Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-03-16
EIopement Economical.

LOUISVILLE COuricrJOurnal.
On the Jacksonville ferrybOat about
room yesterday, young and verdant
couple were the sole occupants of the
ladies cabin. They we're sitting as
close TO each other as bark on a tree,
and the mans right arm was pressed
closely around the waist of the girl.
Their faces were in close proximity,
and the man was evidently urging the
young woman to comply with some,
request which she was refusing by
shaking her head. A reporter OF the
COurer-Journal, who happened to he
on the boat, noticed the couple, and
out OF Il spirit of mischief or cusSed.
ness, sauntered into the cabin and took
n seat directly opposite the couple.
Had he been a StOughton bottle his
presence would not have attracted as
much attention as it did from the coo.
ing couple. They did not change their
position in the least, or even as much
as look at the reporter.
"Say, yes, dear Eugenia, please, and
we will be so happy" said the young
man, and she answered by shake of
the head.
"Oh, please do; We have come so
far and it will never do to go home
now without being married; it would
cause so much talk, and | know Jim
and | would have shooting scrape.
You know you left home with the
intention of marrying me; why dc
you want to back out now?"
"Because | am afraid of uncle; he
will be so mad"
"But what can he do after we are
married? Who cares how mad he is
Now, why do you want to act this
way? l have everything arranged in
Jeifersonville; have got the license
and all we have to do is to see Squire
Ware, and we will be man and wife in
two minutes"
"Do you Chink there will be no trou
ble?"
Trouble! OF course not; how cal
there be? 1t will be done up in two
minutes tell you"
The girl looked at him doubtfullv
, and the boat having by this time lani
ed, the reporter left the girl still unde
cided what to do. From an employ,
on the boat we were told that the Coll
, pie had been aboard for an hour, all o
| which time had been consumed by tn
| ardent lover in trying to persuade tn
) girl to come to the sticking point. u
I to late hour last night the girl WA
still hesitating.
q Scenes like the above frequently oC
, cur here. Young girls leave HON
9 with their sweethearts with hearts flll
of love and resolved to marry or die
r but by the time they reach the cit
y their hearts fail them; they weaker
as it were, and there are cases wher
n they return horne unmarried. Nor
than one-half of the elOpements whic
IF come off are made by the consent G
a all interested, in the interest Of ecOnt
e my and to save trouble. An elop,
ment does away with "wedding ou
;, fits" "big dinners" invitations" an
. all that sort of thing, Many partit
u elope just for the fun or romance {
D it. In the country it is considerc
=, highly sensational and romantic for
~ ~ young fellow to snatch up his swee
~ "a heart, place her in buggy, and dri'
~ ~ like fury through the mud and ia
T., twenty miles to Jeffersonville and s
!! married-no matter if all the FAM
are agreeable to the match. 1t is on
We occasionally now, however, that |
H. elopement furnishes any sensation
ne romance. They are too common.