Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-17
Sensation In High Life-A Belle Of Lucas
Place Elopes with carriage Driver.

Some time ago--it matters not how
Tonga dashing and good looking young
Irishman obtained the situation of car
riage driver to popular and fashionable
physician, whose practice is confined to
the upper tens" of Lucas Place and
other wealthy neighborhoods. John was
broth of boy" with smooth, rosy
cheek, sparkling eye, and tidy leg, and
very winning tongue in his head. AS
for impudence, he had full share of
that useful commodity, and considered
himself just as good as the best man in
the wide world.
In driving the doctor around to visit
his patients, John frequently got q
glimpse of the pretty faces that appeared
at the windows, and he was not too mod.
est to return with a smile the sly glances
thrown at him. One face in particular
attracted Johns attention, because it was
very beautiful, and because, too, it threw
upon him such tender looks that his
heart was carried away entirely.
John, being hopelessly in love, set to
work to lessen the distance existing be-
tween himself and his charmer. He
saw the great barrier, which, like q
giants causeway, separated his idol
from him, and he resolved to overleap it
and make her his own. After revolving
in his mind many plans and expedients,
John came to the conclusion that he
would become a doctor. He saw in the
example of his employer that the wand
of the physician opened the doors of
the fashionable, and that good looking
doctor was the pet of society. He read
the list of the successful physicians of
the city, and found that many of them
had married into rich families, and why
should he not get a diploma, marry an
heiress and live in DeSoto stone front ?
Getting diploma, however, is not
such an easy thing. John resigned his
situation as Jebu, and read medical
books diligently for several weeks /; but
the hard words refused to stick in bis
memory, because, faith, the image of the
belle of Lucas Place was then in full
strength, and there was no room for the
Meteris Medica. He persevered, how
ever, and as a medical student, visited
his beloved, and they exchanged VOWS of
everlasting fidelity. The affair came to
the ears Of the rich parents of the young
lady, and they set their faces resolutely
against the match. John was forbidden
the house, and the belle was locked up in
her room and watched by one who was
more vigilant than Spanish duenna.
But bolts and bars only added fuel to the
fame of her love, and in her solitude she
thought of nothing but John. 1t was SO
romantic to be locked up and watched
John, after vainly trying to muster the
contents of his books threw them away
in disgust, and obtained a situation as
conductor on street car. He watched
his chance, and at last found means to
communicate with his lady-love, and
learned from her that she was willing to
defy her parents and throw herself into
his arms on the first opportunity.
To make long story short, the young
lady managed to elnde the vigilance of
her jailer, and flying on the wings Of love
to her darling conductor, they were
united in the holy bonds of wedlock in
spite of parental opposition. The wed
ding took place day or two ago, and
the young couple are now spending the
honeymoon at quiet and genteel hotel
in fashionable quarter of the cily.-St'
Louis Democrat