The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-09
WANDERING WESTAFER
He Eloped With q Handsome
Young Lady Thursday
Night
Under an Assumed Name
He Wooed and Won the
Affections of q Hand
some Young Lady,
But Her Grandmother was On
posed to the Union, and,
Learning His History,
Shut Down on His
Visits.

.
. and u bow, has been the cause of mor
; than little heartache and foods Of >cali-
. ing tears. From the dav when Adam
woOej Eve in the Garden If Eden. up t.,
the present day, men have loved and
suffered, and they will continue SO To- do
Tor ages yet to come unless Mother Shin
tons prophecy should b~ fulfilled. Low.
Is subtle passion. IL Is ins,iiied into
the breast ri the brgyar. i'm hi, howell -
well Is the silk and lace covered i.,.op,s
al grand ladies oi ruyal blood. Poet.
have sun. in impas,ioneti verse Of rh.
sweet, vet painful sensation; artists hay,
idelineatei IN glowing coiors upon Fever
perishing canvass: and every man has f.ii
II Juggling af tn, hearl>trinys. I.nycr.
have bcen parted by their parents in thu.
fond hope tina, separation would eur.
the disease, but '-ai,>eIrce make, the hear,
grow f.ndcr," and all schemes t.. keen.
them apart have proved unavailin.. They
/ have managed To- clu,e the vi.iian,, "l
parents AMI el"pe, thus furnishing u irw
days sensation
Setialia, NOT tv bc out,iunc. now come, L,
the front with little 10y. episode. III her
own. IL has created profound sensation
IN the circles III which the parties move.
About six months aSo. u yUnny man civ
ing the name oi John Eddy. cam, 20 I'm.
city. lie bscame constant attendant at
the service, Of the Montgomery street
Methodist church. lie was So i.yo,,d
that he was elected secretary ri the sun
dav school, thus verifyin. the truth ,.i
Shake>paic> saving: "Somc men arr
born great, some achieve greatness. and
n.
lie bore the honOrs ui his uew pn>iti,n
modestiy, AMI WAS such an innocent look
ing young man. that the young ladies We're
al once >mi'ien with his charms. and Tell
In love with him. But their charms did
moi seem To impress, him much. and i; was
not until during revival in the
church that he met u lady bcior.
whom he would bow his head, Miss Min
ME White, 4 yUlup,uo,is dam>el. attended
the meetings. There she became acquain-
ted with Johnnie and soon >uccumbcd.
lie devoted his time and used rarnes, Ell
beavers to awaken love in her heart. lie
soon >ucceeded. and by soft spoken word,
and GLIB utterance>, >,iccecded in making
him imagine hc Was Il second Apollo. All
The fresh, full and free love oi her Young
heart was lavi>hed upon him.
But true love never did run smooth" .
The young lady resided with her grand ,
mother. She did NOT like Eidy's appear
,nce, and. finding there was - young man .
IN the city whO had known Eddy before h.. , !,
,ame To Sedalia, she proceeded to make :
inquiries about him. The resul, ri her
Investigations showed that Eddy's real j
lame was John Westaier, that he had i
lived near Sullivan, Ohio, and ,ha, h. had
! wife and child living there vet The old v
ady confronted the young man with this e
estimOny, and he acknowledged tina; hi,
cal name was WeStai-r. that he had "A !,
'ife. but that he could n", live in ,kac,. =.
'ith her and that he left and assumed !,
mother name, in order that she might not
X able TO trace him. lie further said tina, -
e had instituted proceedings ior Il di- .
Orce, but subsequent, investigation showed -
hat this was falsr. lie had not had trou- ~ !,
lie with his vile and had not b.en obliged I"
D leave ON that account. The old lady
hen requested him To- discontinue his I"
isits, but the girl was 81 infatuated tina, al
ne still continued To see him. II
She is but a young Miss vet. while Eddy e;
: Westafer is about thirty-eigh, years oi
g. The people thought that this love ti
Hair had been nipped in the bud. II,
nj Miss Minnies iniatntiou for this M
ian would wear OF They thouyh, that n;
le affair had been broken I'll entirely. and
lat the girl had ceased To- think III him
the light ri y lover. But this was only
part Of their plans: 1t was to their in
rest To keep up this impression. and the nj
ght of subsequent events show that all th
e while the folks were congra,ula,inr
emsclves the Young folks had i,ecn >chcm-
< and planning tn elope and leave them ~.
the lurch. Last Thursday evening the y"
20 met by previous arrangement, and the
Vt thing their friends knew little Min
E had nown to the arms oi her Johnnie. f..
ID together they had departed for field,
" and pastures green. No trail had
en- LETT, M clue remained tn disclose
lere the two had gone, or i'm what dircc-
N they had winged their flight. II j.
ought. however. that they took the 1880 w,
lin that night for the east,
One thing Is certain, the bird il flown.
npty is the cage. Minnie> gone.
II is to bc hoped for the welfare ri the =.
ung lady. tor her honor and that III her r.''
nily, that the man who decoyed her
m home and among strangers. has
Dugh al the Semblans~ I'll humanity i'm
bosom. now that she has placed her
;, her fortune and her sacred honor in
keeping, To at least give her the con- -,
alton Of going before some one author
i to solemnixe marriage, and give her
name of wife. though il NAV b. void
] empty in law. NJ
The man who can decoy a trusting
iden from the bosom oi her friends and
lilly, knowing that he cannot. by all the
IS Of God and man. cause her To he
ne aught else than his mistress, know
that there is another vet alive who viii
~ his name, and who is alone entitled to
name Of wife, is deserving of the Va,
crest condemnation OF society. 4 ~. w
mans honor is her only Jewel, and the -"
n who can be base enough to deprive
of this a. sh. l.,.~s IL -. N, :.