The morning news., 1897-08-31
THE LOVERS DID NOT ELoPE.
MISS sTEINBACH LEFT HER HOME,
But DID NOT LEAVE THE CITY.

IpE Her fulher's house Last sNt-
urdny-Parents Beg Her to Come
Back Home and she Promises to
Return TO-dny-Thc Mystery of
Her Whereabouts Cleared.
The romantic story of the supposed we'd
ding of Miss Christine Steinbach and Mr..
John Spellman, which appeared in the
Morning News yesterday, has a second
chapter more interesting than the first.
There was no wedding at Ridgeland, S.
c., as was the suppostion of the young
lady's family. In fact, so far as their in
formation goes, there has been no wedding
at all, and the young lady is still away
from home. II now dawns that she has
not been to Ridgeland, S. c., but has been
staying at a boarding house on the north
east corner of Broughton and Montgomery
streets ever since she left home Saturday
afternoon, excepting that she spent Sun
day at Dafuske, with the daughters of
the proprietress of the boarding house and 1
others who formed party for Sundays
outing
Mr.. Spellman, the man who was sup
posed TO have been the fortunate and hap
py bridegroom all this while, is an engi-
neer on the Plant system. He came into
the city Sunday morning from Jackson
willie and went to Daufuskie Sunday after
noon, where ne spent the remainder of
the day with Miss Steinbach and party,
returning with them on the boat from the
island at Il o'clock in the evening and es-
corting her TO the boarding house where
she is staying Miss Steinbach remained
day and last night where she was visited
last evening by Mr.. Spellman, and they
took a walk and called at her parents
home for an hour later in the evening, re-
turning to the boarding house, where Mr..
Spelman left her.
Her father and mother called on her at
the boarding house yesterday afternoon
and begged her to come back home. She
assured her father that if he would retract
the harsh things he had said to her con-
Cerning her attachment to Mr.. Spellman
she would return last night and bring
Mr.. Spellman with her. The father said
he had spoken hastily, and would retract
what he had said. 1t was in this way
that she and Mr.. Spellman came to visit
the parental domicile last night. Contra
ry to the expectations of the father and
mother, however the daughter did not
remain at her former home but returned
to the boarding house, stating that her
reason for doing was that she had left
her trunk unpacked and could not come
back home until she had put her trunk
in order and could have IL sent home.
She promised that she would return home
this morning.
The pretty young woman was seen by
a Morning News reporter late last night,
but declined to answer any questions con-
cerning her remaining away from home.
Her mother had just been seen at the
family residence at PIP Liberty street.
east and had given the information that
her daughter accompanied by Mr.. Spell
man, had called during the evening re-
naming about an hour, but that nothing
could be gained by her parents definitely
as to whether she was married or not,
the only direct reference to the subject
having been made during the conference
by Mr.. Spellman. when he remarked that
they had been married last Friday after
noon by the priest, but subsequently
laughed and said he was only joking.
MI. Spellman did not say we were mar
ried Friday afternoon" said the daughter
speaking of the incident later. "He said
Friday morning
Then were YOU married Friday morning
instead of Friday afternoon" queried the
reporter.
There was a pause Miss Steinbach, who
was sitting on the stoop at her boarding
house with the landlady, on the corner of
Montgomery and Broughton streets. look
ed downward for a moment in profound
meditation. Her tiny hand was raised to
her cheek. A half smothered sigh, and
| nervous little shrug of the shoulder ac-
| companied her tardy reply:
Il don't think l ought to answer any
questions unless Mr.. Spellman were here"
While she seemed lost in meditation as
to her reply clocks over the city were ring
ing out the hour Of midnight. The quiver-
ing gleam of the electric light danced
across her fair cheek as she looked down
that moment, and far up the street echo
ing with the footsteps of tardy home-goers,
amid the din and clatter Of the town some
body was whistling that pathetic little air,
"Oh, You Break My Heart"
The question Is stin unanswered, and
not until to-day, when she has promised
to go back 90 the home of her fond and
trusting parents, win 1t he definitely
known whether she has been secretly or
caprciously married or not. Her mother
states that If she finds the couple have
been married. she will insist upon a sec
ond marriage
The parents are greatly disturbed over
the unfortunate affair The young lady
expressed herself as being mortified that
Il should have gotten into the papers too,
and added: Il don't think II was exactly
Just 70 the Charleston party to have put
his name in print in connection with what
| have done
The affair has been widely talked about
throughout the city. Both of the young
people have scores of friends who are in
terested