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—— m WOULD MARRYThowgfc theOIrl iv* trader A*e and Efttffi't He* Parent’* €o««ei*t.tA few days since, Arzie. Doty of near Homer*, applied to the county clerk for a license to marry Blanche Parsons, an Albion township girl. The task of filling out the blank application was begun, but came to an abrupt terminal tion when the would-be benediet gave the age of the fair bride elect as if samplers and as many winters.The clerk announced to Doty that he could not issue the license without the consent of the girl’s parents as the young miss was not of sufficient age to exercise her own judgment in matters manta!. Doty stated that Miss Blanche and her father were awaiting his return at Justice Merrill’s forum and that he would hasten away and secure the acquiescence of the stern papa. In about twenty minutes Doty returned with a scrap of raanila paper on which was inscribed these words:“I give my consent to let him have the girl. J. A. Parsons.”The clerk still demurred, inasmuch as Mr. Parsons had not taken the trouble to deliver so important a message in person.Bent on marrying the girl at any hazard the gay Lotherio drove with the fair one to Coldwater and secured the coveted license.. He there gave the age of the bride as 19 and her residence asQuincy.The tie was consummated and the twain journeyed to Homer only to have their connubial bliss rudely interrupted by the appearance of Deputy Sheriff Dorsey at the hotel, where the bride and groom were ensconced, with ! a warrant for Doty’s arrest.The warraut was issued at the instance of the bride’s father and charges Doty with abductiou. He recites that he never gave his consent to the marriage and that the girl is but 14. years of age. It looks as though Doty had gotten himself Into serious trouble. He languishes in the county jail for the holidays and will have a hearing before I .Tnsfciflft Merrill on Tuesday next.
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Fri, Dec 25, 1896
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