Show I hIDING RIDIN AHEAD E LI STONEWALL AND PAPA COMING ON BEHIND Miss Julia J Jackson on Christian Telegram Tel Tel- for tor Miss MIES Julia Jackson Christiani Christian Chris Chris- U tian tiani nl Thus chanted tho the colored porter as ashe ho he marched down tho the aisle of the parlor car of the Washington express that had left Atlanta Ga Oaf Ga Just long enough t to h-avo h gained a a. speed of sixty sL miles nilles an hour Everybody looked up inquiringly hut tim th the prettiest girl cirl in tho the car car car-a a be be- Witch witching ins dark eyed beauty in a most charming traveling r c costume costume closed closed the novel she was reading and beckoned to tho the porter who approached obsequiously with the tho yellow envelope in his hand hanl I l I am Miss Chri Christian tian she said aid in a n clear cool untroubled voice oice Ya aa Miss Telegram fo yo ro Miss Ii and the handed it p an porter portor over O There were admiring glances from nIl all parts of the car as Miss Julia Jackson Jack Jack- son eon Christian tore open the envelope without a single shudder crossin crossing her sweet fact face thou though h the muscles 01 oi 01 her jaw law stiffened as she hc brought her ller re red lips to together she read this thin mE message ni Following you ou on second cond s section Wait for mo mc at rt Charlotte FA FATHER TJI ER ERt Miss lips t Christian glanced through the tho car Win window do Telegraph raph poles were flying b. b by almost too fast to tobe tobe tobe be counted Stonewall Jackson riding ahead I she quoted quote from Barbara And then she said to herself Lives Up to Anc Ancestry Jacksons Jackson's Well Im I'm Stonewall granddaughter on my mothers mother's 8 side and nna I Im I'm ft rid riding ins ahead on the first section I dont don't see ceo wh where re papa comes corneA in at all I think Ill I'll lust live up to tolay tom tomy m my lay illustrious ancestry Tho The conductor was passing her ber s seat at wit With an nu admiring sido sidn glance at the beautiful girl She spoke t to him Conductor what is next our stop after Charlotte N. N C. C Cf f Salisbury Ah y Ah h Salisbury Miss Christian brightened visibly How Bon long do we C stop at Charlotte conductor 1 Only a fow few minutes The second oDd section Wilt will will it catch us at tt Charlotte conductor Just a n shade sharo sharoo I o of anxiety was marked on the beautiful face ac I Oh no the second section will I bo ho boIt boat hoat at It lr Imst ast an hour bour hour behind at Charlotte 11 h thank you ou conductor The face faco showed red relief re By the way n will there be he a chance to send scud a telegram m soon loon 1 Yes Yes es there thero in is n a stop for us in about half hall a an n hour The porter look after you rou Ill I'll send him J 1 Thank you so much And the tho con conductor r felt lt himself amply repaid Presently the colored porter wearing his most intelligent and respectful smile milo came camo to Miss Christian Christians s 5 seat scat with telegraph blanks and n a nicely sharpened lead pencil Not a n young oun man in the car nt ot that moment who wouldn't havo given iven a n salary salar to be bo in that porters porter's 8 place Tho The girl bit tho the fencil pencil knitted her ller brows brow macho Ie cra several fal false o starts and andt t finally nall wrote the following wins marked markel at atthe tho the top Telegram raDt Plea Please o rush To Hon Edmund Randolph Preston Charlotte N. N Join C-Join Join mo inn on fir first t ee see see- tiou Washington n E Express Papa is on In second section minister at It Salisbury ho bo ready lor tor midnight rainy mar ria p. p JULIA When hari Miss Julia t Jackson Christian haul had liberally tipped the colored porter to sec e that 1 thi this J mes message a e was wa rushed hC at the next stop she calmly resumed her br novel novel noel much to the tho satisfaction of tho the malo male passengers who wore were thereby en- en to gaze up upon ou her beauty without being heins c 11 caught ht at it it Characters in the Plot By this time timo it will have l dawned upon upon you rou that charming Miss Julia Tulin Jackson Christian tian was nas the cool nail and determined de terminer heloine of a deep dark elopement elope elope- ment plot When the first sed section ion of the Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Express with Stoker Cupid keeping the boiler hot was bearin bearing the expectant bride swiftly on toward tho the Gretna Green of her hopes her angry father was wat fuming aboard tho the second section lecHon 1 a t full hour behind for behind for th the un an- unsympathetic sympathetic hauling him was nu numbered inhered 23 3 Tho The news reports had ball not yet et told toM why Mr r. r William E. E Christian of Atlanta Atlanta At At- lanta Ga assistant tant general ueral passenger agent I nt of tho the Seaboard Air Line ob objected objected ob- ob to tho lion Hon Edmund Randolph Preston member of the North Carolina Le Legislature for a son in flon in But that th those so objections had great weight with him hint was apparent to persons pcr in the thc waiting room of th thA Atlanta railway station when they saw tho the well known sturdy figure