Show ELOPED FOR A DAY 11 A Bride Carried Off by a Boy in Blue A most romantic elopement of short duration and serious results toot place in tbis city not many days ago A young girl not more that 17 years old whose parents live in Eighteenth Ward in this city and whose name is suppressed for the present was married mar-ried a few months ago to an honest mechanic whose industry had placed him in a comfortable position so far as finances are concerned He gave the girl a comfortable home and plenty tOi live upon The rent from two or three i little cottages which he had built with his savings augmented his daily I wages and placed him in a position to give his wife freely all the comforts she enjoyed Those who know the girl say that she seemed to be very happy but the sequel of this story shows that she would have been better off had she had more to do to take up her time There was no necessity however for her working and so she did not work One bright day early in the present month the guileless bride was banging on the front gate swinging to and fro and reflecting upon how truly the cold atmosphere of tbis winter bad frozen to death all the flies that lifo ever had on it when she saw approaching a gallant gal-lant form on horseback The said form was clothed in blue and from the front of thin fatigue jacket he wore a row of brass buttons snone and sparkled in the sun like so many diamonds She saw them and her eyes sparkled In return It was a real live soldier She stared at him and he stared in return But be only stared ana rode slowly by Her heart began to flutter and her head was swimming How handsome he was Well he was handsome and the mOre she thought of him tbe handsomer hand-somer bs grew Why had she let him escape She was about to answer this selfimposed question with a disconso late I give it up when 101 she saw him again returning She stared again he stated again and again and slowly rode by But he didnt go far Ah there she cried Stay therehe I sighed But wait just a minute and gimme I a ride He waited and a moment later i she was mounted behind him and the proud steed was galloping down the btreet Just after dark the faithless bride slip ai from the back of the charger and in ed co her home about a block away t ie to meet the just wrath of an injured husband Over what happened in the mean time modesty draws her veil tightly Readers may guess as the husband was forced to She never told but owing to circumstances over which she bad no control she no longer enjoys the home comforts and protection of her husband He is looking for a faithful woman she is arguing against reason that her name is not Mud The above story is true and names are suppressed only for the sake of the innocent ones who would be injured by having them made public J 1 r |