The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-16
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= Woolthy Natri@onizI advenfafer Near
n l6arries Hls OUp Daughter.

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AWsaltAy Assriaosi.I Near
b Harriss HE Ovp Daughter.
"ft happened ABOUT eighteen or
twenty years ago right hero In this
city. 4 certain man. whose name you
think Of whenever you read about sew.
tue.machines, because he was one Of
ths arst and most generally known in.
vsntoes Of that useful implement. paid
veey little attention to the laws OF his
country bearing on marriage" said .
NOW erect man
sNever mind what his name was;
you ought TO know who ! am talking
obouA for his matrimonial vagaries
attracted even more attention 70 him
than did his valuable inventions IL
connection with the sewing-machine.
When he died. in 1875. he LETT min
recognized widows, and no n knows
how many children. for some OF his
widow did not make sufficient OF .
6eht for Q share Of his estate-which.
b. the way, amounted to thirteen mill
Ion dollars-tO reveal their identity.
Well. % / started TO tell You. this old
fellow was tho father OF 80 many chill
dren BIZ his half q score Of wives that
be didn't know more than one In every
ten Of his offspring when he saw them
he had 20 be introduced 70 them.
s:In order the more successfully 70
humbue these deluded women to whom
he sustained the relation OF husband he
Rave q different name to each OF them.
end he used 80 many names that l
guess he forgot some Of them. He was
always O great admirer OF pretty girls.
and would spend a small fortune to
win the favor OF any handsome female
Of whom he became enamored. One
Of the employees in the salesroom o his
sewing machine company told him one
day Of an extremely pretty girl. VINO
vas playing in an amateur dramatic
eociety over in Brooklyn. She was 50
pretty that all the young fellows we're
talking about her.
well, the old oodger. he was about
Afty.two year. of age. found out when
she was to III Ike her next appearance.
and secured front seats for the per.
lormance. lie fell up to the top OF his
gray hair in love with the girl before
the evening was over; and in q lew
days managed to secure an introduce
ton 70 her. Then he offered her dia-
monds, dresses. a furnished house.
horses and carriages. and, in fact, all
those things which n rich person car
procure. and almost all women yearn
for, II she would marry him. Her
meetings with the ancient swain were
held in secret and without her mothers
knowledge. She used an assumed
name when she appeared on the ANA
teur stage. although more than half
tho persons in the audience knew her
by the name she was addressed by in
tho vicinity of her residence
THE girl listened with both cars TO
what the old man said, and finally
asked him to call at her homo to re-
ceive his answer. lie went there, sir,
on the appointed e. ening. It was
. cheaply-furnished and small house
in q rather poor neighborhOOd. Tho
old fellow hadn't been in the house five
minutes before his former wife tho
girls mother. came into the rOom
where he va. They recognized each
other. and then the old man had q
mauvais quart d'heurc. and no mistake
He had not given his right name to the
woman when he married her. and she
did not know that he was the wealthy
and widely-knOwn inventor"
"What was the upsh0t OF The AFFAIR.""
"Well, the old man made a hand
some yearly allowance 70 the mother,
sent the girl to bOarding-schOol. and
when he died he left the daughter he
wanted to marry a half q million dol
lars. Strange story. isn't it? But it's
q true one, and lots OF the Old-timers
who read It will remember the man.
What's his name? Well. call him
Hummer; that's close enough."-M Y.
Telegram.