The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
Am EIopement Nlrpea in the Rnd.


elopement, but Saturday morning, be-
fore the sun had shed his golden rays,
young couple, who have not yet
reached that age when the laws of the
Empire State permits them to join
their fortunes in defiance to an object
ing mamma, or Il cross papa, under
took the task. Few of the readers of
TIE STATESMAN have failed to
notice Il sweet little blonde, not
quite eighteen years OF age,
in company with we'll known young
man who belongs to one of the best
known families of the capital. We
did not say his place of business was
! on the Avenue, nOr that it was not
many blocks from Bots dare street,
| and when you hear S0ino one say 1t IS,
tell them they DO not know anything
about it. Now we are not going to
! tell the name OF the young lady, for
! that would not be just right. She
does not live on Ash street-at least
TIE STATESMAN does not say she
does-and it will not do to jump at
| conclusions. Oh yes, We know that
| you have seen Il very young couple
who have been exceedingly devoted
! to each other walking down Ash
street TO the Avenue, and arm-in-arm
go to Campbell's ice cream saloon
night after night, but you must
not think that is the only devoted
| young couple there is in this populouS
capital-there may be others, you
know. We fully understand you have
been in a boarding house and seen
them together across the street at the
home OF the young lady, but that
proves nothing, and we say once for
all, do not think we have any refer
ence to any such couple us that.
Now it so happens that some
of the representatives of THE
STATESMEN do not get through with
their nights labors until about 3
or 4 o'clock in the morning, and
that was the case yesterday. AT about
o'clock q. m. Il STATESMAN reporter
was walking down Congress avenue
smoking his last cigar, when he
CHANGED to see one of the well known
society (clear up, tip-top society
young ladies in the buggy of a-well,
a city official; and another person was
with her besides the said city official;
and just behind them forlorn looking
young man not quite twentY-one
years of age like full blown rose
with the sweetness cut short by Il pre-
mature frost. Such Il sight as that in
Austin at that time in the morning is
not often seen in this capital and the
curiosity of the reporter was aroused
Immediately. What could it mean :?
Tom-Jim, we MEANS never out
late in the morning, and why was the
young lady who had been seen so Of
ten in company with the sad looking
young man, riding alone, now sobblng
upon the shoulder of the city official
instead of the forlorn looking lover
What could it all mean? 1t was a
dark mystery to the reporter
then, but it is mystery no
more. The reporter started on a
mission of inquiry. and this is what
he learned: The good mother of the
young lady would not give her con-
sent to a marriage on the ground that
the high contracting parties were too
young in years and too inexperienced
in the wisdom of earthly things; and
she put her matronly heel upon the
flowers of their young love and tried
to crush them beneath her
cruel foot; but true love will not
crush. 1t is like bit of rubber, when
the matronly heel is taken off, the rub
Der springs back to It's former symmet-
rical proportions. Friday night the
two met, and they whispered a few
words into each others ears and part
ed-she to go home to mamma and he
to a livery stable. Here he procured
carriage to be ready at o'clock in
the morning. Three o'clot k came and
beautiful girl of seventeen summers
stole softly from mothers house,
and a young man with a carriage met
her and away in the darkness they
started for neighboring county. But
alas! the course Of true love was
struck by a norther. A mother awoke
and found her daughter had gone
forth into the darkness of the night,
and into the darkness went a
mother too, first to a city
official, and famous fast horse
owned by the aforesaid official was
pressed into the good cause and the
mother and the official aforementioned
without regard to horse flesh, were a
Nemesis in pursuit. Six miles in three
times as many minutes brought them
upon the truant lovers, and the girl
was torn from the side of her affianced
and brought sobbing and heart
broken to the home whence she had
fled-and that is the mystery.
Taking the Lead.
The following indication of how
THE STATESMAN is regarded all over
Texas, is the more valuable as coming
from the Tyler Democrat and Re
porter. A live journal itself, it knows
how to appreciate the same quality in
another paper:
"Mr. William A. Bowen, the gentle.
manly travelling representative of the
AUSTIN DAILY STATESMAN, honored
the Democrat and Reporter with q
pleasant call on last Thursday. He
appointed an agent and correspondent
here in the person of Mr.. Green Nc.
Leroy, and proposes that in future
THE STATESMAN will contain as full
reports from this city and county as
any other first class daily in the
state"
By taking the Democrat and Re
porter and The STATESMAN, the PEG
pie of Tyler and Smith county are
bound TO keep posted in the news Of
the world.
Is there citizen of Austin who is