The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-19

ped forward to aid them out They
found themselves at the door OF DANNY
hall. The brides brothers were gather
ed round them and all were laughing
Come in and get something warm,
said the stern parent You must be
old after your ride"
OF course the coachman a betrayed
them. They had been going in a circle
which had brought them back to the
starting point.
The sad story of the English lovers is
similar TO that Of two young people Of
Southern Illinois who had arranged to
play with fate and balk Dapa-the
brides papa, Of course
All arrangements had been made for
a stealthy departure for Chicago. They
left the brides home secretly and rode
to a distant railroad station. Their
they hid and waited until train time.
Just as the whistle down the
road they emerged from their hiding
place and ran into the arms Of papa and
several OF his friends.
Several vehicles were waiting for
them. and. instead OF taking the train
they rode home with chastened spirit
1t appeared that the lover. in an expan-
siye spirit. had revealed the intended
trip to his bosom friends, sworn 10
deepest secrecy, naturally. The pledge
held good until the young man was oul
Of sight. and then-well, the secret was
too good to keep. and papa finally heard
of it.
When the father was asked why ne
had not prevented the instead
OF stopping il half way. he laughed and
said:
"Oh. thought l would give them a
run for their monev
Which proved that papa had sporting
blood in his veins.
There was another case OF an ardent
lover who found his plans go all wrong
at the last minute. He had arrange
with the young woman in the case 70
call for her at night. He was to place
q ladder underneath her window and.
mounting it, was to give the signal by
tapping on her window Then she was
to descend. and they were TO depart in
haste. He carried out his end of thu
agreement, but the father in the case
became aware OF the plan. When the
lover tapped on the window il was open
ed. But the next instant a large pair
of stout arms, not the slender ones OF
his sweetheart. were around his neck.
and he went into the room with move
expedition than grace. 1t was papa
again.
The scene in the room was n of
those which are left to the imagination
because they cannot be described. The
young man left the district the next
day.
Equally unfortunate with these cases
was that of the swain who had persuad-
ed his sweetheart to take the short cut
across parental opposition and run
away with him. Everything was ar
ranged and he met her at her home. She
was ready to depart at once, but TO the.f
diSmay a n sister appeared Oh
the scene and declared she was going
with them or there would be no gong
at all.
The unfortunate man endeaVored +"
argue tina he could not marry both,
which should have been perfectly clear
to the younger sister, but she was on
stinate. She had to go or no one went
Considerable time was spent in useless
and then the young man
submitted to fate and prepared to take
both.
BY the time this agreement had been
reached they had made so much noise
that the stern parents tumbled to the
scheme, and the outgoing expedition
main.
In another case-this happened in
Ohio-the trip was spoiled because the
young woman insisted on taxing a
trunk and the young man dropped 1t
on the stairs as they tiptoed down
When the rest Of the family jumped out
of their beds and ran into the hallway
they found that the lovers had given up
when that disastrous noise alarmed the
neighborhood. They were sitting on
the instrument Of their defeat ana we're
induced to stay at home.-Baltimore