ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2

ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.

•*..■•■■ y, .. . Eonsqnby has fyeeii tlje scene of two elopements. That fashpable suburb, had scarcely recovered from the excitdnjent (i the poll Cjfi |ne qvfQstion of incorporation v/ith the city, its d/oyepofs' wer fluttered by the news that two youn;; Indies of respectable parentage and con neotion had suddenly and mysterious], disappeared from fheiv homes in Franklin street, taking with them a piano, a quantity of valuable jewollery, and a considerable sum of money. One of the ladic, Ipsp Moors, aged about 1G years, b:i been a puplf at the Nun?' Select Boardin < Sclioo], and the opie);, Mias Murray, a few years oldev'thau'hor"companion in fjight, lived at home with her motbe-. both had qeen tenderly nurtured and carefully educated, and indulged, in everything that was likely to'oonduce to then' future happiness and welfare. They hud fqr qqme'time displayed' a sweet ami touching affectiqn for each, other. They were as inseparable as Juno's swans, an I pined for eaob other's sooiety with all the arkr that characterises the attachment i>i ] two young persons of (he opposite bbxcl ( Ho suspicion was entertained 01 theirh- . tended flight, though the skilful- an-11 ojglihopjiflaj maquer in which it whs carried' out shows" that it was carefully premeditated and planned. Qn the day ui question Miss. Moore was at the Nuns' Bchool, and asked for a day's holiday in order £o#t her ttiond, This/being refused she took French leave, and as soon as her mother was informed of this she hastened to tin nunnery with a view to ascertain the oause of her daughter's absence, Meantime Miss Murray had artfully prevailed on her mother to pay a I vinit to a Wend. Thus the two young ladies removed the only obstaolea to the execution of their plans, Making good use of their time they procured a cart, removed and-sold a piano for £2O, kid hands on. §.ome £lO in cash and jewellery, proceeded t'aOnehunga by train, and took passage by the s.s. Hawea for Christchurch; .When the two mothers realised the situation they informed tho police, but for three days the latter wore on a falsp g.cpnt, devoting their search to the city ohjj suburbs. The detectives, however obtained a clue, 'and the girls were traced on board tho steamer. As the telegraph has been set in motion there is every probability that tlie romantio and adyei(turoi}s pair will soon be restored to their friends. A 9 the qld Greek poet Menander gays;-" A daughter is an embarrassing and ticklish possession,"—Observer.