The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-03

At'S"i1J VI Viz scnllilary that Dfafcy was ali
accepted suitor of Miss Dubois. The rules
of the institution strictly forbade the young
ladies from receiving any attention from
gentlemen; and the parents of the lady had
strongly enjoincd upon the faculty tho en-
torcement of this rule in regard to their
daughter Therefore, tho report of her re-
latlon with the young lawyer caused All url-
pleasant sensation in the seminary, and
Miss Dubois was strictly forbidden to have
any further association with Marcy. The
report even reached her father, who has
tened to Troy, determined to remove his
daughter from tho seminary. But her ex-
planatiOn Of the matter was sufficient. and
he returned home satisfied that all reports
connecting the name of his daughter with
Mr.. Marcy were groundless.
few weeks after her fathers visit, Miss
Dubois obtained permission to visit Albany
with some friends. Some time after her
departure 1t occurred to one of the pupils of
the seminary, who had interested herself
IN the affairs Of Miss Dubois and Mr.. Mar
cy to quite an extent, that although the
day was beautiful, the young lawyer had not
been seen in his accustomed place on the
vcranda OF his office. On making proper in.
quiry she learned that he had not been
there at all that day. This aroused her cur
iosity and excited suspicious, leading her
10 make further inquiry, and she was in.
formed that he had accompanied Miss Du-
Bois to Albany. Without further consid-
Grafton, she believed that an clorement had
taken place, aud immediatly informed the
faculty that young Marcy and Miss Dubois
had fled TO Albany for the purpose of being
clandestiaely marri.d.- This aroused them
to the highest pitch of excitement. The
rumor ran like wlld-0rc through the insli-
tuition, reaching the city in a short space of
time. There was strange "hurrying to and
fro' III the seminary. CONSERVATION was
everywhere mingled with the silent mirlh
which the affair had created among many
OF the young ladies who really enjoyed the
scene. Cupid had slyly found lodgmcnt
within those walls, dedicated to science and
study, though all thought the little winged
good was stcrnly forbidden thereto many
known only in the beautiful dreams of
girlhood. Yet he had actually been a
soiourncr in that temple Of SCIENCE one of
Its fairest inmates had yield to his cnchant-
ed bowers. Fear that the wrath intlucnc-
ing the young lady's father and her other
friends would be turned against the insti-
tuition. aud drcading the odium which AL
clopemcnt would bring upon 1t, an immc-
date pursuit was decided upon. The shcr-
i'll OF the county, with a posse comitatus,
was sent in pursuit, andprocecded with hot
haste TO Albany. Learning that the ,ady was
at ore of the principal hotels in that city,
lie rushed thither to forbid tho bans before
it was too late. Sans ceremony he cntorc-
Cd hls way into the ladies' parlor. Miss
Dubois was there enjoying herself with
her friends, but, to the astonishment of the
sheriff, young Marcy was not present. The
officer had entered the room stcrnly deter
mined ON breaking the chains that love had
forged with the strong arm of the law. lie
had anticipated tears, cries and shrieks
from the lady, mingled with deep curses
fl ON the lover. But no ardent lover was
there-no priest about to pronounce the
solemn but happy union could be seen.
The lady and her friends, taken by sur
prise at the sudden entrance of the sheriff
and his assistants, started to their feet IN
alarm. One of the ladies present summon
ed courage enough to demand of the officer
what he meant by this intrusion. Confus
cd and embarrassed by the awkward posi-
tion he found himself in, he said:
"We-wc-have--tha is--.we waut to
find Lawyer Marcy and Miss Dubois
We are told"
81 am Miss Dubois, sir. AS for Mr..
Marcy, have not seen him to-day. What
do you mean, sir?'
"Why, thepeoplc at tue seminary said
that you and he had gone Off together to-
to-gct married, and"
''And 50 they sent you in pursuit of us,
I suppose, You will not arrest me on mere
suspicion, will you2''
owe have to obey orders, madam. /
have warrant against MIR. Marcy for ab.
duction-that is for carrying you off--for
they made that out before the Justice, },
said the officer.
The deep, clear, silver laugh ofMrss Du-
Bois. in which her companions joined, rang
through the room Mt this announcement,
while the sheriff and his assistants, finding
themselves sold, as the saying is, retired,
greatly chagrhed at the singular adventure.
1t happened that shortly after Miss Dubois
and her friends left Troy, Mr. Marcy, hav.
ing business in Albany, proceeded to that
city alone by stage. Having transacted his
business he returned home alone, as he
came, to the surprise OF citizens and his
friends, who verify believed he had cloped
with the pretty heiress. His own astonish-
mont was unDounded when informed of
the commotion and excitement he had un-
consciously caused, at the seminary especi-
ally, when he learned that, during the day,
1t was believed throughout the city that he
hnU abscOndnd with a clo ~ oot;,,o ~, n rr; n .,