Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1882 — A STRANGE STORY! [ARTICLE]

A STRANGE STORY!

— -=—- * I The Fair Canyassei'Whose Life Haeftfcn /> -o in caUipg/Confind.a somewhat mg experience which they - underwent during the, dus#, do'g ,'Jiys of last summer, and which left behind it vision of petite, graceful figure m fluffy white, with lace of large ivofeya>eaa8 P grear Brown eyes, pearl-v whitettesthi j*> uti n g lips,' aai?MSiw ting m and out' among the prHK Jagt offices and manufactories. and arotmg the lawyers’ -offices,- she* seemed to never tire;, and perspiring red,Haled tfifeh gazed ~w,a,w# jatheL freshness, which challenged that of thetmoroiiig glory. Her of herself .was always *wrstfrftig& as' her posh pf-a-iinan absorbed in isjcorresponViMgckwidL in» aP’fJritteripg sprt of ssj2ge»ui to him the startling preposh £<gi irfct tip ■> eubjihcrlbe sot attention to l flr business. Of gourae the first - tmhacCmore 3l»ks tiMMftiheicoaW read already > or. yyit he had given his subscription to other of .the. men wwoMtetfraitti' ]saw ftimpictnre at his ilde} however* ■ M®a*f pT^I . Sand felt ashamed oft it. < .The young i iamr-wag flirentrvivaclotrs and ppss<i teombhiation o f the thd'hittenWi' in if it watf ait ehe.was a wonderful -uurnui hiw it .ajrf# i : J #,?> •»,. A»»*fiß«einAßirasi’. The<would-be victim, generally so eages, to peeeugde a-book * agent fct> *ajl mrthit.hpdlio.atrvfltfm.her; onjy . „ away, and spared no ingenuity to pro|KsftW ffiarkabiy ! a wis^at- • j iiffd dbt&iped the sub«c«|tiq»#dfd of pas<?s, ‘laffled’T<filft' , &nougn to ascertairrthe nkjpn;of the- min at the ‘.next dodr,faiHUtnen - immediately lost ill iptereSf w%er; subscriber. As/an evidenceof the effectiveness of her bej sfgted /that she secured the signatures of over half the . lawvarß of tiaatoity -who are regarded otbyMtHW*avifMi4»livTßlfsft9 Absolutely honejM^iJ ‘;maak, ing young mm 3 k 9TfOT^rjP :^f little laay as ulMoias a wbrWtitho had a quiet way Pfe^3hjn ? bed b°os and btihesametime aoing nothing which give an. (opinion other than that she was a perfect lady. To journalist —*he*elfii(efjb oppamhiog of - herself, sayqt New Haven, 4MniebUdiwt,«£haiMimacame here' undnrtlieeageiqii hiMrin other, as one of' a company of lady canvassers by the publishers, and that her purpose was to earn enough money to enable her to complete her education at an eastern college,, Those who observed her, closely, hqwpver, during the latter par( of her stay, were satisfied that her sndles tidd little heart in them, and tbht there was a large element of sadness .in hfipybung life. The young lady's ngme is Miss Lilian HiheV, and her nlother, while HVing in NeWiHavdh. boarded a numger Of Yale Stiidphte, among them being a Chinese. Prince. Tong, who had beeh sent'fti (his Country by his government for education. Toqg was a young marl wf a rqre degree of intelligence, and refinement who was making his mark as a collegiate. Between him anil MifcvLilian, there grew an affection, 'which- seemed all the more intense from the strangeness of its assortment. By virtue ( of his nobility Tong enjoyed an, almost unliiu- . ited of money, and by nature • geuerotii, he allowed.no WAn# of, Lib* vCaUbbrtdn sweetheart to go unsup--1 ■plied. 1 < - s* Hlne; and her daughter on tme,oceasi6n accepted his invita- ' N%,w§ York; they ’.;vye# e ehtertainedhr'priucely style. - Tho marriage >of the lovers was agreed upofi, but' no date W&s set. As One of tpe .preliminaries, and as one of the greatest sacrifices it was ip hfs j power to make, Prince Tong had his quehe cut od, Tbh* SQ , scandalised . other youngybihamen tp whom thejkuoWiledge came, that' they wrote : ;UjtJfe pdit&a<thfct be iir the land .of JtafaihUt-bealfh, and-regkrllng it as 1 nebdssaiy .change tff the-marriarfef with an ’Tng \riial thwart their purposes, sue’ received a <W,tar, announcing that information| oPh® beTrothal and his renuuciS,tion of ‘Jthe to£ys^liorfi^ JAhd'ejrtdsiwetHfrtlyrtheHidnest which ,v lShjfltly afiei she' I r for'several i day a, e iiUify',* || alnid et f> 6h-‘ Iwhtoh pfloasukickui rutulß l of tqe storyj HMM|ihformeu p , } mmtit

