Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1885 — An Elopement Spoiled. [ARTICLE]

An Elopement Spoiled.

“Ab, one yard or two?” The speaker was a ribbon wrestler in a First street dry-goods store, and the aboveAuery was addressed to the only daughter of a prominent citizen of the city a few months ago. She was very much struck with the young man, and told several of her intimate friends that “Cholly was perfectly splendid.” She used to go to the store nearly every day, and the governor would kick savagely when the bill would come in on the Ist of the mop th. Their acquaintance over the counter at length resulted in an invitation to call, and Cholly made himself very numerous around the family mansion several evenings during the week. The old man said to his daughter one day: “Julia, who is this waxwork who is making himself so soon around here ?” “Why, pa, that’s Mr. , and is a real nice young man; he plays the piano and sings lovely.” The governor informed his daughter that he did not want him monkeying around there any more, and if he ever found him in the house again he would tie him to the fence and back a mule against him. Julia cried for a few hours, and finally went back to the store and told Cholly that the governor had rendered an opinion and issued an injunction. Clandestine meetings followed.and one evening while they were discussing the unevenness that characterized the course of true love, Cholly said: “Let’s skip out and get married, and let old Joblots sweat.” After a moment’s hesitation Julia consented, and the elopement was at opce arranged. On the next evening Cholly was to come under her window at 11 o’clock, and she would lower herself by means of a rope. Old Joblots, as the young man very disrespectfully designated the father of his idol, occupied a room directly below that of his daughter, Julia, although a very charming girl, kicks the beam at 150 pounds, and when she commenced to slide down the rope the next night she bumped against the side of the house and raked the shutters of her father’s window. ... . The old man hearing the noise thought the robbers were trying to break in, arid rushing to the window he saw the rope stretched very tight and shaking around as though some one was climbing,up. The old man seized his razor that was lying on the bureau and cut the rope. Cholly at this moment was standing directly under Julia, ready to rescue her as she neared the ground, and when the rope parted she fell on him like a brick house, and he was crushed to the ground a hopeless mass. ♦ “Oh, my darling! I have killed him!” said Julia, and two screams rent the -fHft - Old Joblots, whe heard the exclamation, rushed downstairs and out the front door. He took the situation in at a glance, and also took his daughter in the house, where she fell into her mother’s arms, hysterically crying that Cholly was dead. Joblots went for assistance, and Cholly’s insensible remains were taken to his boarding-house, where he now lies in a critical condition. Friends of the family have tried to keep the affair quiet, but it has leaked out, and it is stated that the young lady’s father has said that he will offer nO further opposition to the marriage if the unfortunate young man recovers. —San Jose Herald.