LOVE IN A PRISON.
! The Atft&land' : 6orr"espdtfc|lent to the Post furnishes "ttre~ following romantic stopy^r^M-avy- '^Ana Eane, servant "^at IlihirTtramEs HdteT, waV committed for j flrji^Tfrr in fea^ide v eqemtj??, ; iftT6. •.3lh€>r . cptqpay&tjyely . ligh^fc 4 , sentenea,, ,of nine motrttU'i imprisonment was inflicted for the -minor crime of concealment bfWH'.^lWifi'd 'tne girl was in prisq^jß^attr^c^d the^tteption of a male prisoner named William Smith, *Hio- w«S(i sentenced -for forgery^t <Coromandel. Tho manly form of the latter, 1 'attire'a itr ' becoming' white taouse.rs,. tyi£. jellow jacket, -Be* off by tho broad arrow and M6he delicate monogram A.G., took the fancy of Mary Anh; and'a.'s Bfre'stocJd adTniririg 'Smith manfully .wielding his .instrument of hard labour, the eagle eye of love .detected the answering look of affection which' he/ levelled 1 .in Her airebtion. From this beginning sprang a mighty />xr>ion' between * the two— no prison . Mils were 'm bfcoken, : ,no,, personal -iulonnew • .took* .place 1 , but • the "ttia^uetism 1 N 6f ' * love~ : ' tendered tho sW-;llest gj'gds eTo'qutfntj^' .and , ; those twq loT.o,p|irickQri sopYa held sweet communion at a distance of « hundred yards, and at thut ; distance . Smitii "proposed, and was acpepted. Thus passed the days until Mary*B time was up, wuen she was liberated from gaol< • Kind Governor O'Brien, who knew the girl's history, had c'titripassiofl bh condition, and took l^er ( ioto - b|s ,^v^ni iyonsehold, bufc little^id-Vne wortny man imagine, wh^n overspread her, face on the. proposal of this arrangement, Jtbat Rtiiry'a joy 'Iras causedz-r-rjofc by gratitude for, his kindness—Hut' by the thought that as v a servant in- his- household fha wo^ld be nettr her v sweet WiHiam/'^and keep up their clandestine courtship." Under or. dinary .circumstances she/^O;u4d mot have been allowed within the precincts of the prison, bdfe as Mr. O'Brien's servant she, was allowed to, roaasL.<abont the pjaca .UAhjndered. WjjJUam; w«3, not loog-.iji > fipding I out tho altpr,ed. cicpumstance^o^ntsfn^Smofatar diftTSf U few signs a pl n ee was ngreed on where letters could be planlpa.'Tpis^ajSaorevice near the bottom 'oofo l f the '^tfarry 1 where Williani ptipsaed the eooHpatio r h ; 6f stonebreaking. A T»gasar 'correspondence was instituted, and tbe lovers breathed on paper those fervent aspirations and longings which had before been wafted tbro.ugft th's' aiiHby.jfeigiiS sonieWhat resembling the deaf and dumb language. Smith regularly the crevice and managed to scrgw) a few ,,wqr<^ of fond ardour in return foritbe love rows of Mary. H« : 'tdia' her, also, that he was tbe b.eir tp. a"»if»Tg^: esjtate, and that he should cope into his property directly, be goj; put ,ofj prjsob, This added fuel to Mary's passion. William's" sohtdhce 1 * cotnea to tffi end, and about a fortnight ago'liis manly form might be scop leaving the prison gates, plain Oxford mixture pants and a billycock supplying- the place of the ornamental but too distinctive "prison garb. Round the corner ho is met by Mary, and now, for the fii'sjt time, those two loving hearts beat side by side. The story, as asqal in 3-Vol. novels, ended two days after Williarn-'s restoration to ,a place in the busy w^rl4. Tho happy pair, were married, after a courtship which, for originality and perlßppiwnce in overcoming difficulties, is without parallel. In tho records of the Registrar, it is said, there is'somotruth in the efcory of Smith having come into 3ome '
LOVE IN A PRISON.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2749, 18 February 1878, Page 2
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