Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-29
A North Adams Romance.

A secret courtship, an elopement, an
abduction, a narrow escape from trag-
edy, and a happy ending-the story of
all this, which has just happened in
North Adams, is another Of those TO-
mances Of real life that are stranger
than fiction.
Mr.. H. ?. Goodrich is an old citizen
of the place, and is highly respected.
He has handsome property on which
he lives, having retired from business.
He has also handsome daughter, Miss
Nellie-cultivated, attractive, great
favorite in the village, and her fathers
idol.
Some weeks ago young man named
Moury came into North Adams as a
workman on the railroad. So far as
known he was a man Of good habits,
but his social position was, Of course,
that Of any day laborer. In some way
he and Miss Nellie met, and an attach
ment sprang up between them which
for some time was kept secret. But
it soon became known that this railroad
laborer was the accepted lover Of one of
the bellies of North Adams
The girls father was very angry. He
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he must cease all further attentions, and
he also told his daughter that she must
no longer have anything to do with
Moury But the only effect of his warn
ings was to make the meetings of the
lovers more and more secret Mr. Good
rich knew that attentions were still be-
ing paid clandestinely, and, meeting
Moury one day in Ryan's grocery store,
threatened to shoot him if he persisted
in them.
A few days after this meeting, Miss
Goodrich told her parents that she was
going to spend the day with an aunt who
lived short distance from North Adams.
She did not return in the evening, and,
growing anxious, the father went to the
aunt's house and found that his daugh-
ter had not been there all that day. Sus-
pecting what had happened he rushed
to the railroad depot, and found that
Moury, too, had been away that day.
The father was almost frantic. He
could not learn where his daughter had
gone; there was nothing to do but to
return home and wait. 1t is said that
! in his frenzy he had determined 10 shoot
both his daughter and the young man
when they returned.
It appears that the girl, when she left
her home, took the cars for PoWnal, Vt,
and that Moury followed her. They
were married that day. A day or two
afterward Moury took his bride to a
relatives, who lived in Cheshire, Mass,
and leaving her there returned to North
Adams and to his work. Going back to
Cheshire day or so after, he found his
wife gone. Her father had learned
where she was, and, going there one
evening, had forced her to return home
with him. He did not take her to his
own house, however, and Moury was
unable to find her The husband did
not know what to do. He was satisfied
that his wife was somewhere in North
Adams, and that, as she was of age when
she married him, he had right to her
if he could find her The father, how
ever, was unyielding, and matters con-
tinued in this condition for several days.
AT last the father saw that he could
not permanently separate man and wife
he was, moreover, rather pleased with
the manner in which both Moury and
his wife conducted themselves. A few
days ago he relented, and, yielding his
daughter to her husband, gave them his
blessing and started the pair in life with
very material assistance.