Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

said the event took his breath away-not tina
| he did not know til at his son was badly gone
on Miss Fuller bu5 he had no idea the young
man would take such radical measures to
make sure OF his bride. He was in Milwau-
kee himself Tueso ay, but came home that
evening, and, of course, did not know OF the
| presence of Matt and his sweetheart in the
Cream City
| II feel pretty bad about it." continued the
| father. Hes my My son, and good boy at
| that and we have feen very proud and fond OF
him. hoping to keep him with us long time
yet. regret the AFT air more. however, because
of its sensational character. The objections
| made to the maria 20 by Miss Fuller's parents
were by no means serious, as / understood
| it. They merely thought their daughter
ana my son too young to marry Just
yet, aud myself and wife thought so. too, and
We wanted the unio put of for year or two,
but IL seems the young folks had different
| mind about 1t; at least they are married, and
we've got to make The best of It, Naturally,
not only the daughter of good family, she Is
| a beautiful, accomplished, and amiable girl,
entirely suited in taste and ambition to my
boy, with whom she has chosen to cast her lot
In life.p
Mrs. Aubery was not less disturbed than
her husband. She had doubtless taken q
good, motherly cry over the escapade of her
boy, however, and was therefore rather more
resigned than her husband, who was any
thing but merry.
why, never dreamed of this elopement,"
said Mrs. Aubery. 1T 10 dreadful, and don't
know what to say. But it really wasn't right
for my son to do TIL 1t wasn't necessary.
and II will make Miss Fuller's parents feel 90
much hurt that the marriage took place In
this irregular way. I suppose they arranged
the matter several days ago. Any how,
they're married, and while am proud of the
choice my son has nlade-she is aswonderfully
sweet and loveable girl and wholly devoted TO
him-I am chagrine1 that the union has been
contaminated in a manner 30 out of the Or
binary and proper way"
The only communications 80 far received
by any one in this city direct from the inter-
ested people were a telegram from Mrs Au-
berry, Jr., to a friend briefly telling her to
have no anxiety on her account, and signed
Mrs Pauline Auberyn; a telegram from the
young husband as follows: II was married
| tonight. A letter tomorrow. Matt and
the following received by W. NJ Booth, OF
| the law firm of Booth, Gregory & Harlan,
from Chief Justice Fuller:
What do you know of Pauline's elopement?
IL II true? What cs be done2
NV. FULLER.
A reply was sent closing with:
Nothing can be done unless by legal proceed
ings. A. NJ. BOOTH
A telegram from Milwaukee relates an in
terview with young Aubery, In which he said
that he and his affia need felt that Mrs. Full
Ter would never consent to the marriags, the
mother being ambitious for more distin-
guished match for her daughter, and so they
| concluded to take the matter into their own
hands. He would stay In Milwaukee until
he heard from the chief justice, who had
been duly telegraphsd, and thought forgive
ness would not long be delayed. Said he:
al have been receiving congratulatory mes
| sages all day. had one from my folks this
morning They are satisfied. No, l have
not heard from Washington yet. 1t is hard
ly time"
"That looks bad, DOESN'T itf"
"Oh, no. l think il will be all right in
time, and with this bit of philosophy the
husband edged dag onally across the CORR
dor, where some one was waiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Auhery remained in their
room at Milwaukee most of yesterday The
former has relatives there. He is a nephew
of Doc" &. M. Aubrey. a well-known resi-
dent. He knew nothing of the escapade
until he read the news in the days papers.