ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8866, 17 July 1907, Page 1

ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.

L’lsle Adam, a picturesque hamlet on the banks of the Seine, some twenty miles from Paris, has been set agog with excitement by the elopement of a millionaire’s daughter with a plumber. Some time ago water pipes at the millionaire’s home needed attention, and the local plumber sent his son, a well-set-up, line-looking young man of twentyfive, to set things right. The daughter of the house, tired, perhaps, of the lonely and retired life she led, straightway fell in love with the handsome workman, and he reciprocated her passion. Strange to say, from that time something was always going wrong with gas or water pipes, and the young plumber was frequently being sent for. At last these frequent accidents, and a chance word -let fall_ by his daughter, aroused the millionaire’s suspicions, and he forbade the plumber the house. Curiously "enough, from that time there were no more leaks or breaks. The couple fsoon found means to correspond, and as the girl despaired of securing [her father’s consent to the marriage she agreed to -an elopement. So the other day she asked to be allowed to go to Paris, and was accompanied by an elderly lady who had formerly been 'her governess. In a shop tne young lady managed to give her chaperon the slip, and the governess, after vainly waiting for 'several hours, returned to the chateau and told what happened. Inquiries were set on foot, and it was found that the plumber was also missing. JAs the young lady is of age, and as she took nothing with her, the millionaire has no remedy, and the police cannot interfere. The girl’s father is disgusted, and has resolved to sell his property as soon as possible and retire in a distant part of France.