AURELIA'S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN. 



THE facts in the following case came to me by letter from a young lady who 

 lives in the beautiful city of San Jose; she is perfectly unknown to me, and 

 simply signs herself " Aurelia Maria," which may possibly be a fictitious 

 name. But no matter, the poor girl is almost heart-broken by the misfortunes she 

 has undergone, and so confused by the conflicting counsels of misguided friends 

 and insidious enemies, that she does not know what course to pursue in order to 

 extricate herself from the web of difficulties in which she seems almost hopelessly 

 involved. In this dilemma she turns to me for help, and supplicates for my 

 guidance and instruction with a moving eloquence that would touch the heart of a 

 statue. Hear her sad story : 



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