Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-16
A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.
sensation In n southern Utah
TOwn--A Mormon Maiden
and a Man.

a gentleman just up from Iron county
tells OF an interesting little sensation
which occurred in little town OF that
county, the name OF which together with
those OF the parties concerned, are, at the
request OF our informant, for the present
suppressed,
The Bishop OF the town Vi C is
blessed with many beautiful daughters,
as Bishops are wont to be, and up to the
present time he has kept them from the
evil influences OF the "outside world"
and has reared them strictly in the faith
Two or three OF the daughters have con-
tracted for celestial glory by marrying
into the polygamous households OF differ
ent brethren, and now that the old man
is beginning to decline, he hoped to cap
the climax by having the youngest and
iairest OF his tribe enter the kingdom as
the second wife OF promising young ell
der. The p. Y. e. had for some months
been progressing nicely with his visits,
and might have been successful had not
the appearance OF young GENTLE
wrought change in the spirit OF her
dream.
II was only two weeks ago when the
gallant "a Denver man, by the Tay) first
set foot on the soil of c., and it was
only three evenings ago that he left, taxi
ing with him the fairest maiden in all the
village. The young fellow was stylish
and comparatively cultured, but i'll the
eyes of the anxious father, these were
only additional signs OF wickedness. He
first met the girl at party in the meet
ing house." to which he had been invited
by some of the younger and more liberal
Saints. As soon as the youth saw the
Bishops daughter he asked who she was
and in few moments he had secured an
introduction and was going dreamily
through mazy-plain quadrille ('waltz"
would sound better, but the Saints never
do it). She invited him TO call. He
called, and the old man invited him not
to call. He tried to reason, but the old
fellow was too slick for him, and in less
than two minutes after he had entered
the door, he was seen sauntering out
through the gate and down the road.
From that time it was the usual old
story. They met in spite of the old man,
and met with vengeance. Last
Wednesday night had any one been
standing in the road in front of Bishop
BIS house, he might have seen some
thing interesting. A young fellow
mounted on fine looking horse entered
the barn-yard gate, rode around to the
rear of the house, and Immediately re-
turned with a young girl sitting behind
him. Both were good riders, and it was
not long before they were well on their
way toward-where?
The whole thing had been so nicely ar
ranged that the old folks did not discover
what had happened until morning, when
on going to the girls room they found il
vacant. There was the usual amount Of
swearing (male GENDER and weeping
(female gender). After the first shock
was over the family held a council and il
was finally concluded to let her 20 and sc
no attempt has been made to follow the
pair.
The old man has grown moody, the
Young elder is mad and the little town is
in state of excitement, while the elop
ing couple are - we'll, their happiness
has, probably not yet ended.