Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-30
A sPfCY ELOPEMENT.
By cAPs1cUM.

That's just the way you always have
TO go somewhere else when ! want you to
go with me-
Z But, my dear Mary, you know | must
attend to business,
!" Business before your wife, always
Il should be very happy 70 go with
you, but yeu see business before plea
sure"
Mrs. Forrest Lynch was not even APP
peased by this delicate compliment. Her
husband kept a small store in a large
town in Georgia. He was always full OF
business, and somehow did not find tune
to attend to her as a faithful and true
wife had a right TO demand. If she wanted
to go here, his business required him to
90 there. If she wanted him to stay at
home, business required him to go away.
The lady considered a few moments.
1t was not right that she should be con
t~inually neglected. She had some of the
grit of the revolutionary fathers, and her
certain inalienable rights had been in
vaded. She was a prudent woman, and
yet she had about come to the conclusion
that it would pay to get up a little do
nestle exhibition. Her husband was al
ways cItlMazkso her. but he did not seem
any more like . husband than one Of her
civil neighbors-
Forrest Lynch said she, at last, |
must go up to my fathers tonight"
Really, my dear, | don't see how it
will be possible
81 say must go, and you must go
with me-"
"If it comes to that, my dear, / must
say that you shall not CO." replied Mr..
Forrest Lynch, with emphasis.
shall not Z"
"I said So"
But | say | SHALL"
That will do. ! have spoken, and
what | say, | mean"
"And what l say, | mean added Mrs.
Forrest Lynch.
The husband was not a little astonished.
His lady had not been in the habit OF
speaking in this decided manner and he
was at a loss to account for it. He left
the house and returned to his store. Mr..
Forrest Lynch was fond of variety, so he
kept a varietT store. Besides West India
goods, grain and meal, and crockery ware
he kept dry goods, and in one corner OIL
bis establishment he kept a millinery
shop. This branch Of business was under
the charge of a young lady whom we shall
call Julia Worldly. Without being pref
ty, there was something rather fascinating
about her, and it had often been observed
that Mr.. Forrest Lynch devoted more
attention to the millinery department o.
his store than any other.
Mr.. Forrest Lynch was fond of variety
so he was not content with the one lega
wife which the law and the gospel allowed
him, and felt a strong inclination TO ado
Julia Worldly to the number of his do
nestle comforts.
Whether the interesting milliner really
favored this project or not, time mus
develop, but sac certainly airted will
Mr.. Forrest Lynch, and if the wife tina
was coveted in addition to her had no.
been on excellent terms. in all probability
Mrs. Lynch would have been jealous ane
caused her husband some u%neasiness.
After leaving his legally constituted
lady, Mr.. Lynch repaired to his store
and then repaired to the millinery de
partment thereof.
IN" Our little scheme, julia" said he.
Well ?" said she, mischievously,
She seemed to treat the whole matter
as u jest, as firts and coquets always do
whatever they mean. Mr.. Lynch, how
ever, was satisfied that Julia loved him
and was even willing to sacrifice hersel
for him.
She had consented to take a little jour
ney with him for a day or two, when, al
Mr.. Forrest Lynch facetiously observed
nobody would know that she was not his
wife. 1t would be all the same a thou
sand years hence. Besides he loved her
and he could not possibly live without
her. And all that he had was hers il
short, he was her own body and soul.
Whether Miss Worldly approved thi;
style of argument, did not appear at any
rate, she received it very kindly, laughed
blushed, and did not say no.
"To-night, my dearest julia" whis
pered the impassioned lover, squeezing
her hand.
"Think of the consequences"
Fear nothing, dearest love-
Julia smiled, and fixed her eyes on the
bonnet frame in her hands.
At eight o'clock we will meet at the
railroad station. 1t will be dark, and
no one will recognize us. In two hours
we shall be in a place of security. Say
yes, dearest Julia, and ! shall be the hap
piest of mortals.o
Eyes" murmured she.
Forrest Lynch, with a light heart, went
about his business. Julia, the dear divine
milliner, was to be his-was to be all his
own. When he went home to his dinner,
Mrs. Lynch looked eve more tame than
usual, and, strange as it may seem, she
did not say a word about visiting her
father.
At eight o'clock Mr.. Forrest Lynch
was at the station. In the gloom he re
cognized the lovely bonnet and shawl Of
the lady, and without speaking a word
he drew her arm into his own, and they
entered one of the cars, which soon after
arrived.
Laneyille was a wood and water sta
ton, and the train did not stop till it
reached there. Julia was folded to the
arms of the amorous Mr.. Lynch, and for
the W hours occupied in passing to
Laneville, neither spoke much, and then
only in whispers. Indeed, the lovers
were too much elated to say much words
were but a feeble channel for the escape
of those strong emotions of love which