Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-08

aghast at the intelligence that Miss B.
was to be married to another instead O
himself, on the following Tuesday. HI
at once took his way 10 her house ant
had an interview, with the result o
which he seemed particularly wei
pleased. He then Stepped into tn,
principal livery .stabls in the place anC
asked to hire the verybest carriage anc
horse to go to Maysyill the proprietor
informed him that it build be mpossi
bic to accommodate hsn That he wa:
to be married on the fd5 owing Tuesday,
and would have use for fthll his carriages
to go on little bridaA tour which he
lpurposed. "May 1 ask q whom?" said
Mr.. s., with some mis- s4iyings. "To
Miss B." was the rSply. Mr.. S.
preserved his temper, and simply re-
marked that it was highly IND hprtant that
he should be at Maysville atfhe earliest
possible moment, and that he was pre-
pared to give any reasonable price for a
carriage. The liberality of tl IS indirect
offer had sensible effect on thf proprie-
tor. He got out his best hack hnd pair,
and charged the young straiger the
sum of $50 for the trip. IN very
short time afterwards, Miss b. found
herself sitting beside the younk Phila-
delphian, in the above mentioied car
riage, and going towards Maytville at
the rate of about ten miles an h{ur
1t was soon noised through Il e town
that Miss B had run away With her
Philadelphia lover. Her guardian, who
was opposed to the match, 1t once
mounted deet horse, and started in hot
pursuit. About half way to MdEsville,
he overlook the fugitives and at t'empted
to seize the young lady. TheI young
Pbiladelphian waived him of, anhspoke
in this wise; "Sir, you can't hafe her;
and you must now do one Of three
things-you must go back and leave us
to pursue our journey, or you hiust kill
me, or I'll kill you" This talk brought
guardy up standing. 1t was entirely
unexpected. And not wishing to kill,
and particularly not to be kill9d, he ac-
cepted the first proposition, tufned tail
and took the back track. Tie lovers
pursued their way to MaysvilId, crossed
over to Aberdeen, were mar1td, drove
back to Cynthiana, and put up at the
principal hotel
A crowd at once surrSundOd the |
house and throatrned vengeance on the |
Philadelphian for carrying away the
prettiest girl in town, afd who was the
promised wife of an esteemed citizen
The young man, nothing & daunted, placed |
his wife safely in her q dRamber, and then |
came boldly down tot the steps of the
hotel and began to address the mob. If
photographic noteSkare correct, his
speech was exactly Rthese words:
''Gentlemen: YoYought not to blame
me for what l have Zone. Most of you
would have done fhs same thing, had
you been in myI p lace. Instead of
threats and reprdb bches, you ought to
offer me a om5limen entary supper
Still, if you are not satisfied, l am ready |
to give you satisfaction. l will fight you
all, one at time, fnd # that don't do,
I'm ready to put yot all through at once,
and then clean oq thelbalance of the
town.
This show of ch hEalry was too much
for Kentucky udence. The sympa-
thy of the crowd al once changed sides.
They gave him thu Pc deafening cheers,
and then rushed il and congratulated
him with all the he{rtiness of the Ken
lucky character. The landlord was
ordered to bring ou his best Bourbon
and plenty of it, ahd the crowd, with
great good will andl sincerity, gave and
drank to the happy groom the noble
sentiment-"None kbut the brave de-
serve the -"-Y"- CON-