Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-19
A HAT BAND ROMANCE.
rnE STORY or A MARRIAGE BROUGHT
ABOUT By LETTERS.

NoOSf 49,
A us, Trimmer M.ss Happy by iss
Fr,s.d's Jels-shs Pasted . Note rndss
IN. s-.-, nssd. ssd . vesss M.s is
Utah Co, i,-O,srvuiins an ohjeetiea-
My name 4. Amelia Esllegcr. trimmcd
this hat and ! would lie 90 corr,sponi
With ths man ~ho gvts n. N be u yOung and
%; married Addrs~s care % tho mAkers
name found on the hat tip-
The siove hns- wsrv written on a dip of
pap.r and yssisi inside the sweat tand % .
derby bat by q young lady hat trimmer %
NswArk. y J Amelia Hslleger knew
nothing % u until the cas- containing the
hats hAi t.cn shlpg.si OF bertha ilaffii.
the writer % the note. wa. Q sbopsnate %
Mi- Ke,lcger. and inditsi The mi~i,e as .
praetical iose. and -Dms tim, afisrsard toll
bcr friend Atout H. "A the custom % writ
ing their nAnlss INSIDE the aAi hands was q
cOmmon ons among the hii ,rsmmsrs. ths
incident wAs forgotten In few weeks and
~ mors ~as heard Atoat IL
A. AsswIn rnnn sognoSpos
The matter was. bows,er. brought forcibly
,c mini In a little more that q mouth later.
~hsn q lsttsr ad.irc<-,l ,o the hrm inquired
n q gTl vas employed tber nAfDed Amelia
Keliegrr The writer aid he was q distant
relative. AMI would hse Ia kio~ What sprt of
q girl ste was. whs,hsr shs wAs of gys.i moral
character. and asking u sie vas ra~ahly
good lcosing The initial. "a Z. " ~cre
u.nsi to the letter. With the rrqpe.i that the
answer b. dlrvct~i Ia sSAlt IAks city. Utah
Tie senior memtsr of Tho hat making nrin.
without hitting hsr kno~ the objrct q his In.
quiry. asksi Ms Ksllegu u shs
lad any friends GO RELATIVES In Salt
IAks City Sbs answered. ai oncs
m the negativG Several other que-
tioos wers pui 10 her. and In answer 10 them
siss said that abe had an uncle In ths ws;-
vbsrs shs dii Mt know the family hAi not
bari frum him Zoe years, tsyond ths rufDor
that 10 ~as sither IN California 90 orvgun.
AMI -as very wealthy Tls bat mAnufsc
tursr Inquired no furthsr. hot rviurnci 20
the ofics ami srots q favorable reply. uDdsT
tbe suppo-ition that u ~ss golng 10 the long
-; Tot -vaithy uBcio
A wpek after the r,yly "a. scni OF 1t.
lsr came from the crnisr - MorDOndom al.
drcs-.i 10 Nh. AmelA ksllegrr Il wU
sigb.d "A Crvsby Young The writer aid
that hs vas q ycung. steady ~orking AMI
fairly Tsc-J.ruus man. AMI was unmArrbei
lie hAi b-.n the fortunate purcha-r q the
bat which cou,ain~i ths kini invitAiion "a
sdirs-- ,hs trtmma lls -rv,s In conclu-
sioni
-F,rhat- yoa oniy -rvss that IN The splrii
q fun ! have answered. !, In esprit u I'm.
osriiy. and the least yOu can DO un,isr tho
Circumstances "a a. write few Inns sAytng
that yuu did no, mcan What yUu wrote ani
that you do o., desire the matter to prucs-si
furthsr. n yo1 30 thls. uIoo tho -ori % an
booorAhis man. -tn Acknowlsige the ~
ccip, q your ktia. and prosniss 20 drvp
the matter thera-
The writer furth,r aid that 10 ~as -
ycars oil. and had . thriving cAusntry.
