The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-02
ELoPINc WITH A PRETTY GIRL.
A Brother of the Barve Lieutenant Rhodes
Runs Away With Deacon Redheld's
Daughter.

brOther OF the BnrVo isieuteuanL hnOues
Runs Away With Deacon RedAeld's
Daughter.
New Haven Conn speclal.l
Lieutenant Rhodes, of the United States
Revenue Cutter Dexter, whose heroic con-
duct in the City of Columbus disaster at
Gay Head won him such distinction, has, q
younger brother whose first name is Will
liam. William has just brought glory to
himself by eloping with the prettiest girl
In North Madison, and not only the pretti-
girl, but the girl with the wealthiest father.
Lottie Redfleld has been the acknowledged
belle of the half-dozen charcoal towns
within sight of her fathers farm. She has
sung in all the concerts of Middlesex
County. She has posed in the tableaus Of
all the Sunday School entertainments,
danced at all the country fetes, and made
half the youth of eastern Connecticut
mad with admiration for her pretty face
and comelY figure. 1t was never sus.
pected that William Treadwell Rhodes
was favored suitor until recently. His
brothers. bravery made him famous, as
1t made all the family famous, and to fra.
ternal heroism In Gay Heads waters was
due, perhaps, more than to aught else, the
fact that the fair Lottie discovered attrac.
tions in the attentions of William. Will
lam has long been the envy Of the farmer
boys of Madison, and hero in yarns spun
beside fiery pits Of local burners. William
has seen the world, and all Of Williams
acquaintance are fully informed Of the
fact. William was educated more or less
thoroughly in a New Hampshire military
school when his mother, widow before
she married the Mary Stannard witness,
John Hopson, was keeping boarding.
house here for Yale students. William
threw aside the brass-buttoned uniform
of an embryo soldier to enlist on a training
ship in the navy, where his career was
much more brief than brilliant
IL was about one week ago when Miss
Lottie Redheld was missing one morning
from her fathers breakfast table, and on
the same day Lieutenant Rhodes brother
William, was missing from the North
Madison groceries, competitive romancing
matches. On last Sunday Lottie re-appear
ed, and William was with her. They rode
church through the snow storm. The
pretty girl displayed a silk dress of bridal
cut, and the young man affected white
gloves. 10 was whispered in the church
long before the sermon had ended that Lot
tie had become Mrs. Rhodes. When the
sermon was over, both freely owned the
fact, and hosts OF friends crowded around
them with congratulations and little ex'
clamations Of surprise. Samuel Redheld,
Lottie's father, was in the church. He and
his comely wife made straightway for the
door as soon as the benedictions were said
Lottie and William impeded their progress
Bride and groom both fell on the parental
neck. The parental neck repelled them
| A scene was there such as Killingworth
church.goers never witnessed before. Sam
uel Redheld cast his daughter off. She
had married without his consent, against
his Will. Tears and pleadings were alike
in vain. The grieved parent gave no heed
| to his child's petition, and when the ex'
change Of hot words was over, Deacon Sam
Redneld, impassive and severe, marched
out Of the chill meeting house with neither
word for the disloyal daughter or the
gaping, gossiping neighbors.
Young Rhodes and h's bride returned Il
his mothers farm house. They seem L
have determined on their plans regardless
OF his rich father-in.law, who IL Is said, has
changed his will, wholly cutting of his
daughter. A reception is in course o.
preparation, at which all the folks Of Madi
son and Killingworth are TO gather to wisl
the young people happiness and prosperity
Lieutenant Rhodes is expected IN be pres
ent. The scene at Killingworth church OF
Sunday, when Samuel Redaeld so coldly
repulsed his daughters overtures, is the
talk Of a halfdozen townships.