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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 235, 4 October 1877, Page 4

Iho Piitburg Commercial states :~ We hear \ » vary pretty ioci-Jeofc tbe other d(iy which we caunot help relaiiiij--. A young hdy from the South it seems, was woord aud wen by a youthful phya-.iiin living io Califo nia. When tha ea-'a^erasnt was made tho Doctor was rioh, having been v.cry succo-ssful -it San Fraucisco, It had not exis.el six months, however, when, by un unfortunate investment, he lost hia entire "heap." Tiiia event eatne oa him, ifc should be added, just as ho was about to claim his bride. What does he do? Why, like 'an honorably and chivalrous young fellow as he id, he sits down sad wiites the lady every particular of the unhappy change which had taken piace iv his fortuuo:*, assuring bar thai if the facts produced auy change, ia her feelings towards him, aha is released from every promise eho had mado him. And what doea the dear, good girl ? Why, she takes a lump of puro gold, which he ht.d sent her in his prosperity as a keepsake, and having it manufactured into a ring, forwarded it to him with lhe following Bible inscription engraved in distinct characters on the outside : " Kntreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee ; for whither thou goest wiil I go, and whither thou lodges!; will I lodge; thy

people will be tny people and thy God my God ; where thou diest will I die, and there will I he buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more, also, if aught but death part (bee and me." Ths lover idolis-d hi& sweet-heart more thau ever when he received the §,recious evidence of her devotion to him both in storm and io sunshine. We may add that the fortune soda again smiled upon the physician, and that he subsequently returned to the North fco wed the sweet girl be loved, and who loved him with such undying affection. Reader, tbis is all true. Young ladies who read the Bible as closely as the heroine of this incident seems to have done, are pretty aura to make good sweethearts and better wives.