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Show HOW SOW BRITISH- GIRLS ,i. . MARRY'. ; , A London correspondent writes: The ricbcei Lfiin-rti how on the engaged en-gaged lint'; is M Us"' ! Orawshay, the. daughter of tbe Vulcan of the Hills in South Wales. Her dowry is said to be 500,000, and she is about to bestow this with her hand and heart upon a briefless barritter on the South Walea circuit. 1 should be very happy to ; take her sinter on the same terms, if I telt inclined to marry for money. These iron masters' daughters have a very consiileri.te way of aelecting poor men lor thvir hubbandi, for Sir George jLiiiiuoii a uiauu'-er marrieu ono oi me special"" cnrrKppadenra of the Daily New-, and a lew-dayB ago the heiress of a Durh'aui (jofhery proprietor bolted with , tha editor of n north coudtry newspaper. -U ' BAid . that one of these: .- laclic8 : perhaps it would , be cruel to., -say . wbich,. "for the ; Tfliu.coaver rafter all was innocent enough- that meeting with a gentleman on -bo a steamer which was. engaged In lading" s dfe'epv ea cable, fn ' tbe Alantic, they vbry" naturally tonk to'fl)rti'ng on the quarter-deck. The lady was all alone, except with papa. The gentleman gen-tleman made bin. sell ugreeable, and,, being tall and handsome, of course soon ingratiated himself with the iron king's daughter. Oue day, finding turn self Alone, he proposed there and then "Hush!" said the lady, "papa is asleep on the sofa and might hear ynu. Let ua take a stroll on deck.1' "f 'ara very sorjy1"iaaid the lady, re miming the conversation on deck, "but ol course you did not know when you were talking to me below that. I was engaged- But I have a sister at home who- is exactly like me; you .would hot know us apart, and when we return home I will introduce you to her." The introduction followed in due course and the marriage within six;months. The courtship all took plaoe by. proxy. . |