New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-26
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from the Kendall Engiish) Mcrcury.1
- . WI % ~ the recollection Of most Of our rssS.
the quiet town Of Appleby was startled ~, 49, ~
usual acuvty by an announce menf that ! wa,,..s
gri, resident at boarding school IN he town ha3
suspected and has turned ou{ &, H. k e. - Y "a
her music teacher. The Young lsiv;s 49, q ~
time was, we believe, thirteen or Yosyrfssr Z. "
that Of TIE gentleman (who then held a. siaustos
Of organist Of the parish chnrch) n,ieEf II sSs.t
twenty-four. Pursuit was forthwith a1ven. asf ~
electric telegraph put in notion bip M rSstiss
arrived at Gretna, where marriages could den ~
celeorated, ed hb1uDa, without regard to age u
any other of the legal requisites attached "a III
English ceremony, and the Gordian knot Wsss tied
ere veto could be put upon the rash proceedings
~. no doubt the happy pair now thought the worst
tlos and reconciiiations would follow az matter
q course and their future felicity be secured.
t p., alas their hopes were soon dissipated AZ
~ ~. station on their return the IRON hand
or e super1ntendent of Police was laid upo1, the
a;,n. u J. me happy bridegroom, and he was con-
sf sns 20 darance vile on charge Of abduction
hrrr rH sae young lady his wife, was straghtway
4 Windermere - 'Aei'e VI tne panKs OF LAKE
om a subsequent day. the wrath of the tafIv,.
he ae,a1 na oi inc school mistress who Initiated
captive lover was fully committed ar tr;si e, ~ ~
cars,e MAGISTRATES and at the Westmnrcland u.
sizes held at Appleby IN the month 81 Xnonst IA.
| as witness against him-he was sourya sYIsAtin
sentenced to nine months ~ az sn
| class Misdemeanment. A question ma d;.c,,.A ~
by the public at the time whether IN ss.ss ~
which had been celebrated between ~ ne,tso
was binding upon them, but by the legal lsCr,sa.
including the judge who tried the case, w beiaavs
no doubt Of its validity according to the laws 81
Scotland, binding in England was entertainer ~ y
that. notwithstanding the conviction for abdne1fem
the gentleman, on the termination of his Ynpsisoi
ment, would have legal right to claim the nf1esss
sion OF his youthful wife. Be this, however, q Il
may, we commit the question to the hands 81 III
curious in such matters, while we proceed win IN
remarkable narrative. ~ -
The young lady, we have stated above. IN
being ruthlessly torn from him she had taken IN
better or for worse, was consigned to the care ~
| her parents, and here for a while we leave her
The term of her husbands imprisonment having
| expired, he resumed his profession as teacher n
music, and although at the same time numerous
were his inquiries after, and great the search for
tne Whereabouts Of his wife, for years no trace Of
removed to America, another to Australia 4 third
account, conveyed to him in an ANONYMOUS letter
about twelve months ago, was that, the hand t,f
death had fallen upon her. "a
At last, however, the tide began to ebb, the dark
clouds which 50 long o'ershadowed the ease are
suddenly dispelled, and light dawns. a Letter nm
, expectedly arrives announcing to the oentIerIan
the agreeable tidngs that his presence ID ne isle
OF jersey, where his wife was residing would a
agreeaple TO all parties and, aswe are not writing
an imaginary romance, but q novel adventure n
real life, and have no desire to fill up the interim
with suppositions of our own invention ne brino
our tale TO an end by simply stating what II III r.
gratifying to all true lovers to learn that the happy
pair were reunited in the bonds of & holy wed.
lock- on the 18th inst, appears more at large Il
our list of marriages this day, and are now spend
ing the honeymoon amongst the beautiful lakes
and mountain scenery of WestmoreIand where
and evermore, we wish them everlasting felicity a