Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-20
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ably a happy one, and there was plenty Of
romance in its preliminarles. "Honest little
Emma" was living in a severe economy in an
attic room of Il respectable New York board
ing house, taking vocal lessons by the help of
a few benevolent ladies, who had discovered
her in the extreme penury of her childhood.
At the same house a young business man
named Wethereil was staying, who, how
ever, knew the industrious musical aspirant
only by a superficial parlor acquaintance. It
was proposed to get up for Miss Abbott a
subscription concert, and she gladly assented
o the opportunity, but had nothing suitable
to wear at this first appearance before q New
York audience but an old alpaca, which,
neatly brushed, mad been her standby
every day during the winter. While
in trouble over this state Of affairs she found
on her plate at table one day a neat package,
which, on being opened, disclosed to her
dancing eyes a black silk dress pattern. No
name accompanied 1t, but with her straight
forward simplicity she accepted it as n pro-
vidential gift, and it was quickly made up
and duly worn at her little debut. Later it
TRANSFERRED that Mr.. Wetherell had been the
modest donor of the timely package, and
when Miss Abbott learned in this way the
friendly interest he felt in her career the
subsequent steps that led to the altar were
swift and easy. The writer remembers sit
ting with MISS Abbott in her private box at
the National on an OIL night of one of her
engagements, and asking her during the
evening how Mr.. Wetherell bore up during
her realistic stage kissing, she rejoined mer-
rily, 'Oh, no one knows better than he
what a hollow sham it is. He gets the real
thing at home. There are no IN isunder-
standings in our life together. Are they,
dear" She appealed to him as he just then
entered the box, and she repeated my ques-
ton and her answer. He iudorsed very
cordially her view of the situation.
The village gossips of Crumpton, Nd, are
discussing the marriage of Miss Matte
Glanding, the principal OF the school, and DIR.
q. Il. Cahoon, the village physician and drug
gist. When the ministerial blessing had
been given and the Denediction pronounced
the happy pair stopped into the finest team
the town could afford and drove to the wharf,
TO take the steamer for IA wedding trip to
Baltimore aud Washington. When the
steamer was reached, however, the BRIDE
groom concluded that he could not desert his
practice and his drug store, even for the
pleasure OF a bridal tour, so placing his bride
on board the steamer, with many emphatic
injunctions TO the officers TO look after her
comfort, he slowly and s~orroWfully wended
his way home, while the lonely bride went
on to Baltimore. After three days absence
she returned, and was met by her husband at
wharf. The happy pair have since gone TO
housekeeping.
The other night in the residence of Mrs.
Elizabeth Brown of Xenia, o., a widow fifty
years old, a wedding was arranged, and the
guests and minister and groom, Frank
Ward, aged twenty-six years, were all pres
ent. Just before the ceremony Mr.. George
Ward, father of the groom, who resides
near New Jasper, came in and told his son II
he married the widow he would cut him off
without a cent. The ungallant man broke
up the festivities OF the occasion by going
back on the bride and going nome with his
father. An effoIt was made next day to
have the young fellow make another trial,
but it was no go. His fathers threat TO dis
inherit him knocks all the romance out Of
his scheme TO marry a widow twice as old as
he is.
Mr.. Walter Rupe, Of Edgerton. Mo, has
long been infatuated with Miss Birdie Elliott,
the daughter of a prominent farmer living
near that town. VIZ. viii Jones, of the same
little village, has for a long time been in loyo
with Miss Ella Marcus, one of Rdgerton's
handsomest maidens. But stern papas and
mamma forbid the young people from even
thinking Of entering the bonds of matri-
mony.
The young folks put their heads together
very close together, aud a scheme was laid
out, and a little after midnight the boys re-
paired to the house Of one Of the ladies' and
placed a ladder against her window sill. She
was all ready 70 depart, and came down tho