Wichita eagle., 1889-03-16
A ROMANTIC STORY.
The Gratifying Results of a Merchants
Matrimonial Advertisement.

The Gratifying Results of a Merchants
Matrimonial Advertisement.
"One day Ipicked up a Chicago paper
and found matrimonial advertisement"
said an American tourist to Toronto
Mail reporter. sit was fifteen years ago,
and l was a young man residing near
Columbus, o. The advertisement was in
substance that merchant in Galesburg,
ILL.,, with plenty of cold cash, wanted to
correspond with some handsome young
lady; object, of course, matrimonY. Well,
here | saw was chance to have some
fun, so 1 answered. l played the
game very carefully, and being quite
an adept with the pen, I succeeded in writ
ing pretty fair letter. There was very
handsome young lady livinQ in the neigh
borhood, whose name was Miss Nettie
Ridgeway. She was handsome, being a
fine type of the brunette, slightly above
the medium height, always vivacious, and
a laughing face with pretty dimples,
which would captivate any Apollo. To
all my letters / signed the initials N. r.
We had carried on the correspondence for
several months, when in a letter the
Galesburg merchant asked for my photo.
Now, here was a rub, for l knew that my
photo wouldn't be just the proper thing
for the matrimonially inclined merchant
to worship, so I called on Miss Nettie. OF
course couldn't tell her what wanted
the photo for, but I obtained one and sent
il to the merchant. I noticed more fervor
in his letters after that.
''The correspondence ran on for over q
year, when he took trip TO the Pacific
coast, and from there sent me his photo
graph. Finally he returned to his home
in Galesburg, and one evening l was sur
prised by receiving a letter in which he
announced his intention of paying a visit
to his old friend. Perhaps | wasn't per-
picked By this time / had become con-
WINGED from the letters that he was what
he represented himself to be, and an
swered him, telling him to come. Then 1
went over and saw Miss Nettie. l told
her all, showed her the letters, and made
a clean breast of 1t. Finally 1 persuaded
her to receive him. a few days later re-
ceived letter from Columbus-I lived
about twenty miles from there-asking
how he should get there. / took the letter
to Miss Nettie, and, may Heaven forgive
her, she then backed out
81 only had one course to pursue. / sat
down and wrote to the merchant, saying
that l was twenty-three years old, that
there was nothing female in my constitu-
ton, and that it was l who bad written
the letters. However, ~ r. really ex-
listed in very beautiful girl whose pic
ture | lad sent him. II he could call on
me ! would make it pleasant for him, and
he should meet N. r. But he didn't call.
He wrote back that the picture which he
had treasured so many months was torn
In atoms: that by the time received the
letter be would be on his way home, and
finished by saying something about an old
fool being fool Of mammoth dimen-
sions.
cit was nearly nine years afterwards, !
and was living in Chicago. / had occa-
sion 10 go to Fort Scott to look at some !
lands and was returning. When the train I
stopped at Palmyra, a gentleman of mid I
He age got IN. / looked at him. and the /
more looked ths more could gee some /
thing familiar in his face. I studied and |
studied, and finally il iashe through nv /
mind that he was the Galesburg nnerchan. !
whose picture be had sent me. But was 4
a little wary about broaching the subject,
for did not exactly know the state Of his /
feelings, and whether it had all I
worked of or not We got +
to talking. and in the course Of converse I
tlCH ne tCsl Et1 0e " rs AFCTl 11feSpTFE.
VI ell, was going % Chicago, by way OF 1
Gsiesbu and just be aligbsed from 4
the train ] said: by the way, Mr. -.
how would yon like 70 hear from N p 80
Nothing would DO but the. should get i
of. ] stayed there ovsr night, persuaded
him 20 go with me the next DAY, and ia
three days be wss acquainted with ~.
r ;" who was then handsome young
widow. Well. they are now living IN
Galesbrg."
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