Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

ana motoring rather tnan 10 the puSS
walks of working life.
The two young arlstocrats lived in
their family palaces In this city and
net frequently In the gay life OF Ma
drid. now baskinE In the sunshine OF
n full-blazoned reigning court.
They loved. The youth declared his
love to the naughty Marquis de Con-
quIsta and was instantly refused. He
sought the aid of his parents. but they,
too, met with q rebuff. The opposition
famed the young couples love into a
passion. The fiery blood OF young
Spain would brook no obstacles. The
young MARQUIS met Donna Petronilla
in secret. he bribed her duenna;
charming secret correspondence passed
between them.
FATHER READ LETTER.
one day one OF the girls scented love
missives went astray. Her father read
It. There was an instant search of
her rooms. In the ransacking billets
by the score were unearthed and with
them the details of the secret court
ship.
The marquis. the marohioness and
their daughter left Madrid the next
day. For weeks young dc villa Real
was in despair. No word came from
his sweetheart. Her fathers SER
wants withstood all brides for time
and private detectives could get no
trace of the girl and her parents. There
was no news of them in the social
world. they were not at any or their
country places.
But at last a young servitor sue
cumbed, perhaps to the lure OF gold
or perhaps out of love and sympathy.
for her young mistress, At any rate,
the youthful marquis learned that the
de Conquistas had been given the loan
of relatives country house on the
outskirts of the village of Trupillo.
Here in the birthplace of the great Pr
zarro was Donna Petronilla hidden
away,
Her lover disguised himself and
took a trusted mechanician and his
swiftest motorcar to the village. 1t
cate with the donna. Quickly an
elopement was arranged. quite IN
| the fashion of the middle-ages did
| the girl steal from her bedroom VIM
| dow In the old castle. A run through
| fields with her lover to the high road
| where the motor-car was in waiting
| and then off to Madrid as silently and
| swiftly as could be.
| The young marquis did not scorch.
| He could not afford to meet with an
accident nor run into the hands OF
| the guardia civil. The summers sun
| was up by the time the 100 miles was
| ended and the car drove through the
| streets Of Madrid. At the first church
| arrived at halt was made. The
| youthful couple descended and enter
ed the church. The organ was pealing,
| the priest was chanting, for early ma.
| had begun. The couple made their
way towards the front. They watched
| till the priest faced the congregation
then they slipped to their knees ana
clasped each others hands AS the
priest with arms uplifted pronounced
| of tho the yOlth-
| full lovers repeated a little formula
necessary for constituting the mar
| riage by SURPRISE" When moment
later they stood erect and looked into
each others eyes they were man ana
wife according to both law and the
church
All haste was made to reach the
young marquis home. Here at the
| breakfast table the bride was warmly
welcomed by the bridegrooms par
eEts and relatives. a telegram de-
failing events was sent to Trujillo.
The Marquis de Conquista being a
| sensible man, made the best he could
of 1t and with great reluctance gave
| the happy pair his blessing.
| No secret was made of the marriage
| In society circles though many gos-
| slipped because there apparently was
| no public ceremony.
Now, however. the story of the
| elopement and the form of the re-
| markable marriage have leaked out.
The romance is the most popular
| since that OF the king and queen. In
| novels and stories and other fiction the
marriage by surprise" is well known.
But this is the first public case of its
occurring in recent times. perhaps for
quite two centuries.
And it has now become the vogue
again.