Show TALE OF AN A ELliVA TOlL r an elopement that did not pan out I 1 lift it brile for conn from ber her Seart bin ebband los 0 o anaw herald A bridal couple well known young people ot of this city returned a day or two ago from their honeymoon honey monn trip to san francisco w where here their newfound happiness was nearly wrecked the tile day after their arrival they started together the bride brido wishing to do some chopping they were not too happy py for an old lover ot of the girl had b by merely a coincidence gone upon up on the earne same train and by another coincidence had stopped A t the game hotel the bride perhaps feeling a little sorry for him had lad foolishly exerted beret hersel it I 1 to be pleasant and the result was that ilia lie husband who A he is 19 naturally very jealous allowed unworthy suspicion a to enter bin mind As bey they walked a jug njg market street the tile ex rival passed them and the husband waa was irritated by the tile gracco gracious u a salutation bis his wife gave however r he fie endeavored to cheer up and when they reached a largo dry goods acore where his file wife of two days intended intended to purchase haae some stuff staff toa to adorn herself with ith ha he pulled out hta his pocket bock and banded it to her and told her to go ahead and purchase pur chasa whatever ehe she wis wished lied ill finish my cigar and come right in and see what you buy he added and she hushed flushed with pleasure at his life goodness gave bis his hand A it as ehe she took tho the purse and walked into he the store ri lie smoked tor for a short abort time and then sought his wife in the store she was not to be found lie ile started to go up to the upper floor on the elevator but was met by a boy stationed there there who explained that so something methin 9 bad just broken about the machiner mac machinery biner y and the car was stuck fast up against again st I 1 the he roof eo so be walked upstairs and hunted thoroughly but fruitlessly As he came down he thought he lie caw saw his former rival ahead of him but the crowd was eo so great be he could not be sure it made him feel uneasy and he began inquiring of tho the clerks at last he found one who remembered selling a lot of gooda goods to a lady who an answered sered bia his cifes description and she bad ordered them delivered at the hotel ho be was staying at BO so there was no doubt about her identity the clerk knew nothing elee else about her another bearch search of tho the establishment resulted in nothing perhaps she bad had missed him in the crowd and gone back to the hotel he ile jumped into 0 cab and drove there post haste to find that she had no not t returned by this time he began to pet get wild with worry and suspicion the presence of that hated ex lover at the tile store bis his cifes budden disappearance all suggested hoi ideas to him two hours had passed and no trace ol 01 her he lie hurried to the police headquarters and told his etory story A bie bliz detective to whom he lie talked smiled pityingly at him and at once accepted the is elopement theory officers were e sent en t out to find the det detestable stable wretch who was suspected of having wrecked the budding happiness of two souls the husband hu aanderud wan wande derod rud frantically about the streets until he lie found that unwittingly he had bad walked back to bis his botel lie fe waa was weary and mechanically chani hanic cally sll took the tile elevator up to his room oom lie opened tho the door and thereon there on the sofa jay Ms his wife who ashe entered exclaimed oh my dear ive been shut up in an elevator for boura hours in this horrid store something broke and the car went on to the roof and bumped EO so hard I 1 fell down and I 1 get out and they could not get the car down dou and ob it wag was dreadful I 1 fainted at first and it wag was a long time before any one knew I 1 was in ft it then I 1 came to and had to sit there hour after hour while the men were working ah im so coglad glad to get back to my own lovey and two round arma arms were around his neck in a minute and a kissing match was in ili full progress when it waa was interrupted by a bell boy who ushered in a big policeman accompanied by the hated bated ex rival this detestable man was emilius in a most exasperating manner this officer wanted to arrest me e of be eaid said to the husband for elodi eloping g with your wife there was no necessity to finish the sentence the husband swore a little to bimi olf havethe gave the officer a ten dollar gold piece made a mumbling appolony app to the young man who was the only ona one of the trio who seemed to eul aujay 11 y tha situation thear taeyoung ting wife was astounded bhe she made her e husband explain which he be did with many pleas for forgiveness but it is probable she made the lesson so PO severe that he be will not soon suspect bis his wife again |