Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-01-07
ROMANCE or TWO couN1RlEa
An illustration Of an Incident Whers
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction"

An Illustration Of an Incident Whers
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction"
The details Of one Of the most singular
trades ever consummated In this part Of
the country have come to light through
the filing for record Of deed Of a tract Of
land in the western part Of the country.
The deed is from Chris Christensen to Nils
Jensen, and conveys eighty acres Of farm
land TO the latter, but the remarkable part
Of the deed is the consideration given foT
the land.
It reads as follows;
"For and in consideration Of one woman.
TO wit, the wife Of Nils Jensen" The queer
document caused an investigation to BE-
made, and the following romantic story
was learned by the curious newspaper man
who went TO the farm Of Christensen:
Nine years ago Christensen left Sweden
for this country to make his fortune, and
when he started be left in the old country
a young woman, who was to become his
wife as soon as he became able to send
after her.
The girl, Nina Petersen, was the daugh
ter Of q poor shoemaker, who led his fam
lily dogs life and was continually on the
verge of starvation.
After Christensen left Nina expected 70
hear from him constantly, but no letter
ever reached her, and as she had no idea
to what part of the United States he went
she could not write to him. Among the
young men of the town was Jensen, who
also looked with loving eyes upon Nina,
but she would have nothing to do with
him, for her heart was true to Chris. AS
year after year went by, with no word
from her absent lover, the maid came to
the conclusion that he was recreant, and
this idea was fostered as much as possible
by Jensen, who was at last successful in
getting Mina's consent to marry him.
The father also insisted that the wedding
should come off, and, more to get away
from such an unhappy home than through
love for Jensen, Nina consented and they
were married. This was five years ago.
After two years of hard times in the old
country Jensen determined to try his for.
tune in America, and with his wife and
one child he started for the New World
After wandering about for some time
they landed in Nebraska with no money.
Jensen obtained work on farms in different
parts of the state, but was unable to get
ahead financially.
The man and wife drifted over the state,
doing work at such places as they could
get employment, until at last they reached
this city, where they heard that man and
woman were wanted to work on a farm in
the western part of the county. Jensen ap-
piled for the place, and as chance would
have it the man and woman were wanted
on the farm of Christensen but the people
were so changed that no recognition was
had.
Something familiar in the woman's ap
pearance led Christensen to make inquiries,
and he discovered that it was his long lost
love- He said nothing to either Jensen or
his wife, but few shrewd questions
showed him that Jensen knew more about
the reason for his letters not reaching Nina
than the husband was willing to acknowl
edge.
One evening he began telling a story to
his hired man and wife, and recounted the
story of his life from beginning to the pres
ent. He told how Jensen had taken the
letters from the postoffice and destroyed
them, and when he got through the latter
was SO overcome with what he thought
was Christensen's knowledge that he con-
fessed his infamy. The three talked long
into the night about the matter, and before
the morning came it was decided that Jen
sen would give up the woman, who openly
said that she did not love him, and he
agreed to get divorce and give up his
wife and child if Christensen would give
him a start in the world
Nina was willing and anxious, and the
result was that the deed to the eighty
acres of land was passed, and the woman
is now living as the wife Of Christensen
A divorce was procured and the marriage
followed on the same evening Jensen
lives at the farm until he can build a
house, and the whole lot seem happy over
the new turn of affairs-Fort Worth
Gazatta