Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-11
FOR BETTER Oh No1sSs
MARRIED q rLArpoAr IN Ts.l sfcro-

the middle Of the Potomac river at
Harper's Ferry, Miss Carrie, 4Shoup,-
aged sixteen, daughter Of Captain
shoup,a daring Confederate soldier,
who was killed shortly before the
close Of the war, and Mr.. VIM. Reed,
aged 20, son Of Mr.. Gideon Reed, de-
ceased, were married. The boat was
not in sound condition, and before
the ceremony was finished the water
had stolen in and covered the bottom
five or six inches deep.
These young persons are residents
of Rockingham county, and the Incl
dents connected with their courtship,
trials and triumphs add q tinge Of the
romantic to the event of their mar
rage, and attest once more that "love
laughs at locksmiths." They were
both born and raised in the neighbor-
hood of Smith and Linville's Creeks,
their homes being but few miles
apart. They had known each other
from early youth, and the young man
had not unfrequently visited the home
Of the young lady before the tender
sentiment was fully developed and
suspicion aroused that something
more than ordinary was influencing
their associatian. As soon as it was
suspected by the parents Of the girl
that friendship had ripened into love,
they forbade the boys visits, then in
tercepted the correspondence between
them, and interposed every obstacle
to their meeting, and every arti6ce
to keep them separate or from com
municating with each other. As in
thousands Of cases before, this result
ed in intenser affection between
them, more earnest determination to
conquer the difficulties which con-
fronted them, and to consummate
the dream of their young lives at the
hymenial altar, though it had to be
done by flight to where the laws are
more considerate in such eases, than
the harsh enactments ofVirginia. To
arrest this rash purpose the parents
of the girl conceived the plan Of send
ing her to relatives in Missouri. To
this she simulated assent. A ticket
was purchased by the stepfather. with
the means Of the young lady, to St.
Louis. Arrangements were perfected
for the departure, and accompanied by
the stepfather, Mr.. Isaac Aeker, and
the grandfather, "Old Uncle Joe
Shoup," the cars we're boarded at
Cowan's Station, on Last Thursday.
In the meantime young Reed had not
been idle. The day previous, having
learned of the plan Of abducting his
affianced, he purchased ticket to
Martinsburg, w. Va, and let it gen.
orally be known that he had done so.
He, however, halted at Harper's Fer
ry, and having arranged his plans,
quietly awaited the arrival Of the
party on Thursday. A strict surveil-
ance was kept over the young lady
by her stepfather after they reached
the Ferry, where they had to wait
several hours for the Western bound
train. While the three-the affianced.
her stepfather and grandfather--were
sitting in the reception room at the
depot, and the gentlemen en-
gagged in conversation with other
persons present, gentle tap on the
window arrested the attention of
Miss Carrie-she saw the motion of a
females hand-silently stepped out
of the door unnoticed, and was as
quickly passed into the pantry and
placed under lock and key for a few
moments by the cllambermaid. Thence
she was stealthily guided to the bank
of the river, where her lover, with a
minister, was waiting with flatboat.
This they entered, and it was speed
lily showed to the middle of the P0to-
mac, where the ceremony was per-
formed, which pronounced them man
and wife, while the stepfather viewed
the scene from the iron bridge which
spans the stream. Feet wet and chill
ed, they returned to dry land, and
thence to the hotel, where the young
lady demanded her baggage of her
stepfather and grandfather, which,