| Show MODERN LOCIIIXYAH I tf lira M U Harne 1IWUIt fIur of the sasen of romantic ro-mantic youth lethal I I known as the elopement elope-ment period when I Young LoflBlnvitr i t fff I lJa hsa reached the I J conclusion that he tn J haa more right to the girl of his heart than her father mother brother sister and all other relative combined lie doe not stop to analyze feelings or motive m does not make the discovery I that his conduct la the remit ot a lapse 1 Into savagery his earlier an talon having iloubtleis been barbarians who snatched their savage bride from the I family but In abeyance of the ancient marriage customs No our modern I Iochlnvar Imagines himself a villsnt Knight l who hurries In save his beloved lady from the cruel reclrlctlona of doling I 1 dol-ing parent who know thai her esquire tut not a flat lo hta name or enough coin of the realm lo sustain life In two persons with average appetite They I ask hum to wall but he Ignoring the I poetical troth that all thlngi come to him who walls doe not have pallenee to ender the long result of time This la I a mailer he UTI In that manly resolute res-olute way his sweetheart ndmlres K much with which parent have nothing noth-ing wkaletw t ado and with the same weapon attributed to Sanipmn he aug gesl n rope loiter n monnlM night a I fleet home which may belong to his prosttlvn father Inlnw and a rapid drive In the direction of n minister creeds In not form on Important element ele-ment In an elipenifnt than the two can defy ant taw of sepirallon for the prose Ollbert Harding and Insert Mralon were lover and they had ptanael on elopement Ito wan a squire of high degree Bite was a lady fair to stet This la a trifle overdrawn but It np pile to their raw better than any other two HBM In p ° tilil > literature lieu lie-u reafiy a clerk In a haberdashery tore and son had Jot been graduated In a sweet gown trimmed with real lace Slue knew absolutely nothing of anything any-thing tint school lore and was us help leu and Ignorant as a girl usually Is who Influence A young nun lo begin his career by running away with her lie was quite sure however that he knew enough for two and what was n man good for anyway II ho couldnt fare the world and fight lt battles for the girl he loved Polite limo was set for Iho elopement the stonyhearlrd parents refusing lo consider hit suit because forsooth hn rat poor Hut insole loved him alt the better for his poverty She had heard It said that her father was poor when he married mar-ried her mother and they had been happy and prospered flhe did not reflect re-flect that young people of today want to begin life where their parents left off 0 It was the night of the elopement There was no moon and the electric light were dim and flickering Oil bert hat engaged Ito services of a belt man his chum llob Kennedy who I le V as e t M 1 I 41 C 3 ONE OP WilH OOT OFF was Ohio a friend of luuloa and who was lo pilot Gilbert through the wing of the home where fltiMlo Will to meet them when the two mould escape by a side door The girl had taken her favorite brother Tom Into her confidence but lllbcrt did not know this Tom was lo entertain tho old folk oath keep them In the family silting room until after nine ha hour whleh was Ml for tho elopement Tho great mistake that people make when they elope anU Gilbert la In telling the hour too lute 1 when the leiitt sound attract attention lo them It might hone been auppoied from those sago remarks that ho was an old band at the business Hut be bad yd much to learn I have not stated the fact that fills ales father was wealthy but Ollberl would have corned tho Imputation that this hud any part In his plan of marrying marry-ing her off hand lie know that In stood of the paternal benediction of the novel Wen you my children blew yop he might receive the paternal taboo and be left to late athea and a crust Inn cottage Hut he was willing brave boy to rlik II An open window In An itnuaednndnn lighted wing of the building always n auiplcloua Incident A policeman Will regarding this ono from a convenient tree on the opposite aide of Ibo streets but love la I blind ao lllbert did not are him He went through the window with the agility of n fireman lllaU Hmo from within Whlstl Them were the pan words la It you Voa Its me waa the hasty and ungrammatical un-grammatical reply Where nuniie Quest wli Thin time the voice won a growl fill Bert MW the form of a man but It did not raMoible hla friend lIb What will we carry tbt swag In iaW il HM voice with a growl I lend heavena a burglar Ollberl fell that lib only aafnty ID In keeping np the delualon of the fiber that lie wag a palII mini got out and nnd liiaile air It lo me he Mid In a dlg lttl tone aa rough an he dared matte It Blow thai aril I nlnt goln to run no risk of that 10rtIe got the silver but the Jewelry Flash vent a platot and the report had rearcely teased when Ollberla hand were pinioned and the policeman police-man WAI calling for help Tho real burglar hid made a dash for liberty and escaped through the window Vwhal diM thin mean demanded de-manded old man Matnton a > purple with rage and excitement he mine hurrying hur-rying In with alight Ono of ems got elf sill Ibo po lineman but herea tother rascal sate enouith and he bowed up the sickly feature of Illlberl Harding who was ready to faint but male n bluff to meet tlua lee father Ha ha Mr Maraton n > ilte R joke taking me for a burglar hat hat It iloeint look very much like a Joko to me young man aald the father sternly what were you doing entering my homo felonlounly In the night Sure enough It didnt look much like a john now that he raw It on both Hide Where was llob Kennedy that he did not step forward to help his friend OIiU Where was iiinl Where was blown bl-own vaunted courage He dared not look lassies father In the face and say I rams nosiest your daughter Will you kindly explain lo the po lineman that you know me air and that I am not a burglar he managed to say at laal I know you certainly croaked the old nun but If you am Dot a burglar what are you doing with my family all ver piled lip there You con oipUlu the matter In court Omer do your duty Take this man to the atatlon Did lllbert hear nrlicht Ho had not time to dlwuM the mailer or Indeed lo My another word Some phllono pher has remarked quaintly that when a man begins to go down hill It seems aa If all creation was greaaed for the ocrnilon Ho the way for the departure depar-ture of he policeman soul hla prisoner was mode very eipedltloua The other member of the family made them settee Invlilble ao them wan no one lo whom ho could appeal and doors opened and shut like macho for Item to para through And It teemed no limo I at all before the unhappy lover Will locket In n cell nt the police station Hut ho did not langulali there all night lIb Kennedy who had been late In keeping the appointment appeared ap-peared to ball him out and after rou Inc several offlclala each ot whom was the wrong onefrom their beds ho rescued hba friend and then coutolcd him with a cold bollto and n hot bird litho lit-ho early morning hour He look llobi ajvlco lo leave Iowa on n builncM tour anti lo remain until auch lime na Father Marttoni wrath had cooled There was no notice of the burglary or fits arrest In the newspapers news-papers and he left It to llob la explain away any lingering suspicion against him lie wan to say that lllbcrt caw the open window and folioed tho burglar lo Intercept him or any other harmless untruth thai seemed to fit In Hob did hIs part ao well that before lllberla return he read In the society column an announcement ot that falthlera friend engagement to the versatile duaile And then It dawned upon him that there had been no burglar burg-lar aa well II no elopement And hn Immediately wrote hlmielt down a name of three loiters |
