A ROMANTIC LOVE STORY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2161, 15 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

A ROMANTIC LOVE STORY.

The story going the rounds of tho Press (remarks the Chicago News) about the pretty Boston girl who became the wife of the late King of Portugal finds a parallel, though in a lean degree, in the marriage of a pretty Government clerk of Washington. About ten years ago the name of Cair.ille Woodford was bourne on the rolls of the Treasury Department as a clerk in the Redemption Division. At that time Miss Woodford was scarcely 18 years old. She wm the jounger member of an old Southern family that had lost their fortune during the war, and was a gentle wonvtn by birth and education. One day the Baron Yon Havre, the Belgian Minister, who was visiting the department, chanced to enter the room where Miss Woodford sat. It wan a case of love at first sight. The Baron inquired her name, and, through the Chief of the Bureau, requested an introduction. He cilled upon her several times, and at last proposed marriage. The lady then informed him that she was already betrothed to a fellow-clerk in the department. He urged her to cancel the engagement, but she declined, although admitting had she met him first that her answer might have been different. Finding her obdurate, the Baron resolved to leave America, hoping in the distractions of tome European court to forget the pretty Yaukee girl who had refused hi* suit. He went to 9t. Petersburg, but within 90 days returned to Wathingron again. This time the , lady smiled more graciously upon him, and, in the end, consented to bocome the Baroneu van Havre. Shortly after -their marriage, which has proved a remarkably happy one, they removed to Brussels, where, they still reside. What became of Miss Woodford's former sweetheart is not known, but he probably accepted the situation philosophically, as what poor Government clerk would not whep he had a rival in a young and handsome nobleman with an income of 50,000 dots, a year ?