The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-12-15
Fromahe Kendall tEugli-h) Mercury. s s.
Love Abdncticn Imprisonment Mar.

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1t win be In the recollection Of most OF our
renders. that on fine morning. In the summer
| OF 1854, the quiet town Of ApplebyS was start,ed
/ with Unusual activity, by an ANNOUNCEMENT TINT
ayeune girl resident In a boardi,,e school IN Tho
town, had disappeared dt-iag Tie night, 10 com
pany, as was suspected, and as turned cut to be
| .he fact with her music teacher The youpg
iady's age at the time, was we believe, rs or Id.
while that OF ofthegentlernah, (who then held the
situation Of organist OF the parish church J might
be about "a Pursuit was forthwith given and
the telegraph put in motion, but the parties or.
rived ~ Gretna. where marriages could be cele
ernted h6ifum without regard TO age or any
other Of the legal requisites ATTACHED to the En-.
glish ceremony, and the Gordon Knot wns tied.
ere veto could be put upon the rash proceed ]
ings. 50
I, No doubt the happy pair now thought the
worst pasta too common delusion--and That
explanations and recopciliations would follow as.
anntter of course, and their future felicity be
secured. But alas their hopes were soon. dissi-
pated:s Atthe Carlisle station, ON their return,
the irop hand Of the Superintendent of Police
was laid upon the arm Of the happy bridegroom,
ana he was consigned to durance vie on /.
charge OF abduction, while the young lady, his
wife, was siraghtwoy hurried TO her paternal
home on the banks Of Lake windcrmere. On a
subsequent day, the wrath of the lady's parents
and the schoolmistress who initiated the legal
proceedings being unappeasable, the captive
lover wns fully committed for trial by the Car
Isle magistrates, and at the Westmoreland as.
sizes, held Mt Appleby in the month of August
following-the mother Of the young lady appear
ed as witness against him--hc was found guilty.
and sentenced 10 nine months imprisonment as n
first class misdemeanant A question was dis
eussed by the public at the time, whether the
marriage, which had been celebrated between
the parties, was binding upon them, by the legal
world, including the judge who tried the case.
We believe SGs,t5ts - rs =.!:.y according TO
laws Of Scotland, binding in England, was enter
sained; and that notwithstanding the conviction
Tor abduction, the gentleman on the termination
/ OF his imprisonment would have legal right TO
claim the possession of his youthful wife. BE
this, however as it may, we commit the question
to the hanis CT the curious in such matters while
we proceed with our remarkable narrative.
The young lady, asw we have stated above, on
being futhlessly torn from hin, she had taken FOR
DSspN'oi N"isSS WIS cousiRneu 70 TIE care OF her
pafcuts and here for awhile we leave her The
term Of her lmsband's imrrisonmenr having sex-
| fircd, he resumed his profession,as teacher Of
music, and, although Mt the eame time, numerous
were his enqpirics after and great his search for
the whereabouts of his wifc, for years no traces
| of.her could be obtained. At one time she
I had been removed 10, America, another to Aus.
trslia, third aScount conveyed to linn in nm an
/ onymons letter abeut twelve months ago, was
Ethat the hand Of death had fallen upon her.. At
last however the tide begins 10 eLb, the dark
cloudsswhich so long overshadowed the cese are
-saddenly dispersed and light lawss. A letter
Unexpectedly arrives announcing to the gentle.
man The agreeable tidings. that his presence in
\ the Isle of Jersey. where his wife was resding
would be agreeable to all parties; and as we
are not writing an imaginary romance but
novel adventure in real life, and have no desire
Ito I'll up the interim. with supposiGons of our
own invention, we bring ourtale 10 m end by
simply stating what viii be gratifying to all true
hloyers to learn, that the, happy pair were re-
united in the bonds Of "holy wedlock," on the
18th inst, as appears more at large in list OF
marriages this day, and are now spending the
honeymoon amongst the beautiful lakes and
mountain scenery Of Westmoreland, where and
,evermore, we wish them everlasting felicity.