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An interrupted Elopement !
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BY w. 8. ROSE.

THAT was wise" said Fred. 1T
isn't quite time for that"
There was a moments silence.
Il tell you what it is, Fred" said the
young girl, with a little catching in her
throat "the only thing for us to do is
to elope"
Fred was not startled.
IT'S the very thing / was about to
suggest" he said quickly. What
night do you prefer"
You dear boy" cried Elsie, affection
ately patting his arm; there is some
romance in you after ALL"
Thank you" said Fred stoldly;
"What night"
We'll, supposng we say a week from
next Thursday"
That suits me-" replied the young
man. What are your plans?"
II have them laid out" replied the
young girl eagerly My new street
suit will be finished Wednesday. It's
the loveliest thing you ever laid eyes
on. Nine. Summerson never gave me
such a fit before"
I'm afraid Wen soon have to give
up Nine. Summerson," said the young
man. gravely.
''Do you really think so, dear?"
Yes, love. Marrying poor but hon
est young architect is a pretty sure
| cure for the fits you mention. OF course
we can't court for certain on your
/ fathers forgiveness"
Yes, yes, we can. He'll welcome us
back with open arms"
I'm pretty sure We won't deserve it.
| But go on"
well, I'll put on my new dress and
| go over to Nine. Holidays in the af-
! ternoon. I'll manage to smuggle over
lot Of things in a paper parcel and
you must come up with a new travel
/ ing bag and Wen pack them all in that
! Then you can order the carriage to call
| for us at o'clock and Wen take the
/ train over to Craigsvllle and be mar
| ried there"
| And you prefer this way to being
/ married comfortably at homer"
Don't talk nonsense, dear. You
| know / couldn't be married comfort
| ably at home, at least not 10 you
/ unless you disguised yourself and mar
/ ried me under an assumed name
/ Wouldn't that be romantic?"
"One romance at time, dear"
| The days passed rapidly, especially
| the ever-to-be-remembered Thursday.
Fred came over early with the new
travelling bag, which was speedily
/ packed under the friendly direction Of
| Miss Holiday, who was an expert in
the packing line, as we'll as a very dis
Greet and close-mouthed person who
was generally understood to have been
In love and disappointed.
Promptly at o'clock the carriage
arrived, and after a fervent exchange
of kisses the would-be bride broke
away from Miss Holiday and was ten
derly handed into the carriage by Ere
ana they were soon on their way "a
the railroad station, when they
reached the platform Fred got out to
see If the coast was clear. He came
back Immediately.
I'VE can't stop here, dear" he whis-
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pered; there is a detective on the
platform. l wonder if your father sus-
piciOned your purpOse?"
We'll, what are we to do?"
Drive over to the uptown station.
The train isn't due for fifteen minutes
yet, and it stops here ten minutes long
er"
So they drove over to the uptown
station and again Fred alighted. He
came back in half hysterical way.
There's another detective waiting
on the platform"
"Well, what of it?"
Nothing. save that we cant leave
town by rail for Craigsville until to-
morrow morning"
Then what will we do? left them
note, you know, and of course I
can't go back"
Il know of an eminently respectable
home where you can remain tonight
said Fred, "and I will go to a hotel"
Take me to the house, Fred"
The young man gave the driver the
name of the street and the number in
low tone and then rejOined Elsie on
the rear seat of the closed carriage.
Fred" she suddenly said, I'm
afraid it wasn't right to treat papa in
this way"
It's too late to look at It In that
light now" said Fred.
Then the carriage stopped.
Wrap your veil closely around your
face and take my arm" said Fred, as
she followed him from the carriage.
They hurried up the steps, the door
was opened for them, they stepped in
to the brilliantly lighted hall. and there
holding out both hands, was Elsle'7
father.
Before she could ask what 1t all
| meant her wraps were whisked away
by a maid and she was led into the
parlor. She noticed in a beWildered
way that there We're many flowers
about the handsome room, and that it
looked unusually attractive. Then she
found herself standing, still by the side
| Of Fred, before a kindly faced man,
who almost before she realized what
was happening had pronounced them
man and wife.
