The Elopement.
I They had sloped in an auto. 1 The young man had driven his machine up to the and 'by -prearranged signals his "fair -fiancee .had stepped aboard --in a wink. But let us first explain to ■ cur readers "the teason love, did not run smoothly. Charles was rich. > : Ysob&i' was rich. Everybody was -rich, but they all v wanted to. tbe richer, "> hence the -mesalliance. .Thus 'ifct-was (hat ".on: a certain .-evening Ys'obePs ."father • a. ' certain, ,'telegram. -ad- ; dress'ed, to Miss 3Tsohel rßeqfpack, cpntaiii'ing,a proposal .to \ 4 He. sealed tittup, »and . in .'hi-s busines3-like wayvehifekled ,and/eaid nothing; - 'Mrs j 'J3eef pack' later - encountered ' it. v and % in >lier business-like >way scliucklsd-and said.inoth.ing: • Ahlv*woe l 'is me ! .-Vhiijjr"'- had^-sfate -.-in > store' for rthe, '-trusting -young couple? *- / - '": 1 ' SChe "appointed r ©veningN came, "for. there -.would clearly :ha.ve been -som.^thni" the -matter with. the universe if "it '-hadn't. Promptly at. 8 o'clock a red divil dashed up to th© B&cfpack' mansion, «nd the 'muffled figure, in an automobile -cloak, got in. as we began -to say at the beginning of our story. Her <head was wrapped in ;a veil and goggles hid her violet -eyes. Her companion embraced her tenderly, and, setting his tap and goggles more -firmly, turned on full speed. Block after Hock whizzed -by. Jmfc neither party of the romance moved, until a., burly cop arrested them for going exactly -18 miles an hour. ''In the station house .the sergeant asked their names, and the proud tones of -the lover .filled "4he dingy room. Tearing off "his goggles, cap, and coal — horrors f What was the name -he gave ? "Silas Beefpack," and Ysobel's father was revealed. Ah, me ! What a shriek came "f-rom the figure at his side— disappointment, .rage, terror; .all mingled in one. Then, casting her veil and ..goggles to the ground. Silae Beefpack stood in the presence .of his wife, 'Mandy ! Cupid had , triumphed, for -by the time they got -back home the youthful pair had long since vanished. — Judge.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 83
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