St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-15
NELL|E'S SHORT NAY.
The Petite French Girl Re-
fuses to Wed the Would
Be Freak.
She Has No Admiration for
the Wireless Bag of
Bones.
Wallace Thinks the Whole
Affair Was a Put-Up
Job,
And Annie williams, the
Lucky Ticket Holder, Is
a Myth,

Merry that Mon Dieu. l will say not
he Is impossible in sick quito impossible"
and pretty little Nellie Wigley laughed low
and musieaily at the idea. which seemed 10
strike her as quite too funny for anything.
The idea was that she was ready and anxious
10 marry the mptive-looEinS hero who
for week has posed at the Dime museum
a. Il possible husband for any woman, black,
white or copper-coiored, who happened to
draw the number corresponding with the
one in his inside pocset, Annie Will
Jams was the alleged name OF the
woman who drew the winning number, but
SO far the gentle Annie has laid low, ana
shows no inclination zap TO the present To-
ward claiming the assorted bag or bones
which is hers byright. A careful investigation
by q GLOBE man last evening proved eoncIu-
siveiy that Annie Williams was myth. No
tidings of her could be discovered at any OF
the various addresses claimed for her. A
rumor was about however, that Nellie Wig
ley, the pretty little femme de cham
bre of the sherman house, was
anxious to usurp the privilege which
belonged by right to the holder OF number
seven. The reporter visited the Young
woman at her place of employment and the
result Of a question as to her desire Tor an
alliance with the freak was the fervid denial
quoted above Mile. Wi2ley Is brunette,
5 Venteen years cid, piquant. pretty ana pc
tile Aside from her personal attractions Sne
is the bearer of an excellent reputation ana
q great favorite with her employers. In re-
Ply 20 the questioning as TO Wnelner
She had been at the museum lately,
she reblied that she had been
four times within the past two weeks but
had held no conversation OF any duration or
description with William Wallace. On being
informed of the claims made by Wallace that
she had at various times held conversations
1.f-
peets-that she had stated her willingness TO
be the holder of the winning tieket-ex-
TreSsed her detf fsnination OF marrying II she
drew that tiekCt-ieseribed her virtues as
nurse and houSewife,e tc.--.he girl was sfea ~
ineensed, declaring that she had never held
a word of conversation with him in her life
and that she would not marry him II the sun
rose and set in limited circle about his
ndle-colored head.
They say" said the damsel with an ex-
pressiye shrug of her small shoulde rs, that
] was at The museum on Thursday. Well l
can prove that | was in this house
ell day on Thursday, and l was
washing all the afternoon, and in. the
evening l was tired 50 went TO sleep, so
that is true. by all the saints. | never drew
any ticket and knew nothing Of any tickets
until ] saw In the morning paper that was
credited with wanting 10 marry 'tHat.' First
hCught it was very drOn, then thought it
was very disagreeable OF the paper to say
bat what could I do? The more 1
said aboutit the more I saw that the best
thing for me was TO keep quiet. Now | see
that all can do is TO deny the continued as
persiOnS- on my character by the wifeless
aif at the museum: must do it in self-de-
Tense Ii may be that some one has been to
see him and has given him my name, but on
my honor l never have spoken word 70
him."
Wallace was found. at his old stand on
raised dais on the top floor of the museum.
Yes he said, Nellie Wigley was up here
several times to see me. One afternoon she
sat on the pla form nearly all the AFTERNOON
and told me she would marry me, it she drew
the ticket. She also gave me her address at
the sherman house and told me could call
on her if / liked. have not called en- Aer
nor ally woman. L, don't want 70
marry any of them-I don believe that
! shalt ever MARY any woman. and was
firmly convinced when went into this thing
that no woman would come forward TO marry
NE. l believe there is a job being put up to
compel me SO marry some woman, whether
names down here in my book, aud won be
bun -dOZed into marrying anything unless
can find the name in my book.
Wallace is very nervous. nevertheless. at
this stage of the game. His hands trent he
Yisibly, and he starts wildly " nSneEef ia fady
of color happens to DRIFT anound towards his
corner 1t seems that the fair sex are not
particularly impressed by the bob tailed bang
and debonair smile OF the tieketed noneniitg
from Newport and il seems more than pos
sible that be may be called on to face the
world alone when his engagement at the mu-
SET m terminates.