Fred kissed her, and her father kissed
her, but she said never a word.
well, my dear child, this was
romantic enough, wasn't ito"
Inc tears Welleu w III Elsie eyes
| and she cried:
Father, have been very unduti-
/ full"
The old man took her in his arms.
Here, here" he cried this will
/ never do Tears on your wedding day!
| Fie, fie! Everything's all right now,
my dear. Here you are with a dotlng
| father and the best young husband in
! all the land"
but I thought you were so opposed
! to him?"
Never. He's the young man of all
! others whom / should have picked for
you, This isn't news for Fred"
! Elsie looked at her smiling husband.
81 think you two plotters," she slow
ly said, "have made a ridiculous goose
/ Of me-"
| I'VE only plotted to let you have
your own way" said Fred. "You sure
| ly can't object to that"
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A YOUNG WOMAN came very
"A quietly from the door of the
A handsome stone walk and
4 "A through the gateway. 1t was
cloudy evening and her move
ments We're hidden by the shadows.
She walked to the nearest street corner
and was Immediately Joined by a young
man whose arm she took as they passed
along.
Did keep you waiting long, Fred?"
she asked. 1T seemed quite impossible
to get away without being observed"
mo" said the young man, the wait
ing was nothing. But why is it neces-
sary that we should resort to all this"
he was going to say nonsense, but wise
ly checked himself, this mystery?"
1T is necessary. l tell you. Fred l
can't receive you at home and there is
no other way. | have told you many
times that my father would never con.
sent to give you my hand. 1t might be
different if mother were alive, but now
it is more than likely that father would
forbid you the house"
THAT isn't possible" said the young
man. II am the son of his Oldest friend.
He has ever professed a great regard
for me. Surely there is nothing in my
conduct that could prejudice him. |
am poor, but my prospects are excel
lent, and"
II tell you Fred, he intends me for
higher game No struggling architect
is good enough for his daughter. But
he shall not tear us apart"
"Of course not" said Fred, hastily
But, really, Elsie, don't like this sort
of thing. 1t seems"
She drew her hand from his arm.
Don't like it?" she echoed.
"Of course | like it," he quickly as
serted. AT least like you, which is a
gerat deal more to the point"
The girl took his arm again.
Let me tell you, Fred dear" she
softly said, that if it wasn't for this
very sort of thing, this secrecy, the OPP
position of my father, the romance Of
1t all, it is very likely | shouldn't love
you half so much. The more papa
Sights you the more determined l am
to be yours, Funny, isn't it?"
Delightfully."- funny" said the young
man, and then switched away from the
subject, and pursued their secret halc
hour stroll.
When they returned 10 the handsome
home the young woman, after a tender
though brief parting with the young
man, re-entered the side door with a
most elaborate effort to be both eau
tious and noiseless.
The yourg man walked away, softly
chuckling.
The secret meetings were continued,
and Elsie assured her lover that the
opposition Of her father to him was be-
coming more and more marked
why, Fred" she cried one evening,
papa said he believed you were a
mercenary youth and that you had a
neceitful face. Why, | felt like rising
light up and defending you before all
he world, and then telling papa that
though he threw me into prison
would never, never never wed any one
hut you. But ! didn't"
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Elsie looked at her smiling husband.
II think you two plotters," she slow
ly said, "haYe made a ridiculous goose
Of me-"
I'VE only plotted to let you have
your own way" said Fred. "You sure
ly can't object to that"
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A YOUNG WOMAN came very
N quietly from the door of the
LA handsome stone walk and
4 n through the gateway. 1t was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-18
RUN DOWN %
By CUTCLIFFE HYNE.
Copyright by Cutcliffe Hyne, 1890

Copyright by Cutcliffe Hyne. 1890
.Hullo, there's Calvert, of all peo-
ple"' I. heard brisk voice say behind
me, 'Now, he's the very man. Ill i'm
troduce you to him this minute, and
then Wen go below and see your room,
and back-shecsh the steward into civili-
ty.''
