THE "ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2267, 10 April 1886, Page 2

THE "ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY."

The following letter in relation tytho "elopement extraordinary" appcarft'ln tho.Taranaki Herald:—Sir.—Thesr»graph in your paper headed " Elopement' extraordinary" was somewhat inaccurate, The facts are as follows ;-l wontwf stay with somo friends so as to be ableWget : away easilv on Sunday. A buggy ir'ni sent for me and a very urgonfc letter. On reading'this I quickly bid my friendi good-bye and started, My lover,'the driver, and myself, were in thebuggy. When we had got about four.mileß on out way'we met my brother and another relation, whose name wo will call Thomas. Hero a most laughable scene commenced, as my brother forbade the driver to proceed further, and wo told him to' drive on, which he did, My brother soon gave the chase test, with the excuse that his horse was lamo, and he had to return to a blacksmith to get: a new shoe.-put ' on, so we only had Tom to contend with. We drove for some miles, at a quick pace till wb had to change horses, when another troublesome Bcone oc« curred, when Tom wanted to help me out of the buggy, and my lover dared him to lay hands near me. With this high word* ensued, and at last coats were thrown off . to fight, only that I interfered, and told Tom I would not go. Then matters wore settled peacefully,, and we agreed torn, and see my mother and sisters ovdjpfc. When I arrived there I found wMjjUisx. pected—my mother in a violent Sjbper. Wo tried to talk her over but ißcml hot succeed, so at last we consented to go and see my father. This was-agreed to, and my mother left her horse behind, and took a seat with us in the buggy, and w« all proceeded home to my father's house. When we arrived there it was between one and two in the morning, so, of course, the poor old gentleman was in the land of dreams. I, Ike a dutiful daughter, •thought it not right to disturb him, so when my mother got out of her buggy I told her perhaps it would not be wise on my part to see? the old gentleman that night; so I bade her farewell, much to her surprise. With this she' threatened to send my father after me, but knowing the only good horses were away, I told her there was a £5 note in my box that my father .might console himself with, That was all the mention of money matters daring the whole time and the coats being thrown off was all the fighting done. I hope you willgivo as much pnblioity to this version as vou didjto the other.—lam &c, A Runaway Damsel' Wellington, March 24th, 1886.