Show ELOPEMENT AND STABBING G A AFFRAY F FRAY the stockton Stock ten independent of friday gives a romantic ron tied and tragic 0 ic account afan of an elopement case A man named jones became attached to a miss short and the old folks objected to the knot be ing in P tied on account of jones politics lic ho being an abolitionist but tones jones would not give i it t up tip so lie ife conspired against 0 the rebel father and concocted an elopement tho the independent finishes the story accordingly on tue blued rn day y tf t r iilo 0 it n 7 wa si G buggy g ay W was as drivon up tip to the door of shorts house tt low whistle was given the lady appeared app mared was w ls seated beside the expected bridegroom 11 broom and awa away V they drove but the alarm soon spread through L the baronial halls of the chateau de short that the bird had flown and there was mounting t in liot hot haste 11 jones plied th the 0 1 lash ash vigorously but to no use 2 for ere they had gone four miles the smoking ZD steeds of the pursuers were alongside the carriage and their riders armed with bowie knives were buting the harness barn essoff off the horses the horses were soon fr freed ced from the buggy which was left in the road and then a desperate desp brate fight for the possession po session of the young lady ensued en sued in which jones was stabbed in the left arm by short shor t who bore the lady home again 0 iu in triumph jones has gone to sac the affair having taken place in that county count where lie he has ere this tin s in all probability commenced legal proceedings against short for alie tl je violent i wounds inflicted upon him which are more severe than serious 1 1 tiie THE man inan who thinks it neches sary to be always testing his friends could nE stand being tes ted iii IT is an important part of a good go od education to be able to beara politely with tile the wants want of it in in others |