AMI ~as Antioos % rrrulrv an eastern ~tfe.
a. nons % the western giri. b. hAi srsn
,uii~i him n Mis- Ksllcgvr would -rni
fsvuFsbls r,tly b. woald DO all In bis po-sr
% convince her that shs was dealing with an
Loursi man
Upua rsaling the letter Ml~ Ksllegvr COO.
hisi a, iciier AMI its cuntsnts a. her friend.
ncriha Ilarii. ~ho advised bsr. "lust for tho
fun q ths thing a. answer the letter
An,clla tbcrvupun wruts a straightforward
lciisr. explaining al tlss circumstances. tut
A5dsi q t.si-rripi In which abe sAid that
~hllc shs dI Dot particularly ds~irv 30 oun-
tinus The curry~Jsodcilcr. vt bcr curiosity
bal lssn awakencl by The writers frank.
ns... AMI sir w0uI particularly Ike 90 know
n b. haVprn~i a. 3. Mormou A rrgis
isrwl sitter bcaring the r,Tly arrived Early
In the foIlOwtng sr,k II vas . loug letter.
In which 4 Crosby Yogng siArtsi or by a.
sIring his fair correspondent that b. was ~,
q Mounon. but, GA The oOutrary, Vas u,cm.
bsr q the Me,bolisi churvh lie then gave
. detailed history - blm-si and his family.
Tie rs; u tbs lc,tr ~as Such as yOuns
man ysry much Ia love wOuh write lie
told bo~ happy be- ~as io lcArp that u was
not Abe Who lad flAc~i the note In tho bat lie
tsggcd bsr % all0w him 10 ooutlnOs the cur
rc,Iuodcnon, telling bcr xlAt b. would fur
nish every pru.f bccs-sary % show that
b. was all and rnorc than b. claimed to D..
AMI Gssel her a. forward Ler pboiogrAph
Ono - ts was bcing finished Zoe bsr. and
vOuli arrive In a day OF two
INprb uArriLr OF ooVRsE
On The following dAy the photograph ar-
rivci IL showed a wcli built Young man.
With a franz and pleasant facc and prcity.
curling musiacbe AmenA ssni on oDs q Lsr
pbo,o:rnphs. and Bertha IlAfiii, who NV AL
the currsIonlcncc. says that lcttep wcrv
written aud rccciyei twice a wck "Oh.
they were rcgular gushy love lctters after
the photographs wrre -rui, shs aid 20 a ~
porter Both - tbsm wero clean gooe
he l.oys In tho ocics thought that lie VAS
writing all the time 10 ber uDcler
II apJsars that tbs young mnn actually did
CONS all the way frum Utah, arriving at
Newark lie stayed for time al the United
State hotel In Broad strcet Notified u bis
coming. Amelia ~as prcTarci 20 meet him.
snd dii ~ with hcr ever constant Bertha 81
bsr side The ep6;olary love was ratified at
the moCtlns
The yOung man was Tor az ouoc culng %
the cirls bouss and making known to her
rarvuis tl. blcct u bis Wat She nc.aiivcd
that profosai. sayins sbe hal not prsTared
her TarVnis for n. bui promised to d. ~ In
ic~ dAyN Sae bruached the matter. but nct
wiih an uniaycFubls rvply iler father and
brUtbers ~ouil not 10 brought over 10 to
licyo that man Who lived Ia The land ~
M0rmons could h. a profsr psr-on 10 marry
Amelia. AMI she vas Forbidden 10 hod future
inicrcour.s With him This injunction ale
immciiaisiy diDbcyci by meeting Crosby.
AMI Informing him q her Tarcnis decision
Tho youns nan aid nothing, but on the
following evcning. introduced himsf TO
Amolias family and toll them BE- hal como
all the way across the cOutinsnt 10 make Ler
his brido
Tho family rsfusd. and positively In
formed the young man that be could not
have Amelia for q bride The giri Lad
something 90 say In the matter hor.elf, aud
aid u % her lover when abe met him on tho
following evening. She aid shs would wait
two wecks for hor parents 10 change their
mind lefore slis would do anything decsSively.
The two week. pas.si. anil a. their oonssnt
wAs 20, riycn abe decided ior herself On
Monday evening she did not rVturn bOule
Tn Tuesday Bertha Ilaiiii shovel short
noio from Amelia. In which tho latter wrotsi
Il have Just teen married. and will start
this evening Tor Utah with Cru~ Tell nlaand
"a Your ever. AnEiIA
~ R-win write when ! get thsre"-
ClncinEaii LDquirvr.