A MILLIONAIRE'S DAUCHTER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13483, 24 July 1907, Page 8

A MILLIONAIRE'S DAUCHTER.

ELOPES WITH A PLUMBER. ROMANCE OF A SEINE VILLAGE L'lsle Adam, a picturesque hamlet on the banks of the Seine, some tweniv miles from Paris, lias been sot agog with excitement by the elopement of a millionaire's daughter with a plnmbei. Some time ago water pipes at the millionaire's home needed attention, and the local plumber sent his son, a well-set-up, fine-looking young man of twen ty-five, to set things right. The daughter of the house, tired, perliaps, 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 tim* 3 something was always going wrong with gas or water pipes, and the youn^ plumber was frequently 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 soon found means to correspond, and as the girl despaired of socuring her father's consent to the marriage she agreed to an elopement. So the other day she asked to be alloweJ to go to Paris, and was accompanied by an elderly lady who had formerly been her governess. In a shop the young lady managed to give her chaperon th»» slip, and the governess, after vainly waiting for several hours, returned 'o the chateau and told what happened. . Inquiries were set on foot, and it was found that the plumber was also missing. As 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 i-s disgusted, and has resolved to sell his property as soon as possible and retire in a distant part of France.