The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
MITCHELL. SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY. MARCH 4 1901.
fANk1oN COUPLE ELoPE
Had Plan. We'll Laid and Successfully
Carried Them Out,

Nermillion.. S. D., Feb. 2s.-When
William Horst and Miss Nellie Morri-
ton, both of Yankton, applied for q
marriage license here on Tuesday.
here was little in their demeanor to
Indicate that the wedding was a hurry
Up affair. They were as deliberate as
.hough it vas a mere incident in the
ives of both, n no one suspected for
l minute that they a left home that
morning, ~unbeknown to anyone save
themselves, for the purpose of becom-
ng man and wife. But it now tran
spires hat they were slightly on the
anxious seat for a few hours, and the
story OF the affair would probably never
aaVe come to light had not the Yank-
:on correspondent to The Tribune let
he cat out of the bag by a mere an
aouncement of their marriage last
evening. A friend here, sworn to
secrecy, now considers that the jig is
up, and does not hesitate to speak of
what he considers quite a huge joke.
tuesday was Nellie Morrison's last day
m school, as she had concluded to
give up her studies. After that time,
If she remained at home helping moth
ar, there would be no chance to get
away for a few ours to carry out
plans Which had been mad for getting
married. Absence from home for a
half day meant that her parents would
be looking around for her whereabouts.
The latter were opposed to young Horst
and did lot favor his attentions to
their daughter. That they would agree
to a marriage was out of the question.
Hence 1t would not take place in Yank-
ION.
So, after a great deal of scheming
1t was decided to steal away from home
and come to Vermillion to be mad one
Nellie was to leave home as usual to
go to school, but instead of doing this
she should hurry to the Milwaukee de-
pot and take the train for the state
university city, being assured hat her
lover would also be there to board the
passenger. Arriving at their deStina-
ton, no time should be lost in securing
4 license and having a justice tie the
knot good and hard, so that nothing
that an angry parent could say or do
would cause it to be loosened. The
scheme was we'll laid, and the happy
young people arrived here on scheduled
time. There was no outward signs of
excitement, no apparent reason why
they should not be given a permit.
This they readily secured, and march-
Ing up to Judge Copeland's office re-
quested that he should perform the
ceremony. OF course the judge couldn't
refuse. and in a few minutes thereafter
the Y~anktonians came down the long
stairway leading to the courts sanctum
arm in arm. n happy as the birds in
springtine. And why shouldn't they
be? What if the "old man. did OBJ
ject when the news was broken gently
to him? The storm would soon sub
side, and hen what joy would be theirs
for the future.
Only n thing happened to mar the
carrying out of plans to the letter. The
young people had hoped to get back to
Yankton in time so that Nellie could
reach home bou the same hour as she
usually did from school. In such event
no suspicion as to her delay would be
aroused, and she need not give an ac-
count of herself. If need be, the "old
folks need not be apprised of the mar
riage for several days. But the morn
ing passenger west was two our late.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Horst did not leave
here until after the noon hour, and
would not arrive in the Cement city
until about 1870. This must have been
to their disadvantage. and probably
was the cause of acquainting their
friends of what a happened.
However. it surely makes little diff
ference to all concerned now even
though Miss Nellie had not arrived at
the proper age for matrimony. The
parents will become %reconciled If they
haven't already, and William will en-
deavor to keep the wolf from the doc
by working at his trade, that of a cigar
maker.