The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-03-02

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a SALT LAKE. ROMANCE. T's@
~ from the Salt Lake Tribone.l 5s.f1's
The, harem Of Brigham: Young, Jr.'
has been invaded; ty An ungodly gentle.
Who woocd, won and has wed the eldest |
daughter OF the coming prophet. it was
/ genuine elopemcnt, attended with I'LL
the usual daring, danger, love and romance
that usually characterize such affairs:
Desperate lover, heartless and, cruel dad,
wretched mother and angry brother as
friends and disappointed beaux.
Ill figures in the drama like . sensation
al novel. On the whole it. is, the most
romantic elepement that has. ever taken;
place in Salt Lake, and the fact that the
young lady is the granddaughter Of King
Brigham and the lover gentle. the son
of . Captain Hopkins; ntitles it to moro
than ordinary notice, and will give it o
worldwide notoriety.
The circumstances are simply repeti.
ton Of the old, old love story. More
than three years ago, Charles r. Hopkins
met and fell in love with Miss Alice S..
Young, the eldest daughter Of Brigham,
Jr. The attachment became mutual, and
the young gentleman waited upon his
lady love for several months, but against
the will and consent Of her parents. The
game grew hotter in fact it became ev.
ident to the young lady's dad that the
lovers were in earnest, and that If some.
thing were not done, and that, too, sudden.
~ he would have wedding in his fam.
lily. The young gent e,nan was there.
fore forbidden the house, by the irate "a
ther, who laid such an injunction upon
the sutton to stay away that it was posi-.
lively unsafe fur tho young man to disc.
hey the command Of the Lords anointed.
Every means was then employed to pre-
vent the young lady from seeing her Low.
er. She was taken with the dignitaries
of the priesthood from place to place on
missions, with the intention of diverting
her mind. and, il possible, to ALLEVIATE
her affection for her lover, At least, to
bring her in contact with other young
Mormons, some Of whom it was hoped
that she might learn 10 smile upon. Fin.
ally Mormon, nevertheless an intelli.
gent young man, scarcely of her own age.
addressed himself to her good graces, and
to all human appearances became the
favored lover. His love was genuine and
it is said at times became overpowering.
He waited upon her most devotedly until
almost the very hour that she danced
away with the other fellow, and for the
past two years Briggy has looked upon
him as tho savior Of his daughter, encour.
aging him in his suit. In short, it became
generally to be regarded as fact, that
Miss Alice and her new lover were en-
gagged to be married, and it Is not improb.
able that he, as we'll as her parents, was
happy in such belief. She would 60 to
balls and places Of amusement with him.
and by Encouragement would there
meet Hopkins, but with such adroitness
were these meetings conducted, that her
most intimate friends even did not dream
of the matrimonial conspiracy in pr,g.
ress. Other and clandestinc meetings
were had from time to time, and epistol'
AIRY correspondence maintained without
detection between her and her old fame.
The day was set, and the marriage was
to take place Immediately after the
elopement, which was to be made next
month. One day last week she sent word
to MIR. Hopkins that her father was about
to send her to St. George, where she
would be compelled to stay, she knew
not how long, and with not the shadow
Pof hope for an escape. Accordingly it
was arranged for her on last Satur lay
night to flee from the harem, be welded
and 70 home with her lover. A mutual
friend had been taken into the plot, and
to him was left the conduct Of affairs.
The young man who was to aid in the
escape accompanied by Mr.. Hopkins,
drove to the residence Of the young lady,
the "White House" on the hill. but found
all the gates of the great stone wall Sc.
curely locked, and the girl nowhere to be
seen. On the following day it was aecer'
tanned that the prophet was holding Sc
cret conclave in his school.housc, within
the same enclosure in which Alice lived,
and the gates had therefore been closed
10 exclude lntruders. Furthermore, the
young man who has been wasting his
affection on the girl for the last two years
had dropped in to spend the evening
Plans were again adjusted and to be ex'
ecuted on Monday night. She was t.
smuggle her clothing out Of t.le house
and place it under designated treo il
the yard, where the young mon were t.
60 At 6 clock p. m. and take it away
and two hours later 60 for the young la.
dy herself. At the appointed hour they
went with = light vehicle to the front
| gate Of the prince, and while. one hello
the horses. the other proceeded to load
in the girls personal effects, in the mean
time keeping his pistol in hand, we'll know
ing that to be found invading the premises
Of the prophet would bring upon him .
serious and perhaps desperate fight. This
part Of the work was done with no dis
turbance ;but shortly afterward Brigham
Jr., mistrusted something was wrong, anG
Miss Alice fed in search Of her lover; pur
sued by her father. Making her wa,
down Main street, she met Charles neal
the ruins Of the First National Bank
when she told him they had been discov.
cred and that her father was ,lpu, SUM
her. He directed her to stay there ant
he would call hack to take them to tn
minister, but before he returned shI
heard her father coming down the stree
putting and Blowing like porpoisc in dis
Etrese. Size crossed the street in front O
1.-THE Demijohn saloon. and when her fathe
& had gone by she returned but no sooner
sEhad she got back than Brigham j., turn
!: ed and was ceming toward her, when sh,
, lodged behind apile. Of adobes in th1
street, where she remained. until after h
had naSsed cnuuk of aiawht~s sShoa-,s ,,,,.,