An Elopement

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 94, 19 January 1886, Page 3

An Elopement

TWO COtJNTRY SCHOOL TE A.CH- .. FLIGHT. " ' One 6i Our leading ■ hbtelJ3 ; was thei :Bcene of the denouement to arcunningly arranged , jelctpement . vrecently. The parties to the little affair are both school teacljiers,! the Adonis being the master, of the . school .in guestiou, .and; r a maimedma^.witiL. a ;&nnly to boot, while I his -mamorata isv^a ; -grrl still in ..I^e5 f jieeag..7i It wouldvappear that>the gay Lothario. Jtas:befen rather attentive to his lady-love for months past, but succeedetlan<allaJjiug isuspiclon when;eyei;- aroused. '„ A> short?, thaei agaithe giri had to come to town to uudprgp her e3ramiriation> l! aiid il her friends wroie : to : an- -aunt in town, asking her to meet and take the fair . crea&Be^undfer the deq&bl her protecing care. The aunt was duly to hand, but singularly enough -the gifl =did hot arrive.' .'-A' ! letter=3wai 'despatchM^ to theparents,^and iB-'duetimeaireply was^ieceived^tating that she left for Auckland oni Jtße appointed day; f The ; . -additional j'infoinnatiGn!owa3 t afforded that she wasl^accompaniedi for botf , ter aepuriity .\ bx, ii the,,. schoolmaster, } ? -.who waSjgoing.tQj'^own. on .business. ""■ Tb^B ; awntj at a ."'. clancei and witjioutXpipment's delay pro<feeqecl on i tyvi.ot th(9 local iiotels. Her^iliffence wjaa at length, rewarded by tK^S! i d^scpyer^ oithe.hostelr^ wixere they 'had engaged robins. 1 and were . actually giving as man and wjf $. They "'were absent on a^nsitto Onenuriga at' the time, later, in the day tn:e : ih^mTe'r jwaS' informed that they were irf'Mei* o'w^'looni supstairs,5 upstairs, but: 136^^./npt ; jßeft visitors. , PusEing the; atteiidant aider "the Tnaignant. aunt hurried ujpjiMrs to the room, indicated, -and found the cruiltv jcoudlon the enjoyment of each other s sweet, comDanionshii). A sensational? seenei followed. Usmg her tongue and urn-; brella with unwonted activity;. ,t»nd effectiveness*, tte Unexpected and unt welcome Ti^ilpr -taught _ the Don Juan a severe aiid lastmg lesson, and then in : utjjer, cpnten^pt for l^is puny defence, ' thrust him out of the room. The niece soDbea ncr repentance and pleaded for mercy. -. The aunt was, however, un-. telentmg, and,' ordenng the girl to pack up/'fcootner itb'n'er own house, pending- the arrival of , her parents, -j-