The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-13
Love Finding Another WAY

Miss Eioise Gleason, of Arrat town
ship, Lackawanna county, this State,
always had d mind OF her own. She is
twenty three years DID, and a daughter
OF Oliver w. Gleason, q prosperous far
nler. Miss Gleason and young Philip
Whipple were lovers ever since they
were old enough TO know what love is.
Philip is a son of Farmer Joseph B.
Whipple The lands belonging to Mr.
Gleason and Mr.. Wilipple join, and ey-
erything went well with tie lovers un>
til two years ago, when their fathersfell
out over a line teuce. The dispute over
"A little strip o. ground is still pending
in the Court. 1t has been the means OF
! creating bitter einnity between the
two families. but Eioisa and Philip re-
manned true to one anos her through it
all.
After the lawsuit had been begun, Mr..
Gleason ordered Eloise to break off the
engagement between her and Philip
Whipple. He has also ordered young
Whippie not to call at his house any
more. Philips pai ents.on the other hand
gave their son TO understand that it
would please them very much if he paid
no more attention to hloise Gleason.
Philip stopped calling on Eloise, but
! the engagement was not broken.
The lovers frequently met in the school
| house grove after dark, when the wealth
er was favorable. In the winter they
occasionally net at the house of Il neigh
| Dor
Last spring Mr. Gleason found this
out, and he told his daughter that he
would drive her from home the next
time he heard that she had met young
Whipple anywhere, and at this Eloise
| told her father that she had determined
! 7 ot,ii hal
| pened before the end OF the year, and
, that he could drive her out of the house
| that very minute if he chose to. The
! stormy interview ended without serious
result and after that Eioise met Philip
in the school house grove oftener than
| before.
Whenever anything happened in the
! Gleason household TO prevent Elolse
from meeting her lover at the sylvan
TRUSTING place after nightfall, as pre-
| viously agreed upon the young woman
| stood blue churn on top OF the wood
pile, where Philip could see it from any
! part of his fathers farm. Ii the churn
was not there late in the afternoon Phil
| ip knew that Eloise would be at the
! grove in the evening. In the same way
| Philip signalled to his sweetheart with
| his mothers red butter bowl, and the
lovers met often enough to lay their
| plans for an elopement.
Last Monday night Eloise and Philip
made the school house grove their tryst-
| ing place for the last time. After they
had been there a few minutes young
Walter Benedict who is a friend of Phil
| ip, and whose sister knew all about Miss
Gieason's plans, drove to the grove. He
had his sister with him, and they took
Eloise and Philip into the wagon. whip
! ped up the horses, and were on their
way TO Starrucca village in no time.
Miss Gleason and Miss Benedict passed
| the night at the house of an acquaint-
ance, while the young men passed the
night at another house in the village.
On Tuesday morning Eloise and Philip
took train for Windsor, N. l., where
they were married without having to
show license, and Mr.. Benedict and
his sister drove home.