The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-19
ALOE A DRIOE.
Solemn Nuptils Of Maynard Alice Gil.
moro ct Chicago.

r ST. LOUIS, Dec. l6.-Mlss Alice Gil.
more, the young lady who figured tome
what prominently In the papers some time
age, is Miss Alice Gilmore no more. She
was the girl, 1t will be remembered. who
entered on downward career after small
experience as u dime museum beauty.
Her mother lives In st. Louis. Later Alice
visited St, Louis, and with the help OF an.
other woman took away her younger sister.
Belle Gilmore, to Chicago, and there set
her feet In the wrong way. Mrs. Gilmore
followed Belle to Chicago and Is still there
Alice is now Mrs. John 81. Cook. A Chi.
csgo paper gives the following details Of
the wedding, which occurred In that city
on Friday evening:
miss ALICE GILMORE,
more widely known to the public . beauty
No. 10 In the Dime Museum contest OF last
summer, was united In marriage last aven-
ing to Mr.. John II. Cook, a book keeper 10
the employ Of Atkinson q Mcfarland, Of
5l3 south Clinton street. Thcs ceremony
was pronounced by Justice G. j. White.
Shortly after O'Clock q solitary oil lamp
CLEANED In the Office Of the Justice. like the
candle in the tomb of the Capulels when
Juliet sinks into stupefaction. Seated
around the small stove ia vague,
Rambrandtish light, while the cold, cheer.
less wind rssped aud scraped at the corners
OF the house without, were the afi1snced
pair, Mr.. Gilmore, Of St. Louis, the moth
or Of the Maynard girl about to become
bride; Belle Gilmore, the ab.
Quoted sister; Mrs. Dodge, ma
iron OF the Deplaines street police
station, and few other friends. All con-
versed in subdued tones while waiting the
justices arrival. 1t was 9 melancholy
group. There was not jot Of the Joy aud
brightness usually witnessed In marriage
feasts. II Mrs. Gilmore felt any mother.
ly vanity IN her pretty but disobedient
daughters approaching nuptials the feeling
was kept back by an habitual sense Of pre-
vious pain. The prayerful, pleading look
of the MateriDolorosa' was hers. A. for
Alice, there was Ia Der countenance some.
thing Of the solemn, earnest gaze seen In
the face OF the woman Of Samaria, imsglna.
lively rendered by the painter GuercIno;
yet back OF this her beauty showed itself as
belonging rather TO the redeemed demo.
MAN than the blemish he'd angelic SCHOOL.
Watcher she had honestly resolved upon O
better life 1t was abs olutely impossible to
guess truly-there was such q bottOmless
depth in her seductive eyesl Her demea-
nor, however, was quiet and gentle. In
the young mans eye she was apparently
unslained by commonplace suppositiOns.
Little Belle, the abducted child, sat quie,
and solemn. 1t WAS as though she felt her.
self to be In church.
THE CEREMONY OVER,
the newly married pair were consr Atulated
warmly by the witnesses, all the gentlemen
friends Of the groom kissing the bride.
Tbs wholesale kissing brought upon her ,
stroke resulting, rs did that Of Moses II
Horeb, In liquid strsam-here . stream
Of tears. A few minutes later the party de
parted. Young Cook, Il Is said, first me,
Alice three months ago In this city. u,
! loved her madiy from the frst. He too,
tn. GU minative step advisely, and said b
hoped 1t Was for the good Of both. He hat
been previously married and had lost hi
wife and child by death. His people ar,
living in New York, and he contemplate,
returning to engage in business.
The entire party will remain In Chicago
until Monday, when Mrs. Gilmore aud hei
erring daughters will appear before the
Grand Jury as witnesses In the case OF ab.
duction charged against the Goodman wo.
man. Then they will ut once start fcr
st. Louis, where the honeymoon will be
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