The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-05
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
Annie Rundschus Becomes mrs.
Benny Sausr In Spite OF Opposltiop.

k8ouny SAuer In spite OF OppOsitIOu.
The western slope of the Hill is not
prolific in sensations and when the
~neighbors noticed that pretty Annie Bun
schus. who formerly assisted her father
in his little dry good store, at. No. I8S
| Zabriskie street, no longer occupied her
accustomed place behind the. counter.
Dame Rurnor soon ran riot with her
name.
That 1t was an eloEenlent was the story
generally believed, because most of the
| gossips knew that Annie's father strenu-
ously opposed his daughter receiving the
attentions of Bonnie Sauer, Of West Iio-
boken. who was recognized at Annie's
lover. and all the Mrs. Grundys felt
satisfied hat ii was an elopement and
thai pretty Annie was now Mrs. Sauer.
To verify their belief was a somewhat
difficult matter for Anton Bundschus
maintained an inpenetrable silence when
one OF the Mrs. Grundys referred to-,
under the pretext of wanting a paper of
pins went to the store and asked how
Annie was.
The old gentleman would simply reply
Il don't know" and further questioning
would only elicit the tame reply. Curios-
ity only increased at Annie's continued
absence, but the old gentleman remained
as taciturn as ever, and the gosslps were
obliged to regale one another with stories
from their imaginations until the disap-
pearance of Annie Bundshus became the
sole topic of conversation in the neigh
borhood.
The neighbors traced the girls last ap-
pearance in their midst to the evening of
Gnn+ A xxrIn a,n Af tbnna nraa Nnnh-
dent that she had seen Annie's lover in
the vicinity. Surely this, coupled with
the facts that Annie had not been seen
since hat night and Bonnie no longer
visited the neighborhood of The Bunds-
chus' dry goods emporium was sufficient
circumstantial evidence on which to es-
tablish a case of elopement, especially
when the -antagonism of Annie's father
towards her youthful lover was so well
known. So Mrs. Grundy set it down as
an established fact hat Annie had ignor-
ed parental wishes and become Mrs.
Sauer.
In this case the Mrs. Grundys proved to
be nearly right. Although Ami and
Bennie had not eloped exactly, they mad
ignored the protests of her father ana
married. The ceremony was performed
by Justice of the Peace Francois. OF West
Hoboken, on the night of September 4,
and they are now believed to be living
happily In that town.
Once, and once only, had Annie return
ed to her fathers home to ask parental
forgiveness, but it nae been denied and
the young bride babe goodbye to the
home of her childhood
Annie is about tw%enty-three years of
age, and her husband is about one year
her Junior. He had been paying her at
,tention for some time, but on account OF
her fathers opposition the meetings of
the lovers were held clandestinely. Their
ardor only increased at Mr.. Bundschus'
obduracy, and realizing that there was
no prospect of securing his consent to
their marriage, they determined to plight
their troth' without it, and then ask his
forgiveness. This programme, as has
been told, was carried out, but the for
an absolutely essential article for house,
keeping, Mr.. and Mrs. Sauer concluded to
get along without it.
When seen at his store yesterday by a
News reporter. MIR. Bundschus said
Yes, it is true my daughter has left
her home and married without my con-
sent. She has made her bed must lie
in it.. Iaopposed her marriage to Benn1e
Sauer because l didn't like him. She did
not tell me she was going. to get married,
but afterwards came n told me what
she had done. | refused to forgive her,
n she left my house and | have not
seen her since. 1 will never forgive her
no never concluded the old man as he
wiped away a tear which trickled down
his cheek