CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-05-18

the supper. Suddenly every can .4e was
eatinguishe. and there was Il conimo-
tton. aG1id which voices er.e-:
Bride stealers.'
''The bride has been stolenr'
Mount
They're g.liloping away"
There was gathering OF horses
hoofs. growing fainter in the DISTANCE.
Under the sheds horses and vehicles
which had brought the guests were
standing and number of the men.
headed by the brides father and her
husband, mounted and dashed away
after the kidnapers. A full moon illu-
| minated the landscape, and at every
straight stretch OF road the pursuing
| party could see those who were fleeing
| before them lashing their horses. Al
| one point the pursuers came TO
| branches of trees piled in the road to
| prevent their progress. That the kid
nRpers were not delayed was because.
having prepared the distractions them
selves. when they came to them they
took bypath around them Dlsmount-
| ing. the pursuers soon cleared the road
and were OF again. Then they ap-
1 IL Il
been packed with straw and which ss
soon as the kidnapers had passed
through IT they had set af1re. Indeed.
the pursuers saw the sparks struck
from the flint for the purpose. By the
time they reached the bridge ii was
afiame, and they must go 10 ford
good mile around. This decided the
race When the pursuen reached Il
tavern where the lady had been taken
and Mr.. Harrington went up on to the
porch his daughter came out to meet
him But instead Of throwing herself
into his arms she knelt at bis feet
Then for the first time her father NC
rced that a man who followed her WIS
young Truxell.
| What do you mean ey thiET ex-
claimed the old man angriiy.
| Father" said the kneelipg giri, for
give me. am married
-Of course you're married and. thank
heaven, 10 a loyal subject of the king
What Helen, Do you mean
1T means Mr.. Harrington" said
Truuell, that the bride Is at home
This r. her sister. whom thHt clergyman
who Is standing within has just united
In wedlock to me Our wedding supper
Is ready. Send for the guests at the
hall. and we will celebrate a double
wedding here"
Helen led her father to e room where
they were alone and. winding her arms
about him. besought him TO forgive her
md make the occasion q merry instead
OF a mournful one. One circumstance
was Of great assistance TO her. In the
settlement pertaining TO Mary's mar
riaee Mr. Harrington had been obliged
to use go worth Of stamps that had
been rendered essential under the
stamp act-an act which finally made q
rebel ont OF the old Tory. At any rate,
be forrave the young couple. and all
rode back to the hall. meeting messen-
gers 10 ray that the bride was safe nnc
IN WIS the bridesmaid who had been
stoaen- On reaching the hall they ate
one supper there. then went 10 the tav-
ern where they ate another.
The marriage that Mr.. Harrington
expected would be blessing to him
turned out quite the reverse. Mrs
1 Hincheiwo<.i went to England with her
husband. and her father never saw her
again Truzeil later became an officer
In the Continental army and was much
admired and beloved by his comrades
AFTER the war, when his father-in-lnw
was very old. -Truxell took charge Of
his afiAirx- and under hia management
they greatly prospered- Mrs. TruxeIl
eventually succeeded to her fathers es-
ats. and her dsscendants have enjoyed
.sver since