The daily gazette., 1878-01-21
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A cnssFuI4ELoPBsaENr IN fsDIASk--
!. MARRIED, AND REFusrso TO LEAVE
HER HUSBAND.
From the Indianapolis, Journal, jan. l6.
Some miles west Of the city lives a
whose daughter, Sarah, plighted her
troth with gallant young gentleman Of
indianapolis, David Clemens. Salie was
the prospective heiress tothe broad acres
of her father, and. Mr.. Hoffman objected
to a marriage contract with any one,
more particularly David, because of her
youth (seventeen), and yet the lady is in
weight nearly 200, In height nearly six
feet, and Is possessed of unusually ma
ture Judgment. The old man guarded his
treasure closely, but there was a
secret communication between the lover
and the beloved, by which the elopement
was arranged. EN
The night chosen was stormy one, but
Clemens and his friend, Mr.. +. C.. Shofer,
engaged a lswift ..tealn and drove to the
meeting place, and there awaited her
coming. She had the requisite nerve,
and, at the hour named, jumped from her
chamber window and struck out in the
darkness for the carriage. The wind
slammed the shutter of her window with
a terrible bang that awoke the inmates,
and the father gave rapid pursuit. The
girl outwinded him in the race, sprang
into the carriage, and with loose rein and
vigorous whip the lover and beloved and
Mr.. Shofer galloped toward the city. The
girl has several uncles, hard-handed,
strong-fisted, stalwart fellows, who hack
ed the father in his opposition 10 David,
and these men joined in the pursuit, to-
gether with their retainers and neigh
bors, all of them members of a cavalry
company organized for protection against
horse thieves. In squads of twos and
threes the pursuers rode to every railway
station within a radius of twenty miles
leaving Mr.. Hoffman and one other to
follow Ito this city, warn the police,
and telegraph for the arrest of the fugi-
tives.
1t is seldom thot a double rig plunges
more madly over dark, muddy road
than did the one bearing David and Sal
lie, and within a trice after reaching his
fathers residence, on Northwest street
they were indissolubly bound together
for life by the Rev. Dr. Ketcham, of the
California Street Church. Quick as was
the ride and the marriage ceremony,
there was no time to waste, for, within q
few moments after they were made hus-
band and wife, and while the company
were sitting down to substantial supper
in bounced six feet five of the irate father
normal weighti225), revolver in hand de-
manding an immediate return of his
daughter to her home. Shofer, who had
heroically stood by David, drew his re.
volver and evinced perfect readiness to
respond; the bride replied: al guess not,
and seeing things had taken a turn the
old man stopped to parley. and then went
Oft for reenforcements. Reenforcements
came in the shape of her brawny uncles
but she had made up her mind TO remain
with David, and there she stuck with
feminine devotion. Then he threatened
to disinherit her, but Clemens pere gave
Hoffman pere TO understand that his
money was backing his boy, and Hoffman
pere could disinherit and be--stay to
breakfast. AT last accounts David and
Salie have settled down 10 the q uietudt
of domestic lite, the uncles have drawn
ia the cavalry scouts, while Hoffman
pere was altering his villa materia
thing when It is considered he is probably
worth a cool $4,000.