The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-05
Peanuts and Pink Lemonade En-
joyed by an Eloping Bridal
Couple.
THEN THEY TRIED VAUDEVILLE.
Returned TO Parents When City
Life Grew Monotonous, Were
Forgiven and All Ends
Happily.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Now York. April MIR. and Mrs. Samuel
Spencer Springstcad. aged l. and Is years
respectively. have returned to their homes
in Pleasant Plains. :. l., after Il splendid
honeymoon OF eight days. Samuel and his
bride who was Wlheim.na Cole. have been
sweethearts since ne used TO drag her sled
and spend his spare pennies on chewing
gum, ginger cakes. jaw crackers and the
other delights Of youth.
That they were To be married Vas agreed
even while she was struggling with the
alphabet and he with the intricIcies OF the
multiplication tab!A Samuel had more
than one hard nEht 10 convince the other
boys that joking about his sweetheart was
not to be tolerated.
When the girls would poke fun at WI
helmina she would tilt her little nose up
ward in scOTn and tell them that none OF
them was engaged to be married. Their
parents. very good friends. were pleased
with the childish affection.
Samuel and Wilhelmina, having reached
what they decided 10 be mature years,
more than a week ago decided that they
should carry out their long deferred plan.
They had been To Sunday school and had
heard the story OF Jacob and Rachel. They
discussed II as they walked together. and
Samuel averred that h had waited three
years longer than the faithful suitor Of the
Bible.
Samuel had in his pocket S5. which he
had saved. II seemed a very large amount
20 the youngster. Samuel had explained
a week before 10 his sTesthearts and to
his own parents their desire TO be married.
They had laughed at him. and told him TO
work harder. get a hone. and then II they
would. the two could marry.
This. q week later. seemed very much
like consent. They knew that their minis
Church, and go decided to so 10 New Jer-
sey. They took a ferry 10 Perth Amboy,
where they found a minister 10 marry
a capital OF about 81.
They left Perth Amboy on Monday with a
good part of their fortune. and after in
ERErfUnTfTU the urnnda-G "a Tar1av. rgsv.
reached New York Tuesday.
Bride and bridegroom went 10 the cir
nuts that they became III. They confded
one TO the other that though they were
just as much in love as ever. they wished
they were home. where their mothers
knew the best remedies for Indigestion.
They managed TO survive. however. and
on the following day went to a continuous
After dinner the young people realized
that their money was almost gone. After
should go TO their homes. ask for forgive
ness and the help of their parents in solv-
ing their financial difficulties. They pledged
lindying love as the ~ferrybOat hurried them
homeward.
At Pleasant Plains there was q fearful
parting. Their fathers were away, and the
mothers. who had been distraught over
their absence. were quick TO forgive. for
Samuel's mother loved wilheimina. and
her mother loved Samuel. The Irate faith
ers we= soon brought to terms.
There was a grand family council with
the boy husband and girl bride present.
They We're forgiven when they agreed TO
live at home until young Samuel had per-
fected himself in his fathers business and
Wilhelmina had sufficiently learned the
duties Of housekeeping. in which her
mother believed she had never taken sufh-
cient interest.
There was a general jubIlation, and the
boy went home with his father. after shak-
ing hands with his father-in-law kissing
his mOther-in-law and wife. OF course his
father kissed the bride. and she vas kissed
by everybody. There was a great deal of
genuine happiness on Staten Island,
though husband and wife were parted.