, 1877-08-18
INFANT ELOPEMENT.
THE WAY THE ARIsloCRATIc CHILDREN OF
ST. LOUIS AMUsE THEMSELVES

THE WAY THE ARIs1oCRATIc CHILDREN OF
ST. LOUIS AMUsE THEMSELVES
On FRIDAY night last occurred one OF
the most extraordinary elopements ever
attempted in this city. A party OF icqr
Young scapegraces, consisting OF two girls
and two bows, whose ages ranged between
II and Is years packed their klis, ana 10
avoid the scrutinizing Of angry parents
(they being the scions Of some OF the mos.
respectable families Of this city proceeGsd
TO the Main street depot and boarded a
train bound on the Vandalia line
They had purchased section OF a sleep
ing coach bound for New York, and there
fore entered the palace on wheels an'
took charge of the section assigned theh
by the sleeping-ear conductor, and as The
train steamed across the bridge the 81
were at least four happy souls on boaIt
though there were eight aching hear
LETT behind.
By some stroke of fortune, one OF IL
fathers Of one of the truant boys, gei'
tleman well known in commercial
financial circles, got wind OF the escapade'
and at once took measures calculated Z
dampen the ardor of the runaways He
proeee6ed to the chief Of prnoe "a d re
lated his fears, whereupon the chief teie-
graDhed TO the head of the police depart
ment at Terre Haute, Ind ana, GIVING 4
martial description of the eloperS and d.
rseting the officers to arrest them upon
the arrival of the tam at that pom
The telegram was certainly received,
for as the train slowed into into the depo
at Ter, Haute, about the moon of nigh-
it vas board d by the minions Of the law,
who made their way back into the sleeper,
ami after explaining their ln-sss.on t. the
conductor, the dove cote where the errlng
ones were reposing,
LOCKED N FOND EMBRACE
Was pointed ont to them, ard upon
parting the curtains which shut out from
the rude world the billing and cOoing OF
the inmates. there they were, paired oil
and occupying the upper and lower berths
of the section, Just as though the Sanciioi
of the law had licens d the transaction.
The officers, of course, did not wait I
moralize on the situation, they politel.
informed them that
THEY WE'RE WANTED.
Had a eyelone passed over the tral'
and landed them in ditch our yOun
heroes, and sheroe5 could not have bee
IN IRE thoroughly surprised or more pam
| fully conscious of their situation.
At first they all set up a yell alter III
manner of the babopns sister who vi
marri d to the monkey. But they con
cluded that this eternal h'aZ1n must
be- and so they immediately changed
their tactics and assumed an AR OF MUIR
! ed innoc ne ana ue..slliaed 10 kIio"
what authority the officers thus invade
the sanctify of their sleeping apartment.
The telegram was presented and res
! to them by the officers, and the latter a
sured them that
! RESISTANCE WAS USELESS,
And hastily donning their daylight az
parel, they marched out of the car andl
| h. depot to await the arrival of the pa =
enger train coming west. Upon It's ar =
val they re-embarked, but alas, not alon !,
a burly cficer Of the Tor accompanie
| fbem. nor did he leavn f'enp f"- -
ment until they reached their final 6es-
| tinatiou-
| One Of the paternal ancestors OF one Q.
the erring boys, who was more anxloG
| than The others, went over to East ! e.
Louis to meet the youthful prCdisal, o
whom he had laid claim, lest, if thev
were brought to tbs side OF the river, IL
hing might leak cut, and the vigiian
busy bodies called
REPORTERS MIGHT GET VIVID or 1T.
He proposed. after brief, though en-
phatic lecture, TO take his bog and bring
him over alone to quiet any suspicious
which might arise, but the policeman of
Terre Haute said none of them should go
out Of his tender care until he had receiv-
ed some remuneration for his services,
and the gentleman finally paid one fourth
of the hostage and reclaimed his los
treasure, and brought him over on the
bridge, where we leave him.
Another parent, father of one OF the
yoang ladies, called at the Chestnut Street
Station early this morning to inquire if
any thing had been heard from them, but
hat was before their arrival
Suffice it to say all arrived saf ly anC
~are reclaimed hv their parents ar
friends, and reconciliations and explana-
tions followed as usual.
One of the boys told the officers that
it was there intention to get married up
on their arrival in New York, and settle
down Since that, however, he has con-
cluded to settle down here, and pains viii
be taken to prevent repetition OF this
elopement extraordinary. Lcos Dis
patch