Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-12


NJ. said Miss Hazel
Never In This world" was the Arm
reply Of the Young man
But what can We do9"
Like thousands of other couples.
We can elope"
oh Ford"
Yes. elope. am going to have
you al any cost"
But we'd be turned out doors
and ihere'd be columns In the papers
-end they'd get my picture and
and"
but an hour later Miss Hazel was
saying that she thought an elope-
ment would he Just the thing II
would be by eight u would be moon.
Hight They would elope In an auto.
They would 80 whizz chug, chew
over the roads and laugh at the old
folks left behind
After the first outburst neither IA.
ther mentioned the quarrel again The
son vas not ordered TO cease calling.
and The daughter was not ordered TO
The earret on bread and water As
matter Of prudence. and TO keep his
trail covered young Mr. Bartlett
ceased his calls. and for the same
reason Miss Hazel was very demure
IN the presence Of her father She
rnuCf a., ppshlpg ., .xcfto hlo cucDlr.
ions She was prepared at any mo-
men' TO hear him break out again.
but he had nothing further 20 say
Il didn't happen 10 be a moonlight
night when the elopement at last took
place On the contrary. Il was so
dark that the auto ran over COW
almost the first thing That meant
stop Of half an hour to repair
broken lamps Then the chauffeur
tried a fence and knocked down fifty
feet Of H. Then there was another
long delay. and the lovers reached
the house Of a country parson TO be
tod that the good man had the Jump
isg 'oothache and wouldn't leave his
bed for wedding or funeral
Four miles further on. explained
the good mans wife. was another
minister That Is be called himself
minister She wasn't saying he
was or wasn't She wasn't saying
thar any ceremony he could perform
would De binding She wasn't saying
whether his fee was so cents or s..
All she knew about Il was that he
wa a Baptist while she was a Pres
bytar'an
The Baptist minister wasn't home.
He had gone TO a point nine miles
away 10 hold q funeral and hadn't re-
turned yet lie might return az any
moment. and he might be gone two
DAYS Whenever he got where there
was good cooking he hung on like
grim death There was Mr. White.
the Justice Of the peace. only two
miles down the road He some.
times
The Judge had gone 10 bed but ne
got mp and stuck his head out Of the
window and said he'd be hanged u
he would marry anybody IN such a
hurry let them come back next day
--neNt week Tie wasn't going 20
ha.,y matrimony AZ 2:I0 gai, and
then be uamed for Il afterward He'd
married thirteen couples In a hurry
and ten OF them had applied for di.
Nurces
The night was getting old the
chauffeur kicking and the auto limp.
inr and Il was decided to return
home Just then another machine
drew no. and from It descended Mr.
lohn BARTLETT and wife and MIR
James Wrjcht and wife
why daddy Why mammal"
Married YET" was asked
"No"
Then this fellow has got 10 do Il
or well pun his house down"
But daddy we've eloped'" pro
tested the daughter
You haven't done any such thing
We knew about q an the time
But the QUARREL
Nonsense This old fool John said
he world vas made In six days and
said six wears He's come up TO
fourteen days and I've come down 10
ffteen days. and we've decided that
one little day hasn't made a cents
worth ol difference TO the corn crop