The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-16
, RACE FOR HIS BRIDE.
TORY OF A RUNAWAY MATCH IN
THE ADIRONDACK5.

From the Net0 York Sun.
voprHwooD, n. Y, July u.-When
ro,nnie Duquesne died of typhoid fever at
-. home in the Fair Lake Stream settle
r,ant three years ago the people around
,nourned the loss of a man who was the hero
- one of the widest races for love and lib
.r,v this part of the Adirondacks ever saw.
A. the time Of his death Duquesne was a
t,r,ner and woodsman, but at the time he
,,oje a name for himself he worked as
. Guide. bark peeler. or a logger,
80 occasion offered. He was handy
roung fellow at either occupation, but he
nos as fond of fiddle as bear is of mo-
,ossas and never allowed work to interfere
With an opportunity to attend a dance. He
,rorld at any time go anywhere from Her
Inner TO Boonville was hop advertised,
80 Lot a chance to pilot half q dozen rich
oitT folks into the woods go to a neighbor,
tbougb as all guides know a job of that
S1od is commonly worth from SIS to 500,
Because of his love Of a good time and
1ort If thrift, Farmer james John Roberts
.oorlAd whenever he saw him, for Eliza
hath his daughter, was very plainly in love
Trifb the reckless NorthwOod man. Farmer
Rlbarts was not going to allow a girl of his
10 marry man VINO YVES sure TO come on
tba town inside o. ten year not if he
c,ud help himself.
AZ most fathers do in such cases, he relied
m his authority as a parent to prevent the
match and thus made a mistake Johnnie
csme no more to the Roberts farm after he
,ros told to keep away, but Elizabeth went
waiting her cousins, the Hodges, down in
Remsen, and called at Bob Pony's on the
Northwood road corners, and went to the
Dbl.
oueutly than before, and it usually hap
pened that Duquesne was somewhere in the
neighborhood when she arrived at either of
these places. She always remained away
from home over night on these occasions,
and the Young folks of the neighborhood
knew. if the old ones did not, that she was
as apt TO be found before morning at dance
at Hinckley or Trenton falls or Forestport
as at the place she had started for on leaving
home.
Matters went on this way for a year or
so, when one day after Elizabeth left home
TO 90 to Remsen, her father concluded he
must 90 over to Forestport to see Black
Dan, noted character there, about some
spars he had to sell. 1t was rather late in
the afternoon when he drove up to the
hotel. and he concluded he would wait for
supper. Meantime he learned that dance
was advertised for that night, aud so, since
dancing in Forestport always began imme-
diately after supper, he thought he would
peared at the door. There, on the far
side of the room, stood Miss Eliza
beth with Johnnie Duquesne, the girl look
ing handsomer than he had ever seen her,
as be often said afterward, and Johnnie
mot so bad eft hadn't been fer his pizen
lazness." His first impulse was to go in
there aud take Miss Elizabeth by the arm
and march her out of the room. Then he
recOllected that Forestport young men
didn't countenance any such interruption in
their fun and that Forestport boys were bad
ones to tackle. If he went in thus he was
likely to be kicked out by the floor man
ayers, and he was by this thought inclined
to diplomacy. His second impulse was 30
wait a while. AS he stood by the door. con-
sidering what to do next the dance began.
"Honors to yer pardners." "Sides.
First four right and left" Ladies
change" Balance fourn-whewl The
way Johnnie and Elizabeth came flying
across that room almost took the old mans
breath. 1t almost took theirs, too, when
they stopped at the door, TO see the old man
standing there glowerinE at them, but away
they went again to their places in time for
the next figure. leaving him to consider and
decide If he could what TO do next. They
were caught, but they were going to have a
good time while they could end let the old
man settle the matter next day.
To settle the matter Farmer Robarts CON
Guided that he would wait until the dance
was over aud then take Elizabeth home.
He could aftsrward mako up his mind how
to break up the match, and with that he
secured room and went 20 bed, leaving
word to be called at 8 O'clock, sharp. The
dance in those days generally ended at 6
o'clock in the morning.
After the oid man had turnad in tho
hotel proprietor slipped around to where
Johnnie was seated and explained the lay Of
the land. Something had to be done to save
the girl from trouble, but what to do was the
question. 1t took several hours to reach a
decision, but at 4: Is o'clock the next MORN
ing che young couple left tae hotel in the
rig they had come in, and drove on jog
trot out of town and over the river near
the big tanneries and UP the hill ON their
way to Prospect. They were going to see
the Methodist preacher there and get mar
ried, and then let the old man get over his
anger as best he might.
As luck would have it, Farmer Roberts
woke up just as the couple started. Hear
ing the noise Of their departure, he jumped
to the window just in time to recognize the
gray horse the farmers own. by the way)
that Johnnie was driving. Farmer Rob
erts concluded they were bound to Remsen,
and the way he got into his clothes was
caution to tailors to make strong garments.
Then down the stairs be tutnhled, calling to
the hostler to get the blackboard las quick
as the Lord'H let ye," and ran to the barn
The hostler got there on the instant, but
never before had Farmer Roberts had so
much trouble in getting the harness ON his
horses.
''Some of them fellers at tn dance" as
the hostler explained, "never take no notice
of what they're doing when they put out
their critters. They've mixed yer harness
terrible.n
Farmer Roberts thought the hostler
might have had hand in the mixing, but
discretion made him keep still on that point,
and SO in the course of half an hour he was
on the trail, hot to overtake the lovers. As
he mounted the hin beyond the tannery the
first rosy streak of light appeared in the
east, and elated at the thought of having
the quarry soon in view, he whipped up the
nag and was off at a pace that should have
accomplished his desire very quickly.
Here, however, he made mistake. After
crossing the bridge over the river there are
two roads. The best one, to Prospect, goes
straight up the hill, but the other, which is
longer, turns to the left and goes around by
the old tavern that stands near the bark
yard of the tannery. A cross road on the
top OF the bill unites the two, and Johnnie
with woodsman's instinct to double on hi.
trail, had cut across to the longer road. He
thought he would very likely have a run for
It. One may go by either road to Remsen
but Farmer Roberts had the better road foI
that place, and away he went, and drove
nearly third of the way to his destination