Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-19
A rexAs ROMANCE.

Ths dssails Of oue of the most singu-
lar trades ever contaminated In thls
country have Jast come 20 light through
the hling for record of deed 10 Tract
Of land In the western part of Texas.
TIE deed II from Chris Christensen 10
NIls Jensen. and couvcys 10 acres of
farm land to The latter, but the rvmark-
able part Of the de~d u the confederation
given for the land. u rrads - follows;
"ror aud In consideration OF one NO
man, to Wit; The wifc of Nils Jenseu."
The queer document caused an in.es-
tlgstIon To be made, and the following
romantic story was learned by The ca.
rious newspaper man who went To the
farm Of Christenseni
Nine years ago Christensen LETT Swc-
den for thls country to make bic fortune,
Andwhen he started be- left ln the Old
country young woman who Was to
be his wife as soon as he becsmc able
to .eud after her.
The girl, Nina Peterson, VAS the
daughter of poor drunken shoemaker,
who led hl. family dcg's life, aud Was
couilnually on the verge of starvation.
After Christensen left, Nina expected
,o hear frum him constantly, but no let
ter ever reached her, and as she had no
Idea 10 what part Of the United States I've
went, she could not write Ia him. Among
the young men Of the town MAS Jensen,
Who also looked With loving eyes upon
Nina, but she would have nothing Ia do
With him, Tor her heart MAS true Ia Chris.
AZ year after year went by ~ith No WORT
from her absent lover the mail came Ia
the conciu.ion that he VAS ~ rcan', snd
thi. idea was fo.terrd az much ss possi-
III. by Jensen, Who Was st last succcss-
fui IN getting Mlns's consent To marry
him.
The drunken father al.o insisted that
the wedding should c..ne on, aud more
Ia get away from an unhappy home than
love for Jen.en, Nina consented, and
they werc married. TIL. Was i've yser,
sgo. Afier two years Of hard work In
the old country. Jcasen Determined TO
try HI. fortune In Amsrics. aud With his
" lie aud Que child be started Tor the New
World.
Ansr wandering about for some
time they landed In Nebraska With M
money. Jensen obtained work on farms
IN different paris of the state. hut va.
unabl. to get ahead hnsnci,lly.
The msn aud wife drifie'l over Oh.
state. doing work az su,h place. az tbey
could get employment, until at last they
r,sshssi Austin, and about q month ago
they heard that q man and woman we're
wanted to work on farm Ia ;h. western
part of the county. Jenssn applied Tor
the place, aud, o. chance would have ",
a. -. - ........ 49,. .suul.xa.t nm
th. farm 20 Chfi.tenseD. hut the people
werr .o changed that M recognition VAS
had.
something familiar In the ~om,n's APP
p~srance lei Christensen "a make ln-
luir,e., aud b. discovered IL Was III. long
lo.t love. lie .sld nothing 10 either Jsn.
.sn az HI. wife, hat few .hr-sd gue.-
iion. showed him that Jensen knew
more about the rvason for hls lsiirr.
never reaching Nina than the husband
va. willing to ackDo~ ledge.
Ope evening h. bsgan telling q story
to III. hired msn aud Wife, and r-vounis,i
a.. story % al. life from heglnnlng Ia
the pr.ssnt. lie told how Jenssn had
taken the ritter. from the posiotiic- snsi
DESTROYED ihsm, and when he got through
the latter Va. .o o,evome With What h.
thought VA. Cbri.ten.-n's knowlcigr
that d. confessed hls infsmy.
Tie thfrc talked long Into the night
about the matter, aud before the morn
Ing came u ~. decld.i that Jensen
.hoald CIV. up the vouan, Who oPenl,
aid she DID not love him, and he agreed
a. get di,orc aud give up hl. wife aud
child u Christensen WOULD give him .
start In the world. Nina va. willing
aud snxioa.. aud "a. r-.ult MAS that ih.
deed 10 the ~ scr-. ~ land was passed,
and ih. woman I. nov living .. the wlf.
90 Christensen. \ dl,orye VAS procured
aud IN. marriage followed on the .sme
evening. Jensen lived on the farm un-
til h- had built . house, AMI tie whole
10, ..cmcd happy over the new turn Of
1 Affairs.