The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-29

affair OF the neafC Dlelltteu Will III. Duu
those who were aware of their intimacy,
not understanding it's nature, naturally
put another construction upon it, and
a report reached the ears of the faculty
of the seminary that Marcy was an ac-
cepted suitor of Miss Dubois. The
rules of the institution strictly forbade
the young ladies from receiving any at
tention from gentlemen and the parents
of the lady had strongly enjoined upon
the faculty the enforcement of this rule
in regard to their daughter. Therefore,
the report of her relations with the
young lawyer caused an unpleasant SEN
sation in the seminary, and Miss Dubois
was strictly forbidden to have any fur
ther association with Marcy. The report
even reached her father, who hastenedto
Troy, determined to remove his daugh-
ter from the seminary. But her explana-
ton of the matter was sufficient, and he
returned home satisfied that all reports
connecting the name of his daughter
with Mr.. Marcy We're groundless.
A few weeks after her fathers visit,
Miss Dubois obtained permission to visit
Albany with some friends. Some time
after her departure it occurred to one of
y,
terested herself in the affair of Miss Du-
bois and Mr.. Marcy to quite an extent,
that, although the day was delightful,
the young lawyer had not been seen in
his accustomed place on the veranda of
his Office. On making proper inquiry
she learned that he had not been there
at all that day. This aroused her curl
osity and excited her suspicious, leading
her to make further inquiry, and she was
informed that he had accompanied Miss
Dubois to Albany. Without further
consideration, she believed that an elope-
ment had taken place, and immediate
ly informed the faculty that young Mar
/ cy and Miss Dubois had fled to Albany
for the pupose of being clandestinely
married. This aroused them to the
| highest pitch of excitement. The rumor
ran like wildfire through the institution,
reaching the city in short space of
time. There was a strange "hurrying
! TO and fro" in the seminary-consterna-
ton was everywhere mingled with silent
mirth which the affair had created among
many of the young ladies who really en-
joyed the scene. Cupid had slyly found
a lodgment within those walls, dedicated
to science and study, though all thought
the little winged god was sternly forbid
den thereto many known only in the
beautiful dreams of girlhood. Yet he
had actually been a sojourner III that
temple of science one of its fairest in
mates had yielded to his witchery-had
| fled to his enchanted bowers Fearing
that the wrath and influence of the young
lady's father and her other friends would
be turned against the institution, and
dreading the odium which an elopement
would bring upon it, an immediate pur
suit was decided upon. The Sheriff of
the county, with q posse comitatus, was
sent in pursuit and proceeded with hot
haste to Albany. Learning that the lady
was at one of the principal hotels in the
city, he rushed thither eager to forbid
the bans before it was too late. Sans
ceremony he forced his way into the
ladies' parlor. Miss Dubois was there
enjoying herself with her friends, but,
to the astonishment of the Sheriff, young
Marcy was not present. The officer had
entered the room sternly determined on
breaking the chains that love had forged
with the strong arm of the law. He had
anticipated tears, cries and shrieks from
the lady, mingled with deep curses from
the lover. But no ardent lover was
there-no priest about to pronounce the
solemn but happy union could be seen.
The lady and her friends, taken by
surprise at the sudden entrance of the
Sheriff and his assistants, started to their
feet i'll alarm. One of the ladies present
summoned courage enough to demand
of the officer what he meant by this in
trusion. Confused and embarrassed 10y
the awkward position he found himself
in, he said
We-we-have-tha is-we want to
find Lawyer Marcy and Miss Dubois.
We are told"
81 am Miss Dubois, sir. AS for Mr..
Marcy, have not seen him to-day.
What do you mean, sir 2"
"Why, the people at the seminary
said that you and he had gone off to-
gether to-to-get married, and"
"And so they sent you in pursuit of
us, I suppose. You will not arrest me
on mere suspicion, will you2"
"We have to obey orders, madam. l
have warrant against Mr.. Marcy for
abduction-that is, for carrying you off
for they made that out before the JUS
tice, said the officer.
The deep, clear, silvery laugh of Miss
Dubois-in which her companions
joined-rang through the room at this
announcement, while the Sheriff and his
assistants, finding themselves "sold,"
as the saying is, retired, greatly cha
grined at their singular adventure 1t
happened that shortly after Miss Dubois
and her friends left Troy, Mr.. Marcy,
having business in Albany, proceeded to
that city alone by stage. Having trans
acted his business he returned home
alone, as he came, to the surprise of the
citizens and his friends, who verify be-
lieved he had eloped with the pretty
heiress. His own astonishment was un-
bounded when informed of the commo-
ton and excitement he had unconscious
ly caused, at the seminary especially,
when he learned that, during the day, it
was believed throughout the city that he
had absconded with a clandestine mar
riage in view that for TIE time being he
had abandoned the law for Gretna
Green. Nothing could exceed the NOR
tification of the seminary at the useless
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