Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-09-24
WITH A BIT Of ROMANCE
The Unexpected In a Matrimo-
NAL Affair.
DEVlATED FROM CUSTOM
Some Recent Weddings In Which
Bride and Bridegroom Have De-
parted from Conventions.

parted from Conventions.
When the unexpected occurs In a
matrimonial affair it becomes a ro-
nance. That seems to be the common
ly accepted way of looking at love and
marriage. When the young people
issue cards and all that, it is simply a
wedding. When they do things they
are not expected to do 1t is romance.
The romance depends on deviation
from the ordinary. it seems. For that
reason in a marriage in which are in
cluded consent of parents, knowledge
of friends, issuing of invitations and
the like there is no romance. That is
the popular version.
Now, no one has any great desire to
be like every one else. Especially in
the great event of their lives young
people are extremely apt to want to
be different. That may be the solu'
ton for so many "romances."
There are other reasons, of course.
Once in a while conditions force the
lovers to adopt strange methods.
There is the story of the farmer from
North Dakota who went to Bismarck
to marry the girl of his choice. He
thought he was her choice until he
went to her residence with the mar
riage license, and she told him she had
thought it over and had decided she
6o esic fO i'm
Adam Greshler, the farmer con-
cerned, was not the style of man who
postpones a wedding merely because
the bride has backed down. He took
the dismissal with good grace and
started away from the house. Near
the railroad station he stopped a citi-
zen of Bismarck and asked:
do you know of woman around
here who wants to get marriedT'
There's only one," replied the
stranger" and she's just taking a
train to leave town.
The farmer sought her out. He had
ten minutes for love making, but he
proved eloquent She left the train
with him. They had the name in the
married license changed and were
married. They left Bismarck that
evening behind the farmers pair OF
horses bound for his farm.
What's the name of your new
wifeY" he was asked as he was leav-
ing.
Her name is--what did you say
your name WASP" he asked, turning
to her
She laughed and said
ut was Marion Hershberger. It's
now Marion Greshler.'
They drove away happily and are
expected to live happily lever after
ward"
Closer at home, at Taylorville, ILL.,,
is another story Of wedding without
great formality Nineteen-year-old
Daisy Youts recently told her parents
that she was going out to make call,
leaving her home late in the after
noon.
The parents had no suspicious, and
Daisy was permitted to go without
questioning. She went to the railroad
station and met at incoming train. A
stranger stepped up to her and asked
if she were Miss Youts. She replied
by asking him if he were George A.
Cooper. He replied that he was. They
went to Ashland and were married.
Neither had seen the other until
they met at the railroad station. They
had been writing to each other for
two years. 1t was at the suggestion
of a friend of Cooper, who was
engaged to marry an older sister Of
Daisy, that he wrote his first letter
to the girl She answered it, and after
a year of letter writing he mailed a
proposal of marriage. 1t was accepted,
by letter, and arrangements were made
for the runaway marriage.
In Missouri there is a bride who
has upheld women's title 20 nckless-
ness in a startling fashion. She is, or
was, Miss Lizzie Bradley. She should
have been made Mrs. Robert Eastin,
but she now is Mrs. Charles Lyons.
Eastin went to Salisbury last week to
keep his wedding arrangement with
the young girl. He found that she
had changed her mind.
She was prepared for the wedding
with Eastin when a new sutton ap-
peared in the field. He was a late
entry, but Miss Bradley listened to
his suit and came to the conclusion
that she preferred him to her finance.
It was not considered necessary to in
form the bridegroom of the change Of
heart. Probably no one thought OF
him. He was allowed to proceed with
his wedding preparations while the
young girl and the new sutton were
married quietly and left town.
When Eastin came to keep the ap-
pointment with his fance there was
no bride to be found. An inquiry was
started and it was fnally discovered
that she had changed her mind and
was already the wife of another man.