Romace of Real Life.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 20 March 1885, Page 4

Romace of Real Life.

i lUe following story .of a romantic marriage, in the. last century! is told i!n '* .Notes and Queries 1 ; — "A. tiobleman hay ing broken' his 'constitution'and injured his : estate' by a career of dissipation, determined to marry and reform, and having paid his. ■addi^ss^s' to' an heiress been duly accepted the wedding day was fixed and great preparations made for its celebratipn. In those days news travelled slowly, and dip intelligence of the,,, courtship only reached the lady's aunt ..(from whom she had great expectations) m a ..distant county three or. four days before the. bridal day. She. was however an energetic-woman of the old school. She posted ; to. Ibondmi , artd made such good use of her time tliat : she siifcdedd6d : m settittg'the match' aside. But the letter announcing this was oi?ly /written by her niece late on the preceeding'nighti anfj'was despatched very early .on' the .propose^ wee( T c]ing day, and iWing taken'! to the bridegroom's peflsi.de , was • read £>y him there. A short. ,jtimer I: after he told ih is, .valet to go to the* servants'' halland enquire if any of the.wonien would be ; married that! motnfingv. The servants, knowing -their lord's generosity and fondness fotf joking, thoiightthat he wished' them 4:6 sig^ nalise his own marriage by jiortipiiiri'g another co'upTey and' 'laughingly declined. The valet retiifh'^arid said ; . " r f here is" nobody. .|hatj can I be m'amed tb'-d'ay, my loi'cl' but ' the couhtry. wench; that came last week, and she says that she has no sweetheart. 1 ' .""Oh," ; he, replied, «« tell her to pii't on' her Sunday' dress' and come to me m the blue breakfast-; room." He dressed iri the sufr^jiartd';:they met, and the result .of that interview, must be kriojvh by Atp consequences. A vail imd mantle pi lace ; , were .thrown over tne, country dress of a modest, nan.dsome, .and lively village girl, and she became that morning a ipeeressi of England. Much sensation was caused, but m the world of fashion it, was only a njne days., jw^nder., for the ; married pair went immediately from London . She possessed , ap : excellent ..djsppsition and strong good sense. -With reiiewted health and spirits his , lordship's enjoyment of country, life in"creased',*hrs"* property-improved by care, and above all, a beautiful ,progghy isurroiinded liim an^i tHeirLdevot.ed domestic • imptber, „who affectionat^|y closed his eyes ,m ( peace, receiving his parting blessing many .years-after his happyj,;choice. % , ;; .