The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-10-20
A ROMANTIC ELoPBMnNT.
The Bride Captured by her Father and
Locked up, but soon Restored to
Her Husband.

Locked up, but soon Restored to
Her Husband.
Miss Allen, the seventeen y ear, old
daughter Of we'll known resident OF
MsnsiieId, Pa, has for year past
kept company with George Clark,
and the courtship resulted in an en-
ssgement, Oilate the girls parents
have shown much opposition to the
match, and Clark YVES forbidden the
house, but he met Miss Allen in
public places, and frequently meet
ings were arranged at the house Of
mutual friend. At length the
couple determined to get married in
spite of the parents objections. The
affair was arranged by Miss Kate
Beach, and was carried out by the
couple, assisted by Miss Beach and
Georgia Morrison, young law stu
dent. One day last week Miss Allen
attended the county fair with her
mother. On a pretence of going for
drink, Miss Allen left her mother
and went to place where young
Clark, Miss Beach and George Nor.
rison were in waiting with carriage,
in which all were taken to the house
of Lyman Beach, relative of Clark,
where the marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev. K. +. Morris,
of Mainesburg. The same afternoon
the newly married couple came to
this village to make arrangements to
go on a wedding trip. While they
were at the, depot in the evening,
and just before the arrival of the
train which was to take them away,
Mr.. Allen put in an appearance, and,
after attempting to whip Clark, no
marched his daughter home and
locked her up. The bridegroom, by
legal advice, petitioned for writ of
habeas corpus, and Associate Judge
Betan issued the writ Meanwhile a
large crowd had surrounded Mr.. AL
lens house and threatened to rescue
the imprisoned bride. At midnight
the young husband appeared with a
deputy sheriff and the writ. Allen
refused to admit them, fearing the
crowd outside, but the paper was
read and then passed through the
blinds. On the day fixed for a res
turn to be made to the writ, Allen
asked for a postponement until Sat"
urday, and while making arrange"
menta for tbis. Clark went to hotel
near by where bis wife had been left
and attempted to speak with her, but
her father, returning, interferred, and
the young bride was hurried into
wagon and driven off. She rose in
the wagon, however, and waved hen
handk erchief at her husband She
was kept concealed until Friday
evening, when, by a settlement be-
tween young Clark and Mr.. Allen,
he was allowed to go with her hus'
band.
Early in the evening people began
to suspect that something had occur
red or was about to occur. Watch
iug Clark, they saw him drive up to
Mr.. Aliens residence at about 10
o'clock, and when he returned few
minutes later he had his wife with
him. They were met by crowd OF
citizens, who unhitched the horse
and drew the wagon through the
streets headed by the college brass
band. Cannon and guns were fired,
and general jubilatiOn was INDUCED
in. At the residence Of Mr.. Clark's
father the crowd offered their con
CALCULATIONS, filing past the happy
pair, who were stationed in the par
ior. The self invited guests were
then handsomely treated at the hands
of the elder Mr.. Clark.