Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-02

this chah in excellent part, and would
only reply that possibly her time might
come some of these days. For myself I
never believed that she would get mar
ried, because she was far from progresses.
Ing In appearance-was quite homely. A
/; few months ago I was very much sur.
prised to receive her resignation. Just at
the time she resigned we were doing a
great deal of work, and did not want to
lose her services, so I sent for her and
asked her il she could not defer her
resignation for month. She hesitated
for few moments and finally said that
she didn't know that a month would
make any particular difference, and so
she stayed another month. / asked
the reason why she resigned, and she
simply said that 1t was per-
sonal matter; that she had no fault to
find with her treatment in the bureau,
and that she had worked very hard for
number OF years, she had been moderate
ly economical with her money, and had
saved enough to enable her to live COM
fortably without work for the rest of her
days, If she so desired. When she weAt
away all the girls were very sorry to lose
her, and expressed their regard the day
she took her departure. Now comes the
funny part of it. Two or three days after.
ward there appeared in the evening
paper an announcement of the marriage
OF this lady to a respectable German in
this city, but the date of the marriage
was nine years ago. There this woman
had been employed In that bureau for
nine years after her marriage, had kept
her secret absolutely, and none, not even
her most intimate friends in the bureau,
had the slightest idea that she had ever
been married. She knew, and I knew,
that had the fact become known she
would have at once been compelled to re-
linquish her situation. If she had known
that Secretary Fairchild would have
made the order that he has recently put
out, she probably would have continued
in the service Of the Government"
There was wedding the other night"
said an assistant chief, "that was directly
the result of Secretary Fairchild's recent
order. The groom was a messenger who
sits outside of my door. He is, as you
know, a bright mulatto, and quite an in
telligent darkeY. He don't get much
money; only fifty dollars month, and he
probably thought that was hardly enough
TO support himself and wife, because he
is very fastidious in his dress, and if you
should see him at church some Sunday in
the swell Presby terrain edifce on Fifteenth
street you would think he owned the
whole town rather than was compelled to
sit in the chair outside of the door and
draw fifty dollars a month. His wife is
young woman, who may be seen any
afternoon after four O'Clock with broom
and dustpan going through the corr-
doris on the north side of this building,
and is rated on the oils as q char-woman
She gets thirty dollars month. Heca
to me yesterday afternoon just before the
time for the office to close, and said: ''Pm
going to get married to-night,and l should
esteem 1t a great favor if you would come
and witness the ceremony. 1t will be,
giving me the number and street and the
hour at which the ceremony was to take
place.
"'Well, who's the grip asked.
"'Miss - he replied, and then he
went on to tell me that she was also an
employe in the department.
"'You see,' he continued, yves been en-
gagged for some time, but we didn't want
to marry, cause then one of us would
have to leave the office; but since Mr..
Fairchild has said that a man and his
wife may both be employed under the
Government, we's concluded it want
worth while to wait any longer
"'Well, said l, don't you want leave
of absence to take wedding tourf'
"'No, SIR he replied, Il would like to be
away tomorrow, but l can't ford to
waste any money on tours, and you see,
Susan won't have to go to work till to-
afternoon, and / think if can be
away for a day will be ready for the
service for the next day.
81 told him l could dispense with his
services for one day, and went around to
see the ceremony. l had never seen real !
darby wedding before, and 1t was mat
ter of considerable interest and surprise |
There was some coiored men there who |
were worth a great deal of property. One
man l know is worth over 100000, and | |
suppose in that company there were at |
least dozen that were worth S 10,0 900 and |
upward. The greatest consideration was |
paid both bride and groom, and they could |
not have been better treated if the BRIDE
groom had been high official instead of |