The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
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TIE pot EspetLey alFo crosssc ras tor
ssr and nrsISe tas Erortssa marriage
with Harriet WsstbrDok which pro-st
90 unhappy ard ended 80 dasas.roGk!y
uith the legal profession, Bot both
lords Erekine zTatied themselves Of
the self constituted Priests o. G-etna.
Runaway marriages, aowsrer. ars
quickly becoming Z thing u the paE--
5hey are no longer fashionable. Per
5sp ~ the ntern, inczorable paren. ..
the good old days has died ouI- May
o.. the romance at one tine connected
sith eioperEeuta has given place 10 less
sentimental notions In the present
century. Looking bacN, ne can quite
understand the yrea. temptation which
I furious drive Of sorne hundreds Of
rifles along the country roads. under
the protecting care III an ardent lover,
Eonld offer TO 4 maiden possesgsd OF
anything X q romantic tenpernent-
.%t tho reader picture II. In front the
convenient snlithy and the obl!ging
'b~tAcksnith" OF Gre,na, ready q, a
asofHent's notice. and IN the space Of
1 few minute make the
:oupie man and wife. Behind. how far,
.:aey could not often tell but sometimes
kyen within sight, would come the Of
Tended parent, giving chase at ali the
speed that could be obtained from
fiorsea. Such a Journey would have
surely been romantic enough for the
mort romantic loyera.
OF courre. the rough and ready mar
1ageS that made Gretna Green famous,
.ould have been contaminated at any
convenient spot In Scotland acrogs ths
.pnrder- But Cretna. standing at the
acsId of the Sol@aY firth, was IN rnogt
.ssses the accessible Of Scottish
Villages. Afterwards It's reputation was
Sufiicient To max the gpot the ono
place TO which sioping couples fled to
PC united In direct opposition to tho
OF their parents.
The first mar who made the Gretna
Green marriages notorious vas one Jo-
serh Paisley. ard several nobIernen are
To have paid this worthy not lea
Than iO0 sufneag for his services. The
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nIfy brought rival. to this spot. the
saost Euccessfui being David Lang, who
carried on h bushes for many years.
He was followed by his yon. simon
Lang. Altogether. this couple played
part of priest for upwards OF three
quartern OF a century.
The ceremony. II such 1t could be
waa sometimes that OF ths
Church of England, but h most pop
'ilar was the n rendered so easy by
Law and consisted simply Of
h contracting parties declaring them
man and wife before Witnesses
and afterwards living an such. TIL fec
depended upon the ranking
Df the clipping couples, and ranged from
w down to a gIana OF whisky. At any
rate. he officiating gentlemen appear
to have made a fine thing out of the
scarcely ever sober. Generally a Ger
fificatc wa given. and this proved In
when the validity OF the mar
was questioned.
One OF the most notable Of Gretna
was that OF Lord Westmore-
with the only daughter and heir
tsB OF h well known wealthy banker.
Mr.. Child. In this Instance the chase
trrss indeed n stern one, tho
being almost overhauled within sight
Of h Scottish border. The irate faith
cr could bc seen making desperate ef-
VIE ~ HID IoIIIhI1Llc CuUHn-
ter. Tho noble lover, however. rose
10 the occasion. and Just as capture
inevitable drew his pistol and
the leading horse OF the bankers
carriage. h U obtaining the necessary
airne to complete their Journey. The
OF this romantic union event
s1aily inherited the bankers great
wealth and married Lord Jersey. Many
similar instances are narrated OF tho
rnsorrcefnlr,css OF the fugitive when
b pursuit. became too warm to be
pleasant. Ostlcrs have been well paid
to hobbies" the horses OF the pur-
ts1ers or to tampcr with the pins or
bolts OF the carriage to insure its COL
lapse at sorne spot where assistance
would be difficult to get. The runa-
ways generally had the advantage for
could rely upon the assistance and
of the people at the various
on the Journey. Indecd the lot
of tho a%venging parent was not q hap
py one.
"A False Alarm.
n nervous man on his lonely homeward
way heard the echoing OF following foot
steps. and dim visions OF hooligans, black