White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-04

uAJs JUN ~ H@S tAN'NH ASA W 49,
Cloud. On Friday last, this community
was startled by the announcement that
the pride of the town, the gem of the
Missouri, the cynosure of admiring eyes.
had been abducted-the accomplished and
peerless Julia Ann Pryor had elopedl
The circumstances were these: During
the past simmer, young man from the
land Of steady nutmegs and wooden hab-
iis. was engaged in working on the grade,
in this place. His sturdy industry. civil
department. and economical disposition.
came under the notice Of the gentle Julia
Ann, and were a sure passport to her af-
fections. And he. carrying beneath
rough exterior. soul that could appre-
ciate the beautiful, the virtuous, and the
good, soon yielded his heart to the char
mer. They met-he proposed, and was
accepted. The grade at length was fin
ished, and he was compelled to look
elsewhere for employment. Bat how
could he leave his Julia Ann? lie could
n6t-and he determined that he would
not. And now they made q false step,
which, with due consideration, their high
sense Of honor would have revolted
against. They did not ask the consent
of the maideD's parents. But he was
poor. and perhaps had misgivings-he
could not bear to think of the dreadful
consequences of refusal from the aristo-
cratic father and mother. So they deter
mined. in the language of the immortal
poet, Anonymous, TO
"slide, like the tail Of creased hog from the paw, Of
fat Dutchman ;" -'-
On Friday morning they took their
flight, amid the chilling ram and bowling
wind. The robbed parents soon learned
of their loss, and were forthwith plunged
into -adsiw el.
THAT grief which knows no comfort"
But rage soon sought company with grief,
in the fathers breast-rage, because he
had been robbed of that which wonld
have been given for the asking. The lion
of his nature was aroused-that lion ma
ture which had made his name feared
among the hills of Monroe County, Ohio.
Selling his fists, lie started in pursuit of
the fugitivcs, and hunted in every spot
where they could not be found, until he
was compelled to give up in despair. He
says that what works him up the worst,
is the fact that the fellow came to him,
the evening before, and asked for some
hay to feed his cattle, but took his daugh-
ter without asking for her. He declares
that he has poor opinion of man who
thinks more Of asking for hay for his cat
tie than for meat for his cat
In the meantime, the fugitives were
wandering about town, seeking, not
whom they might devour, but whom they
might get to fasten them together. At
length they entered Van Doren's store,
where they ran afoul of Squire Briggs,
whom they requested to unite them in the
holy bonds Of. martin ony." he con-
sented, and the expectant bridegroom
"shelled out" the lawful fee of $3.50,
which the Squire took. He then medi-
tated upon the subject. He had misgiv-
| ings as to whether the would-be bride
was Of the legal age; and he also consid-
cred that the time might soon come, when
some indiscreet youth would steal one Of
his daughters, and he would think very
unkindly of any Justice who should mar
ry them. These considerations (espe-
cially the former) he could not get over
nor creep under, so he handed back the
fee, regardless of the entreaties of the
young couple, and refused to perform up
on that particular occasion.
Here was a predieament. The fact is,
the couple could not stand it much lon
ger; and they feared, that if they remain
ed in this suspense, soon "Disappoint-
ment, like big green tobacco worm,
would prey upon their damask cheeks, {"
Shakespeare, and they therefore con-
tracted their "puckering strings" and
continuedstheir pursuit of matrimony
under dificultics." Thus they wandered
out to Padonia, where they hunted up
Squire Winslow, who, being a kind
hearted man, could not bear to behold
their misery, and quickly tied them into
a knot. They then sought lodgings I'M
der the hospitable roof of Mr.. Root, which
is the last we heard Of their operations
therefore, we cannot give a history Of
their subsequent doings, and can only
surmise, in the language Of another great
poet, that it was
Thus endeth this happy and melancho-
lily story-happy, because two loving
hearts have found the Eden of bliss; mel
ancholy, because home has been made
desolate, BY the loss Of its hope and ioy,