, 1875-02-03
A kNAVE Of HEARTS.
How lie Proved to Dc Trumps in
Amboy, Ill.
One Of the Most Respectable Elope-
ments Of the Season,

AN ELopEmENT. SENSATION At AMso,s nL'
i7ttcidt Ui6pGtrA IL Ti,t fH,raJo 7ribnHt.
AMDort ILL.,, Feb. 2.-This IlonrlnLn{s little
town on tho Illinois Con:ra1 lsoa.l was recently
thrown into qnite futtcr on account Of run
away tnntch. which, besides adding another In
stance 10 the flany which hayo verified tao old
aayipg that "I.ovo laughs at 1ocksniths," is
fraught with such romantic and melodrau,atic
incidents "A TO make it specially worthy Of mo-
tice. Among tho prominent nl residents in this
town none Ia better known or moro respected
than
Mr.. 4. II. WOnHTEn
WHO IN the representative here Of or two fire
aud life insurance companies. Though Lin Dusi-
ueBs wAH Of kind which lod hin, into relations
With large number Of citzen1. it III only within
the last few days that he has becH elevated 10
iatno. tho cs,.o Of his sudden notoflc!y being the
lccens clanacstlno marriage Of his da1ghter,
Mtea Stella Notetar, rrepoeeessiug and perth
nacous young lady OF II years of ago. For sonlo
titno nsat. how long tAc young lady herself
knows Lest. allo Ind I1ten iEdu!gfng in corre-
spoHdeace. NIL tho eweeter bcca1iaa strictly Bo-
cret, with younl na1l Ut the town named
CHARLES I.pSa.
Why tile narcnts nhoall have opposed tire nd
railcca Of Young Long 70 Bttcnnoss1y is not
1t h thought that the relations between tito
fGtlare-tht lattar Of whom will DO recognized
In Chicago Al tue individual who sold ~, D3}
worth Of cattle there Bomo wocks nBu aud came
homo minus the money, which lie stated lad
been stolen from him-we1e not Of kind liEel.
to help tic boy III bis suit for stella aifcctionT.
III order tho mora eIectually to wea.l the young
lady from her love, her parents
HEST HER AwAr To SCHOOL
for three months 1aHt w1,lter, snd when she re-
turned they we're happy to perceive that ehe
ucitleg spoke OF nor seemed to take tho Hlightest
interest in lor lovcr. and in tho sllncas of their
hearth they eonEontod to her Il:es not to Ie sent
back again. Circumstances which last fall cntne
to light. however. Showed that not only Ind the
girl been corresponding with lacr Charley wllo 4:
SCHOOL, bt't shat Hince her return llekDe she had
managed to keep in regular correspondence Wltt,
hin. Tho immediate consequence Of tliis dis-
covery WAS tie Crcat wrath Of brother Of tile
girl, nhned Cl.arlrH W'crHtcr. who met plti Long
on tile atroet and beat him so severely that liz
life was for somo limo dcepaircl Of. Having .c-
coIupliBhcd this feat young Wortter jumped lilo
town for Iowa, And 1t only sitter long nego-
tions between mutual friends that be WIS
permitted to return. Since hs return no fnr-
ther unpleaaaptuess occurred between these
village MontaEues and Capulels, as to al
appearances Misa Stella scanned quito ohlisions
or ller Charley Long. whb seemed altogether ill
| dif1erous to tho yolng lady. Recent doveiop-
!neltH, however. sllow that ,iEteaI Of declining,
| the intimacy, famed hy tho kind Offices Of
carried letters to AMI fran tho lovers, increaeed
] daily, and was u.Rttsr Of interesting village
! gossip 10 all hut t!le pnrtics moat Interested:
Not only ditl tho lascrs enjoy the pleasure Of
ant. cxprcseions Of love which their letters con-
ta'ncd. but eycn
! MsSAnED TO MEET
pretty frequently through the afsistauce Of n
mutual friend. His name ms Taylor, a1ltt N;np
him the parente Of aliss Stella lad always bent a
tender eyo as & desirable voting man in whose
sTesst their .x fsas mgt ind Initial t : resn$
out driving ie was always received witt,
TIM ki1dest Of welcomes on tue part Of Mr. Wors-
ter, and with MANY teudcr hGnd-rrcssiugs Oh
tls part OF tho mother Of tho Girl. AZ natter
we're Of very short duration. Us it always Aap-
prpcd that before diving very far tho couple
woald, accidentally Of caurTe, meet Charley
Lopg, when Iaslur would aceon1moda.inCiy va
cato bis place In tue buggy IL Longs favor.
