The Morning herald., 1878-07-16
MISS vREpENBURGH's LOVE.

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MISS vREDENBURGH's LOVE.
| MAID OF FORTY MARRIED 70 A BOZ OF
sRyRNTHKN YRARs--A SENTIMENTAL
CORRESPONDENCE THRoueH MOLE IN
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Elmer Ellsworth slsgel, aged II, and
Sarah vredenburgh, aged 40, both Of Mt
Pleasant, have astonished their community
BY eloping together. She is tall, dark, and
Of considerablel personal sttractiveness
She is teacher in the Methodist Sunday
School Of Pleasantville, and has ever since
her girlhood moved in the respectable
society Of the place.
She and D doxenor more girls and women
were employed IN the shoe manufsctory Of
slagsl q Israel, on the main street leading
from tho railroad station to the postofice.
TAeYe worked Ii an adjoining room about
twenty young mon and boys. Among them
all WAS none handsomer than young Elmer
EIIsworth Slagel, son of the senior member
OF the firm. He Was fresh from school
he danced and detained well and his sum
Fofaccomplishments won Miss Vredenbnrgh' q
heart.
There wss ! hole in the floor of the shop
in which Sarah and Elmer worked, through
which the young women in the upper
rooms talked with the young men below.
Through this hole Sarah and her youthful
lover carried on correspondence of the
most tender kind. Their growing love to
each other soon became known to ;he firm,
who saw nothing but harm likely to come
from such an intimacy Accordingly they
boarded up the hole and banished Elmer to
distant part ofthe shop. Thus separated
the couple found means to resume their
correspondence, and 1t was not until the
sternly practical Mr.. Israel had discharged
Miss Vredenburgh that The oye-making was
supposed to be over.
At p. m, On Wednesday, Elmer went
to church, accompanied by his mother and
sisters. Before the first hymn had been sung
through he pretended to be seized by bleed
ing at the nose, and, leaving his kid gloves
and cane In the pew, be went out holding
his handkerchief to his face. Once outside
waiting for him under the shadow Of lilac
bush: They started for the 7.15 train.
They were late, and. on reaching the high
grouud near Ackerman's store, Elmer saw
the train start.
He left his painting bride In the middle of
the road, and started at full speed for the
crossing, beckoning wildly to the engineer,
and shouting, "stop the train !" 1t was no
use, and he was compelled to seek some
slower means of elopemeDt. While he bar
gained with Josh Fowler, the livery stable
keepers man, for horse and carriage, his
lady love stole around 10 the rear of the
store and waited for him in an adjoining
field of tall rye. By dark Elmer had con
cluded bargain with the stable>keeper to
take him and Miss Vredenburgh to Union
vile, two miles to the southwark.
At length the pair were safely In top
buggy, and with Josh for driver started off,
They went to the Rev. Mr.. Harris, of the
Dutch Reformed Church IN Unionyille, and
asked him to perform the marriage cere-
mony. He refused, although Elmer offered
IS, and protested that the lady was old
enough to choose for herself.
Josh wanted to 90 home at this iuncture,
but further bribe of $3.50 induced him to
push on to White Plains. There they ar
rived at midnight. Sarah sought refuge In
the house of Miss Requs, q friend In the
millinery business. The youth paced the
depot platform.
Justice Wykof, in Bensico, but the msgis-
trate's heart was made of steel. and not
even repetition Of the glittering offer made
to clergyman could move him.
Wearied and heartsere, the clipping pair
reached the residence Of the Baptist clergy
man, the Rev. W. NJ. Glow. They felt
that 1t was their last chance, and that If the
knot couldn't be tied there 1t couldn't be
tied anywhere. Mr.. Glow, q good -looking,
dsrk-eyed man of thirty, took the BRIDE
groom aside and asked him If there was any
lawful impedinent to the match.
None, whatever, SIR" Elmer said.
The marriage ceremony was then gone
through with, and ct its conclusion the
bridegroom put his arms around the bride
aud imprinted sounding kiss on her
lips.
On the signing of the marriage certificate,
Mrs. Slegel raised her vail, and the Rev Mr.
Glow saw hew old see was.
How old are you, may ask, MADAME
he asked.
"A trife of twenty-six or twenty seven,
Sir" answered the young husband Z" fiji
out the certificate and never mind the
age"
Mr.. Glow filled out the certificate, but his
face expressed foreboding
As the O'Clock up train reached Pleas
antville on Thursday evening, large
throng had gathered at the station. They
cheered the young couple, who found ref.
uge In the house of Mrs. Slegel's mother.
INTELLIGENT WAITER GIRLS.
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