/ turned my head and saw Vanrennan
elbowing his way amongst the crowd
which swarmed on the steamers bridge
deck between the gangway and the
head of the first-class companion. he
had a couple Of dressing bags in his
fists, bundle of rugs under his arm
and a pair of ladies in his train. TO
these last he introduced me.
Mrs. Cordington and my sister Mabel.
They're going across to New York to
stay with some friends, and then. when
the warm weather comes thy're off,
with party. to see the Yosemite valley.
They'll be met on the wharf at the other
side, but UP to there they'll be two lone
lorn females. and | want you to give
them the benefit of your countenance.
and do the genial watchdog business BY
the way, you're taking matters pretty
cooliy; you look either as if you had
been settled here for week, or else
had no connection with the steamer
whatever. l suppose you are crossing by
her?'
81 laughed "Oh, yes" said, Il came
on board her 16 minutes ago, saw the
purser and found | knew him. made him
give me the best room in the ship i'll
stead of the one I'd get; carried my
things in there onc-time and locked the
door, and then cleared out here and
didn't worry any more
You're an old. bold hand" said Van
rennan, land many years of wandering
have made you perfect in the art of
looking after yourself What do you
think of the boatT'
80, she's fine steamer and she'll do
a quick passage. MoreOpver, because she
is a foreigner. they'll feed us extremely
well, which is a great thing for this
time of year."
''Then do you think we shall have "A
very bad crossing?'' Mrs. Cordington
asked anXiOusly.
I'VE may have a breeze or we mayn't;
the Western ocean is always delight
fully uncertain about that. But | was
thinking about the cold. There'll be
precious little going out on deck: meals
will be the most interesting item of the
day. and therefore a good table is a dis
tinct PLEASURE to look forward to-
''Do you think there is any danger?"
said Mrs. CordingtOn
j smiled. Remarkably little. Consid |
erably less, for instance than Won |
wound be exposed to if you Travelled by
train for a week backwards and for. |
wards between London and Glasgow.
In fact, if you care to give me the sum
of one penny apiece, I'll insure you each
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which ran coldly about my knees. I
guessed they had gone to the upper
deck. and ran there myself with the
best of pace. There was feel about
the steamer that | knew. She lay down
sodden and numb in the sea. and rose
To the waves no more. | had felt that
sluggish, sullen roll before on another
ship. We had found her drifting, and
had just time to leave her decks before
she sank down to the ocean floor. The
mail steamer was going to repeat that
dive-and she was carrying thousand
human lives.
The bridge deck lay atilt like the roof
of il house and it was carpeted with
! humanity From the upper bridge rock
cts climbed up high into the night in
one, never-ending stream of yellow
flame. Orders, prayers, shrieks ami
| threats were being hurled about i'll
every tongue that Europe knows. The
! stokehold crews, mad win fear were
raging like devils unclaimed round the
| grips and checks of the lifeboats. Naked
emigrantS were with them. Sick men.
| who could hardly crawl. tore at the boat
awnings with their teeth. The ships
| officers and the few deck hands were
| SNtIl issue Ilkc StEUWS.
Then below from the steam siren
drowned all the clamor. and at that in
slant the moon slid out and burnt like
Il great white lamp through a gap in
| the racing clouds. \ shout could not
be heard above the din and the Shou,s
died away while the trembling fingers
fumbled on ut boat grips and rived at
the stops on the falls. Then the cap
tain on the upper bridge let go the Ian
yard of the siren and gave his orders
before the silence could be broken.
Keep your heads and ali will be
saved" he cried in German. Women
stand by the starbOard boats and men
away to port. Boat crews to their sta
tions will shoot the first swine that
diSoheyS me-" Then he repeated the
words in English and French and
Norsk. till his cry was lost once more in
the raging clamor.