his figure his whiskers bristling and his face unusually r red red reach reach the theato gate ato ju just t in time to have bae it shut in front front- front of of his noso B. B By the time the gate reopened to admit admit admit ad ad- mit him with other pas passengers to the tho second section it is said saM that Mr Christians Christian's Chris tim hans tian's e whiskers were curling urling in in a way that was most awe ns Miss Christian Christinn who is tho the only living granddaughter o of Gen Stonewall Jackson Tack Jack son fon has bait ma made o her home since ince infancy in Charlotte N. N C C. with her grandmother widow of the great Southern war chief chief- tain ain While hilo sho she was visiting her father in in Atlanta she witnessed a five rain utes' utes a adjournment of the Georgia 3 Legislature Legis Legis- lature laturo in In honor of her presence What Papa Christian said to his laughter daughter about her ller enga engagement to marry marry mar war ry rJ Mr Ir Preston has not been divulged It is known however that thal the lovers lo were not permitted to meet in Atlanta contrary to tho the cherished plan phan of Mr Preston But they corresponded A runaway marriage was decided on to take place immediately on Miss Christians Christian's return retarn to Charlotte Charlotte and and when sho she took th tho first section of or that Washington express train II to to homo home to go 0 grandmother her telegram am Jao to ca eager er Mr Mn Preston the full particulars You have havo seen lIeen with what calm alertness alertness alert alert- ness Miss aiss Christian telegraphed a revision sion of this pro program when nhen sho lio learned learnd that her father tather was in hot pursuit It Itis is hardly necessary to state that Mr r Edmund Randolph Preston was II on on tho the job Job oh from tho the moment his Julias Julia's rush 4 rush message aKe reached him at Char Ghar lotte This is is what nhat happened d Full Fully half an hour before before- the Washington Wash- Wash i ington express first section could PO possibly pos pea sibly be expected to arrive at nt Charlotte a noticeably nervous and watchful young man was observed pacing the tho platform and alternately con consulting his bis watch and tho the board Residents of the town who were hovering hey hov crin ering cring about wondered what in the UIA world ailed their ordinarily dignified I end self prominent citizen citizen- for or th the nervous young OUD man Ulan was none noue other than the Hon lion Edmund Edmun Randolph Preston lea leading in lawyer r and member of ot the Le-gi Le Legislature Ire Presently ho he was joined by two of his 1 legislative chums chum They The too seemed eem agitated All AJI o of them whispered with their hea heads s together and compared their wa watches I ch es Sud Sudden Sudden- all aJl the tho members of this little littie lit lit- tie tle group roup became great greatly I nn animated Thin Tho first section of tho the Washington ton express express ex ex- press prEe was in sight On time HOle too Tho The second section r tion must be a at at- t least half balf an hour behind l lJ y J Up rolled tho the first section with young Mr fr Preston 1 eagerly scanning ever every car window Ah Ali something thin white whir was nas fluttering fluttering flut flut- from froni rom n a parlor car window Mr Ir Preston nodded Hi to his friends nn and made a dash for tho the steps of that ut car his hilJ friends delicately boarding the thC ordinary coach next ahead I Mr 11 Preston beb beholding tho the demure figure su e o of Miss rigs Christian with her eves wes fixed quito quite innocently on her ber book be became became be- be came camo suddenly suddenly- calm cairn an and dignified Not until the train tram was nM in motion mohon ag again in did lid he approach his eloping accomplice Then they greeted ca each h other with an admirable imitation of pleased surprise but when they were seated Ri side e by side a 11 keen eared occupant of the adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining seat cat might have ha o overheard ud something some some- thin thing closely resembling the tho following Julia luJi d darling youre you're a brick hrick Yon You c certainly are a 11 truo true granddaughter of your grandfather II Stonewall Jackson riding ahead she he quoted with a smile and then a bit hit anxiously You realize darling that papas papa's barely bards half an hour behind us uses ash es but he hell he'll II get et off at Charlotte expecting vou you to leave lene tho the first section and wait nit for or him there II Dear Dear Edmund Im I'm afraid papa knows me nac too well we-J to take an any chances You Yott think sweetheart that ho will know krow in time timo that th you didn't get set off Papas a railroad official darling darling- and he ho isn't a bit stupid not tho le least st st. Did Dirl you have any trouble mal making ns arrangements at rat Salisbury b by telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph raph 1 aho lin ho asked Not Not the slightest ht st Half an hour before you reached Charlotte I rr received d my friend John M. M Julian's Julians telegram fain saying that the Rev Hf Byron C. C