A COLONIAL ROMANCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 837, 17 July 1879, Page 2

A COLONIAL ROMANCE.

A Romance of real life comes from Auckland. Three years ago a respectable young mechanic arrived from Scotland. He was industrious, for he was saving money to send home to his sweetheart, to pay her passage out. At the end of six years he had sufficient money for that, and also to build and furnish a house. He joyfully remitted the passage-money,' and while it was on its way occupied himself m preparing a home for his expected wife. When the letter arrived m England it was received by his sweetheart with joy, but circumstances had arisen which rendered his request difficult to be complied with, for, m the meantime, her father had died, and she was now the sole support of her aged mother ; and, much as she longed to go, her duties as a child and love for her parent rose superior to her affections for her lover, and she wrote baok to say that she could not leave her mother while alive, and, as she might yet live many years, she called upon him to forget her, although her love for him was as undying as ever. When he received her answer, all hope of ever seeing her again fled, and, considering her reply final, he, having prepared everything to make home comfortable, soon after proposed to and married a respectable colonial, girl, resident m the township. Within a few weeks of despatching her letter, her mother took ill and died, and she took her passage out to New Zealand by the next vessel, placing herself under the protection of a Presbyterian minister and his family, who were leaving for the same settlement. The voyage was unusually short and prosperous. When the vessel touched the shores of New Zealand she was a bright, handsome girl, with joy depicted m every feature, but ere ihe sun had gone down, she had learned the truth, and despair had settled upon her. She continued for a tune to' reside with the minister's family, but nothing he could say or do could rally or remove the melancholy that befel her, and, thinking that a change wouldhelp to oast off' the gloom that was .blighting her exis-ance, he advised her to get a sifaa- - tion, and try and forget her great disappointment. Following his advice, she left his house that evening and took lodgings m the township, and, when the sun rcse again next morning, she was found to have cast off the cares, anxieties, and diappointments of this world, and let us hope and pray, for a better and a happier, for during the night, iri her groat despair, she had* taken the life God had given her.