Daily Republican., 1884-01-07
ALI DONE BIZ WIRE.


ny observation-disclosures Ne Z
Asd Esserprising IN the CeuSt
ship Line. '.
| Several years ago there died in St
John, N. b., manufacturer Of pape
boxes. The deceased was I'd Odell
and after his estate was settled up
mortgages satisfied, and lawyers paid
the widow fonnd herself withou
money enough to live except In tn
most meagre manner. She had on
child. The child was Q daughter, who's
name was Minnie A. j., and in Orde
to aid her mother, tho young lady un
dertook TO learn taleGraphy. She mas
tered the art, and In year was en-
gagged by the Western Union Compan!
at st. John. She remained in the com
pany's employ with satisfaction for I
year without anything happening Il
change the current Of her easy and un
eventful life, until about eightesr
months ago. At that time man wa
employed TO send message to Fort
Worth, Texas. The young lady took
1t and transmitted 1t to:its destination
The operator at Fort Worth, who 70
coived It, also had history. He wa,
young man, whose father was Vir
Rinia slave holder and Colonel In the
Confederate army His name was Al.
lingham, and he was killed during tho
war, leavinga widow and young son.
Young dillingham;, whose name IL
Henry H., by a peculiar coincidence
chose telegraphy, as Miss Odsll had
chosen II, more from necessity than In.
clination. He received the message
which WIS sent by the young lady from
st. John, and something in the mechan.
les of Its translation attracted his at
tention. He telegraphsd back to
know who was sending IL. The an
swer was returned :" A young lady"
With natural gAllantry young Alling.
ham replied :" You send we'll" Not
to be outdone, Miss Odell replied !:
And 80 do you" Naturally aud just
as two persons would fall into a con.
versatlon In parlor after an introduce
tiOn, the st. John young lady and the
Fort Worth young man fell into con-
versation over the wires. They describ-
ed the places where they lived, they
told who they were and many other
things. In time the wire from Fort
Worth, 1t was noticed, was pretty
much always "hitched on" TO the wire
from st. John, when the Texas opera.
tor had nothing else TO do. In like
manner 1t was observed the St. John
young lady was talking very frequent.
iy with the other end, almost, OF the an.
tipodes. This thing, after several
months, became alarmingly frequent.
The Fort Worth young man called ON
the young lady In St. John before
breakfast (by wire).
He called her up at midday to take
lunch with him (by wire), and in the
evening he sat on a sofa with her,
clasping her fair form with his sturdy
right arm, and pressing her heaving
bosom against his starch sbirt.front
(by wire).
These devoted attentions possessed the |
advantage, at least, Of being prompt
and one may believe IL or not-the re-
quel proves its truth the st. John |
damsel and theFort Worth youth fell In |
love (by wire.) 1t was In the nature
Of the case that photographs should be
Here the flr-seperated |
couple were obliged to waive the use of
The wire and employ mails. The letters
which accompanied the Interchange of
were the only ones which
The par ever wrote to each other. They
acknowledged their receipt by wire,
md for some months afrer their loves
Zip ned along over the wire. AS easily
Is though 1t were done in the parlor Of
Ier mothers home, Miss Odell last Sep
ember received what she had long ex-
,ected and hoped for. Over the wire
rom young Allinghaln came the ques-
ion I" VIII you be mine ?" Answer
vas returned In the affirmative by wire,
md the happy day was set tor Novem.
yer ~. Several messages passed by
wire as to where the wedding would
AXE place, and as Mrs. Olell could not
rav-l to Texas, 1t was finally decided
D split the distance and meet at point
midway. The point selected was Chi
ago, and on Eovem Der oath a mother y
Id lady and bright, vivacions girl,
nth brown eyes and wavy, golden
air, appeared at the Briggs House and
'gistered as Mrs. Odell and daEgh-
,r 81. John"
On the 18th cood-looking young
ian, with a sun Drowned face and an
asy garbage registered H.H. Alling-
am, Fort WORTH" and inquired for
lrs. Odell and daughter. He was
loIn to their room, and the {
'll.boy who led the way tells of the r
eeting betwe the young couple
no had never met, but who were soon
be man and wife. Tho young lady
I'D been anxious and impatient all
~, and as the brown faced youngI
an entered Mrs. Odel'a door, the
'ung lady, radiant and loving, ranl
rward to meet him. e
" Harry !" |,
" Minnie - Z
" l should have known you In
mute BY your picture.
" And you" W
Then" said the boy, she jun ped !,
to his arms and he gave her a hug II
70 a bear, and then the door closed n
d had to go down stairs without
sing the fun"
a few hours later TIE Rev. M. Bur.
VS., Presbyterian clergyman, was
mmoned. All the arrangements were
mpIeted, a license procured, the ring
released, the young lady from St.
hh ana the young gentleman from
rt Worth made one, and the sequel c.
the romance ended. The proprietor ">
the hotel gave the party a quiet little n
lner, and on Tuesday Mr.. Alling. g.
m took bis wife TO Fort Worth, and IT
=. odeli returned alone to St. John.