Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-27
A PR BRIDE,
She Chooses Bstween Two Lovers
the Man With the Most
Money
New York .IourpAI Anil 90

castle Garden, was comfortably seated
In his tfice yesterday afternoon his
reverie was abruptly broken by the ad
won't Ct a quartet composed Of three
emlgtants aud the genial interpreter,
Captain Heinlzelmsn. The foreign
trio advanced rapidly on Superlntend.
ent jackson, the fret to reach him be.
log q great big overgrown young Ger.
man named John Herwig, with q face
as smooth as a girls, crying as though
his heart would break.
Il wants mine icha'z," he blub.
bered, at the same time pointing With
a big fat red hand to q tqust German
of about twenty-five years, with haxen
hair and q face which could not be
called prepossessing-in fact, she was
homely as sin.
"Great heavens!" ejsculated the
superintendent. What Is all this
about2"
Just then the third party, a sleek.
looking and smooth.talking American.
lied German Of about th~irty-6ve
years, with q heavy sandy mustaohe
and good features, and a confused
tumble of G srman and broken Eng-
lish conversation with demonsttative
gestures filed the sir for a few min.
utes, al of which were totally unin.
telligible to Mr.. Jackson. Finally
Captain Heintzlemsn succeeded in
quietlng the excited trio, and ELECTED
from the still weeping youth the fol.
lowing story of bis woes:
Just before the steamer Belgenland
sailed from Antwerp he met, at Q
friends house, Hannohen Battery.
She had decided to 60 to America,
but, after laying In q stock Of raiment,
she found she had gone beyond her
means and was 90 short In her passage
money. Herwig, at the eleventh
hour, or only two hours before the
ship set sail, proposed to make up the
deficiency In the womsn's purse, with
tho p~roviso thai upon their arrival In
the new world they were to become
one, which the dame joyfully accepted.
The ship had q pleasant voyage and
the young couple were conspicuous
among the 800 other passengers
n their devotion to each other.
On the steamer was Lucas d..
Wuertz's, the smooth. talking man, a
widower with five small children. The
woman was not long In making friends
with the motherless BARNS, and o
ingrstiated herself Into favor with
their father. OF course, the children
robbed the young lover of much valu.
able time with her sweetheart, but he
oonsoled himself with the thought that
once they arrived he would have her
to himself. When but two days from
New York he became aware that after
he had retired his affiancsd was wont
to meet the widower on deck, and that
they would indulge In long and earn.
est conversations.
The woman informed Herwig that
she was bound for Salem, Mich,
while he had made I'D his mind to re-
main In New York with his bride, and
he was thunderstruck when he learned
through q third party that DeWuertz's
destination was Michigan, too.
The party arrived at CASTLE Garden
on Thursday. The young man at onoe
began making preparations for q happy
union, but during his absence the
widower was not slow In winning the
tickle Hannohen's love with his seduc.
tive wiles and the promise of q rail-
road ticket to Salem, where, on their
arrival, she promised to marry him
and assume the responsibility of the
little ones. 1t was agreed to keep
their plans secret until their depart.
ure, which was to take place yesterday
afternoon.
Then q scene ensued between the
trio, and the widower ~endeavored to
explain to Herwig that he (the Wild.
ower) had the best claim on the girl,
inasmuch as he paid $15 for her pas
sage to Salem, while Herwig only paid
80. Herwig offered to make up the
difference of 81 and retain his lady
love, and the widower hesltatingly de.
clared his Willingness to abide by the
decision of those present. Herwig's
star seemed In tho asoendent for q
minute or two, but was lost In obliv.
lon when Superintendent jackson
ssid he had no jurisdiction In the
matter, and Detective Crotch asked
the girl which of the two lovers she
preferred, to which she replied, 9Th.
man with the most money-the Wild
over" and triumphantly departed
with him, leaving the disconsolste
Herwig vsinly arguing with the super
intendent that II Castle Garden c0ult
not give him his promised bride 1
should at least refund his SO. TIL,
widower, the girl and the children
left for the west last evening and Her
wig was left lone and desolate.