A VILLAGE BEAUTY'S FORTUNE.
Many years ago a young man made his appearance in Stratford, Conn., and passed a few weeks at the tavern which then existed to afford shelter to stage-coach passengers. Whence he came and what was his business none could guess. Directly opposite the tavern stood a small cottage and forgo of a blacksmith named Folsom. He had a daughter who was the beauty of the village, ana it was her fortune to captivate the heart of the young stranger. He told his love, said that he was travelling in cng., but in confidence gave her his real name, saying that he waß heir to a large fortune. She returned his love, and they were married a few weeks after. The stranger told his wife he mußt visit New Orleans. He did so, and the gossips of the town made the young wife unhappy by disagreeable hints and jeers. In a few months the husband returned ; but before a week had elapsed he received a large budget of letters, and told his wife that he must at once return to England, and must go alone. He took his departure, and the gossips had another glorious opportunity to make a confi(ling woman wretched. To all but herself it was a clear case of desertion. The wife became a mother, and for two years lived on in silence and hope. By the end of that time a letter was received by the Stratford beauty from her husband, directing her to go at once to New York with her child, taking with her nothing but the clothes she woro, and embark in a ship for home in England. On her arrival in New York she found a vessel splendidly furnished with every convenience and luxury for her comfort, and two servants ready to obey every wish that she might ex. preßS. The ship duly arrived in England, and the Stratford girl became mistrel of a mansion, and as the wife of a Baronet was saluted as Lady Samuel Stirling. On the death of. her husband, many years ago the Stratford boy succeeded to the title and wealth of his .father, and in the last edition of "Peerage and Baronetage " he is spoken of as the issue of " Miss Folsom, of Stratford, N. A."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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383A VILLAGE BEAUTY'S FORTUNE. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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