ABDUCTION STORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

ABDUCTION STORY.

'fry A NUN'S ROMANCE. , y. A ihi'/mm;,,romance of love and .religion, which deeply stirred the people. of Ohio, ended in the triumph of love when County Judge Leslie, of Omaha, united in matrimony Sister Geneva, a beautiful nun, and Mr. Orange Raymond Dye, a young man. belonging to* a well-known family of Missouri. Several years ago Miss Lizzie M'. Welsh, it, wealthy Chicago lady,' whose hand the sturdy lover of Missouri sjjuglit in vain, in an access of spiritual fervour entered St. Bernhardt Convent, and in due course assumed the veil • Sli'. Dye sought every means to dissuade her from taking the irrevocable, step, and when he heard she had become a nun lie obtained' entrance to the convent 111 tiio gui.se of a. workman, and .succeeded after many failures in again urging his suit. Tired of her l ife of renunciation, the beautiful sister at length listened to his protestation" and agreed to fly with him. But at. the critical moment Mr. Dye was discovered by the mother superior, who ejected him from the institution. Later on the determined lover returned to the convent at midnight while a blinding snowstorm was raging, and signalled to the sister, who crept barefoot downstairs and escaped by means of an open window, Suddenly a cry of "Halt!" arrested them, shots wore, tired from the convent, and a moment later the couple were engaged m a hand-to-hand struggle "with the inmates, who came rushing out into the snowcovered fields. The sister in the darkness made good her escape, but, Mr. Dye was • overwhelmed and carried a prisoner into the convent; where he was'kept in durance until the authorities found the sister at the Kiel Hotel. She yielded to their stern commands, and accompanied them back io the convent. M'r. Dye was then released Immediately he obtained a habeas corpus and the assistance of a police officer, ind rescued his bride. The couple made their way across to Omaha, and were married. The convent authorities say that Sister Geneva, had not definitely taken the veil at the time of her flight.