The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-10-01
a Mountain Romance.

of the Nof1olK. Aahuiiioi n.
GLADE CREEK, Va, September IS i
rhe social puddle has been very muddy
,ere for a week, but shows some signs
If settling. The agitation was caused
,y a sensational elopement OF whlch
MANY of your readers will be surprised
and interested to hear. The hero ana
heroine of the story, whose names are
now on every tongue, are Mr.. John
Plain, the only son of Dunkard preach
err. the Rev. Davy Plain, of Bonsack'ano
for many years postmaster, ana MISS
Susie Fry, the youngest daughter Oh
Colonel William H. Fry, the well-known
proprietor of Coyner Springs, formerly
of Richmond. The young lady has just
reached her twenty-first year, is quite
pretty; was fayorite at nome anu
among the visitors for years, her latn-
err and mother are living Mrs Fry was
Miss Jane Watson, of Chariottessllle'
One of her daughters is the wife OF pr'
Burrell, of Franklin county, and amour
er, Maggie, is the wife OF Mr.. Jerry buht-
ing agent of the Norfolk and western
railroad at Bristol.
Mr.. Plain is young man OF leisure
and some fortune, who has frequently
been a visitor to Norfolk and the by
oeia. He is accorded the distinction OF
heine the ssdude" of Bonsack. He has
long been smitten by the charms OF Miss
FRY, and without having the cordial en-
tire to the society of Coyners, has been
compelled to do his counting somewhat
at arms length but as is commonly the
case, distance lent enchaptment, and
the forced separation made necessary
by the opposition of Miss Susie's parents
and family made the hearts of the young
people grow fonder. Stratagem was re-
sorted to by Mr. Plain. A young gems
tleman of his acquaintance in Roanoke
became attentive to Miss Susie and the
old folks were delighted, thinking that
Mr.. Plain had retired. In reality the
new lover proved merely go-between,
and last Monday night when the young
lady was ready to go to the ball room
she made an excuse to return to the
family cottage for her wraps, but IN
stead, she rapidly walked out OF the
lawn to spot where her lover with a
carriage in waiting Joined her. and they
they fed to Troutville on the Shepan-
doah Valley railroad and thence to
Washington city, where they were mar
ried the next day. As soon as Miss SUI
sizes absence was discovered consterna-
l. Of ia
friends. DIR. Fry and his brother Hugh,
of Roanoke, Mr.. P. M. Fry, of Green
brier White, were telegraphed for, while
the brothers at home were dispatched
in different directions to intercept the
runaways and prevent the marriage.
One of the brothers, Mr.. Bland Fry,
took the Shenandoah train at Hollins',
near Cloverdale, and went toward Buch-
anan ENDURING at every station for the
couple. At Troutyille while Mr.. Fry
was asking the agent if he had sold any
tickets, his would-be brOther-in-law and
III ISIS Susie boarded the Pullman on the
opposite side of the train without tick
cts The Pullman car people were
quickly interviewed by Mr.. Plain and
induced to keep mum, SO that although
SIR. Fry travelled with the clippers some
distance they eluded him. A telegram
from Washington the next day to Col
Dnel Fry requesting that Mrs. j. w
Plains baggage be forwarded complet
ed the episode but increased the sensa-
ton, and Mrs. Fry. the mother, became
seriously i'll from grief and excitement
There was no objection to Mr.. Plain on
the ground of character, as he is a very
respectable young man, and it was UNI
doubleday love match, but the moth
er of the young lady is reported to have
said in expressing her objection to the
marriage, that she could not bear the
lea of her daughter marrying flat
footed Dutchman. Miss Susie did not
seem to share her mothers antipathy
for the plain German character, espe
cially as it was fortified by a considera-
BILE sum of German ducats, which the
young Plain will inherit from the old
Plain. The young couple are now in
Pennsylvania enjoying their honeymoon
among Mr.. Plains German friends and
relatives. They will probably return to
the'ancestral homestead of the groom
and soon take up their residence at Bon
sack, about half mile from Coyner's.
1t is doubtful whether the bride will be
forgiven very promptly by her family,
as the escapade has greatly shocked and
mortified them. But there is really no
sound reason for not becoming reconcil-
ed, and the usual sequel of 'bless you
my children" may be expected before
long.
BLUE RIDGE.