A ROMANCE AND AN ELOPEMENT.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 187, 6 March 1868, Page 3

A ROMANCE AND AN ELOPEMENT.

An elopement of a singular and romantic character has just taken place in a village situate a few miles from AVolverhampton, the circumstances of which are these :—There lived in the village a young man, a carpenter by trade, who was possessed of goodlooks, and by some means or other he contrived to attract the attention of the daughter of the clergyman. An attachment sprang up between them, and an elopement took place. The runaways resorted to a village on the borders of Shropshire, and preparations were made for the marriage. The friends of the young lady, who, by the way, is extremely good-looking, and possessed of considerable means, discovered their retreat, and by d i nt of m uch argument persuaded her to forsake her lover. Instead of taking the matter to heart, the gay Lothario returned to his native village, the inhabitants of which believed him to be cured of his romantic ideas. This notion, however, proved to be erroneous, for he has once more quitted the locality, and with him has disappeard a youug lady, the daughter of a -wealthy widow lady residing in the same place. Inquiries were set on foot, but unfortunately, too late to prevent the match, intelligence having been received that the pair have been married at Derby. It seems that they became acquainted by the practice of singing together, in the village church, where the would-be Benedict seized the opportunity of pouring his tale of love into the willing ears of the fair one. The bride is possessed of some thousands,and thehappy bridegroom, as we have already intimated, follows the occupation of a carpenter.