A ROMANTIC STORY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1116, 7 August 1882, Page 2

A ROMANTIC STORY.

A romantic ?foty is said tq have occurred recently at Bougival, a few miles distant from Paris. One of the youngest and most fascinating of Parisian actresses, Mdlle. L 1 who lives in that neighborhood wqs at twq o'clock in the afternoon wending hep way to a friend’s house, when, as she neared the bridge, she was most po.

litely addressed by a gentleman who, faultlessly gloved and with hat in hand, said, “ Mademoiselle, I find myself most awkwardly placed. I have forgotten my purse, and for want of a halfpenny I shall be unable to cross the bridge, unless you kindly come to my aid.” Mdlle. L immediately felt for her purse, and at once handed to the exquisite the coin solicited; when, before she had time to close it again, he dropped into the purse a tiny little packet, and rushed off with all speed. On recovering from her surprise, the young artist opened the said packet, which she found to contain a magnificent turquoise ring, and a note which, translated, ran thus: “ Mademoiselle, for a long time I have been burning with a desire to possess something that has belonged to you. Will you forgive the device, and accept in exchange this trifling pledge of the affection of yours, X.?” The most amusing part of the story, however, is yet to be told. The gentleman in question, who is well known in the financial world, was seen to have exchanged the handsome gold locket previously appended to his chain for a halfpenny mounted with a simple but exquisitely chased gold rim. No, decidedly romance is not dead yet, let cynics say what they may. For continuation of news see ±th page.