The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-09
A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.
The Bride In her Night Dress Carried OF
on IN Engine.

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LURAy, Pa, June 27.-About twenty
miles from this town, in Page County,
lives farmer, named Charles Adams,
whose daughter, Miss Berthe, aged seven.
teen years, has for the past year been
quite belle in the neighborhood. Miss
BERTHE is a graduate of Catholic college
in Maryland and a fine musician. In
addition to these accomplishments she is
pretty, intelligent and rich. Her mother
made no secret of her determination that
BERTHE should only marry a rich man.
Alexander Watson, young man liv.
ing in the same vicinity, was only poor
farmer with about one hundred acres of
land, but this did not prevent his falling
| desperately in love with Miss BERTHE.
Watson is handsome fellow of Is, in.
dustrious and popular among his
acquaintance. Miss BERTHE gave him
encouragement and about two weeks ago
caused scene by hiding her head on
her fathers shoulder and confessing that
she loved the young man and wanted to
marry him.
Mr. Adams seems to have given con-
ditional promise to consider the question.
Mrs. Adams, however, proved hard
hearted, and when young Watson next
called to take BERTHE out driving Mrs.
Adams turned him out Of doors. She
supposed that she had efectually parted
them, but on Wednesday discovered her
daughter and her lover in conversation
about two hundred yards from the Adams
mansion. Mrs. Adams thereupon locked
Miss BERTHE in second story bedroom
and announced that the girl should stay
there until she had promised never to
speak to Watson again. Late in the
evening Mrs. Adams discovered Watson
assisting Miss BERTHE out of the window
by means of ladder. The intended
elopement was interrupted and Miss
Berthe recaptured. Watson was threat.
ened with arrest and his sweetheart was
put to bed.
Mrs. Adams removed all her child's
clothing from the room, except the night
dress, and locked her in the bedroom
after mailing down the window sash. On
Thursday evening Watson visited tho
house while the family slept and inter.
viewed his sweetheart through the closed
window. The girl was compelled to rise
from the bed, Wrapped in the bed cloth.
ing, and place her ear to crack in the
window in order to listen to the loving
words of her untiresome admirer. She
explained to him her predicament in the
matter of clothing, and then they ar
ranged for an elopement last night.
Watson's brother.in-law is an engineer
on the Shenandoah Valley Railway and
runs an engine North from little water
station near the Adams mansion to
Luray.
At 4 o'clock this morning he had his
engine in waiting at the water station,
with fires burning brightly and full
head of steam on. About l o'clock
young Watson drove TO the Adams man
sion, carrying in his light wagon full
suit of ladies' underclothing, with black
silk dress, hat, veil, gloves, &C., which
his sister had prepared for him. The
programme was for him to pass the
clothing to his sweetheart through the
window, and after she had dressed she
was to fly with him to the waiting engine,
by which they were to reach Luray.
When Watson arrived at the Adams
residence, about a. M, he found to his
dismay that during the long drive over
the rough country road the bundle of
clothing had bounced out and been lost.
In despair, he seized a carriage robe
which he had brought along and mount
ed the ladder to Miss Adams window.
The girl was waiting in fear and trem-
bling, sitting on chair near the window
with the bed clothing wrapped around
her. Watson explained the mishap and
desperately proposed that the girl should
come with him anyhow. 1t took half
hour of pleading to induce her to accede
to the proposal. The lover finally gain
ed his point, and, forcing the window,
entered the room. Under Miss Bertie's
direction he wrapped her trembling form
up in blanket. Then he enyeloped her
10 the carriage robe and carried her
down the ladder. When near the ground
the ladder snapped in two, and Miss
BERTHE screamed as they fell about four
feet. They we're uninjured, but as they
regained their feet Mr.. Adams's head
shot out of the window and he cried to
them to stop. Watson sprang at the
girl, who seemed half inclined to obey,
and throwing her across his shoulder ran
to the waiting wagon.
Ten minutes drive brought them to
the railroad. Itwas now broad daylight,
and as the lovers climbed into the cab
they caught sight of Mr.. Adams riding
madly towards them. He fired a shotgun
and roared at them to stop. The engine
was at once started and was soon flying
towards Luray at the rate of thirty'fve
miles an hour. They stopped just out.
side the village and the two men took
turns in carrying the half unconscious
girl to the house of q friend. Here she
was supplied with proper clothing, about
9 o'clock a. m., went into Luray Caverns
with her lover where they were married.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson then drove leisure
ly home.
Old, But Good.