St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-03
loves Very Young Dream.
4 YORKTIILE coy OF FIFTEEN, AND \
Girl. GF SINTEEN, ELOPE.
New EuT., TRUTH

New Toi!, TRUTH
Officer Con. Foley, of the Fifty-sev
cntn Street Court Squad. went up to the
Thirty fourth Precinct Station, at Ire
mont, Yesterday, and brought down
from there young couple who eloped
on Tuesday night last from their resi-
dence, No. 33G West Fiftyninth street.
The lovers name is Samuel Holden
Stillwell, aged fifteen, whose father, t..
S. Stillwcll, is a member Of d manufac-
turing firm at Twelfth street and Sixth
avenue. His sweetheart's name is Kitty
Tully, and she's only one year her lovers
senior.
Miss fully was employed as a servant
by Mrs. RoWn, who occupies Il fiat IN
the house where the StiliWellS reside.
equal in worldly goods Of her lover, but
the death of her father and the second
marriage of her mother left her with
out a home. Young StillWell had been
acquainted with her in her better days,
and when misfortune placed her in the
same house with himself as u menial,
his chivalrouS heart went out to her in
sympathy. He listened with feelings
of pity to her story, Of the suffering
which she had been subject to at home
(hcr mother resides at No. 800 West
| forty-seventh street, and vowed that
she should never go back to her mothers
house. Mrs. Rown had already intima-
ted that she should dispense with poor
| kitty's services when her month was
ND. Hence the foregoing conversation
| between tie lovers.
On Tuesday night they agreed to go
| off together. but where they wonld find
| their paradise they had no idea at the
time Of their departure, SO great was
their happiness. They chose for their
elopament the romantic hour Of two
| o'clock on Wednesday morning, and
concluded to sleeep. that night in the
vacant house adjoining their own, of
the new Paul and Virginia started on
| their journey in reality.
On reaching Central Park they sat un-
| der tree Oh a bench, and whiled away
couple of honrs, laying out plans for
the future. The financial question as
| usual was of the greatest interest in the
discussion. The boy had only 81 80, he
| said, but with this they thought they
could reach Albany. Once there they
would be safe from pursuit, and he
would get something to do, which would
| at least support them for the remainder
| of the winter.
This knotty question settled, they de
| termined to walk to the fremont Sta
ton of the New York and Harlem Rail-
/ road, where they could take the train to
Albany. BY doing this they would
avoid the risk Of being overtaken by
their parents or relatives.
| On arriving at Il point which they
say was Williamsbridge, and while going
through a strip of woods three men at
tackled them and tried to run off with
Kitty. Sam fought desperately to pre-
vent her abduction, but succeeded only
. by strategy. He said she was his sister.
| and by tie recital Of a tale of suffering
and cruelty at the hands Of a drunken
step-mother at home, Sam appealed to
| their better nature, and they desisted
! the hands OF the Fremont police, who,
-, the three would-be ahductors of Kitty.
The latter tried to escape by swim
ming across the Bronx river, but did not
succeed, and Justice Wheeler, at the
! Fordham Police Court, committed them
! to prison for five days in default of five
dollars fine each. 4 se.eral alarm had
| been sent out for the capture OF the
Young clippers by Stillwell's father, and
| thus it was that the fremont police were
able to identify them when they APP
pealed Cor protection against the three
! tramps who had attacked them.
| Justice Murray committed Kitty to the
House of the Good Shepherd, at the re-
quest of her mother and aunt. Sam
was allowed to accompany his parents
home. kilty's emotions overpowercd
her completely when she heard the
fate in store for her, and rushing across
the court-reom to where her lover sat,
she clasped him rQ4nd the neck and
kissed him repeatedly, begging him to
protect her An unsympathetic police
man pulled them apart, and Kitty's
aunt audibly remarked that she, for
one, did not much blame the young
maal--meaning Sam, on whose blue
eyes stood two big tears, while his
cheeks slowed scarlet.
Sam said he would have her vet, but
before she gets out five years will have
passed, and his feelings may have I'M
dergone somewhat Of a change towards
his Kitty.