Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-16
A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT j..
A sensation I'm n Southern Utah
TOWn-A Mormon Maiden
and a Man.

A gentleman just up from Iron count
tells of an interesting little sensation
which occurred in little town of tina
county, the name of which, together wit
those of the parties concerned, are, at tn
request OF our informant, for the presen
suppressed.
The Bishop of the town OF c. i
blessed with many beautiful daughters
as Bishops are wont to be, and up to tn
present time he has kept them from thu
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 MAJ
| is beginning to decline, he hoped to car
the climax by having the youngest an6
fairest 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 a young Gentle
wrought change in the spirit of her
dream.
1t was only two weeks ago when the
gallant Ga Denver man, by the way first
set foot on the soil of c., and it was
only three evenings ago that he left, TAX
ing with him the fairest maiden in all the
village. The young fellow was stylish
and comparatively cultured, but in the
eyes Of the anxious father, these were
only additional signs OF wickedness. He
first met the girl at a 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 a vengeance. Last
Wednesday night had any one been
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 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 it
vacant. There was the usual amount of
swearing (male gender) and weeping
female GENDER. After the first shock
vas over the family held council and it
vas finally concluded to let her 90 and SO
10 attempt has been made to follow the
pair.
The old man has grown moody, the
'oung elder is mad and the little town is
n state of excitement, while the elop-
ng couple are - well, their happiness |
has, probably, not yet ended.