Show hoped in her night clothes ar icsis keyster an elopement took recently in port smith that for unique do rivals anything on record john meadors had for a long while been clandestinely mik ing loye to miss cr ain the daughter of a well known cili cen misa father objected 03 some fathers have a way of do ing and the lovelorn love lorn bethought himself of a ruse whereby he might foil papa when finally the old gentleman began to talk of doing some shooting if his intentions were persisted in meadors determined that the time had come to act bo he fixed it up with miss grain and thia morning they had it arranged to flee ere the cock crew john went to the house before daylight and entered bis sweethearts room but it was some time before he could arouse her the awoke the old man and be came charging in just as meadors went out the window the old man made chase and meadors gave him the ilip around the house whereas he jumped on bis horse quickly followed by liaa grain in her night clothes who perched astrab die behind him while the horse lit out in the orthodox lochinvar fashion papa now considerably irate gave chase but he nt keep up with the nag and the couple soon cave him the slip ina corn patch where meadora secured bis shivering sweetheart while he rode back to town for a dress and a justice an hour later the two were married under the spreading branches of a pecan tree |