The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-10-25
'WisceIjaQeous.
An English Boker.Dean. Affair.".

4 most romantic elopemept has just occur
red in London, England, which has severely
shocked the propriety of the .'Upper Ten"
and created general "nine days wonder" on
account of the different positions which the
respective parties to the affair held in society.
N NappearS that a young lady named Crosse,
aged about twenty years, the daughter of a
clergyman, formed an attachment to her faith
er's groom-a lad two years Der flnior, named
tGeorge Smith. George had beenjn the fam
ily .about,two years, during which time he
used to accompany. the yeung lady during
her equestrian exercises. In this way, .an
intimacy spruag up Between them, which the
father finally became aware of, and thereup-
on determined to discharge George at once.
The young lady hear1pf her fathers inten.
t:on, and on the day the boy vas to leave,
she managed TO see him, and told him to conc
&c her window at night, as she wanted to es-
cane with him. The groom advised her not
TO pursue this course. but she persisted, and
and accordingly the reluctant youth went to
che window at the time indicated, when the
young lady dropped from her bower into the
arms of the obiect of her passion. The next
qaestion was, how to,get married? The lady
had aEonsiderabe sum of money in her poSs-
:
lover, and the pair started OFF they knew not
whittier. They, however, made tracks for
SVantlsworth, where they hired apartments,
and she next day appeared before a magis-
$ratc for the purpose Of being 1natrimonially
united. The magistrate refused to marry
them on the ground that the lady was under
4ge- ......-
The couple, therefore, returned disconso-
late to- their apartments and lived together
for two days, when the police, who had been
notified by the frfher to hunt up ihe runa-
ways, came upon them and arrested the groom
on charge offraudaleaeiy inducing the young
ladg tolrsve eer home, Showing that she had
money IN her possession belonging to Mr..
Crosse. The case afterwards came up for ex-
annexation before a police magistrate, where
the facts were made apparrnt- Upon being
asked If the groom had induced her to quit
!. her home, or made the first advance to that
end; the damsel said mo, | think we were
about equal" 1t being plainly proved ,that
she was consenting party, the Young, EsEsassS
was acquitted of the charge of frauduIehfly
ensicing her from her home. In regard to
the money, he had left it untouched, and Of
fered to return it to the father. according to
the eeyidence Of the young lady, the chiYal-
rous groom had conducted himself with the
utmost honor and restraint, and it was Off
cially announced that the young lady ere
turned 20 her home as intact as on the day
she left it." :'AlI's we'll that ends well. ~
The reverend gentleman finding his daugh-,
ter really attached to the young man, and de-
> termined to marry him, gavc his consent,
and on the 18th inst. the Happy pair we're
united aud the bluShing bride taken to her
husbands home.in triumph, the party. being
followed by an ''an admiring crowd" who
.cheered Justify, and. the scene ends by Mr..
George Smith returning heartfelt thanks! 70
his friends from first foor. window.