Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-10
A RURAL ROMANCE.


Coal.on, Pa, and vicinity by tho mar.
riage Of Anna Colbert, daughter Of the
well TO do village tailor. Benjamin Co.
bert. to Anthony Fraley, "a prosperous
Young builder. The bride ~ twenty |
wears old. pretty and yyacioua Tho /
BRIDEGROOM Is twonty.thrcc. They were |
married BY Dominic Blackjack Oh Fri. |
day morning. At frat people refused to |
believe IL. but when II became known I
that the event was an assured fact bust !
ncu WINS almost entirely suspended In |
the village for half day. so pleased was /
everybody that at last he didn't have to |
re awake nights wondering what pretty !
Mics Colbert and her lover would DO mex, !
20 furnish unusual subjects for gossip
II was more than two years ago that
Miss Colbert and Anthony Fralcy be-
came acquainted at ,picnic It was
case Of reciprocal love at first sight, aud
the young man began making frequent
calls on Miss Anna at her fathers house.
Papa Colbert had different ideas about
WHO his daughters lover should be,
however Fraley then being only just
out Of his timc NJ u carpenter. with no
visible future. and no soon notified An.
ihony that he must coase calling on
Anna. and ordered Anna 10 receive no
further attention from Anthony. Find
ing that nothing could change The old
rontlcmana determination, his daughter
aprarcntly obcyed bis will and her
lover called no moral
but that they managed 20 SEQ or COM
municats with each other was made
iuanifc1t few weeks later, when Miss
Colbert was found missing from her
room ono day, aud In her place was
motto stating that the dictates Of her
heart were 90 much stronger than her
. desire to obey tho commands of her par.
snt that fhc had olopcd with Anthony
fralcy aud that they had gone away 10
gli married.
Now, & had so happened that week
@o before the clopcmcnt Papa Colbert
lui heard that Anthony Frlcy had %
reh uncle IN Piiisburg from whom tue
young inan had great expectations, and
upon investigating tho rum0r ho had
found It 20 be based on very solid foun.
dalton. This caused great change to
come over the schoming tailor's views on
the subject Of his daughters marital
prospects. and he was ON tho eve Of ar
nouncing 10 her that ho had fcpcntod o.
separating her and her lover, and that
they might resume their tender rcla.
tions. when tho olopcmcnt was an
nounced 20 him IN his daughters note.
The tailor was az iirrt very wroth over
the news and was about 10 start In pur.
tuit Of the flying lovers when II sudden.
" occurred 10 him that, while It pro.
cipitatcd matters Fomowhat, It was u
good thing all round, for 1t would en-.
Hblc him 10 save his diynityin The mat.
Ter Of the commands no had laid upon
his daughter, aud nj tho same time fas.
ten the young man and his prospects IN
tho family al once and save all fear Of
future uncertainty. SO no gave up tho
idea Of pursuit. and went 10 his work
with complacrucy and quiet uncou.
crJn that surprised his neighbour, who
had quickly heard tho ngNs and were
making the most Of 1t.
Fryburg Is eight miles from Coalition,
and thihcr tho clipping couple drove o.
fast as tho horse Fralcy had hired would
carry them, for they expected that An,
AiN ANAAiAA NAAAA ~ AANNA Allflll W AANN
pursuit as soon IA no received his laugh.
tors note. As they ncared tho place fot
which they had ret ont to DO married
the girl grow extremely uneasy, hut thoy
reached tho village. stopped al o hotel,
where Miss Colbert remained while her
lover went out TO hunt up come ono who
could marry them, leaving tho horse
tied nj tho post In front OF tho hotel
Fraley was u long time in finding any
one who could perform tho nxiously
desired ceremony, for one Of tho two
ministers OF tho place was officiating at
funeral, and the other had gone fish.
Ing The young man finally found a
Justice Of tho peace, who accompanied
him to tho hotel 10 marry him and the
gifl.
Whom Fralcy and tho Justice arrived
~ the hotel, the former noticed that the
horse and carriage were gone. The
young man hurried into tho house and
asked what had become OF the rig. The
landlord told him that the Girl he mad
leit there had taken tho horse aud ear
fage aud driven away, leaving word to
Ey tD the Young man when he came
'NA ANsA nlN Eh'HHNA ANAk NV ihAHA
hsyobeen only inf fun, and had gone back
home"
Frnlcy did not waste any time IN fool.
ihuess, but hired horse and carriagl
Of the landlord, and with the hostler "a
drive him started In pursuit Of tho girl.
Tho fresh horse overlook tho other -four
miles ont Of Fryburg and Miss Colbert
WIS compelled TO stop
what IN tho world does this mean,
Annay exclaimed Frnloy.
"Oh, Tony" replied Miss Colbert, 81
only meant II In fun; let's walt
But Tony soon persuaded the iickle
minded girl TO turn about aud go back
When they got back TO Fryburg Tho
young man did not take the chances OF
leaving Miss Colbert at tho hotel again
bat drove direct 10 the Justices office
10 helped her out Of the carriage, and
telling her To go In and wait for him, h,
got into the carriage and drove away 10
ward the hotel He rcmnned away s,
long that the girl started out 20 see what
hAd become OF him. At the hotel she
learned that no bad driven past In the
direction from which they had come,
Miss Colbert at loss TO account for this,
To inrn hired the hotel RIG and started IN
lorsuit She overlook her lover two %
three milea ont Of town, aud angrily'da'
nanded to know why he was treating
hos So
81 happened to thinl;." he replied, at