St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23
A ROMANCE OF MINNIE .oNKA.
Which ~ to Eud U'jth me Marriage of a
HiaaeaP lis Maiden ia a CHR
HIrOHs 4 JHfhernen

Hiaac0p lis Maiden to n CHR
GtrOHs S1HShPrne-.
An ultra-fashionable wedding Is hooked for
early spring, and when the official noti6ca-
ton is given and the formal announcement
made, many are the dainty feet il will pre-
pare for motion and many taper waists will
be compressed into proper shape for the
elaborate toilettes thar will grace the occasion.
The wedding will be celebrated In a palatial
residence not many blocks from Hawthorne
avenue. which is az nearly as the location
may b. indicated for the present. After the
festivities one OF the fairest Of Minneapolis
daughters will be carried off "fr)In land Of
SHOWS to land of sum- to grace a hume in
the far off South There is very pretty aud
clever rom inc1 connected with the engage
nent and welding, aud many Minneapolis
tans, when it is recalled, will recognize the
young lady connected with it and will re-
mem Der the circumstances.
q certain well known commission mer-
chant whose family is spending the winter in
tae South, is now keeping bachelor hall, for
tifying his inner man by periodical attacks on
the larder Of the West hotel. Yesterday after
noon, in conversation with the GLOBE, he
remarked that his old friend, Mr.. Blauk,
bad announced to him the Engagement of mis-
daughter 10 young lawyer from
Alabama, whom she was TO wed in the sprin =.
The story is most romantic one," said he,
''hnd dou't mind giving it to the GLOBE
with the promise that names and localities
are omitted" The primrose given, he told,
in substance, the following story:
q. Of h. Of AGin-
neapolis' business meu, was occupying his
cottage az Minnetonka in August of 1888,
coming no to the city every day aud return
ing in tine evening. One pleasant day mis-
daughter was one of small party enjoying
a sail in Yacht. The wind was light and
the boat scarcely had steerage way through
the water. Near it, as it approached Breezy
Point, was smaller boat containing two
young men, botn strangers to the party. Sud-
denly one of Mnnrtonka's un-
expected squalls came up aud
and struck the boat. / don't know enough
about nautical affairs to explain il exactly,
but in soine way or other, as the two Young
men of the party were either too slow or too
unfamiliar with the management of boats.
the yacht caps zed and the party struggled in
the water Miss Blank was thrown some lit
tie distance from the others. and would
inevitably have been drowned but for
one Of the young men in the second
boat. When the squall struck the Yacht they
had come very near, and one of them, seeing
the peril OF Miss Blank, leaped in ana, after
a heroic struggle, saved her life. In the con-
fusion which followed their landing he dis
appeared, and no one could ever tell who he
was TIE young lady was 40 deeply grateful
that she never tired sounding the praises Of
her gallant deliverer, and, to tell the truth,
she fell in love with him, though she did not
remem Der his face or know his uaine. Fin
ally, the matter passed and was generally for
gotten by all but herself.
Last fall Miss Blank went to Chicago TO
visit friend, and, while there, at g rrcep-
ton made the acquaintance OF young law
yer from Selma, Ala Tney became
friends and mutual admirers, and, at last, S
the acquaintance rip-ned and each told the
other of home life and scenes, it developed
that the young Southron was the youth who
had saved her life fifteen months before He
had been in Minneapolis on business and
was simply spending the day at Minnetonka,
which was why bis identity was never known
From this time their intm ICY increased, and
in January the young lady had promised to
devote Ia her southern lover the life he had
so CALAMITY rescued "
''TUis story said the commission mer-
chant, lis substantially true. There are
some other minor points that have escaped
my menory-something romantic about the
meeting in Chicago, but none OF it is exag-
gerated. They will be married In April aud
are said to be Well-m2tched pair''