Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-16
HAVE THEY ELOPED?
Pretty Miss French and Her Chinese
Pupil Disappear.
TODLEE HAD BEEN VERY DEVOTED
He Was christian" Chinaman, But It Is Said,
Left Wife in the Flowsry KingdOm-MisS
Frsnch'S Parents Almost Distracted.
Attentions TO His Teacher.

OI ID6 'nedIueu Oulueo mas lcSOlNOu
a setback in Brooklyn through the dis
appearance Of Miss Grace French,
pretty brunette of eighteen years. Ac-
cording to the rumors prevalent in the
neighborhood, she has eloped with Tod
Lee, (anglice, Edward w. Lee, one OF
the Cinnamon whom Miss French and
her mother were, it Is alleged, attempt
ing to christianize.
According to the best authenticated
reports Mr.. Lee is very small China
man. He has cut off his cue and from
the proceeds of his laundry on De halo
avenue, near Washington avenue, he
made enough money TO dress very ele-
gantly. For this particular reason, 1t
seems, Mr.. Lee gained the envious hat
red of his baggy-trousered compatriotS,
to whom is given the credit OF making
public Mr.. Lees sentimental affairs.
Mr.. Lee joined the First Baptist
Church Sunday school at the corner of
Pierrepont and Clinton streets.
The church has since been sold, and
is now in process of demolition. The
Chinese class of the Sunday school scat
tered in many directions. Both Mrs.
French and the missing young lady
were enthusiastic teachers in the school,
although both are Methodist.
AS it happens the Greenwood Baptist
Church, at the corner OF Fifth avenue
and Fifteenth street, has Chinese Sun
day school, and to that school Mrs.
French, Miss Grace French and Tod
Lee drifted. Then the real trouble, ac-
cordng TO the Chinese friends OF Lee,
became prominent. IL seemed evident
that the Chinaman was more than
specifically attentive to his pretty Sum
DAY school teacher. They were always
together and took long walks without a
chaperone. That is against Chinese
etiquette, and Tod Lee had enemies,
who at once went 10 work.
Some of them said the pretty girl and
the well-dressed Chinaman were en-
gagged TO be married. This was said be-
cause it was known that both the
church and Mr.. and Mrs. French would
promptly stop the progress OF the pro-
posed treaty. AS the report gained
ground, but failed TO call forth any
action from the French family, some
BODY managed TO have it printed last
Wednesday. The next day Miss French
disappeared, and, by singular coinci-
dence, so did Tod Lee. The result is
that the gossips Of the neighborhrod
say that Miss French and Tod Lee went
away together. There is no proof of
the fact, but the coincidence is peculiar.
Around the residence Of Mrs. French
there was an air of gloom yesterday.
Even the outer shutters were closed,
and the doorbell had been detached
from its wire. There were many OF the
neighbors, who seemingly knew all
about the alleged elopement, and they
were not slow in volunteering informa-
tion. The general opinion is that both
Mr.. and Mrs. French are nearly dis
tracted over the disappearance of their
daughter, and that neither OF the
parents had any idea that the childlike
Tod Lee had sentimental cast in his
almond eye. Less charitable acquaint-
ances say that had it not been for Mrs.
French enthusiastic desire to christian
ize Cinnamon, her daughter would now
be at home.
II marriage, granted that the two
have eloped, was a seemingly posi-
BILE solution, there would not be quite
so much trouble in the minds OF Mr..
and Mrs. French, but the oiiicious
friends of Tod Lee who distributed re-
ports of his attentions to Miss French
declare thatthe bland Chinaman left a
wife and several children in Canton,
China, whence he came ten years ago.
The report of Lees existing wife is the
straw that changed the feelings of Mr..
ard Mrs. French from modification TO
actual despair, and all this time they
are ignorant as to their daughters
whereabouts.
The Rev. r. b. Hull is the pastor OF
the Greenwood Baptist Church, and he
had heard of the alleged elope-
ment before reporter called
ON him. but he said he knew no
facts in the case. Michael Hamilton,
superintendent OF the Sunday school,
also denied any knowledge OF the mat
ter. DR.. Hull said:
Lee is not member Of our class,
and Miss French did not teach him in
our church. She is Methodist and so
is her mother. They used to teach Chi
nese pupils in the Sunday school class
connected with the First BaptistChnrch.
When that congregation began to wor-
ship i'm the Polytechnic building, Miss
French came TO US and said she wanted
to bring one Of her Cinnamon up to cur
class, as she had nowhere to teach him
after the building had been torn down,
and we admitted both her and her
mother as teachers in our sbhool. Lee
was not member of our class.
Miss French brought another China
man than Lee with her, one whom she
said she had taught in the other
church. We allow the Chinese Young
Mems Christian Association TO meet in
the Sunday-school room after the
regular session of our own class, and
they have a supper there every Sunday
evening. Lee is a member Of the T..
M. c. A. He is in no way connected
with the church. The worst Of this
whole lhing is that the Chinaman to
whom she is said TO be engaged is mar
ried and has family in China"
Investigation among several China
men. incluning Lee Hum, said TO oe
Tod Lees brother, revealed nothing
save that Tod Lee had sold out his
laundry and had not been seen for
several days.
The Congo State.
BRUSSELS, May 15.-In a speech delivered
! in the Chamber Of Deputies yesterday, the