Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-03-02
A SALT LAKE ROMANCE.
fErom the Salt Lake Tribune.1

A SALT LAKE ROMANCE.
from the Salt Lake Tribane.]
The harem Of Brigham Young, Jr..
has been invaded ty an ungodly gentle.
who wooed, won and has wed the eldest
daughter Of the coming prophet. 1t was
. genuine elopement, attended with all
the usual daring, danger, love and romance
that usually characterize such affairs.
Desperate lover, heartless and cruel dad,
wretched mother and angry brother 5; as
tonished friends and disappointed beaux.
all 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, entities it to more
than ordinary notice. and will give it a
worldwide notoriety.
The circumstances are simply rcpeti-
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.
ly he would have wedding in his fam
lily. The young gentleman was there
fore forbidden the house, by the irate "a
Their, who laid such an injunction upon
the sutton to stay away that it was posi-
lively unsafe for the young man to DISC
hey the command of the Lords anointcd.
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, if 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 to 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 the savior Of his daughter, enconr.
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 prearrangement 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 prog
ress. Other and clandestine meetings
were had from time to time, and epistol.
ary 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 Mr.. 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
Of hope for an escape. Accordingly it
was arranged for her on last Satur lay
night to fee from the harem, be welded
and 60 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 vail Sc
curely locked, and the girl nowhere to be
seen. On the following day it was atcer.
tanned that the prophet was holding Sc.
cret conclave in his school.h ouse, within
the same enclosure in which Alice lived,
and the gates had therefore been closed
to 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 to
her clothing out of the house
and place it under designated tree in
the yard, where the young men were to
go At 6 o'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 held
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, and
Miss Alice fled in search Of her lover, pur.
sued by her father. Making her way
down Main street, she met Charles near
the ruins of the First National Bank,
when she told him they had been discov.
cred and that her father was u,suing
her. He directed her to stay there and
he would call . hack to take them to the
minister, but before he returned she
heard her father coming down the street
putting and blowing like porpoise in dis
tress. Size crossed the street in front of
the Demijohn saloon. and when her father
had gone by she returned but no sooner
had she got back thar Brigham Jr., turn
ed and was coming toward her, when she
lodged behind pile Of adobes in the
street, where she remained until after he
had passed out Of sight. She was much
excited for it was a narrow escape, and
she determined not to remain there any
longer. Accordingly she again hurried
across the street, ran through the alley
near the billiard hall and going across
lots to Second South street, made her
way directly to the residence Of her Low.
er, in tho Sixth Ward.
When Charley returned to where he
had left her, of course he was wild with
excitement for he naturally enough
thought she had been captured and car.
ried back to the harem. A number of
friends were called and stationed on the
principal corners to watch for her, while
he with one companion drove to his home
where she by this time had arrived. The
three now drove to the residence of the
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