The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-11
CAPTURED ALIVE.
How Susan Helped Her Husband
to Down Her Father.
Mr.. Cation, the Outraged Parent, Started In
to stop an Elopement, But.the Truantl
PaIr Got On to the Fact and Made
of Him n Foot Warmer.
TTitusyille tpa.) speclal.l

T1tuSVllle (Th.l Specihl
How Mr.. Shawbergor captured his
father-in law with the timely assistance
Of Mrs. Shawberger is the story of the day
in the oil regions. 1t is sequel to secret
marriage.
For some time past Mr.. M. J. Cation, pro-
prietor OF Caton's Commercial College,
had. his sister, Sue Cation, keeping house
for him. Sue is one OF those naughty girls
who never could keep her hair In curl, and
she picked out Mr.. s. G. Shawberger, the
principal in her brothers. college, asfair
game for her winning. The lucky man
did not need more than one glance from
Sues black eyes to meet her on Cupid's
battlefield. She insisted on Shawberger's
boarding with the family and doing the
carving Mr.. Shawberger helped her to
all the cooked hearts that came under his
knife, and Sues brother became suspicious
after 1t was too late. r
She rather enjoyed her brothers. dis
comfort, and told him plainly that she
loved Shawberger and intended to marry
him, no matter if the whole family made
itself dlsagreeable about the matter.
Learning this, Mr.. Cation last week dis
charged Shawberger and forbade him the
house. Accordingly Susan walked!outside
and met her affinity, and to make things
secure they were married secretly.
Young Cation heard OF the marriage and
telegraphed the news to his father at Linz
colnsville. The old gentleman boarded his
cutter and flew over the white roads to
punish his daughter and horsewhip the new
husband. While the old man was hum
ming along toward Titusville, shawberger
and his bride wer driving toward Centre
vile, intending to reside with the groom's
parents
In consequen CO Of Centreville lying half
way between Titusville and Lincolnville
on the main road the rival sleighs
met near Townville. AS the happy
couple were hugging closely to
keep warm the old mans cutter
shot by on one runner. The vision Of a
steamlng horse and OF the old gentleman
with gore in his eye startled Sue into a
scream. Had 1t not been for the scream
the couple might have escaped detection,
as they were bundled TO the eyes
in buffalo robes, but his daughters
voice made Mr.. Cation take a quick
turn, which almost threw him out, and
then he clucked at his horse and wild
race over the frozen roads ensued. The
Shawberger horse was pretty good ami
NAL, but he was pulling $50 pounds Of pure
love. The Cation horse was nearly blown
by the long journey, but the wlry little old
man behind was light and light-headed In
his anxiety to recover his daughter.
Tho neighbors came to their doors to see
the chase, and the sympathy was about
equally divided Stern fathers wished
that the old man would win, while sympa-
thetic mothers and the young folks prayed
silently that the Cation horse would fall
backward on his driver. But tho beast did
not, and about mile down the road he
pulled the outraged father alongside the
undutiful daughter.
'Stop the horse, Sammy" said the
bride; tive must not hurt father, but we
will capture him alive"
"What do see" shouted the old man;
''my daughter In the grasp Of polished
villainp
"oh, come OPP cried Shawberger.
In reply the enraged parent pulled re-
volvor and threatened to end his daugh-
ter's life right there
Shawberger grabbed the revolver, push
ing II aside In time 70 prevent any harm.
The father-in-law was game, and would
undoubtedly have vanqulshed his obnox-
ious son-in-law, much larger man, had
not Sue pitched In at the right time. She
pulled her fathers long, gray locks till he
screamed for mercy, and said he would 60
home II only allowed TO do so in peace
"No, you don't 60 home, pop" said
black-eyed Susan; mot till we have cut
your claws"
The bridal couple bundled the old gen.
tleman into their sleigh and hitched his
horse behind. They used him as foot
warmer for the rest Of the trip to Centre
ville and pulled him out at the Court
house. Then n warrant was sworn out
against him and he was placed under S, 200
TO keep the peace. He would have been
locked up in a dungeon cell had not hiA
son in-law relented and agreed 10 lot the
fiery father-in-law of on his own recog-
nizance. In loud, dramatic tones the old
gentleman disowned his daughter, but took
1t all back whom she made another dash al
bis curls.
Mr.. and M. Shawberger then drove to
their new home, and Mr.. Cation turned his
horses head sorrowfully toward Lincoln
vile.