Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-16
CHANGED HER MIND.
ALMOST THE BRIDE OF ONE MAN SHE
DECIDED TO WE'D ANOTHER.
cards Had Eeen Issued by the Groom-Eieci
No. I-Experience on n street-Car-
The Governors Children.

| The Governors Children.
vc often hear Of romance in real life,
but seldom Is II that such thing comes
under our observation.
Few OF the guests who attended swell
marriage here not many weeks ago
imagined for an instant that II was
possessed OF any romance other than that
OF true love But that there was an eX-
ceedngly romantic side to 1t has just
cropped out.
1t would hardly do TO use names IN tell
Ing the story, as It might give rise 10
some little ill-fecling between myself ana
my fair informant; and then again the
contracting parties might object. But TO
get to- the story. IL appears that the
| fortunate young man 1--WE VIII distinguish
between the two, for there are two'
Young men, by calling one the fortunate
and the other the unfortunate young mann
had been paying attention TO the young
lady, whose fickleness has given rise TO
this story, for -, these many years
| Some months ago she threw him over for
| another, who lived in n far distant city,
| between whom and herself an attach
! ment had sprung up. This feeling rlpened
into love-that is. IL was supposed to have
| done sO-anyhow, they became engaged,
and not many days before New Years
was set for their marriage. Preparations
had all been made for the wedding. The
bridc-elect had secured her trousseau and
the groom that-was- tO-be had issued cards
in his native city of the sunny South
| His friends had responded generously TO
| the invitations in tho shape Of immune
| rable presents.
Everything was as bright as It could
! possibly be- from his standpoint. He was
| in love, actually in love. and as he re-
| ceived the congratulations Of his many
| friends, who had been apprised Of the
! fact Of his approaching marriage, his face
would beam with pride and he would
oonjurc up to himself the happiness with
which his life would be fraught.
But so much for his calculations. Man
proposes, but woman Gisposes. When he
! had about reached the zenith Of his bliss
| and was counting the hours only before
he would be able to leave this state Of
| single blessedness and enter upon a more
| cOngenial state, there came a letter-a
little white missive, not more than six
| inches square. But oh. what havoc 1t
| wrought with his hopes. II was opened
| with delightful expectancy. 1t was
| dropped I'm bitter anguish and dsappont-
to the point. 81 find" it said. that l
! love another more than / do you, and
under these circumstances / consider that
! i would be doing you an injustice were |
| to marry you. In consequence thereof,
am forced to ask that you release me
| from my promise Of marriage with YOU"
DO you think he dropped the letter
from his hands or crumpling 1t up in n
! dramatic manner attempted TO make his
| ball? He may have done both, but /
don't think he did either. What would
you have done under the circumstances?
But, Of course, you can't say. That is
another OF my foolish and undnswerable
| questions But I'll tell you what this par
ticuIar young man did. He Just sat HIM
self down, and penned IL short note, in
which he released the young lady from
her promise and wished her much happi-
ness In her future life. ..
Now comes the romantic part Of the
story Within a week after the date set
| for the marriage with the unfortunate
young man the young lady married the
| fortunate one, and they have not been
| long back from their wedding tour. The
| trouble-that is. trouble so far as the
| foreigner is concerned-came about in this
| way: The fortunate young man, who.
| ElltT Ut Ndu Dttil NlSAdiN'At WI Aa4N W. .
heard Of his ex-sweetheart's proposed mar
| rage and came at once to Richmond.
| He walked into her parlOr, and told her
| that he would not consent TO her marry
ing any one else. He had loved her for
| 10, these many years, and he Was not
| going to be outdone by any stranger His
| talk put the young lady 10 thinking, and
after much ponderng she decided that
| Willie was indispensable 10 her happi-
! ness, and upon her communicating this
| fact TO him, he, like a sensible fellow,
decided TO take no chances, and an early
marriage was arranged then and there.
/ Now came the question OF how - dispose
Of the other fellow. But what aid Willie
| care for him? That was secondary con-
slderation. But disposed OF he must be, so
after a counsel of war the letter was
agreed upon and sent
| A drunken man is a peculiar specimen
of humanity. Usually II takes mighty lit
tie TO make him drunk, and great deal
to sober him up. But In the particular
case that / now allude 20 IL was just the
| opposite. a gentleman OF my acquaint-
ance, who is not addicted TO bad habits.
but only gets drunk enthusiastically.
got very drunk some time since. ard not
satisfied with getting drunk. he kept on
drinking. and Of course kept on getting
drunken. After he had reached his limit.
Z however, and was unable TO navigate,
he was placed on a strect-car by some
friends and started in the direction of
home. When he arrived there he was
little dshgured, bat as sober as a Judge.
When he reached his corner and attempt
/ ed to alight the conductor was in the
| front OF the car and did not notice him.
and the inebriated individual was evil
| IDENTIFY not aware OF the fact that the
| car was in motion. or II he was he didn't
care. for with a mighty lunge he went
| feet foremost to the pavement. He had
| a firm grasp on the brass rods which pro-
| ject fv)m the rear OF the car, and he
| managed to retain his grasp on them
| The shock which he received when he
| touched the ground threw him from his
| feet and he was dragged for a distance
| of about thirty yards. When the con-
ductor realized the passengers situation
he Immediately stopped the car. but the
young man had received some pretty Sc
we're bruises ere this was done. When
the car was stopped, however, he arose
| as sober as he ever was in his life. and
with a sheepish look walked to his home
Governor OFerrall tells an amusing
story on himself. He, as well as his wife,
has been married a second time. one day
! he happened to look out of his window
and noticed that the children OF the
three families were engaged In u lively
scrimmage. The youngest, OF course.
were getting the worst of II. He started
in a run TO separate them and restore
peace when his wife, who was In the
room with him. inquired what was going
on to cause him TO run in such fashion.
He, without pausing 10 give the names
Of the children. replied: MY children
and your children are fighting our chill
dren.'' THE BUM REPORTER.
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