Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1868 — A ROMANCE OF TAZEWELL. [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE OF TAZEWELL.

Several year* ago a young lady In Tazewell couuty, was wooed by a young man. 0e .obtained her consent and the consent of tho old folk*, but three days before the wedding she took a freak into her head and went off and married another man. The young man was heart broken' and Tttfldred np. bis effects aud wetrt -to Rew York fHty. There he hid his grief, buried lnmaql( in business and engaged in, speculations, wan suecoraful and became wealthy. A younger sister o r the girl that had piled him, moved by sympathy, commenced u correspondence with him to endeavor to mitigate his sorrow, The correwpimdeuce became interesting. The young girl grew up, and as year* rolled on ripened Into grist beauty. The sight of her photograph awakened in the young man's bosom the love that he had supposed was crushed forever; he proposed to her, and vil accepted.. Her lather was a widower, and was uaxious to get married himself as soon ns the daughter was out of the way, urged the match forward. Tho means the lo ttn now admit ted a brilliant wedding, and preparations were made for it- They were to be married fast Wednesday in style, and depart immediately for New York city. A few days ago tho ex-

pectaut bride received a better from her betrothed, stating that ho had entered into a speculation that would keep him in the city, so that be conld not possibly bo with her at the time appointed, and requesting her to delay the ceremony for a day or two. He also referred to tho time when he had expected to be urkted to her sister. Provoked to think that he still remembered his former love, the yoong ladv wrote him in a passion, and aitting down at the same time wrote to a cousin of here, a farmer in lowa, who had long loved her, telling him that she had broken her engagement, relating the circumstance* to him, and t ending by saying that she was all ready to’be married and if he would come and be -there at the time set for her wedding she would marry him. He complied. Her betrothed in Now York, astouished to receive her letter, closed up hishnsiuoss as best ho could, and enmo to Tazewell county by ths next train. Ho reached the little village where she lived aud was hastening up to the house to fulfill his engagement when he was met by some of his friends and told thut his bride had just been married to another man. He fainted away on tho spot ami was taken up to the hotel. When the bnde was told of it she was overwhelmed with remorse, but it was then to late. She was legally married to her cousin. The New Yorker, twice heart broken, left for his his home without seeing her, and she passed throngfi this city yesterday, on her way to an lowa farm, lookiug very deject d and anything bnt like bride.