Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-05-30

Have you heard the news ?
was the query that was in every
ones mouth on Sunday eve
ming and on Monday. Some
had, and some had not. The
news" was not very startling,
but still it was rich, rare and
racy. 1t was nothing more or
less than an elopement, the first
one in Brennan for a long. long
| time. The elopists were Mr.. F.
L. Randle, a grass widower, and
Mrs. Williams. the wife of DR..
D. C. Williams, all OF this city.
About the middle of last week
Mrs. Williams informed her hus-~
band that she desired to go to
Austin to meet her father, who
lives in Mobile, Alabama-but
! her father wasn't the man she
wanted to see, not by large
per cdnt. The doctor procured
railway tickets and in due
course saw his wife andVchild,
girl about year old and SER
want off for Austin, but they
didn't go there. The day pre-
vious Mr.. Randle and driver
departed for up the country in
a spring wagon. By a strange
fatality Mr.. Randle and driver
arrived at Ledbetter about the
same time as the train bearing
Mrs. Williams, child and ser
want. She got eff the train
there and Mr.. Randle and Mrs.
Williams passed the night at
the hotel atthat place occupying
room as married folks; the
next day they took the train
for Giddings, having it is said,
previously sent an envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipo-
Tertiary ahead to engage
room for them at the fashion,
able hotel of that lively and
beautiful city. The happy
elopists spent couple OF days
at Giddings, after which they
left for Austin. Mrs. Williams,
before leaving requested her
husband not to open anyletters
that might come for her. A
letter came to her address in
the handwriting of the lady's
father. DR.. Williams opened
the letter and the letter opened
the doctors eyes. Sheet-irop
thunder and artificial ligirtnin4l
The letter was written in Ala
bama, very recently, and said
not a word about coming to
Texas. He then took the first
train up the road making in
quiry by the way. He learned
of the taax pas at Ledbetter
and going to Giddings got furth-
er and much fuller particulars,
without referring. as the show
men say, to the small bills. The
doctor was not long in making
up his mind, he wanted no cof-
fee, no pistols and he thirsted
not for blood. He very sensi-
bly, came to the conclusion to
let the madam slide. The proof
of her inhdelity being complete
he Immediately came home and
is, at..this Misunderstanding pro-
ceedings for a divorce. The
doctor IS highly respectable
and esteemed citizen, and has
quite. a family of children by
his first wife, some of whom are
nearly grown. The recalcitrant
lady is rather young-about FIVE
and twenty-and possesses re-
markable personal attractions.
The gentleman who plays the
part of the gay lothario is old
enough to know what he is do
ing, being about forty. Mrs
Williams had been quite flush
for some time, and..in reply to
the question of her husband as
to where the money came from,
said her father had sent it to her.
Some ladies are slightly deceit
full. 1t is expected that there
will be quite a rafting of dry
bones, chips, whtsteones,
kettle-drums and other noisy in
struments as the ''true inward
ness" of the case develops itself.
Lightning may strike in more
localities than one. Brenham
is not such slow town as to af-
ford only one gay lotharnio =
hardly.
The above are substantially |
the facts as related by DR.. Viii
liams.
WHENEVER a newspaper has
to double its advertisements, |
that is put the same advertise
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