The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
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From the Springfield, H., Advertiser.
A SECRET MARRIAGE.

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From the Springfield H., Advertiser.
A SECRET MARRIAGE.
For many months a young gentleman,
well known to the citizens of Springfield,
paid bis attentions to young lady who
occupied position in neighbOring town
several degrees more elevated, socially,
than his own. The youth, being of good
personal appearance, and withal an excel
lent conyersationalist,s succeeded in engaging
the affections Of the young lady to an cx-
tent that nothing could satisfy except mat
rimony. The postoffice had for some time
done its duty, as postofices always do in
such matters, and many were the long, and
doubtless tender messages that passed be-
tween the loving two, protected by the ef-
ficent care of their dear uncle from the
prying eyes of those who would have Civ
en- g something nice" 3" to have known what
was going on.
The lady knew that her "papa and man.
mo would never consent to the union Of
two loving hearts, with her parents mine
Of wealth laying between them, and so she
readily consented to the young mans propo-
sitlon to have the thing done up "on the
sly" and all unknown to the folks while
she was on a visit to some of her relatives
at Columbia. her charmer called and the
thing was done. After brief honey
moon in the capital city Of Ohio, she re-
turned to her home.
From the time of the daughters arrival
home the old people fancied they could
hear strange noises in the house. Steps
were often heard upon the stairs in the
lone still hours Of night. Various articles
of furniture moved mysteriously about in
the rooms above, and the old gentleman
and lady came to the conclusion that the
house was haunted, or that something was
wrong. One night, after all had retired,
the parents not only distinctly heard steps
upon the stairs but voices and noises on
the landing-pace above. Armed with a
horse pistol that had done good service in
pioneer times, the father left his bed and
quietly approached the foot Of the stairs
where he found resting on the lower step,
a pair of boots. 1t once he set up the cry
Of +" thieves, robbers, murder" that in q
twinkling brought every member of the
household to the scene-except his daugh-
| ter.
All hands then proceeded cautiously to
the young lady's room, and not being able
to arouse her they broke open the door
just in time to see a bootless man dive
through the wiadow. The old gentleman
rushed to the opening, discharged his pis-
tol, and then the man dropped to the
ground. "Great heavens you have kill
ed my husband !! +" exclaimed the daughter,
falling back and fainting upon the bed.
'' Your husband" cried all in breath, d,
and then rush of domestics was made for
the yard below.
The young man was found on the ground
beneath the window, and carried into the
house, and the old people, frantic with
grief and fear, promised to receive him to
their hearts if he would only live The
doctor soon arrived, and having dressed a
slight flesh wound upon his arm, pronounced
him in no danger. He has now recovered
and is one of the happiest men within fifty
miles Of Springfield.
HEAVY ROBBERY AND How IT WAS
PERPETaATED.
A happy newly-married stopped here
on their wedding trip, from Georgetown,
KY, putting up at the Merchants hotel, a
day or two since. While they were here,
the husband, gentlemanly, jovial young
man, in the happiness of his heart, indulg-
ed in such good Bourbon as he could find
at the frst-class bars In some way or
other he became SO confused, that in AVA
kening the day after his frolic, he could
not account for the mysterious disappear
ance of the small amount of 81 900 that
he had with him the night before. He
told the landlord of his loss, and the
landlord sent for detectives Hazen and
Carey, who Immediately interrosated the
gentleman as TO where he had been the
night before. He frankly stated that the
whisky had knocked his memory, and that
he could not inform them. While they
were thus talking the young wife was lis
tening, and thinking her little joke had
gone far enough, and the desired warning
had proved sufficient, she carle forward
and stated that she had the money-had
taken it from her husbands pocket, SIM
ply to show how easily the same thing
could have been done by any body else.
AN ELOpEMENT.
| From the Detroit Tribune,
About three weeks ago man and os-
tensible wife arrived at Detroit and took
rooms at the Adams house, on Front ST.,
near the Michigan Central depot. They
gave names which have since proved ficti
tious, and remained at the hotel, to all ap-
pearance, as man and wife, and no ques-
tions were asked. Last week the woman
was taken seriously i'll, alarmingly SO, and
the runaway couple, Cor such they event
ually proved themselves to be, were in a
quandary as to what was best to be done
under the circumstances The man
thought it best to telegraph to the woman's
parents, but she persistently objected, and
apparently from motives that will easily
conjecturcd.
A medical gentleman was called to attend
the woman, and for time she gradually
grew worse, but fnaly regained her
strength and is nowas well as ever. Fear
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