tor large amount to be spent in this
manner.
MARRIED TO SUIT HERSELF.
1t was most interesting story altogether,
and society looked on with plying solicI-
tude when it was told that the Young girl
was soon to be sacrificed to a mercenary
marriage and that her engagement with
the Viscomte was an affaire de convenience
arranged by an ambitious sister living
abroad. The formal announcement of this
engagement was subsequently made at
Newport, and 1t was Nov. 16, shortly after
her return from this place that Miss Ban
croft electrified us by walking out of her
grandfather's house one morning ard being
married to Mr.. Carroll in the parior of st.
Matthew's rectory. The service was per-
formed by Rev. Father ChapDelle, the neo-
essary consent Of Cardinal Gibbons having
been secured b. the young people going in
person to Baltimore.
Mrs. Nina Wright de Podistad, who
spent several seasons in Washington, has
already had crowded into her life expert
ences so romantic and thrilling that were
they made the themes of romance the
public would at once condemn it as alto
gether improbable aud overdrawn.
THE WIFE OF A FUGITIVE.
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wife of fugitive from Justice, a forger
whose whereabouts are to this day en-
shrouded in deepest mystery, she ct 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 admirers was Mr.. de
Podistad, an attache of the Spanish lega~
ton, who, though unable to obtain the con-
sent OF his minister or family to his pro-
jected marriage, on account of the divorce,
finally decided to brave everything and
marry the woman he so madly loved.
On the morning of what was 10 have been
their wedding day the husband-elect was
violently ill, and, growing rapidly worse,
sent for physician, who, even at that early
stage, protested himself dubious of the re-
suit. Mrs Wright was at once notified,
and during the few DAYS which her lover
fellow was urgent in his desire that the
ceremony should be performed, and, after a
delay of some hours spent in endeavoring to
gain the consent of his priest to officiate, the
services of Methodist minister were finally
secured.
SCENE IN THE DEATH CHAMBER.
Shortly after the solemn service was
concluded the newly-made wife was left a
widow, with the narrowing duty of arrang-
| ing for the burial of the man whom the
| minister and members of his own legation
| refused to acknowledge is her legal husband.
| The reason for this opposition on the part of
| the Spanish minister, VINO has recently been
recalled, appears to have been twofod, for
| when he went to the house to view the body
shortly after the attaches death, there
ensued a scene which beggars description.
Across the corpse of the young Spaniard
the minister hurled defiance at the widow,
protesting vehementiy that this calamity
mad fallen upon her because in tho insol-
ence of her beauty she had dared to spurn
his oft-repeated avowals of love. Mrs. de
Podistal, with the little son by her first un
happy marriage, is living in ssclusion with
her mother on the coast of France.
A SIX MONTHS TRIAL CoURTsHIP.
Perhaps the most novel romance is that of
Miss Patten, eldest daughter of the late Mrs.
Patten of California and Senior Rafael Cana,
a wealthy man, whose brother at that time
was minister from Chile to this country.
Senior Cana did not speak one word of En-
glish, while his lady love was as gloriously
ignorant of Spanish, but they met upon the
common ground Of French.
They agreed that for six months they
would be outwardly all devotion Co each
other, aud though all public announcement
was TO be avoided, they were virtually to
consider themselves engaged. Senior Cana
was TO be the attendant OF Miss Patten on all
occasions, should provide her with flowers
and bonbons dd libitum, should secure
choice seats at theater and opera, should
carry her bouquet and fan at parties, aud
quietly obliterate himself during the round
of dances, to appear again as surely at sup
per time. In return the young lady was to
hold herself in readiness upon ell occasions
to forego such social pleasures as conflicted
seriously with the sedate disposition of her
elderly lover. She was moreover to meet
and walk with him every fine day, and
when Indictment weather preclu led the en-
joynent Of pedestrian exercise was to en-
ter ain him after the most approved fashion
in her own home. At the end Of six months
each was to be strictly honest with the
other and ate what progress this intimate
degree of friendship had made on the royal
road to love, and whether, all this is consid-
cred, continuance WAS to be desired.
Strange as it may seem, the two held to
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