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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFITE.
Tar following interesting narrative is from an
Amoerican paper:
In the autumn of 18.lf, a young man came
to an American city in quest of uemployment.
After weeks of unsuccessfll effort, lie becamo
reduced to the pitiable necessity of disposing of
his best clothes, in order to liquidate his bills,
and seek employment volsewohre. After con
sulting about disposing of his best elothes at all
auction, he returned to his boarding house,
when the lady of the house handed him a letter,
directed i t a female hand, which she informed
hint had been left by a boy. Tie letter, on
being opened, was found to contain twenty
dollars in bantik bills, with a unote of hland for
the sameon amount, accompanied with the follow
ing explanation:
" Mr. - , knowing your pressingwants,
and having the same at my disposal, I send
you twenty dollars, with which you will please
inmmediately settle your board bill, and call at,
tie card-room - Mill, on Corporation, when
by npplying to the overseer, whom I have scen,
you will he able, by giving your nmlle, to ob
tain a situation. Thle work may not he de
sirable, but persevere, and in time it will lead
to something better. In return for the mioney,
you will please sign the accompanying note,
lhichi you will enclose in nl eneelope, without
dircction, and with a penny for postage, request
the poasmaster to place it in box No. - . A
Greatly surprised at such a timely favour
from an entire stranger, our hero gladly availed
olmself of it, andt obeyed all the directions. OCI
application to the room, lie found that the situ
ation had been secured for him through the
earncst solicitation of a young ludy, who was
equally a stranger to the overseer, yet whose
pleadings lie could Inot withstand. 1 It whole
transaction wats so unllsual, that after our hero,
by assiduous devotion to his business, hald so
cured tie conlilence of his overseer, lie related
to him the whole alftir, and solicited Iris ail in
eadcavouring to obtain the nate na and where
albots of his bentefiltress. The overseer el
tered willingly into his plans; yet two years
passed, and the mystery remained unsolved.
In tile tmean time ourlhero had been promoted
and had laid by his earnings, the 20 dollars,
with interest, in the Savings' anuk, so as to be
prepared to settle so just a claim t at any mo
ietnt. Ill his first eudavours to unravel the
mystery, he applied to the Post Ollice, but
found on enquiry that the box in which the
note was placed was not in use by anybody,
pormaneutly, at the time of the occurrence.
lEevry succeeding attempt in other directions
proved equally abortive, until at last lie ceased
ill effort, and resolved to wait for tieto to reveal
tie mystery.
Our hero, after a residence of over fiour years
in the city, has formed some very valuable ae
quaintances, anld it is not strange, that iutw itllh
standing his pecuniany obligations to one, he
had formed i very intimate acquaintance with
anotllher of th filir sex. 'true, hIls ioral sense
rebelled at first, against yielding up his affec
tions to one, while being so strongly under gra
titude to another; but gratitude to tile ulnknowu
was compelled to surrender, at last, to the cap
tivating image of tile known. 11o made repa
ration, however, for ingratitude, by frankly
confessing to his beloved, what another of her
sex had dane for him, without solicitation, inl
the hour of his deepest necessity. She iaughed
outright at such an unmaidlenly act ; and de
clared it proceeded from imptdlse, and regard,
of which it was evident the actor felt ashamed,
and hence studied silence. And slhe further
consoled him with the suggestion, that
by the deposit lie had made of thle amount re
celved, he had fillly absolved himself front all
further obligation t he acknowledged the
truthfulness of her suggestion, ald resigned his
affections, without reserveo into her keeping
They concluded at last to get married. 'the
day was fixed. On the day prior to it, he re
ceived a note through tile Post-oflice, couched
int these tdrms :
"Mr. -, Sir,-By calling this evening at
No. -, - street ansd paying the note, with
interest, which I hold againust you, you will
save expense.-A Stranger.
lie called as directed, being' extremefy
anxious to settle a demand which, from the very
mystery which surrounded it, made him at
times unhappy. lie was receitd at the door
by a domestic, who conduetod him to the par
lour, when to his surprise, lie discovered in
waiting, note in hand, his own beloved.
Explaunations followed which may be left to
tile imagination of our reader. Sulfice it to say,
they were married at the tinme set-aund to-day
the gentleman stands conspicuous as one of the
most industrious and respectable of our intelli
gent manufitcturing population ; and also his
amiable wife has occasion to rejoice constantly,
that, in the autumn of 1847, shle had twlenty
dollars to spare."-Leeds Mlercury, Sept. 1.
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