Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-11-27
Plot and CounterpVot.

were as popular q duo as ever graced q
city social set When they became en-
gagged the girls all said How IOveIyg'
and the men said "a pair Of bricks. p
IL was 10 be expected that they would
be married IN fine style and would re-
ceiye a multitude Of presents. They
decided, however, TO confine their In
vitations to their intimate friends and
make an old fashioned jollincation Of
It. Even this narrow limit TOOK in
some two hundred people. but there
were plans among those invited 20
have a 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. Another
group planned to give them what IL
called in the country a charivaFi-that
IL, to collect under their windows and
seFenade them with all kinds OF dis
cordapt 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
pers? Many plans were discussed, but
laid aside as impFacticable. One was
20 procure an automobile with an ex-
perienced chauffeur to distance their
pursueFs. 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 conf
dence was placed In being able to lose
their purauers on the road, and, as to
hiding In a house with 200 eager
seareheFs 10 turn II inside out, such
scheme was manIfestIy impossible.
There WIS one avenue Of escape.
which they did not hit upon till the
last moment, though II was the sim
piest and most practicable Of all. For
tunately for them they thought OF II In
time 10 put It Into practice.
'"rhe guests were met, the feast was
set" Two hundred young men and
women-there was not an old person
among them except from the immedi-
ate families OF the bride and groom
witnessed the ceremony. many Of them
on tiptoe Of excitement, 10 put in prac-
tlce some plan by which 10 turn the
wedding night into a carnival. Then
there were the usual kisses for the
bride and groom from members Of
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 disappearance up
stairs Of the newly married couple TO
don travelling suits preparatory to be-
Ing driven to the station,
The hour was 10 o'clock az 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 to the
floor above, where the groom awaited
her, Together they ran up a ladder
way to the seuttle. pushed 1t aside and
stood on the roof. The house was In q
block OF houses Of nearly equal height.
Pickering jumped down over the cop
ing and handed down his bride, and to-
gether they ran over half a dozen
roofs. vainly trying TO ind an open
aeuttie, TN they reached the seventh
house away.
Now, there had been frequent rob
berries Of late IN that part OF the city.
and people we're on the lookout for
thieves Hearing footsteps on his
roof, an occupant Of one Of the houses
tho couple passed over telephoned for
the police, and In less than three min
utes 4 patrol wagon fun Of cops drove
up to the front door in question.
Being 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 tho houses and
upstairs TO receive the thieves when
they should come through the scuttle.
The consequence was that when the
welded pair stepped down on to the
top fOor Of the house they entered. in-
tending to explain matters TO the oc-
eupants and then secure their indul.
genee aud cooperation. they walked
into the arms OF policeman.
A policeman Is a matter Of fact In
dtVtduaL, utterly devoid OF humor,
or any OF the attributes re.
anlred on this occasion. Pickering ex.
planned, lie told the cop what a Gns
Joke they were playing-all to no
purpose. They were Informed that
they could tell their story to the ser.
zeant at the desk at the station. There
was but one alternative--to request to
BE- taken back to the house from which
they had escaped. Pickering suggest.
81 this course to his bride.
WHAT Go back there 10 be laughed
al Neverf'
Wen have 10 pass our bridal night |
IN q cells
"I'll pass II in q fiery furnace rather
than face that crowd In charge Of a
policeman"
The terror Of Il was In riding to thu |
station In the open patrol wagon.
They got there without being rUcow- |
alHed. Pickering told bis story 10 the |
sergeant and was informed that be |
must not only be Identified as q re-
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