Clark would meet us at nt his house hOllS with everything every every- thing thins ready read for an immediate marriage e. e Burton Crai Craig and Walter Murphy are arc in 10 the next CAT c-ar ahead td Th They'll l Oft tret nut first ami see fIe that Johns John's carriage is dc dearest waiting There cant can't bo an any hitch Darling you yon certainly are a won non den der ded Salisbury sang pang out tho the conductor Tho The elopers dopers were per still ThC They wore near neRr the door As the train stopped tho the conductor and porter wore were both on lii tho the other platform Then Thon Miss s i Christian anti and Mr r. r Preston got ot up quietly passed ged swiftly out to the thc li dimly lighted platform to be he instantly seized by their fellow conspirators and thrust into a t carriage which whirled thorn them away into the darkness Papa Arrives Too Late Barely Barel- half an nn hour later the second section puffed up tip and aDd stopped at Salis bury burr Before tho wheels had haul quite cea ceased ed to move moe out jumped a active gentleman n of middle aj age to be he seized b by the dr driver er of a waiting cab which rolled off at it its best speed speed Th This f proved that Miss Mif's Christian had bad hadnot not spoken amiss when hen she tol told her lover hover Papa isn't a l bit hit stu stupid id In fact papa was himself at nt top speed after tho the elopers dopers toward the residence of Mr r John M. M Julian Alas Stonewall Jackson Jackson's J a granddaughter grand grand- daughter riding ahead meant too much When hen Mr Ir Christian reached the Julian re residence all HH its windows had lund been dark ark for at nt least ten minutes and tho the newly wedded couple were already en route for Lynchburg on their honeymoon honey honey- moon trip Not until these thin things had been accomplished ac nc ac- ac did Mr lIr Christian mako make pub lie lic his reason for opposing hi his hili daughters daugh ter tErR ter's marriage to Mr Preston Then ho lid did so gO in in tho the following telegram Atlanta GR Ga Au Aug 13 New New York American New York York Referring to your story in the issue of AU August 12 of the marriage of my mJ dau laughter daughter Miss iss Julia Jackson Christian to Mr Ir Edmund Randolph Preston I desire to sa say in I behalf of m my son who is iR now a cadet I at West Point and in behalf of myself that the tho cause o of this runaway match was an nn objection by m my any son and myself based upon the tho fact that thai Mr Ir Preston's mother died ie insa insane of epileptic fits at a I sanitarium nn and that his grandfather had epileptic fits tits My 1 son eon rind I did not desire desiro her bel with strong blood bloor on both sides of her family to be sacrificed to a at man with degenerate blood blond We havo have pleaded with her hot for over o twelve months to prevent prevent pre pre- vent her ber from throwing herself away but she sho has been cunningly trick tricked and trapped by br this thiR man nasa An And friends of mine throughout tho the South who ho knew the circumstances aro are deeply grieved rio that this splendid i innocent girl should have ha been practically ruined as far ac as her ber descendants rare aro concerned by bv this thi probable epileptic As her father I feel so 80 deeply on this subject that I will ask you ou to kindly kindl- print this card W v. E. E CHRISTIAN Until thC they heard of Mr Christians Christian's assertion in respect to young Preston no ono one in Atlanta dreamed anything was wron wrong with with the blood of the young oun I man mans man's 8 family B. B S S. S Preston a brother of the tho bridegroom bridegroom bridegroom bride bride- groom was quick to take takA up tho the cudgel el in behalf first of his brother Randolph and secondly of his own o family The Tho statement made by Mr lr Christian Christian Chris Chris- Christinn tian tinn that m my any mother another died insane ho said is without foundation in fact I It j t is not truo true that either of my grandfathers was subject to epilepsy Both Hoth wore vuro prominent in n Vir Virginia nil C Col J. J J J. J T. T I. I L. L Preston was a long life fri friend nd of Stonewall Dr B. B M. M Smith my mothers mother's father father w was s for f forty years ears a 11 professor In in Union Theological semi semi- nary Dr Ir John A. A Preston Prston my my m- father was a n wi widely cl known Presbyterian min ister boin being pastor of the F First Presbyterian Presby Presby- terian church of Charlotte at tho the time of his hi death II Mrs Irs Stonewall Jackson has approved ap ap- ap proved pron of the match of my nay brother and Miss Christian and tho the marria marriage e would taken place ploce at her home in Char lotte S. S C. C this autumn but for parental parental pa pa- rental objections on tho the part of Miss Christians Christian's family however Howo as 2 raIl all aU the tho world loves a n lover most people will doubtless ou consi consider con con- si sider aider cr this controversy started by bot the brides bride's father to be of oC slight interest compare compared with details of the successful ful milo mile race for we wedded happiness JUu made e by the elopers dopers |