The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-31
A Romance Marred.


The automobile struck the carriage
ut the fore right corner and demolished
II. leaving a Young lady to be cXtricat-
ed from the rubbish She dragged her
self ont. and when Il young man, white
as death, leaped from the motor she
was standing looking dazcdly at the
ruins.
Great heavens.' he exclaimed care
you alive?'
Yes" replied the girl; eat least l
think So
And not hurt"
"Not at all" And she straightway
fell into his arms in Il dead faint.
BY this time crowd had gathered.
The man holding the girl looked about
him for some place of refuge and, see
ing drug store. carried her there, the
crowd following A sprinklinS and Il
stimulant revived her, and she eX-
pressed her desire to go to her home.
The chauffeur had meanwhile cxamin-
cd the automobile, found ii but slightly
damaged and pulled it Up IN front OF
| the drug store. The gentleman sup
| ported the girl to the sidewalk, put her
| in q rear seat OF the motor and sat
down beside her. The chauffeur turned
the crank, and the preliminary chug-
chugging commenced.
"a romancew shouted one of the
crowd.
isn't it lovely" said another.
what a pretty pair cried third
The vehicle began to move, and the
couple had the extreme relief and
pleasure to escape, followed by such
shouts as:
Send us tickets to the wedding
"This June) is Il good month for mar
riages." And one fellow with neither
wit nor delicacy cried, Il wish you Il
large family
Now. this might have been the end
of the unpleasant part of the incident
had it not been that a reporter for a
society paper happened to be among
the crowd. Realizing his opportunity,
, he called cab, followed the couple,
got their names, and the next morn
ing his paper contained an account of
the accident, the embarrassing circum-
stances and the remarks of the crowd
p The article was written in true repOr-
i torial style and intended to be witty
D and facetouS, the writer condemning
the remarks as indicate, then scat
{ tcring them broadcast in print.
The principals in the comedy were
Albion Grammont, young man of i'll
dependent fortune, and Alice Hunt
They were both members of the same
social circle but had never met. Gram
mont could not Danish the sight of the
!, lovely figure arising from the wreck
of her carriage nor the delicious cNpe
rience of having that figure in lii
6 arms. The girl dwelt upon the tende
soicitude she had seen in his hand
s some eyes and the comfort she ha'
e felt in knowing that there was ont
9 with her who would take every carr
n of her In short, the affair was from
s the first just what the crowd atlirinc'
q it to be--a romance. or, in other words
q a sudden case of love Oh both sides.
Z The harm was all done by the re
' porter Had he SlIbordinated his an
= his papers interests ~ that OF tn
Young couple the affUr might not
wjthstanding the reina - Of the GROVE
have gone smoothly. at had he don
:, this he would not have been report
er. One could rs well expect Weast
to spare Il couple OF spring chickens
III Grammont made love u Miss Hunt
III he was never seen witlsher by others
C but. the story of their meeting haNiu
re- gone out among the6 acquaintance
no the lady vowed that she would ncvt
=, marry a man with whom her nam
had been SO rliculously connected.
n "Suppose we are married" she salt
ne "The PAPERS will contain columns {
k accounts headed "A Romance In His
he Life "A Crowds Predictions Realized
10 sHe Met His Fate In a Crash and a
at that. Then | would have to read
Ell all over again by the wastebasket fu
ne No, I'll never consent.
he 81 wish" said GrammOnt-"1 wish
fl had that reporters neck on bloc
m and it was mile long. Id ike
ne chop 1t in thousand places
M "rd like to stick him full of pins
:, VI said Miss Hunt.
h he "Why not be married privately
i, suggested the lover.
&c The lady, who had from childho'
I'M counted on fine display at her we
re ding, held off from this for year. D
ia. at last consented to the plan that th'
rs should at once go abroad and rema
ed there till the incidents of their NEE
lie ing had become an old story. III
'er was by no means i'll accord with II
~ station. but there was no other alterll
di' tive except to face the jokes OF 'h'
friends and acquaintance ana the
luminous accounts of the affair III I
newspapers. SO they were marri
al. with great secrecy and sailed for Ell
land an hour after the wedding.
the arrival of the next mail after tn
'eu had reached London they receiv
er- newspaper containing an artl'
all marked in blue pencil with sea
are heads:
the SHE AROSE FROM THE WRECK