hec that the rjiinfifle-gQverameflt. ia-, dign-tnt at what they regarded as a (fttgegade cyursfl on the-y>»rt of tl^ nereraiffl on M^l , tney expectations, had ordered hpsnirtlftfof d M te % , . jfW s™ *JI h :2kfinidriKlfbrsHtNAj nlqmv*i country. < *Tapg wm soon toj start Jof It was this Which caused tb*. demonI sttgtidfi '-hr * grief, ohe telegraphed 3bih» that'tt would-bw’impracticableXQ meetiiimat Chicago, but that she lit! 'to this Gtty,iwhfrf he,might stopifot :a >ddyi 4teWd,|aq4i h 9 >Wtl fWi herpj las will be remembered. After a sad §c?^^e^tjetMime vhi*jr HI and ilid^news' e&me ’sooh afterward that she was at-the point of death wittt WJfilf Aftei<a'iong.piege she. rallied aqd regained sufficient strength,(o work,'biit when she'appeared recently. to deliver the ,boOKe,.pbe Was strikingly difiVrpot from the fi*esh and beautiful creature of last mid-awffimer. And here follows the most terrible part of the story. Only a short time ago cttpge the announcement that‘,A Chinese prince, who had been pursuing his studies in an American college, had been recalled to his l|6md, and ha 4 been by ordei; of tnl empefor because of certain ijece-Tojife-fanfif thej cWcunistfiftces mike it almost certain that it was-^-she it than a novelist cpuld well devise. il • —-—' > ■ Why no Scotc men go to Hearfen. *4 tnne!& so rethete mstpry does fix thA epoch,,e dreadful war was waged by the Ring of Scotland. : Scdttfsh valor Prevailed, iCnd thCKing of Sdbtlandi- elatedly • *“'Wefl, Siafadyi u 'laid he, “is j; hb’era king we canna conquer roo2” “An’ it pleafee your majesty,'Then o’» king -that- -your Oannd - rixml-AiexamfWjTßverenll y looking up, said: ’’The king o’ heaven.” ■,, “The o’ whpr, Sandy VJ - "" 1 J heayefij”| f .!«» i 1 The Seottlsh king did- nht understand, but was upwijling to exhibit T Just gang your ways, Sandy, and tell the kibg o’ heaven to gi’e up his or I’ll come., myeel’ and diqg/bijn oot o’themj'andfgind, SanyCainna come “back to us until ye hae dune oor biddin’.” , Lord Alexander retired >much periplexedi but met a priest, and,;he* assured, returned ana presented hipH San^y^’ fc sl^^ ,^le, “ha’ ye seen the king o’ heaven, aneHHfcskh says he to oor biddin,’.” ft , ~ •‘An’ it please your majesty, T hsiye n Weel, an’ woat says he?” •““** a “He says your majesty may e’en /ha&hjskingdom for the askid’ o’it,”. “Wiis he saecivil?” said the kmfi .wgrining to magnanimity. ‘Mtoefc gang your ways back, Sandy, an’ tell Itbe king o* heaven, that for his civility flic? defl'k Scotchman sjwill.set foot in his kingdom.” • , %