Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22
AN OLD.TrME ELopEMENr.
How Capt. Cox, the slayer Of Col. Aston,
Secured Il wife.

Secured wife.
When Captain e.. CJx was a boy he
had a love affiir that giyu5 bis history
tinee Of romance to which the murder
OF C)lonel Aston, in Atlanta Georgia,
is not an appropriate ending. When
Cox was a young man bis father died,
leaving an estate Of considerable value
and three children to share {. The eld-
est, girl, married lawyer in Atlanta,
ana her husband became the guardian
OF the affairs of q lw0rd. At the begin
ming of the fell term Of 1859 Of Col.
Hyatt's Delaware Military Academy, at
Wilmington, Edward CJx's name op
pears IN the roll OF the lower class.
On the 20th OF NJ ~ he ceased to be a
student of Col. Hyatt's school, and it
was between the date Of his arrival ut
Wilmington and the 20lh Of May Of the
following year that he added the roman
tic chapter to his lile's history by olop-
ing in the most improved style with one
Of the pupils of the Misses Grimshaw's
select school for young ladies in VII
mngton. When young Cox came to
Wilmington bis younger sister, Molie
CAME also, and entered the select SCHOOL
for room mate Miss Louisa Walk .J
from. East Tennessee. Miss Walking
aithough not q beautiful girl, is describ-
- as being ono of those toward whom
atl per sous she came in contact itn
were iITcsis..., aft-aeted. BRIGHT and
witty II conversstion, zraeet:' and
pleasing, she formed acquair W ues only
to make friends.
Louisa--or Lulu, as she was more
generally called--9as q romantic girl,
and her French exercises ana tasks in
botany were often neglected that she
might peruse the novels that about that
time fell SO abundantly from tho pens Of
Mrs. 4. D. Il N. Southworth, Marion
Harland and Caroline Lee Hentz. Mary
Cox, her rOom-mlto, was also Of r0-
mantle turn, and proposed the match
between her brother aud her room mate.
The course OF true love ran smoothly
till ono day-the 20,h Of May, 1860
young Cox, walking with Clptain Nonis,
one Of his instructors, said > want 70
intrDst you with q secret, and l want
you to give me your word OF honor rs q
gentleman that you will never digulge it.
'Woll, said the captain, smiling AT the
earnestness Of his favorite pupil, as
take it for granted that you haven't
murdered or robbed anybody, nor com
United arson, suppose 1 viii have to
| promise silence.
'On your word rs q gentleman, prom
ise, insisted Cox, ana lsUg' - Mehe
| captain promised, and C1Xw,
| am going tomarry Lulu Watkins
! Nonsense, vou are not going r37II
anything of the kind. Why, / shan s
permit you to take such foolish stop
at voyr ace. prepasteroust
~ vif, - sCop rrre,- ysC---z- -r-----------
tell somebody, and you aIe q gentleman
and cannot break you word, replied
OK, doggelly, and ail expostulation
was useless 10 shake him from his re-
solve.
If you do try to stop ne, why VIII
take her on the tram to Pliladelphia.
Nobody can hinder me from doing that.
and SO the hot-blooded, impuls.ve young
fellow went on.
His friend, seeing there was no use Of
attempting to dissuade him from his
purpose, wisely concluded that il the
thing must go on ne would see the girl
properly and legally married before
they LET. the city. They procured the
necessary papers, ana hmrying to an
obliglng minister mad the nuptial knot
tied, when they embarked on a Wedding
tour, sending a note TO the head Of tie
seminary acquaintiDs her with The facts.
A constable was dispatched after the
couple, but the redoubtable captain re
fused to give up his bride, and ho never
had occasion to repent his determine
ton, for the marriage proved a most
happy one.