New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
A VIVACIOUS YOUNG LADY:

To The Tribunes entertaining Library Of
American Elopements" we may doubtless add the
story of Miss Eunice Marr of Carpentersvile,
Ala, which has just been made public. Miss
Mari is a young lady rather under than above
twenty years in age, and of most light and
blithesome nature. Indeed. her Mvacity and play
fulness are her prominent characteristics We
may mention also in passing that she is an en-
thusastic amateur photographer. Now this in
teresting young lady has for some time been re-
ceiving the earnest attentions of two young men
of Carpentersville, Edwin r. Cole and Alonzo
Doubleday. Each Is excellent young man, o
member Of the Young Mems Christian Association
and teacher in the Sunday-school There was
really little choice between them, and Miss Eunice
has found it impossible to decide which one to
select. Under ordinary circumstances she would,
of course, have taken the one to whom
her parents objected, but, unfortunately, these
worthy people, from some unknown reason, did
not look with any great favor on either. She
did not, however, allow her anxiety in deciding
to interfere with her buoyancy of spirits. In
her extremity she hit upon this ingenious plan:
She determined to insist ON an elopcment, arraug-
ing with each Of them for the same night, and
then 90 with the one who arrived first She
accordingly instructed Edwin r. Cole to put a
ladder up to the north window Of her room at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning, and told Alonzo
Doubleday to do the same at the west window
at the same time. One must almost certainly
come little before the other, she argued, and
the other could scarcely blame her for not witt
ing Having thus settled the perplexing question
satisfactorily, she went about for the next few
days with even lighter heart than usual
Monday night, when Miss Mari retired she
set the alarm on her clock for half-past /.
Arising at that time, she ready in fifteen
minutes. Then she got out her detective camera
and put it i'm readiness, her idea being to take
q snapshot at the minister during the ceremony
This attended to, she sat down aud waited the
arrival Of the man who was to be her husband,
with her young heart in o pardonable futter
something which was doubtless increased by the
pleasing uncertainty as TO whether 1t would be
Edwin r. Cole or Alonzo Doubleday At one
minute before 2 she heard slight noise outside
the north window, as she thought. She listened,
and it seemed at the west window A horrible
thought flashed upon her. She rushed to the
north window. Edwin X. Cole wrestling
with a heavy ladder below. She ran to the west
window. Alonzo Doubleday had ladder about
half way up She stepped back and paused one
moment simultaneously through the darkness
she made out the upper end Of q ladder rise at
both the north and west windows. She saw that
the time had come to act, and she did not
hesitate Going to the north window she spoke
to the ardent Cole, and told him to take his
ladder around the corner to the west window.
Quickly passing to the west window. she in
structed the fervid Doubleday to carry his ladder
around to the north window. Each inipetuous
Young Romeo seized his ladder and started with
Il in an upright position. They met at
the corner in the darkness. One ladder
fell against the house with loud rport-the
other crashed into tree. Then these two young
men-Messrs. Cole and Doubleday-fOught. There,
amid the wreck Of the ladders, they clenched in
almost a death struggle for five minutes, and
shouted and used language which startled and
shocked the lonely night Waterman on his beat
four blocks away, hardened and profane man
though he was. In the thickest Of it, while they
were belaboring each other over the head with
rings torn from the ladders, there was bright
glare Of light from above. The coy young girl
that each had thought to make his bride had
taken iash-ght photograph of them. The
night watchman then came up. and after clubbing
them judiclously arrested them. They were fined
81 apiece In the morning, and each used the bill
n nav 1t which he had intended for the minister.
Nor was this the end Of it, sad as 1t is 1t IL
now announced in Carpentersville that Miss Eunice
Mari will not marry either Of these young men,
but a pale youth who sings In the choir named
Foster; while the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ten Is taking steps TO expel both Cole and Double
day on the strength Of the watchmans report OF
their language; and the playful Miss Eunioc ID
printing of her fash picture OF the rate OF fifty