An American Romance.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 187, 10 June 1873, Page 7

An American Romance.

The New York papers contain the following romantic story :—" Cap fain Charles Vincent sailed from Boston for Calcutta in 1843. He left in the quiet town of Bangor, Maine, a girl of 18, to whom he was betrothed. Captain Vincent was but 28, when his ship, year elapsed, and no tidings of either ship, the the Laura Sheldon, stood out to sea. Nearly officers, or crew had been received at home. Years came and went, and hundreds of East Indiamen sailed into American harbours, but never a word regarding his ship was received. 11l the meantime the young girl, faithful to the memory of her sailor love, remained unmarried, refusing advantageous offers from suitors, her equals in social position and intellectual culture, for she was a lady of superior mind. Through all these 29 years of silence, she had been hopeful, and, indeed, cheerful, she had never despaired of the return of her lover. On September 15 last, a letter was received by her aged mother postmarked ' Liverpool.' The writer '.vas Cap-

tain Charles Vincent, now a man of 57 years. He asked her to inform him if her daughter was still alive and unmarried, and said if the reply be to that effect, that lie should sail at once for America. The mother immediately answered this letter, carefully concealing everything from her daughter. On the first day of October, Captain Vincent alighted at the door of his betrothed. Captain Vincent's story would fill a volume. The Laura Sheldon was shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean, and only the captain and one sailor survived. They were rescued from their perilous position on a raft after two days, by a brig bound for China. In one of these Chinese seaports, Captain Vincent lived for years as clerk in an English trading house. He wrote several letters home but received no answer. He gradually became prosperous in business, and will return to China in a few months with his bride.