Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-10
GOT MOTHERS CONSENT.
HOW A YOUNG LOVER WON HIS
GIkL BRIDE.
his Apparent zngenuousness Won the Old
Lady's Confidence, and She Signed
Paper without Reading It-And
Then They Were Married.

perience recently in overcoming opposi-
ton to their union. and who displayed
strategical qualities of high order in
outwitting those who we're endeavoring
to prevent the matrimonial determina-
ton of the lovers.
The problem which they had to solve
was complicated one, but by putting
their heads together between sighs and
complaints at their hard hearted par
ents. they are now moving peacefully
along in welded bliss, and their friends
still smile gleefully at the sharpness
which love lent to their wits.
The young lady was still in her teens,
and while a we'll developed young
woman, was below the marriageable
age. She wanted to wed her sweet
neart, who is young fellow of steady
habits and better partner, though
Young himself, than many men twice
his age.
But her mother would not consent to
the marriage, and without that the
young folks could not procure license,
and the girl said she would not 60 to the
high seas, in accordance with the GUS
tom which has of late years become
somewhat popular on the Pacific coast.
She was as eager as her lover, but in
sisted on her mothers consent, which
had to be attached to the application
for license.
The troubles Of the lovers we're known
to several of their friends, and the affair
was the.eubject of much discussion in
their circle OF friends and acquaintances.
Thesmother of the young lady thought
both were too young to marry, and was
not much in favor of the match anyway.
She watched her daughter very closely,
and while she did not come down on the
young folks with the sternness of the
traditional and melodramatic parent,
yet she made it clearly evident that
they would be obliged to resort to the
theory, that all is fair in love and war,
if they expected to have any speedy
consummation of their fondest wishes.
After due deliberation, plan was de-
termined upon, which was as rash as
the most sentimental maiden of the
days of guarded castles could have
wished, and in which the chances were
10 to l against success, but the gay
young lover took the chance and won a
bride.
The young woman had o girl friend
living near by, whom che was in the
habit of running in to see. One night
she accidentally called on her friend,
and while there her lover came in. He
remained for short time, and then
went boldly over to the residence OF his
prospective mother-in-law. With an easy
grace, which was not at all in keeping
with the thumps of his heart, he repre-
Hented that there was little party at
the home of friend of the mothers,
hot ha xro,,ll 1slya 10 toly tho
young lady over there for an hour or
wise in her day and generation, did not
already smoIdering in the hearts of the
young people, by grabbed opposition,
and without refusing, said that her
daughter was at the residence 6f the
friend before mentioned.
''But perhaps she will not like to so
without your direct consent" suggested
the young Machiavelli. eff you have
no objection will just write q little line,
and if you will put your name to it che
will be sure that you are willing"
The mother was pleased with the
seeming ingenuousness of the young
man, and he hastily scribbled few
lines on piece of paper, which che
signed, and he went gaily away, thank
ing the unsuspecting mother with
genuine feeling for her kindness in al
lowing him to be with his inamorata.
Little did the lady think that che had
placed the very power in the hands of
the lovers which she had so stubbornly
refused to grant. 1t ok the young fell
low about minute, at a Nancy Hanks
gait, to burat into the room where his
sweetheart was sitting, and exclaim:
II have got it,"
He fiourished paper and executed
Highland fling, which would have done
justice to an expert in that line. The
remainder of two or three hours were
passed by the lovers in a state of excite
ment aud joy which bordered upon
hilarity. at the expiration of the even
ing he took the girl home, and she de-
murely made her appearance before her
mother with the most innocent express
sion in the world upon her pretty face.
The next morning the young man ap
peared at the county clerks Office and
con fidently asked for marriage license.
When the "Cupid' in charge of that
department reached the girls age in
making out the application, he re-
marked that the would-be bride was
only 16, and her parents consent was
necessary. With twinkle in his eye
the young fellow presented the note
which the mother had signed. 1t was
not what she thought it was, but her
consent for her daughters marriage to
the young man. She had failed to look
at the lines which the boy had written,
and had signed away her objection to
the marriage. The document was at
tached to the certificate in the book.
and the applicant marched out with his
license.
That afternoon quiet wedding took
place to which the mother was not in
vited. A deuce of a row occurred when the
young couple presented themselves and
begged forgiveness for their strategem.
The mother wisely concluded to make the
best of it, and when the rough edges of
her chagrin were worn off, she even
smiled at the ingenuity with which she
had been made party to do that which
she had said she would not do. The
young folks are at present very happy
in their honeymoon, and are going along
as soberly and sedately as if they had
not had such romantic beginning to
their journey through life together.
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