The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-04
A Brief but Romantic Courtship.

UAo S,OAO AOSOAs 4 uO HOW'D ~ AAo SUNLESS
VI rAr4dP ~ old ooyntgy HitAes
lStiexb'oh hnftG q sfriend d @ bly,
hood, urging him to come over and find
home under free flag. His friend
came and rented house in Van Buren,
Street in Chicago, where he resumed
his trade as a locksmith. He was mar
ried man, and his business grew until he
became known as q thrifty, well-tod do
citizen. Mr.. Schmidt who syas in love
with the beautiful scenery III lbs An
geles, tried to induce his Chicago friends
to come and live with him, but business
was so good that they declinedy ~,
Mr.. Schmidt pinned for. German socie.
ty, and so one day he put few thou.
sand dollars worth of gold dust into his
belt and took the Pacific Express for
Chicago. ~ have come," he said, when
he entered the cosy home on Van Buren,
Street, ITO take you all back to Cali
MIA. The journey shall not cost you a
cent. | will pay all the bills, and when
i've b iisss & tes zs9f ss
husband and wife finally assented, and
just as they were about to start, the CAL
ifornia man sighed loud and long, and
said there was only one thing to make
him happy. II want good, honest,
German wife" "Oh," replied the host
css, Il wish I had .knowed ,det a lettle
bmt4 Ipestl ail zig '{ll re vorlt
ichuse tint h@y ID wv Yok1tb Jail ii
de pig sheep from Chermany. Dot gell
sails in two days for her fodder landt
NIT Cologne" The California man
sighed again, and when the lady went
on to say that the girl was very rich and
had been visiting her. in, the very
house they Il were Il then, i'm: u he
jumped : from his CHAIR, looked
at his watch, then at the,railway time
table, "Wih she marry '0he asked,
breathlessly. "Yaw." 3N" Win you 60
with me to New York to find her'before
she sails?" "Yaw." "That settles it..
I don't care for her money. l can't
spend what l have now, but I want a
wife. While we are gone you pack up"
said he to her husband, and, half an
hour later, the Californian and his
friends wife were in coach dashing
through the streets to the depot. They
barely caught the express, and last
Thursday mornins4h1 Hllle yksey
City. The steamer Gellert, Of the Ham
burg line, was to sail at two o'clock, so
there was no time to lose. They reached
the pier in Hoboken, and one Of the first
persons they saw on the ship was the
YoppS lady from CPlopge. Miss Pauline
.Wtns Shed Aasl d4gHed tossfShlr
9li&fo frie4dl bit @S lid NOT ,N(d-
Stand why sk e had brought Stranger
and such handsome, dark haired man,
in piratical sombrero. He was intro
duced and the object Of his mission elo-
quently told. The proposal somewhat
staggered her wits, and she said she
would accept the hand of her miner low
er. Only couple of hours remained be.
fore the steamer was to sail, and a hur-
ried arrangement had to be made for
the recovery Of the baggage 4and also
her money. That feature of the pro-
gramme being settled, the California
man gfeR imbatient. II "Wbere ID the
ledge! I want ledge, Or a preacher,
or a clergyman, or some kind of a chap
what can splice us without any more de-
lay" The Constable then led the way
to Justice Strong's office in Washington
Street, where the party, which had been
enlans1ls'by iAums IA isuSeesstsb y grouped
themselves around the man Of law while
he liStensd TO the 6SHseaNe' . stefy, and
with the gravity and the necessary Ger
emory made the two lovers husband
and wife, "Put it thar, Jedge," said
the man from Los Angeles, "yoa've
made me the happiest man in the 50
stars of this ERE American Union"
The marriage register showed him to be
2g0I;ss E6|Al'&s a;s yG y :o,:k!l11
They started West by the Erie Road
Thursday night.-Nev York paper.