Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-18
MEANS FOR IDENTIFICATION
OF ELOPERS
"PA" ORDERS THEM ARRESTED
Betrayed by the Kisses of the Sun,
the Young People Are Lodged
In the Police
Station
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Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-"Arrest my
daughter Juliet. She has freckles and
is seventeen"
The police of Newark were thus in
structed in telegram from John Fox
Of South Bethlehem, informing them
that his daughter had eloped with
Frank Osz. They were passengers on
train No. 30 of the Lehigh Valley road.
Detective Sergeant Patrick Ryan
boarded the train, telegram In hand.
He went from one end to another. If
he had any doubts at first they were
dispelled by the sight of a hat of gor-
geous blue and of astounding width.
Under this hat were two heads. One
was of a girl and the other of a young
man. They were crowding, as though
the hat was an umbrella shielding them
from the rain. All the passengers had
noticed the pair and the hat several
not to see rice or old shoes.
"I guess you are Miss Juliet Fox"
said the detective.
Miss Juliet Fox, for it was she
looked up with beaming smile. There
were the freckles, as big and bold and
profuse as a summer girl could wish
for. Miss Juliet had fine round face,
tanned and full of health and good
spirits. The freckles were delightful,
for they set off her looks as not even
the wonderful hat could do.
"And 1 guess you are Frank Osz,"
said the detective, addressing the young
man. The young man admitted he was
none other. He was the type of a
healthy, Woodworking country boy, He
was abashed. Not so Miss Juliet. She
grabbed the telegram from the detec-
tive's hands. read it. and burst into a
peal of silvery laughter.
"Get Off and Wait for Pa"
Come on, Frank" she cried, We've
got to get off and wait for pa"
Juliet and Frank got off, followed by
a score of passengers, all interested in
the interrupted elopement and anxious
to shake their hands and wish them
good luck. Detective Ryan took the
pair to the Newark police station,
where they sat down and chatted while
a message was sent to pa"
Miss Juliet won everybody by her
jollity. Frank was much depressed and
sat still and solemn, with his hands dug
into his pockets. Miss Juliet explained
it all She said she and Frank had
loved each other ever since they were
old enough ito eat green apples" and
as usual the course of their true love
had not run smooth.
She said she was so near Is that it
was foolish for her father to say she
was only II. Her father had refused
her permission to marry Frank. So
she carried her Sunday dress to a girl
friends house and the next morning
she kissed her father and mother good
by. as though she was going to visit
friends.
She did so, and put on her Sunday
flnery, which she was fully determined
was to be her wedding gown, and met
her Frank at the railroad station.
Frank had on his store clothes and she
was proud of him.
"If it had not been for that mean
old woman we would have been in New
York now and been married" said Miss
Juliet. "Yu see, just as we were get
ting on the train. along comes an old
woman who says: Where are you GO
Ing at this hour in the morning, Juliet,
with your Sunday clothes?
Couldn't Hide the Freckes
"I didn't say anything, but got on
the train. OF course she ran home and
told father. Father, of course. told you
about my freckles, and then, of course.
there wasn't any hope for me. Did you
ever see such freckles?"
The policemen, one and all. said mo,
they never had" but they were
charmed, nevertheless, and if they had
had anything to do with it they would
have let Juliet and Frank go.