Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
A Very Neat Dining Room May
se Furnished as Follows:

In and arrangements made for the mar
riage feast. But the discharge was not
granted. But love is a determined fac
tor in human life, and the two fond
hearts were bound to be locked in bliss.
So the sailor lad borrowed Il boat one
night from the sealing schooner Sap
phire, and with his fair inamorata went
skimming across the straits to Port An
geles to the land of liberty, where the
queens naval officers have no terrors
and the cruel parent was not.
The first intimation of the retreat of
the pair was a telegram from Sheriff
Morse, of Port Angeles, stating that
boat marked Sapphire Victoria" had
come into port with girl and naval
sailor aboard.
Captain Cox, OF the Sapphire, tele
graphed back to hold the boat, aud
steps were taken to charter small
steamer to get it back.
Elder Norman, who was in terribl
state of mind over his daughters
flight, was to accompany Captain Cox
in the chase for the boat and try to
bring the girl back. Before the plan
was carried out another dispatch was
received stating that the boat had been
shipped to Port Townsend on the
steamer Idaho, and the fleeing pair
had gone with the steamer as passen-
gers.
It is supposed that ere this the SER
vices OF justice of the peace have
been obtained and the twain are one.
The honeymoon will be spent in Uncle
Sans domain, as an order came from
the naval officers at Esquimalt that
Paul be arrested for desertion, but he
is out Of reach, and will probably stay
| out.
| Fond mammas and careful papas will
| in future watch their daughters zeal
| ously, as the Lochinvar-like blandish-
| ments of the British tar are we'll known.
| The father OF the eloping girl says she
! has always been good girl, and hopes
she will not rue the hasty step.
a well-dressed and unusually hand
some young lady, aboat eighteen years
| of age, approached the ticket window
| at the union depot, Birmingham. Ala,
the other night, and asked some ques-
tions about the schedule of trains be-
tween that city and Nevada, Mo. After
| she had received the desired infor ma
tion and purchased her ticket she sand
"If ! don't tell somebody about my
troubles | feel like I'll die. I am to
heart broken and sad even to cry" She
said she belonged to one of the first
families Of Nevada, Mo-. and that she
was an only child. Three months ago
well-dressed man, with prepossessing
manners, came to the town where she
resided to spend the summer. He hailed
from small town in south vest
Alabama, the name OF which she
refused to divulge. Soon after
tie handsome stranger came to
| Nevada, she met him and they were
soon fast friends. He represented him
selft be straightforward in every way.
and convinced her parents of that fact,
She married him. The marriage was
the social event of the season in Nevada
and was largely attended by friends.
They left and took bridal trip through
the country, visiting all the princi pal
cities.
Then they reached the bridegroom
home. He lived on large farm and
appeared to be wealthy. AS soon as
they arrived she noticed that her hus-
bands manner and treatment to her
had suddenly changed, and upon enter
ing the house she was surprised 10 find
another woman in possession and sew
eral children playing about the place
In explanation her husband told heI
that the woman at the house was hii
other wife, and would be mistress Of
the place, and she (the bride) could re
main If she SO desired. but she would
have TO behave herself and submit u