Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-10
ALL THE WAY FROM ALBENARLE.
A Young Man Whose Father Helped
Him TO ElOpe With the Girl OF His
Choice.

A herdic stopped at the corner of 9th street
and Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday night about
ten O'Clock to take aboard four people. One OF
these was a short, sturdy farmerlooking man
about forty-five years old, with a keen blue eye,
a tawny beard curling about his cheeks and chin
and a determined look on his face. Then there
was a young man of rustic appearance, wearing
q new broad brim black felt hat, a pair of black
dog skin gloves and pair of new cuffs, which
apparently gave him much discomfort. The
third person was young girl, slender and
pretty, a poets ideal of country lass, she wore
a crush hat ornamented with a red flower and n
black newmarket, that buttoned closely about
her pretty figure. The fourth person was Perry
Dorsey, a stout colored depot porter who worean
air of unusual importance even for depot por-
ter as he ushered the strangers into the herdic.
The elderly man, as he sat down, spread his
hands on his knees, with elbows akimbo. and
remarked that the coach rode quite as easily as
a street car. This remark, made TO impress the
other passengers with his knowledge of city
affairs, was sent out at random into the air, adj
dressed to no particular person. and no person
replied. Then the pretty girl began to giggle,
and the young man arranged his troublesome
cuffs again. Mr.. Dorsey, the colored man, vol
unteered the information that they only had
about six squares to go. The elderly man with
the tawney beard looked rather hard at the
young lady, jingled some silver in his pocket,
and said, Guess you couldn't find your way
back home, could yOu?"
"If can't, guess the train cam" said the
girl. 'besides, amt going back to my own
home" Then the young lady giggled and the
young man again took a half hitch in his cuffs.
The young lady was eVlden tly some what eX-
cited or mistook her remark about the train as
q good JOKE for she repeated ii several times in
sort of historical way during the next square
or two of the journey. When the herdic began
to climb Capitol Hill the elderly man looked
about HIM, then fixed his eyes on The STAR re-
porter. who sat in the corner, and said: Good
ways To come to get married, amt it?'
Now, you STOP, said the girl blushing and
making pretense of covering the elderly man.
mouth with her hands, while the young man
lost all control OF his cuffs
"NOw what's the use OF foOIlshDesS," said the
elderly gentleman, ''you're going To be married
and that's all there is about it; you're going to
be married tonight and have il over with, and
we're going to get home tomorrow at three
O'Clock; we're going through by daylight"
Runaway coupler" asked THE STAR repor-
ter OF the eldely gentleman.
.WeIl, they were driving pretty fast when
na:uredly at the hero of the cuffs. This young
gentleman protested that he had not driven
fast but took his own time about IL.
Mr.. Dorsey feeling that his lips were unsealed
by the disclosures already made by the elderly
gentleman, said the party were being guided
BY him to Clerk Mei5s' house on Capitol Hill to
get marriage license.
Then the elderly gentleman, under the infiu-
ence OF the frank and sympathetic manner of
was Mr.. W. III. Austin, OF Albemarie county,
Va The young man "A youth OF 19, was his son,
Eugene Austin, the pretty girl was Miss Willie
A Moss, the daughter OF a neighbour. She was
q school girl OF It, Her folks did not want her
to marry, but the young couple were deter
mined aud so Mr.. Austin thought he would
to school Tuesday morning young Austin met
her with IA buggy, and drove her six miles To- Il
railway station, where they We're Joined
by the father. They came three hundred
miles to be married. AT the depot in
this city they sought the advice OF officer
Acton, who turned them over to Mr.. Dorsey.
They were in hurry, because they wanted to-
start home again AZ seven in the morning. THE
STAR reporter volunteered To get a preacher.
Clerk Meigs WAS rung up and a license procured.
Meanwhile the reporter applied ut Rev. Mr..
Parsons house, across the way, and arranged
for the marriage ceremony. The couple were
escorted across the street 10 Rev. Mir. Parsons
house, Mr.. Austin, senior. bearing the license.
They stood up IL Mr.. PaTSpn parlor, and was
put through, as the elderly gentleman said, in
Erst-rate style The father, who paid all the
bills, clinked some silver in the preacher 5
hands. Then the lOGr wandered out again into
the GaTKncss.
Why did you come far?'' asked THE STAR
reporter as he was taking his leave.
We'll. you see, - said A.r Austin, I'VE thought
We q mahe u pleasure trip oil it,
But you Won have time 10 see the city, .
said ;hc reporter.
.'Oh. yes" said Mr. Austin, ''we're going to
get up and zee ~ teiOre we Ieave, and have Two
hours 10 walk s.rounu- We're going To get up
al Ave O'Clock. amt we 'Gcnc? but neither
Lugcue nor the bride SyuLltreu repiV