Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1900 — TRUE TO HER FIRST LOVE. [ARTICLE]

TRUE TO HER FIRST LOVE.

Romantic Reunion of Lovers Who Quarreled and Separated. The marriage in Waterbury, Conn., recently of Thomas Connors and Margaret Fit'zmaurice is the culmination of a romance in which there are love, a quarrel, separation and happy reunion. A dozen years ago Connors and his bride were sweethearts in Ireland. There came a quarrel over some trifling matter and they drifted apart. Nether would speak the word of reconciliation, though each eagerly awaited a chance to meet it with pardon. Mr. Connors came to America and settled himself in Chicago. There he became a good mechanic and saved his money against the time he should hear from Margaret. She waited two years and also came to America, finding a home in Waterbury. Here Patrick Driscoll, a thrifty wire worker, paid court to, her,' but she would not give him'her promise. “He ‘was persistent, and she at last, thinking that her first lover had gon© out of her life for good and all, accepted Mr. Driscoll. Their wedding day arrived, but the bride-to-be was not at the altar.' She could not forget..the old love. ' .’ ’ ?■ The story of the wedding that failed got into the papers, and so Mr. Connors heard of Margaret. He wrote, telling her of his long years of faithfulness, and asked her to pardon him. and-.reinstate him in her affections. The wedding 'recently was the result. ‘ ' ijt. AJ I