The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-25
WHILE PAPA WAS AWAY.
MISS C0NDI7,s SECRET WEDDING 40
WALTER SPAD0NE.

which Conspicuous Society People
Figure,thar has been widespread around
the Bergen District fer the Last Three
or Four Days.
For the last three or four days the de-
tails Of pleasant little romance involving
two well known families of the Heights,
have been widespread around through the
South Bergen district of the city. 1t was
all anent of the appearance, four or five
days ago, of the following marriage notice
in one Of the evening prints:
sPAposE-coSDrr.- June g. 1886, al the
Church of TRANSPORTATION, New York. by the Rev.
Mr.. ul4derhill, Walter W. Spadone. of New York,
to Thirza L: condit, of j. c. Heights
Wafer W. Spadone is the young son of
Mr.. Anladee Spadone, whose mansion on
the corner of Bergen and Fairview
avenues is known OF all who go
iats aat section. The young lady
is the daughter of H. " Condit, law yer
of No. Exchange Place this city. He is a
brother of the Condit who belongs to
Aoker Neral Il Condit, the great New
York grocers But he lives in Fairview
avenue not very far distant from the Spa
done residence. Mr.. Walter Spadone aad
Mas Thira had been children together
and they were much in each others COM
pany, there had been some talk of wedding
between them some day. The elder Mr.
Spadone was not very favorable to the
match and Papa and Mama Condit, too,
were Of the notion that s'the children" had
better wait little while yet. Some months
ago, Mr.. Spadone sailed across the sea,
leaving bis son Walter at the residence of
his elder son on Bergen avenue. Freed
from tbs restraint of his fathers presence,
Waltsg made love to his pretty sweetheart
with rsEewsd fsryor. Mrs. Condit. accord
ing to xhe current story. ventured to say
the other evening, that the young people
spent too much time ia each others CON-
pany
'sWell," the young Miss retorted, ~
guess have right to walk with my hus-
band"
OF course there was a domestic tableau;
and Mis- Thirza-Mrs. Thirza now-let
oat the4act that she and Walter had been
secretly married five weeks before. On
one OF the shopping expeditions in early
Jane, her had met Walter, and they two had
gene to the house of&Rev. Mr.. Uuderhill,
assistant rector Of the Church Of the
TRANSPORTATION in New York, and had
there piighted their troth. Mr. Underhill
is himself Jersey City man. He knew
the young couple well, and readily con-
sented to perform the ceremony. Each
agreed with the other to keep the wedding
secret till the respective papes and
mammas of the two families had been
talked into favor With the welding then
it was to be made known that it had
already been solemnized. But Miss
ThiEza couldn't keep her big secret
Reporters for the TATrLER, who were
sent to ilsnsstigate the matter, found evil
dences all around that while no one is
very angry over the escapads of the youth
full lovers, neither of the families is exactly
pleased with it, and last Thursday the
couple left the Heights to make theiI home
in Brooklyn.
Rev. Mr.. Underhill was delightfully."-
reticsnt when the reporter called on him
at No. West Twenty ninth street, yester-
day morning. He would not, he said, tell
story that, rejecting nothing but credit
upon ''the children, might, nevertheless,
bring them annoyance.
On the front porch of cosy little frame
house on Fairyiew avenue, about o'clock
last evening, the reporter found Mrs. Con-
dit, the mother of the bride, endeavoring
to catch whatever breeze might come that
way, but the chances are that she caught
no breeze till after the brace of newspaper
men had departed. The boldast of the
reporters unhesitatinely plunged into the
object of his visit, and the lady simultane-
ously ushered him and his companion into
the pArlor--a sparsely though neatly far
nished rsem-and having reached 1t, the
door was closed almost to. The lady APP
pears to be quite an invalid, and she seated
herself before answering the reporters
inquiries.
NO." she said at the oHtsst, ssmy daugh-
ter did not elope with Mr.. Spsdone, for
she would not do such thing; nor is it a
runaway match" She continued "As
you gentlemen have come direct to head
quarters, will tell you the direct truth of
TIE matter; and in the first place want
to say positively that there is no scandal
whatever connected with this marriage"
81 know that" the reporter assured her
ssnor do want to be understood as even
intimatlng that there is"
Being thus treasured the lady continued.
s'Thirza and Mr.. SRFf ne have been keep
ing company for til years and became
engaged in June of last year. Last Feb
ruary Walter asked my daughters hand
in marriage, but Thirza being in poor
health and as Mr. Spadones family con-
templated trip TO Europe, We did not
deem it advisable for them to be married
for at least year. About the first of June
Walter came to the house and said he
would like to take Thirza for little trip in
the country Che is very innocent young
gentleman, you know and told him that
would not do at all until they had become
man and wife. becsuses it would cause
talk in the neighborhood. Well he re-
plisd, If you can't let me take her away
single, we will go and get married. told
him il that was his ultimatum, as they
were both of age, had nothing further to
say"
Further questioning elected the fact
that she knew that they were going to be
married the night they were and she ex-
planned the fact that they were married. in
the sscret manner they seem to have been
by saying that in May last her daughter