Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-16
SCHEMES OF INGENIOUS LOVERS.
How an Artist Won His Wife-EIope-
nnent In a Balloon.

good looking young artist, whose
home is on the Worcestershire Avon,
gained his wife. Four years ago,
says the London Tit-Bits, he was liv-
ing in Cheltenham, when an elderly
colonel. widower with one daugh-
ter, came to reside close by. The
young man fell in love with the
daughter, who was very pretty girl,
but as she did not move in the same
circle Of society an introduction SEEM
ed 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 mum. The incident made such
an impression upon the artist that
he went straight home and made
sketch Of 1t.
This he worked up into picture,
a task inspired by love, and so good
that 1t was well hung at London
exhibition. Naturally, the colonel
heard of 1t and its wonderful like
ness of his daughter, and wished to
buy 1t. Its painter Immediately sent
1t to him as a present. So he OBJ
tanned the much desired introduction,
which has ended 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 Irishman, whose business de-
manded his presence in Brazil, got
desperate. and induced his sweet
heart to make a runaway match.
They reached Liverpool In safety,
took their tickets in a vessel that
was to sail the next morning, and
had just returned to their hotel
when detective arrived with war
rant to arrest the young lady. she
being under age and her fathers con-
sent not obtained.
/ were uScieSSt tic pair
resigned themselves, and the lady
went to change her costume while
the young husband arranged about
putting his luggage on board. Busi-
essary that he should not miss this
boat. He tore himself away at last,
telling the officers that the lady would
be ready in few minutes.
Half an hour later the detective,
becoming impatient, knocked at the
door of the lady's room. No reply.
He knocked again. Still no answer.
He broke In. The place wag 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 far
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 millionaire iron master. His
suit prospered with the lady, but her
father refused to hear Of 1t. What
was worse, suspecting elopement, the
latter refused 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 old man was bal
looming, and the idea came to him
% % I. .to I'D
friend of his, an amateur aeronaut
was taken into his confidence, and
soon the millionaire received letter
from the latter, asking him to at
tend the first trial Of new steering
apparatus for balloons. AS expected,
he fell into the trap and, much
flattered, asked that the experiment
might take place in his own grounds.
The proposal was accepted, the
balloon arrived, and with 1t the lieu
tenant disguised as assistant to his
friend. The girl, who was in the plot,
asked that she might make the as
cent. Her father pleased at her in
terest in his pursuit, allowed this,
and very shortly after the whole
party of four was in the air.
The steering apparatus was not a
great success, but all enjoyed the as
cent and were sorry when the time
came to descend. The millionaire got
out Of the car first, and then turned to
help his daughter. The aeronaut
jumped to give her hand, and in the
momentary confusion the cable slipped
and with bound the balloon sprang
a thousand feet into the air. Even
then the father had no suspicious
and was not even specially anxious
when a 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
forty miles away announced to him
how cleverly he had been duped.
Lack of fortune on both sides holds
back many a happy couple from get
ting married. Hans Wachter and
Ella Schwab, who live in the big
German city of Hamburg, are case
in point. Both young and good look
Ing they had no money at all. Hans's
scheme to make a fortune at bound
was most ingenious. He got friend.
an engraver, to produce copper
plate portrait Of Ella Thirty thous-
and lottery tickets were printed for
sale at As. each. The winner was to
marry the girl and take the whole
&c, 900 as dowry.
But there were certain conditions.
II the winner would not marry the
girl he was to have only $4,000 and
she the rest. II, on the other hand.
the girl refused to marry the winner.
he would get $4,000, Miss Ella,
f2, 900.
The tickets sold rapidly, and
when the drawing, which was decid-
ed by the state lottery, took place,
the winner proved to be gentleman
already provided with a wife, who
had bought his ticket lust for fun"
He was ONLY too pleased to take the