The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-05
CUPlD'S SURPRISES.
oNe OF THEM STRIKES A wasu,c
TON FAMILY.
'p'ra''ons Made for Wedding Tho,
WIN Not Exactly Take Place. c,.,
That Preferred Love Be-
fore Lucre.

a. "AshiNGToN City, Dec. 5.-For NOR,
pn"ii u month past Washington sociatv has
oeen on The qui vive over the annoppcs,,a,'t
y, ~, 'he marriage of Miss Mary E WIIar5 ~
ni. FRANK Simpson, of New YORK. IT,
met In London while Miss wI,a.a ny
abroad with her father, Mr.. C. d Wma,d
one Oh Washington's wealthiest and ,,,o1,d
esI citizens. Mr.. Simpson is ~
OF George Simpson, Of the firm ' u,
as oii, M lawson Simpson, bankers
= N0" ork. Most elaborate prepars
S, Io'o we're made for the wedding
I'ooo invitations had been semi
0u' Gu ana only few days ago the expectant
simpson sent out 500 additional to such of his
iiieiioS II and relatives as had been omittad in
'le hist list. There were hundreds of nras,
entS Oh the costliest description. and in Va
le'S comprising about everything that ie
usually gwen to brides. The wedding was
announced for Dec. IL, and the brides fo+ho,
10 even now on his way from Eurone bavino
sailed last Saturday to attend the coranoonn
he mas sent his daughter dresses by Worth
OF farIs, which are the talk and an,-,, -
meariy ne every famous society lady in town
lhey were marvels of man -milliner art and
tue Favored few who saw them spread glow
ing reports of the magnificance of the bride.
wardrobe ~ i''e
Pei'eaeh all these grand preparations, how
ever, There lurked dissatisfaction with tbs
huptlaS, The brides father and mother
were poth In favor of the alliance. but Miss
"hlafd was averse to the match. She
frankly went to Mr.. Simpson and told him
she could never love him. and wished to he
released from the engagement Owing to
the pressure of family influences she conld
not insist that her decision was final and 60
allowed 1t to be announced that the wad-
dlhS would take place on Dec H. Wednes-
uay morning, however, she went out of her
mouse and met Mr. William Paxton, clever
ana brilliant young lawyer who has already
hlade MS mark here as a patent at
torney. They procured marriage license
ana went to the parsonage of Rev DR. Ad-
olson, rector of Trinity church. and were
married in the presence of the eroom,s
brother and a few of his intimate personal
friends. At IL a. m. they took the train
bound south. The bride is a very handsome
brunette, with large, lustrous ewes, and a
plump figure. She wore a plumb-colored
dress and hat, with fur seal sacque and muff.
She is y years of age TIE elopement. ow-
ing to the prominence of the principals, will
be the sensation of the town as soon as the
facts are made public. The union of Miss
Willard to Mr.. Paxton is simply the culmi,
nation Of a genuine love-match Rather
than seek unhappiness with a man whom she
could not love, she adopted the heroic rem
edy above given to dispense with him.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5-Mr George f.
Simpson, the Broadway banker, father of
the young man who was to have married
Miss. Mary E. Willard, of Washington City,
said to reporter: Miss Willard and my
son were acquainted three years There
had been no intimation on her part that she
desired to break the engagement. In
fact, when a financial difficulty oc-
| Cured with our firm in this city during
the recent panic, and the offer was made to
her to cancel the engagement, she expressed
the strongest devotion to my son. The only
| reason can give is that Mr.. Paxton must
have been former lover, who finding that
h was about to lose her renewed the siege
| on her heart and finally captured it. OF
course, my son feels somewhat hurt over the
affair, but takes the matter philosophically,
and considers it far better that he should
have found her want of affection for him
now than at a later stage in life At present
he is in Orange, N. j., but will soon return
to Kansas CITY