EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1138, 22 February 1884, Page 4

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.

•'n extra nid in ary scene, the outc .me nf a. strange elopement has enacted. On the Yorkshire v ibis, not far fiem Ooole. a gnntle : iiriM agriculturalmt farms his own estiiiH. His fami'y consists ot «n only «.ni and daughter, and as they are Ipin of good position and held in lik-h respect, they mix among the best -.ci ty in the East Riding. The Mlsiighter ofa gentleman yeoman is a -Mmug lady of nineteen, is highly ac•vom(dished, and of great personal at- »,• ctions. She was regarded as one s.t rhe lean'ieaof the district, and was tin- hello of eveiy party and dance she ■intended The young lady, as might (.. supposed, had many admirers, and fuming hi r suitors wga one gentleman •i.t wealth aud position. But aba to ed away indifferently from all tli i advances. Her conduct to her i-i lives and friends seemed inexplicit 11.- Tho cause they have discovered in a veiy remarkable manner. Among the servants attached to the farm of ill- young lady’s father was a young 1 ■-limen, named Tim M‘Guinness. Tim is a somewhat rough lumpy-look-i. , fellow, of a little more than 20 \. n .-8 ; but while this Kerry boy, un s- .nth in manner aud not prepossessing i- ii ppea ranee, was “whistling at the j. "iigh,” bo seemed to have attracted i In* notice of his master’s pretty daughi- . An affection sprung up between i .M*ui, and she showed a preference to thi* Irish ploughman overalltfee welli *li) yeoman who sought her hand. I ci- tiiends did not suspect the at--1 diiuent, and they received a rude ih ck the other day when tbs young In a did not appear at her usual place i ihe breakfast table, and on inquiries i -mg made it was found that she and ih Irish'farm laborer had gone off to- ■ inn*, and taken tram for Liverpool. V . i his city they were promptly fol--3 . . is 1 by the lady’s father and brother, 'fl :-* uia'ter was placea in the hands of ! 1 i*u*i*.i.ives Strettle and Thochwaite, : i hey traced the runaways to an U. : in Dale street, where their relah i..i-s had been perfectly decorous. •J * the father and brother went A ■i. >ii-itile scene followed. The lady i ■ r.r into tears and became hysterical, 'i. .* Irishman was defiant. The enbrother brought a horsewhip s i hj him, and was commencing to bei ~ r the fellow who had ran off with •h.s’sUter, when the detectives interip. iM*i.l, It seemed that tho runaways '"•-•e to have been married by special fi'Witseat a Roman Catholic church ! i ‘il'not-the father and brother so unii- unitedly appeared upon the scene. O.c-iiipshot ot the affair at present is '■l-i'.’i ’lhe lady has been taken hack to !}i ‘i-lhome by her lather and brother.

■ 'n**:! lishman was left behind, btit the 'jus' >«■(, i*ds of his lady-love, as she was 'i Kim.away from him were “ Keep \..inspirits up, Tim ; I’ll have you y-t. I could not Uve without you.”