Now. for myself / had seen the use
lcssneSS of thinking about my own hide
till matters were somewhat further adj
vanced, and remembered with grim
amusement, how | had offered to heav-
lily insure two ladies' lives for the trihin~
premium of two copper coins. So from
the moment of coming out on deck had
been employed in hunting for these
charges among the mob, and had not
been sparing vigor in the process. There
were 900 people wedged into one croup.
ana 1t was not possible thing to 90
through these Singly So I had gone
round outside the bulwarK rail. occa-
slonally climbing up by stanchion ora
stay, and had gazed down on the huddle
OF faces from above: and when | found
the two that were wanted i fought
my way to them with elbow or shut
INST as required. Mrs. Cordington wore
Il flannel dressing gown. and as the
other girl had turned ont in a singularly
becoming garment of cotton, i gave her
my own pilot Jacket. and stole also for
her tby brute force) spotted carriage
rug from Il Polish Jew.
now" | said. there's string in the
pocket of that jacket and this thing
will make you an elegant skirt, You'd
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er's at all thick. He's got just over
/ thousand human lives on this ship. and
! guess they give him all the RESPONSE
bility he's any Use for. Steward, bring
me down bottle of green chartreuse
TO my room. Now, Mr.. Calvert, if you re
ready"
The purSer and j talked Western
ocean shop during the burning of two
Cuban cigars, and then he turned to Mt
work. and ] slipped off to the smoke
room and read the illustrated papers.
1t was | ] O'Clock before the smoke room
steward limited that the hour Of closing
had come.
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ling of frightened feet. and then the in
depreciation of these things came to me
i'll IL flash. We were in collision.
\ man snatched open my door. STAN
mered out. Were going down. O,
what shall | do?' and ran away shout
ing. The ship was full of noise and
darkness and hammering. The propcl-
Ter had stopped. no light came when
| turned the electric switch, and we
had SO heavy list of starboard (my
sidel that that already the ports were
covered most of the time 1t was pre-
cisely clear that the steamer was in Il
bad way. and ones first and most natu-
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and the full orchestra of death.
To say that my senses came to me
without furry and ut once would be
too great claim. BY some violent
shock from beneath | was banged up
against the iron roof of the cabin.
pitched back on the fiooOr. and for Il
minute or so lay there stunned
Something serious was going on. /
became duly conscious OF this. and with
an effort reused myself and stared curl
ouSly at the curtain rod Of the bunk
which lay doubled mp and twisted be
tween my hands. Then lit began to he
borne in upon me that the ship was
awake with screaming and the tramp
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RALEIGH, N. G.

self next to the purser, made gor-
geous meal.
I'VE do ourselves well here in the
grub line, don't we?' said the purser
Better than the English boats Were
dragging all the passenger trade away
from them now. Come along down to
my room for your coffee. ana We'll have
a quiet smoke before get to work
squarlng up my papers. Lord! /
wouldn't care to be the old man tonight,
He'll be perched there freezing on the
upper bridge till we're bang clear of
the channel, and very likely for the
next u hours after that, if the wealth
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IN your quarters, and then bid me an
affectonate goodby. j shall have to
clear if | don't want to be taken on.
Ta-ta, Calvert, odd chap. SO awfully
good Of you to take these damsels UNI
der your charge. Hope you'll all nave
good time ON the other side, and not
get frozen ON the road. Goodby."
We hove up ut dusk that afternoon.
ana because the channel outside was
white with an ugly, choppy sea, there
were indies on the table ut dinner and
extraordinarily few diners. sent down
dry champagne and biscuits to Mrs. Cord
ington's room, and then, seating my
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raj instinct was to bolt for the upper
decks.
I'm ashamed to say that / had al
ready rushed outside the door, with
this idea. before | got my wits in hand
again. But then | pulled myself up, ami
went back and dragged on some heavy
serge clothes over my pajamaS, and
added boots and Il whiskey flask. after
which pounded off along the alleyways
to the room which Mrs Cordington
shared with the Nanrennan girl. The
door of it was slamming noisiy with
the roll of the ship. | looked inside.
The place was empty, and from out
of the darkness came Il swirl of water.