Still it nlways happened TINT Taylor drove tho
young lady buck 10 her house, 80 that no HB-
nictons wore aroused in tie hearts Of Ito old
couple, who we're 80 pleased with the ndfances
| that Taylor was making III tho daughters -racea
that quito recently they added very materially
to her wardrobe tha: Pho became the onyy Of tho
female portion Of tho wllD!e town.
| TIE DEsoUMENT.
however, WAS close at hand. Quo evening last
week, it sccua, wi1le Mr. Wnrator was b,BY cnt-
ting VI, somc inest in tho CELLAR aud Mrs. Wn.z-
ter WIS working 1t her scwinE-machino. Miss
ktt!la quietly wont unnoticed to her room, and
hastily rejected three OF her best tlrcsscs, and
other articles Of wear sufficient for runway
trousseau. and went to tho Rnnt nt W1iri, Bho
used to meet her lover on tho buggy.rile occa.
sionr, having first Of all sent word ty front1
asking him to meet her there. III was prompt-
" M hand, and surprised at finding her aluno
why, Stella. what do yon want :" to which ehe
| replied. II am ready to 60 with YOU lie OK
pressed the utmost x5tonlshnent at her sudden
determination, lrat rcjoIncd. ''Al right, LII take
| 1
clio, IN which tl,ov drovo to pay visit to sitter
of Longs At Lamoiille, In Bureau County, in
| tLis State.
Meanwhile old Worstor had got through cus-
ting moat, aud Mrs. ". had let dosH the covor
On her sowing machine for tho night, aud i'll 4
very few minutes they discovered that
| HrE1LA wss Mlss1aH.
| Until lato in the ayaning they awaited her re.
ttlrn, aud when the lato hours uf tho night ap.
preached thoY Mare alarmed aud excited.
Cllaros Worster, tho brother, coming home III
tlo ulidst Of tho potucr. rushed tor liz revolver
| and shotgun, audt mounted upon hts horse,
| r,do tp And down tho strHets uf tile village,
| alternately shouting threats against Charley
Long and dlsc,areinE Lis rnyolscr md gui.
Alter All fnctfectlal effect to fluid tho runaway
couple, young Worstcr camo home and went to
bed, but Rot up na1e morning and continued tho
search, armed as before, aud making lis presence
Frionda in tho yfl'ago who had learned tho
| whereabouts Of young Long and hts bride scnt
him out word that llH hrother-ih-faw WAS
seeking hia blood 10 Long returned to .At1r'oy.
sat down III tho railway Btation. ana nEut word
to tie sansuiuary Long that
| He COULD he FuuSD
there Mt any time during tic afternoon Whether
Young Wnrstcr weakened incon''nent!y When lte
heard tsis, os whether his stn1nuaitian haa all
gwen out, il not kuowu. but ho n'atIo no nt-
| tempt to lind tlla nan ~hom he had been hunt.
ing sn vigorously tho fow nfs previous, hilt
oil tie c5utrary vent OF home, and has not
been ueen since. What 1urtLer Developments
may sr,so IL .Jt yct kuown., Tho Lappv, couple
arc still at tho Tlster Of tie young fellow Ut
| Ii Moille, and oil Amboy il Of tho opinion thut
| tho only thing left is . reconciliation Of tho
patties, aud tho blessings OF the Wurstels Oh
tho husband ouu bride.
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