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Show Breach of Promise Prevented. A second complimentary excursion was given by the public-Bpirited directors of the U. W. R. R. yesterday; yester-day; as on the day previous the com pany uu inn uccasion were nigiiiy pleased with the road and thecourtepy of its officers. Just as the train was leaving an important arrest was made which marred the pleasure oi the party in depriving them of the society of one of tho most genial of ita guests. A carriage drove down in hot haste to the platform; a beautifully beauti-fully excited lady sat within, and her anxious inquiry from the "window was for a distinguished member of the bar who was on the point of committing a breach of promise. The delinquent was found by the brakeman, who acted as improvised marshal, and after suitable apologizes he surrendered surrender-ed at discretion, was bound captive in the charms that the lady always has about her, and when driven away he appeared, if we may alter the line at both ends to suit the present purpose, to bo "Patient on a monument smiting smit-ing at joy." |