A Western Romance. A Youth's Industry Made to Tell in an Unexpected Manner.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 188, 22 January 1887, Page 5

A Western Romance. A Youth's Industry Made to Tell in an Unexpected Manner.

*' There goes a young man who has a romance," remarked a well-known citizen of St. Paul to a reporter, as he looked through the window, as a young man of perhaps 25 passed up Fiist Avenue, a remarkably handsome lady leaning on Mb arm. "Tell you about it? Certainly; only I won't give you the names of the parties, for if I did you would print it, and nearly every one in the city would recognise in the couple two well-known Minneapolis people. " Some years ago the young man worked in one of the big mills, and was looked upon as a good man in his position. One day a party of ladies visited the mill, among them the lady you saw with him. While looking at the different things around the mill this young lady dropped from her finger into a lot of wheat which was being stored a valuable diamond ring which had been presented to her by her mother, who had died some years before. "Of course, the young lady was nearly heart-broken, and refused to be comforted by her friends. The young man, who was , standing near by when she dropped the ring, saw the whole thing and made up his mind to recover the ring. That evening, as soon as his work was done, he went to the bin in which the wheat had been stored and { there, accompanied by a friend, sifted all the wheat and placed it in bags. It was j nearly morning when he found the ring, The wheat was then emptied back into the bin and the young man went home. When he went to work again he went to the head miller and succeeded in being released for the day. His next move was to dress himself in his best suit and return the ring to the owner. , , , ■, - "To her he related how he recovered it, «nd by his pleasing manners so captivated her that she invited him to call. This he did, and the friendship thus begun soon ripened into something Btronger. The | young lady'e father took a great liking to the young man, and gave his consent to A marriage arranged between him and his daughter. WheD the,marriage took place the young man left the mill and was started I in business by his wife's father. He is now worth about $100,000, and can lay his good fortune to recovering the lost ring." i