ROMANCE IN, REAL LIFE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1248, 29 January 1886, Page 3

ROMANCE IN, REAL LIFE.

• Manned on Tuesday, by the Rev. WiL liam Ash, Thomas Mowitt to Charlotte Cohfoy, both of this city." : Thb. above marriage took place in New York recently; and thereby hangs a tale of the marvellous. Mr Mowitt is a respectably boss shoemaker, who keeps several men employed, and amongst tho rest was John Peking, who had ingratiated himself ■o much in his favor by faithfulness, industry, and sobriety, that he took him into partnership about three years since, and had no cause to regret his kindness. From that period Mr Mowitt and Mr Poising were constant friends and companions, and hoarded in the same house, until about 12 months since, when one day they were subpmnaed for a coronet’s inquest, which was About to be held on the bmly of a man that had been taken out of the Maiden Lane TThe deceased had all the appearance of having been a regular loafer, and it was the opinion of all present that he had fallen into tho slip while in a state of intoxication ; bnt the verdict—which was given in a few minutes—was merely “ Found drowned.” The jury dismissed, Mr Mowitt turned round to look for his friend and fellowjnror, who had been at hi* side till that moment, but he was gone; and he thought he saw him running almost at fnll speed up Maiden Lane. This struck him as being curious ; and it also reminded him of another cnrions fact (at least curious, as taken in connection with his flight), namely that when Mr Peking had first glanced at the face of tho corpse, he started and turned deadly pale. Mr Mowitt then proceeded to his boarding-house, and thence to his store, to look for his partner, bnt he was to be found at neither nor did ho retnrn that night j nor tho next; nor tho next; and

twojmonths passed sway Sny intelligence of him, daring (which tune Mr Mowitt had fuliy made up his mind .that there waa some, mysterious connection" between hiffriend ,and ; 4ha pian, that was found drowned,,an(l that, in ; consequence thereof. Mr Pelaing had. in' all probability made away with himself. WeHv so matters rested- until a certain day ih' last June, when a lady pal]ed st M'f .Mowitt’s store and asked for Mr Pelsing- She wa- told the particulars of his story. “ And hasn’t he been here siqotef? she inquired. “ Not fsince,” replied Mr Mowitt “ 1 know he has,” replied thelady -V He 'has not, I assure you, at least to my lknowledge,”fanswered Mr Mowitt. “But t am. poeitive !”• said the !a<ly, somewhat 'smartish, "What proof have you of it T” inquired the shoemaker. , “ The best in the world," returned the stranger, “for I am here, and land MrPelsingareoneand the same person.” And, strange as it may appear, such was the. aotnal fact Well, the question was whether Mr Poising was a gentleman or. a lady,, and it turned, out that she was v a lady; and, more than that her'name wasn’t, John Poising at all, but Charlotte Conroy ; and furthermore, that she wag the widow of the man that had been found drowned She then stated that her husband was a shoemaker in Philadelphia,- to whom ; she had been married about two years, and who : treated her very badly.- the eonSOqueocO -of 1 which was that she picked up hip trade by stealth, and when she thought she was sufficiently perfect, equipped herself in men’s clothes and ran off to this city to be the more safely out of *he reach nf her lord and master. Here, as we have seen, she got into the employment and remained in the confidence of Mr Mowitt until the time of the coroner’s inquest, Immediately after which she proceeded to Philadelphia, where she learned that her husband (who had become a wandering loafer) had, on the hint of some friend, set out to New York about a week before to look for her ; but where, instead of an injured wife, he found a watery grave.. The upshot of. this roman., tic affair was, that Mr Mowitt requested Mrs Conroy to make his house her home ; but after a while he found that he liked her yet better as Mrs Conroy than as Mr Pelsing ; that by virtue thereof, be proposed a renewal of their, terms of partnership, which was accepted ; that Mr Mowitt and . the late Mr John Pelsing' became husband and wife. This is the first instance,.we believe, on record wherein a wife performed the part of a coroner’s juryman on the body of her own husband, or wherein a, young man was married to its own master. The lady, by the way, is very qood-lookip'g. and still on the safe side of thirty.— ‘ New York News,’