The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-01-26
FIVE REAL ROMANCES
Good Luck OF Poor Girls Who Caught"
MiIIonares.

Good Luck Of Poor Girls Who Caught"
MIIonaires.
| From England come five romances in
real life, yet like the fairy tales Of
childhood days where the Prince mar
ricd Cinderella and they both lived
happily ever afterward. The first story
has as heroine girl who was a
weaver In one of the mills near Brad
ford. The girl decided TO go with her
family to America. For some years
before she left England she had been
courted in a sheepish sort of way by
fellow weaver at Bradford. After she
went away this boy sweetheart of hers
gained promotion. He rose from one
grade to another and finally from a
buyer became partner in one OF the
greatest firms in the world. All tins
time he had only heard occasionally OF
the young woman who had gone
away from Bradford over seas. But
when he was rich and famous he ''be-
thowt' him Of 1T mill lassie,' and
came to America and fund her and
took her back to old Bradford as his
wife. The man Is knighted now ana
his lady lives IN a magnificent man
sion that is part of 1eudal castle,
and which has miles Of lovely country
around it, while the most prosperous
of her relatives. except those whom she
has helped by her bounty, keep an eat
ing house Of the kind that Is known In
Yorkshire as 'the four O pie and t
two of pudden' order.
A young inventor in Lancashire who
worked for many years as an appren-
tice at f3 week. devised machine
that in ten years was bringing him in
over 100000 a year in royalties alone,
for it was applied to countless indus
tries. The young inventor was en-
tirely changed by his rapid rise to
wealth One day he was in 4 chem
lists shop in his own town, when
pale, pretty nursemaid of about 10
years of age rushed in carrying in her
arms child, the charge of another
nursemaid who. Historically weeping
and wailing, followed behind. The
pretty nursemaid had seen the acci-
dent befall the charge OF the other
nurse. and flying to the rescue picked
the child up and carried it to the chem
lists and worked with it until it had
partially recovered and could be taken
home The young inventor was so
struck by the incident that he sought
out the nurse girl and eventually mar
ricd her, but not until few days be
fore her marriage did she know that
her future husband was the wealthy
inventor.
A millionaire member of Parliament
from Lancashire took fashionable
rooms in the West End of London.
Looking down from his window one
day into the courtyard beneath, he
noticed an extremely beautiful girl,
not much past 90, who was apparently
the Coverness to the children OF his
landlady. After a time he sought an
Introduction to the governess. ana IN
short while the acquaintance had
riponcd into love, and the marriage fol-
lowed soon after.
At a popular resort on the south
coast of England young nobleman.
the descendant Of a long race Of bank
ers. and himself wealthy, fell in love
with the young girl who acted as as
sistant at the village library. They
married and the young woman IS now
in the peerage, although the English
naner relates in the most solemn horror
that her parents keep small shop
A l3dy's maid to the wife or a
wealthy yachtsman, while on cruise
with her mistress. attracted the atten-
tion of a young man who was guest
on board the yacht. The two were
married. but on the voyage home the
Young man died. leaving his widow
fortune. On her next voyage, this
time as q widow an6 in her own yacht,
she WAS left by mistake in foreign
mort. While there she met Il nobleman
of ancient title. and before her sailing
master had returned with her yacht, to
tal,n her away. the widow WAS cn-
gagged to the nCbleman. and the mar
riage took place soon after the return
Of the two to England.-Chicago Tri
bune.
THO Fall Of NntO is the present