Show I 1 runaway lover 11 arginia city chronicle last saturday herbert bristol delivery clerk employed in crosby co s grocery house went to the depot on the arrival of the V T exar e train and meta lady once lurid blonde bair had been bleached by the frosts of nearly bilty eis ile escorted her to a lodging house on south A street where be requested her to arry until his retura she waited in vain until after nightfall and growing weary at the failure of her escott to she dispatched a messenger to the store where he was e lo 10 inquiry as to the amne of his detention the intire was met bp tle reply that r hail departed on the eleving train for california the venerable lady was dutu foun ded on receipt of this startling sad the disclosure drew forth the from mhd lady she sai I she bad been correspond aug with the delivery erk for some months after answering an advertisement ti through the irown person pacers hij I 1 f s man in search of a wife the clerk bad agreed to marry her and she had come all the way fro in chicago to perform her part of the contract her pit fadious lover had met her at th train escorted her to abo she was then mccu py ing and bad not seen him since after hearing of his absconding she of course realized that all hopes of his marrying her was folly the lady said in conclusion that she was wealthy and owned real estate in chicago whence she departed last evening a badder and in all probability a wiser woman |