Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1881 — Wifely Devotion. [ARTICLE]

Wifely Devotion.

A touching little romance illustrating wifely devotion has come to light on Mt. Ida. N.Y- Four years ago a comely young ladyfwss accepting the attention of two gentleman, one the possessor of a fair competence and the other poor, like herself. Upon the death of her parents, her grandmother assumed her control. To please this relative she consented to unite her fortune with those of the poor young man. who, be-sides-his impoverished circumstances, was a cripple. The more acceptable suitor was nearly crazed. A tempting offer to enter business in New York was refused by him. He declared his determination to be wherever his loved one, then the wife of another, was located. A year after the wedding the husband fell ill. As disease made inroads upon his constitution, and poverty stalked in at the door, the young wife was obliged to seek employment in a knitting-mill. Last week, after a long illness, in which he was steadfastly attended by bis hard-working companion, death brougtkn end to the poor cripple’s existence. During this illness the rejected lover was the contributor es delicacies to the sick, which the patient, with a knowledge of the source from which they came, accepted. A vow that the disappointed gentleman made upon the marriage of his idol to the deceased is possibly attended with prospects of realization. It was that should the accepted one die during the lifetime of the rejectee one he would renew his suit. Although the earth Over the grave of the dead has hardly settled an interview has been requested, and two hearts separated by fate will probably be united by love.