West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-06
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.


as romantic and interesting as tn,
average flction, if the facts and de-
tmIs were all made public. Every
thing goes in life timc aud wc
frequently hear of incidents tina,
would make very interesting read
ing II We could publish all we knew,
Out Tor various good and sufficient
reasons newspaper never publishes
half 1t finds out. However, here
goes for little story that has just
come to our knowledge, and as we
won't give names, there Is no harm
in publishing it.
A certain community few miles
from kingwood has been consldera.
bly, excited during the past two
weeks over little romance that
has just cropped out and came near
coming to focus, but has been
postponed, and now the neighbor.
hood is catching its breath again
and waiting for further develop
ments. The particulars that we
can give to the public are about as
follows
A certain Lady in the aforesaid
community, belonging to one OF
the leading and most respectable
families in the county, has been
corresponding for some time with a
gentleman in California. They had
never met, but had formed the at
tachment through an advertisement
IN the papers. and after considera
BILE correspondence, they exchanged
pictures and became very much at
tached to each other and finally
engaged. 1t was agreed that they
were to meet in Chicago and get
married aud 90 on to his home on
the Golden Shore" The man
represented himself as a planter
and ranchman aud worth consider.
able money, but lonely, with no
companion to help smooth down
the rough places along lfe's jour
ney. lie came on to Chicago, ac-
cording to agreement, bat found no
one to meet him. They were To
meet at a certain place and be
dressed IN a certain way, so that
there would be no trouble about
recognizing each other, even in a
crowd, but the lady's heart failed
her and she did not 90 on to Chi.
cago. SO nothing daunted, the
determined lover came on to the
West Virginia Hills" and hunted
up his fair correspondent. He
found her and remained several
days. lie was very respectable
looking citizen and seemed TO be
honest and sincere in his intentions
and finally courted the girl into the
notion of taking Horace Greeley's
advice and going West, and she
began to pack up and get ready for
the long trip. They were to get mar.
ried quietly and start at once for
mis- far away home. But when the
prospective bride come to pack her
clothes and make ready and think
seriously about going so far from
home and kindred, to a strange
land, to live with a stranger among
strangers and leave all her people
and everything held most dear. she
wayered and called for a stay of
proceedings and argued the plain.
tiff into allowing the suit laid over
TIL some other court. The would.
be benedict had to return alone.
and Is still at large. In the mean .
time, it gives the friends of the girl
chance to investigate the man S
reputation, and if his statements
are found TO be true and he 10 in
love enough to keep up the long
range love-making and come back
again, he will likely be able to per.
suade the maiden to change her
name and location. At least that
IS the STUN quo OF the attachment
at the present writing, and if the
case is finally settled IN Cupid's
Court, We will give our readers the
sequel