Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17
SCHEMES OF LOVERS.

good looking young artist, whose home
is ON the Worcestershire Avon, gained
his wife. Four years ago. says the
London Tit-Bits. he was living in
Cheltenham, when an elderly colonel,
a widower with one daughter, came 70
reside close by. The young man fell
in love with the daughter, who was a
very pretty girl, but as he did not
move in the same circle OF society and
introduction seemed impossible.
One winter day he saw the girl
stop in the street and pick up poor
little kitten lost in the snow and
slush. She wiped the muddy fur with
her lace bordered handkerchief and
tucked the shivering creature into her
warm muff The incident made such
an impression upon the artist that he
went straight home and made a sketch
of it.
This he worked up into picture;
task inspired by love, and so good that
it was Well hung at a London exhibit
ton. Naturally. the colonel heard or
1t and its wonderful likeness to his
daughter and wished to buy ii. Its
painter Immediately sent it to him as
present. So he obtained the much
desired Introduction, which has end
ed in an ideally happy marriage.
Stern parents are the most frequent
obstacles to welded bliss. So found
a young Irishman who got engaged
two summers ago to the daughter OF
the owner of a fine old country place
near Southampton. At last the IRISH
man. whose business demanded his
presence In Brazil. got desperate and
induced his sweetheart to make run
away match. They reached Liver
pool In safety, took their tickets in
vessel that was to sail next morn
ing, and had just returned to their no.
tel when a detective arrived with
warrant to arrest the young lady, she
being under age and her fathers con-
sent not obtained.
Arguments were useless, the pair re-
signed themselves, and the lady went
to change her costume while the young
husband arranged about putting his
luggage on board. Business, he said,
made it absolutely necessary that he
should not miss this boat. He tore
himself away at last, telling the off,
Ger that the lady would be ready in a
few minutes.
Half an hour later the detective, be-
coming impatient, knocked at the door
of the lady's room. No reply. lie
knocked again. Still no answer. lie
broke in. The place was bare. The
ingenious Irishman had packed his
bride in a trunk and so carried her
out under the very nose of the officer.
Every bit as ingenious and FAY
more risky was the device of young
naval lieutenant who, although he had
not a penny to bless himself WITH
fell in love with the daughter OF a mil
lionaire ironmaster. His suit pros
pered with the lady, but her father re-
fused to hear of 1t. What was worse,
suspecting elopement, the latter re-
fused to let his daughter out OF his
sight for single moment.
But the sailor was not at the end
of his resources. He knew well that
the hobby of the older man was bal
looming, and the idea came to him or
making use of his knowledge. A
friend of his, an amateur aeronaut,
was taken into his confidence, and soon
the millionaire received letter from
the latter. asking him to attend the
first trial of a new steering apparatus
for balloons. AS expected, he fell into
the trap, and, much fiattered, asked
that the experiment might take place
in his own grounds.
The proposal was accepted, the ball
loon arrived, and with 1t the lieuten-
ant disguised as assistant to his friend.
The girl, who was in the plot, asked
that she might make the ascent. Her
fahter, pleased at her interest in his
pursuit, allowed this, and very short
ly the whole party of four were in the
air.
The steering apparatus was not a
great success, but all enjoyed the
ascent, and were sorry when the time
came to descend. The millionaire got
out of the car first, and then turned
W fltIp LIS hS sAStVNe@Ne
jumped to give her a hand, and in
the momentary confusion the cable
suddenly slipped, and with bound the
balloon sprang thousand feet into
the air Even then the father had no
suspicious. and was not even specially
anxious when strong air current
swept the balloon away. knowing as
he did that two skilled balloonists
were with his daughter.
But he ragged terribly when late that
evening a telegram from town 40
miles away announced to him how
cleverly he had been duped.
Lack of fortune on both sides holds
back many happy couple from get
ting married. Hans Wachter and Ella
Schwab, who live In the big German
city of Hamburg. are a case in point.
Both young and good looking, they
had no money at all. Hans scheme
to make fortune at bound was
most ingenious. He got friend, an
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