The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-25
ILL LUCK HAUNTED
THIS YOUNG COUPLE
Nothing Very Serious But the nisap.
poiniments Were Many.
TRIUMPHED OVER ALL HOWEVER
After Overcoming All Their Troubles
AS They Thought. They Found
Themselves Facing a Greater OBJ
stacie Than All the Others, the
Intervention of the Law in Their
Contemplated Marriage--The Law
Had TO BE Circumvented and IL Was

Yesterday witnessed q local instance
of the truth of the two old adages
about the rough course OF true love
and the ability of this same affliction
to surmount ell obstacles.
Joseph Zncree, OF London-if you
please-aged twenty-five, and Miss
Emma Clempner of Manchester, aged
nineteen years, were lovers from child
hood. Joseph learned the trade OF fur
rier and followed 1t for awhile in his
native town, but as business was poor
and the prospects OF establishing a
home lat 'ome" not very bright, he
decided to come out to the states and
seek his fortune, promising to send for
his sweetheart when he got settled.
He secured employment in New York
city and by dint of hard work and
frugal living saved a nice penny, and
three months ago his intended bride
received the anxiously-awaited mes
sage, Come"
The passage money accompanied the
letter and forthwith upon it's receipt
the young lady started for the land Of
the free But a rude disappointment
awaited her arrival. Her intended hus-
band met her at the wharf with the
sad intelligence that the happy day
would have to be postponed. In the
interim between the sending of the
message and her oncoming he had lost
his job and a pickpocket had relieved
him of his wallet, containing all his
modest wealth.
SAID SHE WOULD WAIT.
They were not of the despairing kind
though. With an encouraging smile
nI i'm p1n l.. I
ding him to be of good cheer and stout
heart came on to this city to stay
with relatives until her fiance could re-
trieve his lost fortune.
Setting to work with a will he did
whatever work he could lay his hand
to and in two months time had stocked
a new wallet with the wherewith to see
him safely through a wedding. AS if
luck was bent on specially rewarding
pluck in his case, good position at
his trade of furrer fell to him last
week and there being nothing now to
hinder he hurriedly hied himself hither
to acquaint his waiting bride of his
good fortune and make her the happy
sharer in it.
Yesterday morning he arrived here
from New York and forthwith the
happy boy and girl betook themselves
to Clerk of the Courts Daniels for a
license, intending to be married and
return forthwith to New York, where
the groom had nicely furnished rooms
engaged.
1t was enough to make an ordinary
man swear, and any but an extraor-
dinary girl cry even on their wedding
day. But this couple didn't do either.
When Deputy Bonn cruelty told them
that the girl was under age and the
consent of her parents would be neces-
sary, they quietly asked If there wasn't
some way of getting around the diff
Guilty presented by the fact that the
girls parents were in England. There
was a way and Mr.. Bonn impaired it
to them. Attorney c. f. Oliver was
called in, told of the difficulty and in
structed to surmount it. They had a
friend, G. w. Pease, a buyer for Clarke
Bros, and he was hastily summoned
to the court house.
GUARDIAN APPOINTED.
The whole party repaired to Judge
Edwards chamber, told him the story
and asked him to appoint Mr.. Pease
guardian Of the bride. The judge GER
tainly did, and the guardian certainly
gave his consent. and in a very few
minutes the young couple were happy
in the possession of the coveted license.
Last night they We're married and
this morning left for New York, hoping
they had seen the last of their aggra-
waiting disappointments.