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misty night full of rain and spindrift
driving down from the nor nor'west. ]
cooked my eye and saw the skipper and
two mates patrolling the upper bridge
on the break of the deck ahead of me
were three men i'll glistening oilsllins;
in the crows nest forward were two
others; and | shiyered uxurlously, and
thanked the fateS that | was IL mere
passenger who could travel in absolute
safety and have no watch to keep. And
then | went below, made fast my port
manteau and turned in. Sleep humored
me ut once.
| woke to the tune of colliding ships
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for II, 900 against fatal accident all the
way across like the weekly papers do
ashore. Come, now. will You let me do
that stroke of busincss:''
Save your coppers," said Vanrennan
laughing. Calvert is too grasping
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-08
LOCOMOTIVE EtFIR EMEN. Reception md BanquSt In Honor o1 Second Vice Mnstcf MtIsOn.

Elm City lodge No. 2S4, of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen, gave an enjoyable reception and banquet in honor of the second vice master of the national organization, c. A. Wilson of Peoria, H., and members of Charter Oak and Still River lodges in their lodge hall, 139 Orange street, yesterday after noon and night. In the afternoon a business session wns held, at which eight candidates were introduced into the mysteries. A banquet perfect in all its appointments followed, at which about one hundred were present. In the evening the families of the members and others were entertained by scenes from the biograph, recitations by Miss Mary Dudley Burke, the Barker sisters and selections by F'lanagan's orchestra. Second Vice Master Wilson also made a few remarks, in which he explained the benefits of being a member of the broth erhood and urged all those firemen who are not as yet members to become SO immediately. Most of the biograph pie lures were those taken by Mir Wilson in his trips around the world, relating to railroad life and other things of gen eral interest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-08
NINETY YEARS OLD.

Last Saturday Mrs. Babcock of No. 125 Wall street completed her ninetieth year. The afternoon was the occasion Of a quiet but very pleasant gathering in her honor. Mrs. George B. Farnam rendered her a reception at that place, and many friends avaiIed themselves of the opportunity of calling upon and congratulating her She was the recip- tent of many beautiful flowers, fruits and other gifts. One friend sent a bou- quet of ninety wild vioets with an ac- companying poem. A gramophone dis coursed liberal entertainment, both mu- sical and rhetorical, and the visitors in dulged in pleasing "reminiscences, all wishing that the coming year might be full of health and happiness for her.
 Mrs. Babcock's maiden name was Jane Marie Rose. She was born in Farmington, Conn.,, but removed to this city with her family when four years old. In August, 1882, she was married to Christopher Samuel Babcock of this city, who died in 1854. At present she is in the best of health and spirits, and anticipates the time when she will have passed the century mark.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-08
APPOINTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNC-
 ED.

| Closing Exercises of A. M, F. Zion Con. | ference at Lenox Hall This Evening. | To-day is the last day of the fifty. | fifth annual session of the New England conference of the A. M. E. Zion church The closing events will take place this | evening in Lenox hall on York Square An excellent programme of musical and literary exercises has been arranged and at the conclusion of an address on Some Lessons From Life" by Hon John c. Doucey of Wilmington, N. c, Bishop James Walker Hood will an nounce the appointments. Mayor Farnsworth has signified his intention of being present and will pre- side over the session as master of cere- monies. At the conclusion of the exer- cises a sumptuous banquet will be served in the supper room above by the ladies of the Foote street church.
 The entertainment will consist of se- lectons by the following well known talent:
 Eocutionists-Miss Mamie Henderson. New Haven; Mrs. Esther Wesley, New Haven Mrs. Catharne Jackson, An sonia; Mrs, Clara St. John, Ansonia.
 Pianists-Mrs. Joseph c. Peters and Morris Portre.
 Madolin-Joseph C. Peters.
 Amphion Quartette-Miss Lulu Will liams soprano; Miss Martha Boler. alto; w. Scott Miller bass; John An thony, tenor.
 The exercises yesterday opened with a love feast at 9 o'clock in the morning. This was led by Rev. J. H. Young of Great Harrington, Mass, and Rev. MT Evans of Meriden. In the afternoon Bishop Small preached at 330. In the evening Bishop Watefs of the New York conference preached to a crowded church.