Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-07
WATT OF LIE MORROW
Pittsburgh. Blonde Beauty Flies with
n brakeman.

Apittsburgh pa. telegram SAYS: shorty
after noon on Saturday. ~ the parsVlage
of the Smithhell-Street Methodist Epls-
coual church. there came to solemn cip-,
p romance that has been exercising one OF
the foremost households 81 tho Fashionable
East End for six weeks or longer.
Rev. Charles T.. Locke. his latin resting
on q document from Captain HeineI ;
Narriaoe-l license Court. united n wedlock
Mr. Frank Warren Morrow and Miss Bertha
4. Watt. The latter is the dar inter- OK All.
ThOma. z. Watt. district pa nger aEeHs
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
She is a little heaufy of decided hionoe
t,po Her .iyacitv. spirit. and accom-
phshments have caused her g shine III so
c.etv circles 90 the East End. ana her
father, elegant home has been the scene
Of many brilliant society event, over
which she Teigued Ike Oeauteous H''o
que %.
Mr. Morrow IS q passenger brakeman on
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. - the son 81 IT
W. T.. Morrow. of Freeport, Pa.. ana
young gentleman Ct lrroproacha, we chaF4c-
ter md high attachments soclaiiV' YET ne
had ~ sail on stormy seas before he hnany
landed ia loves harbor.
BERTHA DECLARrD HEEsrIF.
Recently be was denied admission 10 the
Watt mausi ,n. and then Miss Bertha de-
clarcd herself. Either to the man she
ioced would be extended the Inequalities
Of her home or she would leave 1t; Her
parents would not withdraw tbcr decree
and so on the day express tram when ieit
Pittsburgh on July ID there was very re-
solute-faced little passenger OF the Oiohde
trpe. ,......
brakeman Morrow sang ont the stations
rs tine tram sped along and the other tram
men noticed that he lowered around one
Of the cars dcvotcdlv. At Altoona. the END
IF the division. Morrow stopped, returning
70 Pittsburgh the same night.
4 VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA.
Miss Watt continued on 10 Philadelphia
and surprised her grandmother and aunt
who lived at No 2309 Fltzwater street, ny
dropping i'm NJ "A sudden summer visitor;
one morning. Just a week after Miss
Watts advent to Philadelphia, the brawny
vouue passenger brakeman pad her an
expected visit. He had run through Phlla-
dclphia on flying trip and had to return
that afternoon. The time passed quickly
ar1 nl.asantlv. and when MIR. Morrow
started for Pittsburgh he left the grl Dc
On TUESDAY. July 23d. Miss Watt con;
cluded q return home and see II she could
not patch M some kind Of truce I'M
possibic. The old folks had taken firm
Stand. and the father was even more stern
than before the Philadelphia trip.
A GIRL WITH PLENTY OF sPUNK.
Mise Watt has unlimited spunk shining
from her keen pluc eyes, and she wouldn
sacrifice one wee drop Of her affection. 30
she came to Pittsburgh and turned her
arietocratc little fingers 20 mending other
women's gloves at The Louvre Emporium
ON Sixth street.
reached. Mr.. Wait. who had had little TO
sav to his daughter recently, now mp
braided her in vigorous language. again
DEMANDING Tint she give up her love al
fair Mss Watt heard him through, an
.vrred Lis questions satisfactorily, and IN
formed him that she would leave home
that night for good.
"Go. theutn cried the father.
The girl went 10 her room, weeplngly
Gathered up u few precious trlnkets OF
happy grlhood days, and started to leave
the house.
HER POOR MOTHERS RusF.
In the hallway she WAS met by her
mother. and I'm a convulsiye embrace Mss
Bertha found she had lost her hat. Mrs.
Watt had adopted that way of keeping her
daughter within Che fold. hushlng BACK
~ her room the v0ung woman put on an
ffEfI lNI. Aitil STU Nnf' t'''f - 80
hall bv her mother, and again she was lett
ba~cheaded.
Miss Borthas visible stock Of hats was
now exhausted and she was in a quandary.
BEING left alone for a few moments she
cr,pt up to the attic and rummaged
THROUGH "A pile Of discarded headgear for
something presentahle. An old black VIM
fer hat was the best she could find, and with
this she crept down stairs.
She kept in the shadows and avoided the
entry. where she knew her mother was
waiting TO again intercept her. II was fatal
% attempt escape by door, for she had
heard her mother order them all locked.
OUT OF THE WINDOW.
So she oroped her wav 10 one Of the con-
scrvatorv windows. IL was full of flowers,
but hearing a football on the carpet de-
cided her. Miss Bertha did not stop 70
consider obstacles. The moon lit up q
Golden head for a moment, and then all
was darkness again. Two or three costly
plants rolled upon the floor heavily and
Miss Bertha was fugitive from home.
She had cleared the window at a bound
and was flying across the lawn.
Mrs. Watt. seeing that Bird" "a she
was famliarly called, had flown. fastened
10 the rescue. She reached the street IN
time 20 see her daughter whisk around
corner q square below.
Increasing her speed she came within
earshot Of the fugitive. but her entreatles
10 stop were lost on Miss Bertha. The ca
ble line was reached at last and car
boarded for Pittsburgh.
Miss Watt surprised q young female
friend by calling late that night and asking
a night'S shelter. She was willingly accom-
modated. and word was sent 10 the Union
station. which intercepted Mr.. Morrow
Yesterday morning when he came in from
the road.
COULD YOU BLAME HIN!
lie heard from his sweetheart's lips the
story Of her sacrifices for him, and what
c0uld he do but marry herr
So "a carriage came and Miss Watt took a
short Journey that made her Mrs. Morrow;
A marriage-lcense had been procured and
everything was done regularly. Mr.. Nor
row M once took his bride to the pleasant
o,rntr,. home of his parents in freepOrt