The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-28


witnessed in amateur theatres.
Mrs. Crox loudly announced her dis
approval Of her daughters conduct, and
when Miss Elvla began to excuse herself
on the ground of her love, the story goes
that Mrs. Crox cut the explanation
short with a rattan. The result was the
publication of the marriage In the next
mornings paper. When Mr.. Matlack,
ST., who Is well-to-do iron merchant,
strict in his dealings with men and
sometimes quite stern In his demeanor,
demanded the truth from young George,
the husband of month became boy
again. He had not the moral courage
to tell the truth and he denied the fact
of the marriage.
"Then go and put your denial in the
paper" said the stern father. Poor
George meekly went to the Ledger office
and wrote and published his denial of
the story. The next morning when the
lad saw the Judas-like lines in cold type,
he was seized with remorse, and he
rushed to his love and re-told the story of
eternal devotion with all the earnestness
and energy of lover in the honeymoon.
When Elvia asked him how he could
deny the marriage, he said he did 1t
because he was afraid of his father, who
he continued had been extremely cross.
He assured and re-assured his dear Elvia
that all was right, and that some day he
would be q, and until that happy time
and forever after he would do nothing
but love her. Miss Elvia was perfectly
satisfied, though with womanly shrewd-
ness she reminded George that she did
not deny the marriage and that she, too,
had had stern parent to deal with At
the end of the interview the young
lovers thought their troubles all over,
but the course of their married life never
had run smooth, and they discovered
another ripple ON the uneven surface
the next day. Elvia's parents could
not allow Georges reputation of the
marriage to stand, and they so informed
their daughter. There was but one
thing to do, and the old folks lit upon
that with an alacrity which astonished
Miss Elvia and astounded Master George
"a statement over the name of the
preacher who married them must be got
and published. Miss Elvia entirely
agreed that this was the proper thing to
do, and George for the first time in his
life fully understood the import of the
dread words of the poet
Naadlaa ond nina nnadIae md nine
When mans married his trouble begins.
He knew that his folks were not yet
fully aware of the truth. They firmly
believed his story. They would read
the reverend gentleman's card. The
whole truth would come out, and there
would be the mischief to pay. George
did not at all enjoy the development of
the plot. A pleasant little comedy was
getting to be very like a tragedy. The
young amateur trembled in bis shoes,
and longed for the conventional good
natured friend of the parties to make
everything all right in the last act. The
Ledger of Friday came out, and with it
the bold and terse lines Of the preacher
which the way-faring man, though
bachelor, could not fail to understand.
OF course, the very first thing that Mr..
Matlack, ST., saw after he had put on
his spectacles and picked up his paper
was the assertion from source which
admitted of no contradiction that his
son and Miss Elvia had been man and
| wife for more than a month. In the
scene that ensued Mr. Matlack played
| the part of the irate father with more
than usual vehemence and young
George recited his lines with less than
the courage of the amateur.
The principal parties to this affair,
Miss Elvia l.. CroX and George G. Mat
lack, are well known in amateur
theatrical circles. Miss Crox is the
daughter or adopted daughter of John
II. Crox, who formerly kept restaurant
at No. 26l South Ninth Street, but who
now lives on Spruce Street. She is a
remarkably pretty girl and has just
turned seventeen. In dress she is rather
snowy and always attracts the attention
of the gentlemen. She Is also exceed
ingly graceful in person, and intelligent
enough, her friends thought, to make a
fine actress. For long time she had
been in the habit of appearing on the
stage, and lately for one week at the
Museum, under the name of Rosalie
Lucas. The young groom has also been
stagestruck. He has appeared on the
amateur boards two or three times with
more or less success. He will be seven