St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-12
LOVE IN A CAR BARN.
Two Northern Minneapolis
Turtle Doves Caught in
Their Nest.
Accidental Discharge of a Re-
volVer Causes a Danger
Gus Wound.
Again the South Side High
School Looks Like a
Failure.
Fires Keep the Departm mt
BusV--Religious L.b3rty
Association.

At the corner of Monroe and Broad
way streets northeast stands Il long,
rambling and dun -colOrei frame build
Ing 1t was used during the good old
days OF long ago when bob-tail horse
cars were the pride and fate OF Mime
apolis as a street railway barn. Bob
tailed mules and bob tailed cars were
kept there. and there was nothing about
the dingY, bad-smeiling place worthy Of
special COMMENT Now. however.
romantic halo pncircIeS the place. The
odor OF the stable has disappeared un-
aWares, and in its stead the atmosphere
is laden with the perfume Of dead flow
erS and the romance OF love which
has no parallel.
Some two weeks ago there occurred in
New Boston all episode such aS is read
about in nOYelttteS and seen upon the
stage. A stern father refused the hand
Of his YOung daughter 10 al ardent
lover whose only recommendation was a
beardless face. The father was ear
penter named NJ. Is. GrOttc. recently ar
rived from D2s M0ineS with his wife
and daughter Nellie. Frank Aibrecht
was The lover. MI. GrOtte did not fancy
Albrecht, and told his daughter she
must give him up. He Informed the
youth that should he ever call at the
mouse again lie would be kicked out of
doors. But true love LAUGHS at stern
fathers and their kicks. Nellie was but
sixteen and Albrecht scarcely eighteen.
1t was no wonder, then, that they dehed
the pater and met in spite of HIM. Last
Friday night Nellie left the house on an
erraud for her mother. She never re-
turned, and the next day when MI.
GIOtIe called at the 500 shops, where
yOuLg Albrecht was employed as a
helper. he was told The latter had not
been seen for two Gays. Then Mr.
Gr0tte knew his daughter had run away
from home ana gone with her beardlGSS
lover.
y search was made for her and it is
understood Ihe East side police station
officers we're notified of the runaway
match. Monday some friend Of Mr..
Grotte saw young Aibrecht board
Lyndale avenue car. He got Oh The
same car. resolved 10 follow him and
ascertain if possible where the girl was
hidden. Albrecht ailghted from the car
Wnen 1t reached the corner Of Monroe
and Broadway streets. and, after look
Ing about to see that no one observed
him, disappeared in the rear OF the old
street car barn. Tne friend referred to
fastened to lind Mir. GrOtte and together
they effected an entrance to the shaky
old building To their surprise and
horror they found both AIbrecht and
Nellie neatly enscOnsed behind curtains
strung across grain bin on the second
floor. The precious pair had ar
ranged a little boudOlr ana were liv.
ing in the barn as happy as doves
in cot. a little stove stood in the cen
ter of the bin. and to keep the cold air
Of the barn out. a pair OF blankets had
been strung across for curtains. There
was also a box and tin pail hlIed with
crackers and cheese, and III one conner
Of the bin stood a cheap cot, covered
with old quilts and blankets.
Nellie and Frank had been living IN
the old barn ever since they ran
away. They were terribly frightened
when they beheld MI Grotte standing
before them. but insisted they would
rather die than live apart. The upshot
of the whole affair was that Nellie was
taken home and yesterday Mi. GrOtjt
secured a marriage license from the
clerk Of the district court.
Thus ends modern romance.