The morning call., 1891-12-25
BOUND TO MARRY.
A Loving Compile Married After
Five El0pements.
Neither the Treachery Of Pretended Friends
or the Vigilance Of Pater Familias
Could Keep Them Asunder.

The little lumber town OF Allerton, over
the Pennsylvania border, according to q
Bath, n. Y, letter to the Baltimore Amer
lean, Is enjoying an elopement sensation.
Owen Carey is the head sawyer in the
Allen Mills, and his daughter Cicely, aged
10, Is the prettest girl in the settlement.
Rumor has long had it that Cicely's father
has always been severe with her. and that
since she grew to womanhOOd she has taken
his treatment much to heart. 1t is alleged
that her father increased the strictness Of
his rules for the government of his daughter
from the time she had the courage to accept
the attentions of young Oscar Gum, a
farmer living few miles from Allerton.
Gum works for his father, who is we'll to
do, and he will inherit the farm.
When Carey found that his daughter was
receiving calls from young Gum he ordered
that they cease at once. He said that he
had no intention of letting Cicely marry
anybody. The girl must have managed to
see her lover in some way FROM time to
| time, or the elOpement, which occurred on
| September 1st, could not have been planned.
| On the evening of that day Cicely lett the
! house during her fathers absence and a
| few minutes later was in carriage with
| her lover speeding toward
THE NEW YORK STATE LINE.
SAity WAS away uu DuSlueSs, anu liz
| lovers had every reason to believe they
| would not be interfered with before they
| could get into this State and be married.
| The night was dark, and Gum, in turning
| out To give room To wagon coming n the
| opposite direction, run his carriage In the
| ditch and upset it. The occupant of the
! other wagon stopped his horse and ran with
| his lantern to the aid of those in the over
| turned carriage. IL was a surprised and
| indignant man when he discovered who
! fh.sNFN tt,Ia
| dumfounded ana ehagrined. The man who
| had hurried to their aid was Cicely's father.
| No damage had been done to Gums car
| rage, but he returned heme in it alone, for
| Carey bundled his daughter into his own
| wagon and brought her back home.
From all accounts Cicely led most decid-
| edly unenviable existence at home after her
| Illuminating capture by her father than she
| had before, and in two weeks she eluded
| his watclfulness and started for this State
| where she was to meet her lover. In this
! attempt she was baked by the treachery of
| young fellow who claimed to be a partlcu-
| lar Trend OF Gum. who was to drive her to
| the place where she was to meet her lover.
| He drove her mile and then refused to 60
| further, AID the girl W as obliged to return
| home. Since then she made two other inef
| fectual attempts to elopt, tile last one only
| two weeks ago. Then Miss Helen Joyce Of
| LuckpOrt, a cousin of Oscar Gum, went on
| visit to the Gum farm. Gum
MADE HER HIS CoNFIDANT,
| And she agreed 10 help him and Cicely out
of their difficulty. With her cousin she
| drove several times to Attention. and every
| time they managed to let Sawyer Carey see
them together. Through little sister of
| Gum she correspondent with Cicely, and the
| result was that on one or two occasions she
| called on Cicely, driving Oscars morse and
Carriage. On last Thursday afternoon she
| made one of these calls, and passed an hour
| with Cicely in the latter's room.
| Ii was three hours after the carriage drove
| away to the Gum farm when Carey went
| home to his supper. He asked where Cieely
| was. and being told that she was in her
room he called her to come down 20 supper.
| Whe. Oscar Gums cousin, Helen Joyce.
instead of Cicely, came downstairs aud
walked to the supper-tahle Carey knew in
minute what it meant, and he did not waste
| any time in giving vent TO his feelings there,
| but rushed out, saddled horse and started
| toward New York State. He arrived there,
| but too late. Cicely and Oscar we're mar
| rird an hour before he crossed the border,
| and they are now snugly quartered at the
| Gum homestead enjoying the best wishes
| of every one in the settlement except Saw
| Carey