Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-05-07
"A ROMANCE.

ritory) Union publishes j story of
recent occurrences in that locality,
which it describes as marriage with
out courtship, wedding without cards,
and a separation without quarrel.
s"Last fall, it says, ga young lady of
about twenty two years of age went up
up from Portland, and has since been
working in Walla-W ALA. She was a
pretty dress maker, and he was a gay
doctor, late of Baltimore, later surgeon
in the Franco-Prussian war, and latest
OF Sacramento, San Francisco, Los An
gelos, and all the rest of California.
He sported surgeons badge and a
short stemmed briarwood pipe, and
protested to have been all over the
world and through a portion of Texas.
He talked fuently and promiscuously,
and made up for any lack of ideas by a
superiority of words. He played bill
lizards, drank whiskey, and seemed to
get along smoothly, although no one
ever saw the color of his money. Il so
turned out that on Thursday of last
week the doctor was introduced to the
dress maker and took her to the Indian
show that night, The next day he
called on her at her shop, and in the
evening again took her to the show.
On the next day they took little
walk, went to the Auditors office, got
license, called in a Justice of the
Peace, and were married, and had every
thing got on record before leaving the
office But it suddenly occurred to the
Doctor that his religious conscience
bound him to be married by a priest;
in obedience to that ''small still voice"
he took himself and his bride to the
church, and got married some more.
This was on Saturday afternoon. and
the bride returned to her home alone,
and never had anything further to do
with the doctor-giving as her reason
therefor that the Doctor was dissipated,
Notwithstanding the fact that he called
on her the day before the marriage in
state of intoxication. On Sunday the
Doctor took the morning train for the
States, doubtless thinking that he had
performed an unparalleled fete of court
ship, marriage and separation, having
accomplished all that we have detailed
in just three days. But while all this
was going on, only few knew any
thing about it. On Sunday evening
while the exiled and fast travelling hus-
band was bufeting the SHOWS of the
Blue Mountains, the wife went to
church with a bashful young teacher
LII -
he was wasting his sweetness on the
desert air by making himself agreeable
to another mans wife. On Wednesday
morning the young lady also concluded
to emigrate, and started Poi tlandward,
armed with her certificate of marriage
But not until after she had left was it
known, except to very few, that she
had lost husband almost as soon as
she found him. Neither was it known
that the Doctor had concluded to double
his responsibility as husband. For it
is now reported that he has already an
other wife and child in the State of
California. 1t is doubtful whether Ell
ther wife ever sees the gay young docs
tor again but should these two wives
meet we should not be surprised to
hear of tall hair pulling extraordinary.
Whether it was case of love at
first sight or a marriage for conven-
fence is to us unknown; but it seems
that the doctor, who came here "dead
broke had plenty of money about the
time Of his marriage, which he invested
in high old drunk and third class
through ticket to Baltimore. The con-
gratulations of their friends follow
them each in their solitary wedding
tour. His name was DR.. Carol B.
Frush, late, &c, and hers was Miss
! Jean F. Forbes.