Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-11
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AN ELOPEMENr IN mrGm LIFE.
q Danclng Master Runs Away with
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from the Paris True Kentuckian, Oct4I 'N
The quiet oGthe romantic little =" Cityof
the MaldeAs" was startled a few days since
by an unexpected el0pement in fashionable
circles-the parties being abrilliant heiress
just budding into womahhd0d, and din ac-
complished professor Of callisthenies, form
erly gallant, soldier In the Confederate
army. The history Of theit love and court
ship Is the same old 'storyL-" the course Of
TRUE love never did run smoothp--a stern
guardian. the custodian of the fair ones
wealth, interposed, and forbade the match,
but in vain; the young, affections of the
lovers had been too. deeply enlisted and
they had already become q '1f L'Fu
Two souls with butt single thought, Hi
rlI Tive hearts that beat as one" o.. - y bos
and had fully realized that g in life there's
56GtSl$g 5TtsH3 half 50 sweet as loves young
( How the gallant Professor wooed and
won her--wbether as the dusky Moor
wooed DesdernOna and she loved him for
the dangers he had passed." or whether he
wooed her amid the brilliant circles of the
dance, or ''by what sorcery" he won her
we know not; but so it was they met and
loved; and despite the remonstrances, and
opposition of parent and guardian, deter
miIed to link their destiny in tile silken
chains of wedloOk. ysI4 '9q llrrgUI
A favorable opportunity presented itself
last week to carry through successfully
their long contemplated elOpement. Iti Is
an old and true saying, 'IOve laughs al
locksmiths," and so it was in this instance.
Notwithstanding the strictest surveillance,
the golden moment at last arrived. By one
Of cloves strategems," to a lay suspicion,
the parties did not avail themselves IF the
most direct route or the ordinary mode Of
conveyance, but first came to this city.
Relays of horses had already been placed
/ at convenient distances along the route TO
the Ohio; and by rapid driving the happy
couple reached point opposite Aberdeen
beyond the hour of midnight. Here an
unexpected difficulty arose the waters of
the usual placid OGio were angry and
swollen; the night was pitch dark, dense
+ fog having settled gloOmily over the river;
the star of love itself seemed obscured;
the sklffman demonstrated against the
+ dangerous attempttO effect the passage at
that hour OF the night; but his protest was
vain; the lovers were willing H.,
I . .alr''To face the raging of the food. ,d,r.b
But not an angry fatherP
I But Saint heart ne'er won fair lady = the
perilous Journey was at last safely made /;
the venerable Esq. Shelton, now in the
ninety-secOnd year of his age (who has
been magistrate more than half centu4
+ ry, and during that time has united about
i fifty couples per Year,, was at once awak-
/ ened, and readily getting up, amid the con-
|, gratnlations of the friends who accompa-
med them, united the now happy,lovers in
the holy bands of matrimony. For the
/ present this closes the scene; when the
curtain next Eises, we earnestly trust the
tahleau may represent the bride aud BRIDE
groom receiving the congratulations Of
friends and the forgiveness and benedictioh
OF relatives. Y