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Show GUPID OUTWITS PARENTS AGAINf .M Couple of Determined Lovers Escape." M From Grand Junction to Get - . jW . Married in. Salt Lake. j ElM Obstreperous parents were the- cause j H given for a runaway marriage con- sumatcd in this city, yesterday. H couple are from Grand Junction. Co o., K and their night here was taken for the , v sole purpose of being joined in wedlook. H The groom Is' Ernest W. Currlc, aged ; H 25 years, and his bride is Lois DIttman, H of 1.0 summers. T" , ,t j "They'll stop us thlo time I don t wm think." said the young man ns J 'H marched up to the counter in the Coun- , ty Clerk's office with his Intended short- tm ly before 5 o'clock last evening. Wli a marriage license was being made out Mr. Currle stated that their parents in Jm Grand Junction had mado things pretty hot for them by strenuously opposing their mnirimonlal Inclinations and pre-venting pre-venting their marriage. The happy young couple were eyi-. fH dontly relieved of a distressing burden when the licence lo wed Avas handed them, but the picture of some Irate par-ents par-ents making an appearance upon tha scene to frustrate their desires evident-ly evident-ly arose in their minds as they both in-voluntarily in-voluntarily turned and looked toward the door. The groom then asked If they could bo married by any one in tho cilice and upon being Informed that they could, lost no time in presenting ) themselves in the little ante-chamber. Indicated by the deputy, where the hymenal knot is tied. After waiting impatiently several minutes Deputy County Clerk Eldredge came In. All of the other employees of the ofllce with one exception had left. A reporter, however, was present and not to be defeated In their aspirations for the lack of two witnesses, they of- IH jfered no objection to his name ap- IH peaving upon their mairiago certificate. The knot was qulcly tied and with sighs of relief Mr. Curria gave Mrs. fl Currle a kiss full In4he month and the IB two left Die place in the seventh heaven of happiness. jH |