Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
AFTER MANY EFFORTS
A Young Couple Attempts to Elope Sow
eral Times and Are at Last Successful.

A Young Couple Attempts to Elope Sow
eral Times and Are at Last Successful.
BATH, December 1.-THE little lum-
Der town OF Attention, over the Pennsyl-
vania border, is enjoying an elopement
sensation.
Owen Carey is the head sawyer in the
Allen mills, and his daughter Cicely,
aged 10, is the prettiest girl in the set
Element. 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 daugh-
ter from the time when she had the
courage to accept the attentions OF
young Oscar Gum, farmer living a
few miles from Attention. Gunn works
for his father, who is we'll TO Go, and
will inherit the farm.
When Cary 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 Cicely
marrying anybody. The girl must have
managed to see her lover in some way
from time to time, or the elopement
which occurred on September could not
have been planned. On the evening OF
that day Cicely left the house during
her fathers absence, and few minutes
later was in a carriage with her lover,
speeding toward the New York State
line. Carey was away on business, and
the lovers had every reason to believe
they would not be interfered with be-
fore they could get into this State and
be married. The night was dark, and
Gum, in turning out to give room for
wagon coming in the opposite direction,
ran his carriage in ditch and it upset.
The occupant OF the wagon stopped his
horse, and ran, with his lantern, to the
aid Of those in the overturned carriage.
He was a surprised and indignant man
when he discovered who they were, and
the runaway couple were dumbfounded
and chagrined. The man who had hHr-
ried to their aid was Cicely's father. No
damage had been done to Gums car
riage, but he returned home in it alone,
for Carey bundled his daughter into his
wagon and brought her back home.
From all accounts Cicely led decid-
edly more unevenible existence at home,
after her humiliating capture by her
father, than she had before, and in two
weeks she eluded his watchfulness 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 particular
friend of Gum, and was to drive her to
the place where she was TO meet her
lover. He drove her mile and then
refused to go further, and the girl was
obliged to return home. Since then she
has made two other Intellectual attempts
to elope, the last one only two weeks
ago. Then Miss Helen Joyce, Of Lock
port, cousin of Oscar Gum, went on
visit to the Gum farm. Gum made her
his confident, and she agreed to help
him and Cicely out OF their difficulty.
With her cousin she drove several times
to Allerton. and every time they man
aged to let Sawyer Carey see them to-
gether. Through little sister Of Gum
she correspondent with Clcely, and the
result was that on one or two occasions
she called on Cicely, driving Oscars
horse and carriage. On last Thursday
afternoon she made one of these calls
and passed an hour with Cicely in the
latter'S room.
1t was three hours after the carriage
drove away again toward the Gum farm
when Carey went home to his supper.
He asked where Cicely was, and being
told she was in her room he called her
to come down to supper. When Oscar
Gums cousin, Helen Joyce, instead OF
Cicely came down stairs and walked to
the supper table Carey knew in a mo-
ment what it meant. and he did not
waste any time in giving vent to his
feelings there, but rushed out, saddled
his horse, and started toward New York
State. He arrived there, but too late.
Cicely and Oscar were married 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
yer Carey.