The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-04
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Married chiidrena..a.a Brisf But Event.
A. 9sS4 fui Honeymosn. ot meassa.
y, On last Tuesday tile following mar,
riage notice Was published in the Public
MAfEAeK4cRoxA1s Az the parson.
age, August 4, 1850, by the Rev. Vim,
'Mf Gilbert, George &. MatIack and
Nvia u. Crox, ofthis cityga ge1Ss5 oss.
on "Wednesday the following was
puonshed among the marriage notices
: The marrisge notice aof sGsorge @,
Matlack and aElVias 7. Crox, published
September IA, 1880, is false, as no such
marriages took place. ssSqxs ,9gosgf III
.axas asa GEORGE c. MATLAcK..
on Friday the following was pub.
lished BITTER the last marriage notice $40
: This certiies that George G. Matlack
and Elvia L. Crox were Joined together
in nlatrinony by me at the Union n. e
Parsonage, on the 4th of August, 1880
WILLIAM M. GILBERT
y In investigating the factss whichsled
to the aboyeppbieations Press report.
er discovered q very pretty and roman
tic story. ssgs&@& Essaazsg asEGs xegss,
Last Monday q young lady friend o1
MISS Efvla L. Crox, who resides WITH
her father and Inothers of No. 733,
Spruce Street, called ON Mrs. Crox and
informed her that her daughter was
married to George G. Mathck, q school
boysand Would-be amatuer actor. Mrs.
Crox denied tie fact With 3 great deal
OF ndignations but the young ladyEwas
hym and said that she knew that sElvia
lad been the wife Of Matlack for Some
tim. Mrs Crox knew Matlackwhom
she regarded as q mere boy, slightly
and she was aware that Avfa had known
him quite well ;. and she at once took
that young lady to task. The re-
suit was that Eivia told the whole ruth.
'phe said she saald Matlaek had been
married by Rev. Mr.. Gilbert. OF Union
D. E. Church, on the morning sef August
A. Thescenes whiel1 cfolnWed Nas q
more dramatic one than is often wit
nessed'in an1ateuf theaters.@ o nsS sassaett,
Mrss Crox LOUDLY snnounosds her dis
approval of her daughter's s conduct, and
When Miss Elvfa began to excuse herself
on the ground Of herlove, thestory goes
that Mrs. Crox cutthe EXPLANATION short
with rattan The result was the pub1
licatiaGu Of thoEmarriagasin the next
morpsRgS M 2sss pa2sg: b Nheaa En- f. kMAatlack' A d
strictain hiss dealings with smeavsaad
sometimes quite stern in his ,demeanor,
denianded the trutffrom young George,
the husband of aNmonthd dbeeamea q boy
again. He had not the moral courage
tQ tell the truth and he denied We fact
of tlemarriag ge.s ssssa oiYas.ssssz n, ys
HThen 60 and put your denial in the
George meekly went to thessLs5aer
office and wrote and puhlished his denial
of the story. The next morning when
the lad saw the Judas-1ike lines ii cold
type he was seized with sreinorse. and
he rushed to his loye sand retold the
story OF eternal devotion With all the
earnestness andenerg Of alover insthe
HONEYMOON When .Elyia asked him
Now he could deny the marriage he said
he did II because he was saffaid Of his
father. who, he continued, had been
Extremely cross. He assured and reas-
suredshis dear Evisi that all was rieht.
and that some day be would be. twenty
One, and until that happy time and for
ever. after he would 40 sn6rhing but love
herr Miss Elviawns rer3setly satisfied,
thoughswithF womanlys shrewdness, she
reminded George that she did not den1y
the marriage and that she, ,toog had had
2 stern parent to deal withs~ At the end
of the interview the Young lovers
Thought their tronbles all over, but the
course Of their married life never. had
run smooth, and they discovered anoth-
er ripple on the uneven surface the next
day. Elvia's- -parants sca1ld not allow
George 8 repudiation Of the marriage to
stand, aud they SO. Informed their
daugfiters There was but "a . thing t.,
do, and the old folks htyupon that with
an alacrity which astonished Miss Elyia
and astounded Master Georgeasastatel
rent over the name Of the preacher
who married them must Be got and pub
lisheds Miss Elvfa esitirsly 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: sssA5 sas&3sJ H03as1xs
Needles and pins, needles and pins, AID
When mans married his trouble begins.
He knew that his folks were noe
vet fully aware OF che truth. They
firmly sabelieved g his STORY. ~ They
would 4 read the. reverend gentle-
mans card. The whole truth would
come out and there would be thes mis-
chief to pay. Geolgssdia-not at all en-
Joy stheS deyelopment aof the ewplotss A
pleasant little comedy was getting to be
very ike a. tragedy The youns anna
teur trembleda in his shoes aad longed
Tor the conventiQpal, ,z. good-natured
friend of the parties to make everything
Ill right Id the last act The Ded1er 81
Friday camesouta and with itthe bald
md terse lines Of the -Nreacher which
The wayfaring man. though a bachelor,
could not fail to understand. or course
'he very first thing that Mr.: Matlack,
Sr., saw after he -had pnt-on his specta-
,lesrand picked up his paper was tho
assertion, from a source. which admit
ed of no contradiction, that his son and
Miss Elvia had bssnsnna and wife for
noreithan month. a In the aeene that
snsued Mr.. Matlack played the part Of
he irate father with more than usual