The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-31
WE'D in SECRET.
Chicago Heiress EIOpes With
Grocery Wagon Driver.
Rode Away on Bicycles and
We're Married.
GROOM LOSES PLACE
Has a Bride But Neither Work
Nor Money.
Will Not Return Home Without
Her Husband.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-AIiss Alberta Rich
ardson of 1872 Washington boulevard,
whose love for George R. Mcdonald,
driver for a delivery wagon for w. D.
Cooper's grocery, gave her courage to
leave the mansion of her wealthy moth
er to become the young mans bride,
has been called upon to endure still
harder trials than she contemplated.
The eIopement took place Friday. 1t
resulted in the bridegroom's discharge
Saturday, and now Mr.. and Mrs Nc
Donald are facing a future in which the
forgiveness of the brides mother or the
procuring of another situation by the
husband is yet to come.
1t was romance in which love, re-
enforced by bicycles, needed not the
obstacles that poverty and maternal
objections to match tended to raise
Young Mcdonald became acquainted
with Miss Richardson while delivering
groceries at her mothers residence
Wlthln few weeks after the first
meeting the pair were secretly affian-
ced. Mrs. Richardson soon learned the
drlft OF her daughters affections and
forbade her meeting her lover. But the
young folks were cyclists and enjoyed
each others society constantly in Nc
Donalds spare time. Their wheels were
their best friends. They were cycling
When they went to a minister's house
TO be married, and their wedding trip
was taken on their bicycles in the city's
boulevards.
Bride and groom had then no hope of
speedily reconciling Mrs. Richardson
10 the new conditions But young Nc
Donald had a situation which gave him
an income of $3.50 a week and Mrs
Mcdonald had taken in her bicycle bag
from her mothers house her own Jew
eIry, in which were included some val
liable diamonds. To the pair the future
did not look very dark when Friday
evening, they took up their abode in
Madison street 1t was the next morn
ing that the rude awakening to life's re-
atty came.
Blushing and happy, the Young man
entered his place of employment at the
usual hour prepared to perform his Gus
tomary duties. He asked Mr. Cooper.
however, to give him no groceries to
deliver at the Richardson home The
manager, without saying whether or
not he had learned of the elopement
told the delivery man his services would
not be needed in future. When he paid
Mcdonald he deducted so cents for time
lost the previous afternoon, when the
employe had left earlier than usual to
get married.
When the groom, who received his i'll
luck quietly though with tears in his
eyes, returned to his room, expecting
that his bride would be overwhelmed bY
the bad news, she showed good
courage. The young woman spoke
braVely and assured him she would be
loyal to him in poverty and in good for
tune alike. She had found har ward
robe was insufficient because in her
hurry to leave her mothers house she
had neglected to take any dresses and
had only her bicycle costume But she
had surmounted that trouble. Her land
lady mad helped her to make a street
dress and she felt that she was equip
ped as well as many brides of 20 years
OF age who have braVed the world with
hopeful but poor husbands of 90
Plans had been laid for the elopement
early in the month, and young McDon-
aid obtained a marriage license August
4. The couple might not have made use
of the license thus early but for a little
incident that arose from Mrs. Richard
sons opposition to the match
Mrs. Richardson, who is the wife of
M A Richardson of NJ. A. Richardson
& Co, tnware manufacturers, 3O9 Wash
ingtOn boulevard, but who is separated
from her husband, CHANGED on Friday
morning to walk into her kitchen when
her daughter and Young Mcdonald
were talking at the back door She be-
gan to scOld the pair and just then
John Connors, who has apartments in
the house, Joined in and made some
sneerlng a1lusion to Mcdonald In an
instant the two young men were en-
gagged in a fight and Mrs. Richardson
separated them with difficulty.
Miss Richardson was deeply angered
by what she regarded as an affront to
her betrothed and told her mother she
would no longer endure opposition. The
young woman went out a few hours la
yer win Her bicycle, met her lover at
Garfield park and proposed an elope-
ment- They rode to the residence of
Rev. William Craven, pastor of the
Park Avenue Methodist church. and
were married. The minister kissed the
bride, they left the house and had
long bicycle ride before going to Nc
Donald's home
Mrs. Mcdonald, living within a block
of her mothers brownstone house, de-
clares she will not visit her parent until
she mas assurance that no effort will be
made to separate her from her young
husband. Mr.. Mcdonald says he will
not depend upon anyone and although
he has no trade hopes to secure en-