National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-06-13
A Romance In Chicago.
The Pretty Hsiress who Married Her
Fathers COsehMan.

, Modern JehuS are no exception 10 III
AZ rule, as has been demonstrated by on
~ Thomas Lynden, u Chicago coachmai
N who succeeded in captivating the daugh
= ter Of his employer to such an exten
! that she became his wife. But soon re
!, peAting Of her rash marriage, the younl
:, lady, Miss Ella Hancock, declined /,
!, accompany her husband to his cottage
9 but decided to remain beneath tn,
|, paterpal roof
= The result was that few days sine,
the too ambitious Lynden applied for t
writ Of habeas corpus for the body Of
, his wife, who, he stated, was detained
: against her will by her father, Col. Han
cock, and his wife. Since then the
room Of Judge Gary, who granted the
writ, has been besicged by visitors, and
, the tlutter of petticoat in the vicinity
was the signal for rush. The trial
! The ambitious Lyndon was centre
, OF attraction. He, with tender fond
ness, fingered near the door which en-
closed his spouse, as though in hops of
catching stray accent of the voice
which had made him so happy and so
miserable. The longer one looks at him
the more amazing seems the infatuation
that caused q young lady Of such pros
poets to contract such n mesalliance.
Lynden i. fat, not fair, and forty-five,
is bald-headed, with low forehead,
plentifully wrinkled, overshadowing II
rather minute pair of eyes. He was
dressed in neat black coat and light
pants, while a red neck tie was the
"groomiest" article in his toilet. He
was, Judging from appearances, the
most unconcerned man in the room.
John Lyle King, having whispered
long and earnestly in the ear of the
love-lorn Thomas, arose and said:
"Your Honor, the relator would like
to discover whether any undue restraint
has been or is placed upon Mrs. Lynden
to keep her from going to the protection
of her husband. The relator claims
that ne has got in his pocket numerous
tokens of regard from her in the way of
letters which indicate that, were she
free Of choice, she would live with him
and conduct herself toward him as his
true and lawful wife.
The Court suppose there is no
question raised at to the marriage. If
there was marriage, as the Court de-
cided there wasythen it is legal, for if
it were illegal, of course it could not be
called a marriage. That fact alone
makes the law in this case clear. The
lady, by her marriage with the relator,
is free from parental restraint, and is
legally under her husbands charge, if
she is willing that she should 90 with
him. If she is not willing, that is an
other matter. No parents can be allow
ed to coerce child into deserving her
husband. The lady is free to act as she
pleases so far as this court can make
her so.
Mr.. King-The relator feels that his
wife is coefced in the matter. She has
repeatedly written to him affectionate
letters, setting forth her willingness to
live with him if she were not restrained.
He feels that her heart doesn't care
about his feelings.
The Court cannot enter into the
REALTORS feelings. must deal with the
facts before me. When the lady is
brought here I'll tell her that she is
free to 60 where and with whom she
pleases. Then she'll go. Laughter.
Mr. King-But, your Honor, this man,
Lynden, is entitled to know whether
the young lady is kept from acting as
she lists whether she is restrained of
her liberty, either in moral or physical
sense. That is the allegation of the
petition, and the questions put by the |
Court ought to be in the spirit Of the
allegation.
The Court-If Mr.. King will frame
the question, shall put it. Let the
young lady be produced in court
This order caused n universal hutter.
Col Hancock, accompanied by a friend,
retired to an anteroom, and soon through |
the aisle readily cleared for her ap.
proach. young lady, blonde as Eugene,
stately as Juno, and graceful as the
Queen of Love, came into the apartment.
She wore thick white veil, which ef-
fectually concealed her features, unless
when the friendly breeze created by q
draft from the open door slightly shift
s1 the annoying and allowed the
spectators chance of seeing the lowell
est blue eyes that ever flashed in the
court of Justice. The features of the
beauteous vision were modelled in the
graceful symmetry of American beauty,
and none who looked upon her could
blame Thomas Lynden for his persist
ency in wishing to call creature so
lovely his. The young lady was attired
in the height of fashion, her raiment
setting off to advantage her noble
stature and well Grounded form. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Hancock, her
moth. =. good Hooking matron. slightly
on the silver line of middle age. Mrs.
Lynden and her chaperon took seats on
the left hand of the court.
The cheeks of Thomas LINDEN flashed
a deeper red his stupidity good-natur-