The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-09
A WHEELING MAN
ave AIs wAY OF ag1rlNe.A eaIoE.
III. Romantic s,sry IA. K.n,a, city "Iouru,l'
Tell. Orths Pluck ola Yong Druggist Now Of
That City but who Formerly Lived. Here
and Is We'll KnOWn In the City.

The following story is from the Kansas City
Journal The phsrmaceutist referred to Is
Mr.. Charles @. Faris, who formerly kept a
drug store on the. Island and afterwards in
North Wheeling, and who Is well known in
the city and vicinity as aformer salesman
for R. A. McCabe & Co. His many friends
here will congratulate him on his successful
contest for bride:
During the spring OF last year, the hero Of
this sketch became acquainted with young
lady who was visiting relatives in this city,
and speedily recognized in her his spiritual
and physical affinity. The young lady was
not long IN arriving at the same conclusion,
and there was soon heavenly unison OF feel
ing. Love Is enough, was perhaps their way
OF thinking; but the young lady's relatives
had other views as 70 the disposition OF her
heart, or, more modernly speaking, her hand
heart and hand having for some time past
been divorced In high social circles, while
such vulgarisms as affection, tenderness,
home love, etc, had been replaced by dowry,
establishment, income, position, and divers
other expressions Of % like tender nature.
Being thoroughly imbued with these new
matrimonial ideas, the relatives as Aforesaid
repudiated the druggists dreams oil bliss, and
straightway provided u very mature CI0sus,
who was TO win the pharmaeeutists pet.
The young man, deprived OF the society OF
his beloved, still coAtriyed to see her, and
these stolen interviews were invested with a
charm that mere ringing OF the door bell,
and introduction TO the soItest end Of the best
sofa never brings There was the blisslul
CONSCIOUSNESS Of disobcying orders, as dear
TO the human heart now asst was In the days
when the earth and the race were In the first
glow OF youth. So fed by these influences
their life's great passion had steady un.
checked growth that eliminated last October
in secret marriage performed in this city
for while the guardian relatives slunlbered
there arose q cry, behold the bridegroom
cometh, or words to that effect. The state
ment that there arose cry Is not strictly
correct, and not to "put too fine point upon
II, the bridegroom came in rather stealthy
manner-suGgestive OF burglars rather than
'bridegrooms.
After the marriage the bride returned to
her kinspeople, and soon after, by advice OF
her husband, went back to her fathers house
in one OF the southeastern counties Of this
state. The marriage was kept profound
secret, and not one OF their friends ever
guessed the truth. So matters went until in
an evil hour friend OF the mature Crasus, in
looking over the'llcense book, discovered the
names OF his intended and her bridegroom.
For while his emotions were too many for
him, but when he did recover speech, his
language would not have disgraced a
poet OF the John Hay school. Trembling
with rage, he sought the lady's
relatives and sounded the alarm. The drug
gist by this time was informed OF
the denouement, and II became a
race between the sister OF his wife and HIM
self who should first reach the brides home,
which was long distance from the railroad
or Geographic communication. II the sister
beat him there and reused the fathers anger
his well baked cake would be reduced to It's
pristine dough. As far as the railroad train
was concerned both started fair. but the art
full man OF medicine used the wires to secure
in advance the only conveyance that could
be had at the little station where they left the
train. The grieiand rage Of the sister may
be better imagined than described when the
bridegroom passed the station at $40 gait
In the direction OF his brides home. His
graceful and easy salutation in passing pro.
duced more thoughts OF naughty words In
her mind than had ever before found rest
ing place there. Arrived ut the home OF his
bride, the triumphant drug gist assembled the
family In the paFlor, declared his marriage,
and In fifteen minutes more was on his way
to the station, accompanied by his faithful
bride. The father made no attempt al pur-
suit, but has refused to speak his daughters
name since, and tho hiids Is practically
alone in tho world, having left all and fol.
lowed the man OF her choice. Truly, love
1anpha az lncksmiths