The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-08
NORTH ADAMS'S ROMANCE.
now THE room YOrNG LIBORER WON
THE RICH NAYS DIrGHTER,
Love nt First sight, stern Parent, Stolen
Meetings. Eiopement ana Marriage, Ab-
ductiou, Forgiveness, and the Check Hook.

duction. Forgiveness, and the Check Hook.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Aug. GA secret
courtship an elopcmcnt. an abduction, n mar
row escape from tragedy. and happy ending
the story of all this which has just happened
in North Adams. is another of those romanccs
of real life that are stranger than fiction.
Mr.. H. Z. Goodrich is an old 'itizcn Of this
place. and is highly respected. He has hand
some property on which he lives having retired
from business. He has also a handsome daugh-
ter. Mas Ncllic-culti,ntcd. attractive. great
fayorite in the village. and her fathers idol.
Some weeks ago young man named
Moury came into North Adams as workman
on the railroad. SO far ns known he WINS
man OF good habits but his social position
was OF course. that Of any day laboror. In some
way he and Miss Nellie met. and an attachment
sprang up between them which for some time
was kept a secret. But 1t soon became known
thn, this railroad laborer was the accepted lover
Of one Of the bellies Of North Adams.
The girls father wns very angry. tie told
Moury with much excitement that he must
cease all further attentions. and he also told
his daughter that size must no longer have any
thing TO do with Moury; But IN" only effect OF
his warnings wis to make the meetings of the
lovers more and more serret Mr.. G99irich
knew thni attentions were still being paid rlan-
d"stinely. and. meeting Moury ON" day in
kyan's grocery store. threatened TO shoot him
II he po ~ i-t"d In them.
4 fow days after this meeting Miss Goodrich
told her pnrenis TINT she was going to spend
the day with an aunt vino lived n short distance
from North Adams. She did not return IN the
evening and growing an ious. the father went
tN tie aunt's house and found that his daugh-
tor had NOT h,.n there nt all that day Suspect-
ing what had hnlpened. he rushed tO tho rail-
road depot aud 'iund that Moury. too. had been
away that day. The father was almost frantic.
Hn could not learn whore his daughter had
gone. there was nothing to do hut tu 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.
IL appears that the cir when she left her
home took tho cars for Pownnl. VI, and that
Moury followed her. They were married that
dav. day or two afterward, Moury took his
bride tn relutlve's who lived in Cheshire.
MISS. and leaving her there returned 10 North
Adams and to his work. Going back TO Cheshire
day or 81 after. he found his wife gone Her
father had lcarnc whore she was and going
Their. onr ry, ming. had forced her TO- return
house however. uud Mpury was unHhl" To find
her. The husband did not know what To do.
H. was sat sled ihnt h Wifi. WIS somewhere
"a North Adams. and that ~ she was ~ age
when she married him. ID" had "a right TO her If
h' could nnd her The father, however. was
uuylrld!ng. and matters continued III tbs con-
dltlun Tor several days.
At length tn" father saw that he could not per-
mIneniN separate man and wiir' hr was.
moreover, rather ilea-ed with the manner in
which huth NHury and his w4fe con lu't'd them
SELVES. \ Jew da'- ago hr rrlentod. and. yield
fng his de.-AtNrfl her nus snant. euNe them his
blessing ana started the pair IN life with very
/ material aS- Stance.