Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-04-02
EXCITING ELoPEmENT.

The West Point (Va.) Star pub
fishes the following account Of the
elopement of the couple who were re-
Gently married in this village by the
Rev. Mr.. Vaughan:
Gloucester County has contributed
another chapter to the history Of
elopements, and our Guinea seems to
be determined to keep up with the
times. This latest event occurred on
last Tuesday. Toward the close of
that day M. w. s. Ware, of West
Point, proceeded from this place to
somewhere In the vicinity of the res
;denoe Of DR.. 7. J. Hughes, in Guinea,
took up Miss, Hughes into his buggy
and drove to Gloucester Point wharf,
the two intending to take the Steam
er Havana to Baltimore where they
would get married. 1t seems, how
ever, that though love might laugh
at locksmiths 1t could not laugh at
the Doctor with impunity; and that
the course Of an clipping couple does
not always run smooth. He got wind
of the intended escape, and soon was
after them. He overlook them at the
wharf at Gloucester Point, and de-
manded of Ware the release of his
daughter. Refused. The Doctor told
Ware that he (the Doctor had moth
ing TO do with him (Ware) but must
have his daughter. Disregarded.
The Doctor threatened mortal injury
to the girl rather than that Ware
should have her. Ware, retorted in
kind. We hear that firearms were
displayed on both sides, but not used.
Ware then promised to take the girl
back to where he got her. The Doc
tor followed. When up the hill Ware
with whip and words urged his horse
into gait which should leave the
Doctor beyond reach but the Doctor
kept up, and reiterated his demard
for the girls release more and more
emphatically. We do not know
whether Ware replied to these de-
mands in any way, but Ware was
making time. So the race continued
well up the road toward Hickory
Fork. 1t was night. The Doctor APP
pears to have lost the trail, or found
the exertion too much for him, but
afterwards he made inquiries at Hick-
ory Fork as to whether the coupe
was seen to pass there, but nobody
knew. In the meantime Ware and
his pretty pal reached the Court House
about 8 clock. ThSgirl was hustled
into the hotel, while Ware looked for
a fresh horse. Fears of sanguinary
collision between father and prospec-
tive son-in.law, induced our kind
hearted townsman, Mr.. r. O. Tinsley,
to give Ware q horse TO get away.
And he got. The girl was along.
Ware left word that he was going to
West Point, but we are told that Ware
most likely went elsewhere. We may
conclude by all the possibilities and
probabilities Of human nature and
human action that the matrimonial
knot has been tied. What 10 the Doc
tor going to do about it2
The following is another act in the
drama and is clipped from the Tide
water Index.
Mr. W. s. Ware, OF King and Queen
county, and Miss Hughes Of Gloucss-
ter county passed through town last
Wednesday morning en- route to Mary
land, to be married. Being unable 10
secure the parental consent they de-
termined TO elope. They were pur-
sued by the father, and pistols were
drawn, but they succeeded in getting
away without bloodshed The lady
is the daughter of DR.. Hughes, Of
Gloucester, and is apparently very
young.
In the third act the scene is at West
Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Ware arrived
in West Point Saturday evening and
have since been the guests OF the
grooms brother Mr.. A. G. Ware.
They crossed the Rappahannock at
Tsppahannock; drove across the Pc
ninsula to the Potomac crossed the
Patomac and were married Thursday
evening the 18th, at Leonardtown,
ST. Mary's County, Maryland, by Rev.
Mr.. Vaughan. The ceremony over
they retraced their steps arriving here
Saturday evening as before stated.
Thus does love get the best Of stern
parents, and laugh at difficulties.