Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1875 — Beaten, But Not Conquered. [ARTICLE]

Beaten, But Not Conquered.

Dick Hargis came down yesterday from Chattanooga with a romantic story of an elopement which occurred on toe A. &0. Road the day before. At the little station called Attalla, on that road, an old man, his wife and four daughters were awaiting the arrival of the train, as ghey were emigrating to Texas. When toe train rolled up all toe other girls got aboard except one. She had all along exhibited an indifference, if not downright aversion, to going off, and at the supreme moment refused to get aboard. The old man took her by one arm and her mother bytheotherand were forcing her to get on. At this juncture a young man, who had been loitering around toe station ever since the .party had arrived, came up and remarked to the parents that he had a “sky so” in the matter mid demanded her release. The old man recognized him at once as the girl’s lover, whom he had kicked down the steps a few weeks before for visiting her. Releasing his daughter’s arm he planted a healthy old blew just between the young man’s eyes, which sent him sprawling some distance. The old lady, seeing the situation of affairs, also released her hold upon toe : young lady and lit on to that yonng man pretty much after the style a hen with a brood would go for a lame hawk thrown in their midst. She sat upon him and clawed him, and pulled his ears, and pulled his hair, and gouged his eyes, and screeched and tore up considerably before toe stunned youth could extricate himself. In toe meantime toe girl had taken advantage of her freedom and was seen running like a deer through toe woods. As soon as toe lover got upon his feet he made tracks in toe same direction and toe two were soon lost to view. The little episode created intense enthusiasm among the passengers and train hands, all of whom, of coarse, sympathized with toe young couple, and set up .a clapping of hands when they saw them safety out of the angry parents’ reach. Then the train moved off with toe rest of the family, who were terribly excited and crying. But toe girl’* trunk was aboard, and that was some consolation to the exasperated father.— Atlanta IGa.) Herald.