Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-27
A ROANOKE ROMANCE
erA,N1HAcKeR's BRIDE WAS SOON
TO BE ANoTheR'S.
,.~.nuity Displayed to Consummate an
FIopement--siiss "cMurrsy WEEDS Her
Iover-icr Face Blsckened.
Roanoke Timeal

GrOupet HNOut nhuen stanuinp
With reluctant feet where the brook and
r;vor meet on Monday night last in the
,,e,ty cottage 423 First avenue north
vcs, sa, bcvy Of young ladies, the fea-
,Bros Of every one lit mp with the JOY
vb;cha brido-an clipping bride ct that
ey0SCs.
Despite the vatchfulncss OF stern pa.
rents. despite tho fact that her approach
,oe marriage with another had been
leralied by cards Of invitation, despite
the bars end locks at which love laughs,
rr,i,y Lizzie McMurray had welded
i;.orro W. Thacker, the one whom her
heart had chosen against the judgment
Of her parents.
Not an the romance Of life IS con-
hiDcl within the leaves OF fiction, and
n the reporter whose ordinary work rs
most prosaic often falls the lot 10 relate
aicnder love story. And here is one:
Miss Lizzie McMuuay WIS q tall,
handsome brunette OF nineteen summers
vho had been wooed by George ".
Tfackcr then a conductor on the Nor
folk and Western road. The traditional
course Of true love did not run smooth
le- parents were ayerse that she shouIt
make the match they parted for time.
al Nr Thacker accepted employment
ss Conductor on the Richmond aud At
an,Ic road moving 10 Nelson county.
Su.tors were not wanted for the tar
mos hand. but none received her heart.
ANOTHER CAPTAIN.
Then came Captain Charles Landlord,
conductor on the Norfolk and Western,
who came 10 board with Mr.. and Mrs.
NrNurray. He became ennmOured OF
Miss Lizzie. and his suit received favor
attic parents hands.
Obdurately she resisted his love
making. but he was persistent. and was
DOT the other absent? Little by little
lheparcuts urged her to forget the one
away. and as time wore on she thought
esteem was love and consented to marry
Captain Lankiord.
The wedding was Get for "Wednesday.
December "a. and cards were sent out
f1r guests 10 be present at the ceremony.
A wedding trip South was arranged and
the parents complncently smiled at On
ending of the matter IN cOns0nance with
their desire.
But reflection convinced the maiden
that she had made mistake which
would wreck her life. The old love re-
turned with renewed vigor. She con
fdod her doubts md fears TO her friends,
anil one well yerscd in affairs OF the
heart wrote letter to Mr.. Thacker
which meant much If the love of his
youth remQned.
That letter was mailed The latter part
Of last week to Mr.. Thackor at Ports
mouth.
TIE Old LOVER,
Saturday morning found Thacker at
Roanoke. lie called upon Miss Lizzie,
and the Young lady's mother forbade
harsecing him But she told her mother
Uat she only desired to saw good-by TO
him. and her mother consented to brief
int ryiew.
That interview was not the last. how
ever they arranged at it. hastily and in
whispers. TO meet at the house Of Mr..
MAYS. a cousin Of Mr.. Thacker The
couple met again on Sunday at 3 o'clock
NJ the house Of MIR. James Frazier. ABB
First avenue. northwest.
Here il was arranged that the next day
they would wed, and wed they did.
Yesterday morning at o'clock they
met again ut Mr.. Frazier's and Miss
Lizzie went home and packed her
clothes and took them TO the house Of
Mira Place, to whom she confided her
plans and whose and che enlisted.
After getting her clothes wrapped IN q
sheet safely out Of the parental domi-
,ile Miss Lizzie returned home to await
the bour when she would leave to re-
t1n no more until she possessed the Dig
uifed title Of wife.
Here the first difficulty was en-
rountcrcd. Some meddlesome neigh
hor whose prying ewes had seen the
younc lady carving the bundle out the
inck wav. had informed Mrs. McMurray,
and the mothers suspicious were
aroused and that lady threatened to
lock her daughter mp.
Just az dinner Nmc Miss Lizzie de-
scended the steps Of her home snd care
lcs.ly went into the back ward. Here
her Younger sister saw her and called to
her. asking her where she WAS going.
With pa,W;at'ng heart the young lady
ran out oi tbe back gate and fastened to
the house of Mrs. Place.
Fearful II consequences now that her
absence from home had been remarked,
Alrs. Place promptly locked tho young
lady mp and sent Mrs. Bane, friend,
10 Mrs. Fmlier's to notify Miss Liz
2ies cXpectant bridegroom that peril
WAS At hand.
A CALLED MEETING.
I've inst had n called meeting" said
an engaging brunette 10 reporter for
the Times, who called ut Mrs. Frazier's
last night,
1--WE " referred 10 the bevy Of young
ladies who surrounded the bride and the
bushing reporter And 1--WE evolved
plan that reads like a page from q
modern novel
The plan, which was carried into exc
cution. was no less than the backing up
of one Of the Young ladies' fair face and
hands, arrayiue the disguised one in an
humble garb. and giving her a pail 10
carry. Thus shielded, the friend of the
bride to-be went to Mira Places house,
where thty
BLACKRNFD MISS M'MURBAY's FACE.
Thus disguised, the trembling girl,
for Girl she was as yet, started forth
from Mrs. Places house and made her
uneasy way 20 where the marriage was
to be performed.
BRUSHING and laughing she last night
told reporter that u negro woman pene-
tratcd her disguise and remarked {:
FUeed. dat white wumman suttainly is
BACKED up.
There we're a number watching Mrs.
Places house, including parents, sisters
twho secretly sympathzed with the
escaping onel, and the prying neighbor
aforesaid. But had they not seen a
"black woman go in the house And
did they not see the same hooded
figure, clad in the same garments, come
out?
All tbey did not know the extent Of