, 1921-05-21
'ERLDAN SOCIETY
BELLE IS ABDUCTED
Marries Care Man
Under Threat of
Losing Clothes

SHERIDAN, Wyo., May 20.
--YSu sec, Sheridan is pro-
foundry stirred. All the way
from center to circumfer-
ence. In addition Sheridan is
shocked-shell shocked posi-
bly,. Gassed also. Further and closer
examination shows Sheridan down
for the count from n solar plexus
drive from a sledgc hammer. Finally
Sheridan Ia paralyzed.
All this was yesterday Today
Sheridan is sitting up. rubbing her
eyes and wondering. Trying to con.
vince herself that she is not In the
middle period OF the stone age. en-
fircly surrounded by cave dwellers.
Sheridan cannot be blamed. for the
latest nupt.ai affair TO occur In her
midst is SO completely a renaissance
OF cavcnan methods Of courtshlp and
marriage az TO confuse sheridan.
make her look at the calendar TO con-
vince herself that HI had not jour
neyed backward a few thousand years.
The story as related aver the tea
cups in Sher.dan's o exclusive eli :
Giles is too vivid. too coiorfui for III .
columns of a Journal of dignity and
Of suhdued and highly moral tend.
eneies- II were botter to CLEAN the
fncis from a large and portly tome
Proposing In the sernbef ~afchivea Of
the district court.
First, however. permit the charac-
ters. to be introduced. The Violin.
Miss Irene Dana, a charming young
society girl OF talent and accomplish
ments: the daughter of Mrs. G. Hurry
Patterson by a former marriage; niece
of Hon. Z. l.. Dana. millionaire stock.
man and and owner. niece of Maj.
Gen. Ayrshire OF the United States
army; a brunette in the carly TWEEN
ties. calculated 10 inspire the desire
for possession In the heart of any
caveman- John Lind. the son of a
millwright. a lcgionnairc5sct, sdssh.
pleasing address. considerable p
iarity and in demand as n dancing
partner-hut a throwback to some
cave-dweiling ANCESTOR. The hero or
william which ever he may be is in
the middle twenties. fair Of hair, blue
OF ~ revealing his Scandinavian
origin.
These young people had kept COM
pany" more or less for several years.
The young lady's people frowncd upon
the a~ll.too-evident attachment of tile
bold young man. As to the state Of
the young lady's affections. some say
she did and some say she did rot love
him. The sewing circle has 1t the
former way. the ladies of .ha ten
cups say ii is not so. The young lady
herself has ever been non-commstn..
The unadorned story. in brief. is
that young Lind took Miss Dana for
an automobile drive last Saturday
evening. Continued the drive 10 Har-
din, Mont. the Gretna Green of this
section, where they were married at
l o'clock Sunday morning. returning
to Sheridan sometime Sunday.
Now the court story which
is the true one unless disproved by
young Lind who is made the defend.
ant. On Monday afternoon, one of
the leading legal firms of the city
fled a petition entitled. Irene Lind,
plaintiff, VS.. John Lind. defendant.
The newspapers grabbed the story and
the old town woke up. but the ex-
element OF grasping the details was
too great and Sheridan came down
with palpitation of the heart and is
it'll under the Doctors care.
The alleged facts related in h Pc
tition for annulmcnt of the marriage
arc a. follows:
That on May II. 1921. the said de-
PENDANT. by force. threats. deceit and
intimidation, wrongfully and unlaw-
fully abducted the said plaintiff and
forcibly carried her out of the State
of Wyoming into the State of Mon
tana; that said defendant. in accom-
plishing said abduction. wrongfully
struck and beat the said plaintiff. and
forcibly conveyed plaintiff in an auto
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