The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-28
BLIGHTED
Loves Young Dream Nipped in
the Bud by q Cruel PARENT.

train a sturdy looking old gentleman whose
garb betoksned him to belong to that class of
yeomen whose avocation il filling OF the soil.
and whose severe mien and clouded brow Judi.
Gated that he was e~nacting a part In which pro.
found indignation and stern determination
were the impelling motives. He was accompa-
MED by q young girl who, from her melancholy
appearance, might readily have been mistaken
for the traditional maiden all f~orlorn," and
the stealthy glances which occasionally darted
from her downcast eyes toward an equally de-
jtcted looking young man, who followed az q
safe distance from the irate old q ntleman, sue-
gested the suspicion that he might have some
thing to do with the detection of the forlorn
damsel. Seeing in the trio the principal char.
acters OF a domestic drama, the details of which
might prove Interesting to the MINER readers
the reporter procssded to scrape an ~acouaint.
snce with the old gentleman, who, after seeing
the young man climb dejectedly into the bus,
soon relaxed his beetling brow and BEGAN.
quite communicative OH the subject which cyl.
IDENTIFY was uppermost in his mind. mo, SIR"
sal he, Il amt q going up town. don't want
to zee ~ more OF Butte City, nor OF Montany.
than can zee from the platform of this yer de
pot. and the next traiu will take me and that
thor gel back to Uintah, Utah, yhere she's got
q better home than tha thar scaliavae yer zee
sbtiq' Into the bus would ever a given her" A
little persuasive questioning soon brought out
the story OF q cowforteble farm house surround.
ed by wide fields of waving grain, which had
been wrested from the desert plain and mqde
to blossom as the rose by long years Of patient
toll, during which a family of four girls, now
budding into w~omaphood, had grown up about
the heafthstone. Comfort, peace and happi-
ness reigaed supreme iq the household until
the appearance on the scene of q good looking
but p-oaigate young ma4, whose s4ave manners
and handsome face soon gained q 0omplete
mastery over the heart Of Sarah, the youngest
OF the quartette Ut household gracss, and the
parental consent to a speedy marriage was
asked and refused. The pleadings ofthe yourg
man and the tears Of Sarah were alike futile,
the stern parent being infexible In his deter.
mina'ion not to wed his daughter to one whom
he deemed incapable Of supporting her in the
comfort to which she had been accustomed be.
seath her fathers roof. The ardent swain was
deRied t4e house, and several weeks having
elapsed, i waa Supposed the lovers had yielded 4
to the inevitable and Essina9ishsd their hopes |
of union, together with all the aeeoaa a AiQa
Of Hf4aeI bliss. love in a cottage, etc but this |
fancieQ secVFity was rudely interrupted by the
discovery last week t1at ~ciaqdestine meetings
bstween the lovers had been frequent, which !
tad already resulted in q we'll matured plan of |
elopemsnt. To battle this scheme the girl was !
sent to Visit IN aunt at Eagle Book, |
Idaho. Last Tuesday the father learned that
the young man had also gone to Eagle Rock, |
and following on the first train he arrived in
to see the entarplisjng young couple board
ing q car just Is he stepped from
He had only time to re-cnter the car
when the train pulled ont and he found himself
face to face with tho young couple speeding to-
Butte at the rate Of twenty miles an hour.
stormy scene ensued, and beneath the wrath
full denunciatiOns of the father the courage of
the would-be groom oozed from the ends Of his
and while admitting that they were
for Butte, where they purposed being
married Immediately on their arrival, he said
hadn't enough money to get back to Vintah,
and promised it the old gentleman would re-
his wrath, to seek employment in Butte
and never again attempt to rejoin the object of
his easily extinguished affections.
Aug 50 ended what might have proven a
romantic marriage, but scarcely happy one,
a 1--we that could be sphjpsated by a fathers
'rown has scarcely the ring Of that crQwniag
which fills the breast of him who be-
zones a wife's support and lifelong protector.
father and daughter departed with the af
erpoQn train, and it is hoped her grief may be
,ss,,aeei by tho exhibition of her lovers frail
l~feetton, and THAT among the worthy young
men of Uintah she may find a WoFthier object
,pon which to lavish her young affections.