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Show GIRL ID DER LOVER HALTED By THE DFFICEfiS Love's young dream burst like a bubble for Walter Smith and Pearl Agnes lllxon yesterday afternoon. As they were In the very act of signing i h - 1 r names to a marriage license in the count) r(.rk s office in Salt Lake, a deputy sheriff put his hand on the prospe Live bridegroom'! shoulder and placed him under ;irrest The brld-to-be wept and Smith entered vigor ous protest, but to no avail They were hHri for the state parolo agent, E. M. Rowe of (Wdon li was explained by the parole .i.'ni thai oung Smith and his sweet heart were wards of the juvenile court being on parole from the state Indus trial school. They had failed to obtain ob-tain permission for their marriage from the Juvenile court officials and hence their romance was under the ban. The hn is is years old and the girl is a few months his Junior Their love affair, it was said, dated from the time of their commitment to the Industrial xehooi tv. o years ago Both Smith and Miss Hlxon were committed from Salt Lake City Tor waywardness. They proved apt In assimilating the things that are taught at the industrial school and were soon paroled, the boy going to Salt Ixikc to live with his mother and the girl finding a position with a wealthy Og-den Og-den family. It was arranged that they should not reside in the same town They corresponded for some time and finally de ided upon matrimony Young i-i in i 1 1 1 came to Ogden last Sunday Sun-day and took the girl to his mothers home in Salt Lake. Mrs. Smith ac companied the young couple to the county clerk's office yesterda to give her consent to ihe marriage of her son. Alive to the situation, the parolo agent telephoned to all parts of the state to prevent the marriage Coun ty clerks w ere notified to call the Bherlff if ihe young couple put In an appearance. As soon as the boy gave his name the license clerk, J U. El-dredge, El-dredge, Sr. stepped to a telephone and communicated with the sncntt Being onlj is years old and under i commitment to the Industrial school. young Smith must now wait three iiars before he can marry He and the girl were brought back to the school last night |