The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27
ANOTHER DIs0BEDIENr FATHER.
The Meeting OF Father and Son-in-Law-
Truth stranger than Fiction.
From ne TSrre Hf1fs Erpr,Ss

now do you do, sir' Do you not know
mef'
These Interrocations we're put to an old gentle
man who was stepping on street car In front OF
the Terre Haute House yesterday. rne gentle
man who spoke was about thirty-hve years OF
aye, nue. hanc some- appearing man, who had
hut few moments before registered bis name
upon the pages Of the guests book.
lhe old man paused. He dropped the two
large valises he was holding. He rubbed his
eyes a. n To clear away mist He suddt My
spun around like top.
We'll. by - he shouted. THE devil take
Notwithstanding this eminentiv pious wish,
allow any possessi N OF the sort. ana he simply
said. pointing Oven ms left shoulder:
Let's take drink"
well. oy - was the old mans only an
swer. and away they walked together.
by and hythey came back arm In arm, their
faces beaming, their heads In close proximity
And the Express represen tative, VINO happened
20 oe about. gained the knowledge Of the whole
story-how. 1t u needlt ss to say.
len years ago. a worthy citizen OF Indian
apols was, Ike BribIntiO, the father Of a lovely
daughter-ard Is Yet. for tlat matter. hut at
that time she was unmarried, young, and a
belle: She frequently visited this city. where
her friends were lar moe numerous than
angels visits. ana on one occasion met hand
some young lawyer. one OF these wild dogs"
whose face aud hkure constitute about the sum
total OF their wealth. In this case, brains ere
uni Ell To good looks, and, rs Edmund Sparkler
would say. there MAS no "nigod nonsense"
out the youth. sy, graceful manners
whole, II was not strange her heart was won
They both loved, and their affection ripened
into the tenIerest lssion. But as yet she
pl iyinR tue pare OF DssdsmOnl, and he q gen Ter
Othtu0 than That Of Shakespeare. So far, old
man BrdbGntsO OF In annapolis knew nothing OF
the love making, aud II was onl, through love
letter picked up by NEEDING servant that he
discovered II. Tue Young lady was at the time
here, visiting her friends. Maddened, the old
gentleman sprnng upon the nrst train, and ar
rived mere about o'clock IN the evening. A. 1t
happened upon That evening mis- daughter was
upon tue stage at ID wiling IA III, dong "A part in
performance % he
poor. Her lover was also cast for one OF the
parts, and the play was In progress The old
gentleni all came tn the hall, forced ms way back
10 tne stage, STANDING aud swearing, and enter
ed the dressing room Ike a whirlwind. lie soon
found his daughter, and. SEEING her by the arm,
COMMANDED her 10 get ready to accompany HIN
home. she demonstrated and begged, but ne
also came up and added his entrt aties. All to
no effect Tue result was that she was tAken out
or tue nall and compelled to 30 home with her
father by the next tram.
but vinegar say an old proverb, "never
catches ties." This wasn't exactly the kind OF
treatment for II hign-spirited young lady. or
course, too, she was forbidden to communi.
cate with her lover
ne mails may, however. have carried pretty
will furnish clue.
week or two aftert the young lawyer left this
CIV. lie went to Indianapolis, Two days after
door open one morning, and his pretty daugn-
Ter gone. lie raved, stormed, swore, quite,
received copy ola Cincinnati paper with a
marriage notice something like this;
MARlsIED.-At the Burnett House yesterday MIR
Blank Of Ierre llAu.e lad, 10 Miss BanS, On iaugh.
Ter Of ne msalny Mr. BLANK OF ludisnap. is. fae
happy pair LEFT gu the night tram for Far West
lhis is Understood TO he clAndesune marriage
For ten long years the old man heard nothing
OF his fugitive daughter.
Yesterday when ne stepped on the car and
came face to face with his son-in.l law, he was
amazed, COMPOUNDED, struck dumb. but he was
no Ion ger his enemy. He soon learned that his
daughter ID stu living, and that his son in-lAw
Is now one OF the wealthiest man In San Fran
cisco. strangely enough the old man Is now
travelling for the Indianapolis house OF which he
was once tue head, having lost his great wealth
In AN unfortunate speculation.
Ills son-in-law aud his little girl departed with
their lndi annapolis relative for that city at Las
this morning " spend "A few days.