Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-11
Plot and Couteplot

were as popular q duo az ever graced 8
city social set When they became en-
gagged the girls all said How IOYelyg'
and the men said "A pair Of bricks"
Il was TO be expected that they w0mad
be married in fine style and would -
ceive a multitude Of presents. ThaF
decided. however, to confne thelr ID.
vitatiOns TO their intimate friends and
make an old fashioned jolIaacatIon OF
IT, Even this narrow limit took In
some two hundred people, but there
were plans among those invited 70
have q rare time. II was proposed by
one group to kidnap the bride and
groom and take them far out Of their
way on their wedding trip. Am0thsF
group planned TO give them what Il
called In the country q charivaFi--that
Il, 20 collect under their windows and
serenade them with all kinds OF dis
cordant music. Another feature was
to follow them footing horns.
But the groom and bride were also
busy planning. How should they es-
cape all these traps set for them and
turn the laugh on the would be trap
persf Many plans were discussed, but
laid aside as impracticable. One was
70 procure an automobile with an en-
perienced chauffeur 20 distance their
pursuers, Another was to hide some
where In the house till the guests,
weary OF hunting for them. would give
up the attempt TO find them. No cons
dence was placed In being able to lose
their pursuers on the road, and, as to
hiding IN a house with zoo eager
searchers TO turn Il inside out, such b
scheme was manifestly impossible.
There was one avenue Of escape,
which they did not lift upon tai the
last moment. though Il was the sim
plest and most practicable Of an. For
tunately for them they thought Oe II IN
time TO put II Into practice.
'The guests were met, the feast wm6
set" Two hundred young men and
women--there was not an old person
among them except from the immedl-
ate families of the bride and groom
witnessed the ceremony. many % them
on tlptoe OF excitement, to put in pFac-
tice some plan by which 10 turn the
wedding night into a carnival. Thsn
there were the usual kisses for che
bride and groom from members %
their respective families, after which
the boys and girls passed before them,
offering their congratulations. After
this came the drinking Of the health
Of the bride In the supper room and
lastly the usual dIaappeaFaneo ND
stairs of the newly married couple 70
don travelling suits preparatory TO BE-
ing driven TO the station.
The hour was 10 o'clock at night.
The groom's dressing room was on
the top floor Of the house, the brides
on the next floor below. when the
bride was ready she mounted % the
door above, where the groom awaited
her. Together they ran Up a ladder
way 70 the scuttle. pushed II aside and
stood on the roof The house was IN a
block Of houses Of nearly equal height
Pickering Jumped down over the cop
lng and handed down his bride, and TO-
gether they ran over half q do1en
roofs, vainly trying 10 ana an opon
scuttie. till they reached the seventh
house away.
Now. there had been frequent rob
berries Of late In that part OF the city,
and people were ON the lookout for
thievea Hearing footsteps on MIS-
roof. an occupant Of one o. the houses
che couple passod over telephoned Tor
the police, and In Ieas than three min.
utea a patrol wagon full Of COPS drove
up to the front door In question.
helng informed that robbers were on
the roof who would doubtless seek
an egress through one Of the houses,
the block was surrounded. A police.
man went into each Of the houses and
upstairs to receive the thieves when
they should come Through the acuttie.
The consequence was that when the
welded pair stepped down on 10 the
top door Of the house they entered. In.
tending to explain matters to the &C
cupants aud then secure their tndul.
gence and cooperation. they Walkeo
Into the arms Of policeman.
A policeman Il q matter % fact In
dividual. utterly devoid OF humar,
sympathy or any Of the attributes 70
Qulred on this occasion. Pieksrlng On.
planned He told the cop what Q Gina
joke they were playing-aii 10 no
purpose. They were informed that
they could tell their story 70 enc nar.
geant az the desk At the slation. TAaEO
was but one alternatives 10 request D.
Be taken back 10 the house from watch
they had escaped. Pickering emRmaMa.
ed this course 10 his brlda.
@whati Go back there 10 ha lauahsd
att NeverF'
"ws1i have 20 pass cur bridal night
n q cell"
~E'il pass e In { Gerry furnace rather
than face that crowd IN charge Of q
policeman"
Tho terror Of Il was IN riding 10 the
station in the open patrol wagon.
They rot there without being raeog-
mixed. Pickering told hla story 10 the
sergeant and was informed that be
must not only be identinea 40 q re-
spectable person. bat prove that ~