Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
AN INTERRUPTED ROMANCE.
AND IT'S STORMY ENDING.
Lewis steenrod Thompson, the Hero
in "a Love Affair. Wherein Moth

er and Daughter Differed widely.
The following from the Daily Tele-
graph. published at Colorado Springs,
Co., refers to Lewis Steenrod Thomp-
son, formerly OF Parkersburg, and
grandson of the late G. w. Thompson,
who lived on the National road, two
miles east of Wheeling:
Pretty Violette Florence Hampstead
would trade her happy home in brown
stone front for love IN cottage. but her
mother, Mrs w. 0. Hampstead. will not
have 1t so, and marriage license is
sued this forenoon was turned back to
the county clerk after a stormy scene
between mother and daughter.
This forenoon a license to wed was
granted Lewis S. Thompson and Vio
lette Florence Hampstead. Thompson
gave his age as q and Miss Hampstead
said she was over 18. The bond which
would bind them together was duly is
sued, and the couple left the Office of
the county clerk in a happy mood.
They managed to remain close together
until after luncheon. when they met
direct to the Office of Justice Ruby,
where they hoped to be made as one.
1t so happened that the justice was
not in his Office at the time the couple
called, and there was nothing TO do but
wait. In the meantime, Mrs. Hampstead
had heard of her daughters escapade,
and was seeking her in every portion
Of the city Word was carried to her
that her daughter and Thompson were
waiting in the office of Justice Ruby
and thither she found her way The
scene enacted can scarcely be described.
The mother stormed, while the girl sim
ply gaZed in speechless wonder The
young man walked the floor and said
little.
There were no idle words, and the
mothers cheeks burned as she begged
and pleaded with her daughter after
her storm OF wrath had passed, and she
became cooler TO these tears the
daughter was wholly Indifferent, and
with a smile declared that 1t was but
question of time when they would get
married. After an hours pleading the
girl agreed to turn back the license, and
this met with the approval of the
young man.
1t is said this action was taken as
a result of statement made by Thomp-
son that he was not quite q years of
age, and in the hope that before many
days they would be made as one, objec-
ton or no objection. The mother took
the girl back to the hotel, and Ihomp-
son went his way unmolested, when the
affair was settled for the time being.
Until to-day Thompson had been
clerk at the Antlers Hotel since its
opening. 1t is said that he was released
to-day, and the supposition is that the
couple expected to leave the city. Prior
to becoming clerk at the hotel Thomp-
son was a we'll known young man about
town. He always appeared to have
money when occasion required, and the
belief exists that he was granted an
allowance monthly This sum, however,
is said to be wholly inadequate for the
tastes OF a girl like Miss Hampstead.
Miss Hampstead is the daughter of
w. o. Hampstead, of Philadelphia, who
is a noted custom house broker of that
city and is known to be extremely
wealthy, living i'll brown stone front
on one of the principal residence streets
of the Pennsylvania metropolis. Mrs.
Hampstead and daughter spent the
summer in this city last year the guests
of the Bonsalls, and returned this year
to take up their abode at the Ahtlers
They have moved in the best society of
this city and Denver and are known
the west
Miss Hampstead is very pretty girl
and has a large circle of acquaintance
Numerous young men have knelt at her
feet and begged to be honored by her,
but until the coming of young Thomp-
son, and that only few days ago, al
though they had known each other
some time before, did her heart respond
to the love of another. She is tall and
stately, wears exquisite gowns, has a
wealth of golden hair, eyes of blue and
a face as fair as lily.
On the other hand, Thompson has the
appearance of boy. True he has large
brown eyes and presents the appearance
of a boy such as girls usually adore,
yet there is nothing remarkable in his
makeup to cause a girl to rave over
and forget that she is arousing the in
dignation of father and mother in wish
ing to wed.