St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
ELop1Na WITH A PRETTY GIRL.
Il Brother of Brave Lieut.. Rhodes Becomes
Famous.

Il uLs becomes
Famous.
New Haven Conn., letter.
Lieut.. Rhodes, of the United States reve-
nue-cutter Dexter, whose heroic conduct in
the city of Columbus disaster at Gay Head
won him such distinctinction, has younger
brother whose first name is William. Will
liam has just brought glory to himself by
clipping with the prettiest girl in North Madi-
son, and not only the prettiest girl but the
girl with the wealthiest father. Lottie Red
field 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
| suspected that William Treadwen Rhodes
was a favored sutton until recently. His
| brothers. bravery made him famous, as it
made all the family famous, and to fraternal
| heroism in Gay Heads waters was due, per-
| haps, more than to aught else, the fact that
| the fair Lottie discovered attractions in the
| attentions of William. William 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 New Hamp-
| shire military school when his mother wild
ow before she married the Mary Stannard
witness, John Hopson, was keeping board
| ing house here for Yale students. William
| threw aside the -buttoned uniform OF
an eWbryo soldier to enlist on training
ship in the navy, where his career was
| much more brief than brilliant.
| 1t was about one week ago when Miss Lot
| tie Redfield was missed one morning from
her fathers breakfast table, and on the same
day Lieut.. Rhodes brother William was
missed from the North Madison groceries
competitive romancing matches. On last
Sunday Lottie reappeared, and William was
with her. They rode together over to Kill
| ingworths little church through the snow
storm. The pretty girl displayed a silk dress
| of bridal cut, and the young man affected
white gloves. 1t was whispered in the
church long before the sermon had ended
| that Lottie had become Mrs. Rhodes. When
the service was over, both freely owned the
| fact, and hosts of friends crowded around
them with congratulations and little excla-
nations of surprise. Samuel Redfeld, Lot
| ties 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 upon the parental neck.
The parental neck repealed them. A scene
was there such as Killingworth church-goers
| never witnessed before. Samuel Redfield
| cast his daughter off. She had married with
out 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 exchange of hot words was
| over, Deacon Sam Redfield, impassiyc and
severe, marched out of the chill meeting
house with neither word for the disloyal
daughter or the gaping, gossiping neighbors.
| Young Rhodes and his bride returned to
his mothers farmhouse. They seem to
have determined on their plans regardless Of
| his rich father-in law, who, it is said, has
changed his will, wholly cutting off his
daughter. A reception is in course of prep
aration, at which all the folks of Madison and
Killingworth are to gather to wish the young
people happiness and prosperity. Lieut..
Rhodes is expected to be present. The scene
| at Killingworth church ON Sunday, when
Samuel Redfeld so coldly repulsed his
daughters overtures, is the talk of half
| dozen townships.