Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-07

BtEfAa CAST huCuOE IN t0lb QhEUOI early
this beautiful Sunday forenoon. The
mails were not due from Dublin until
O'Clock, and, following the u.ua custom,
many Of tho cabin psssenPesB went on
sbors. Your correspond Mt engaged
Jerry" the famous jsuntin2 car driver,
and drove at once to the Qasen's Hotel
10 sec one Of the sights OF tie place, It's
iretty bsrmaid, II ottiep Fitzgerald.
Every one who has ever been in Queens.
town knew "Totfie"-"Totti Of tho
Queens Hotel" Not to know her was to
be rank outsider. What 'Tottie" said,
what "Tottien thought and her last ton
mot were things that everybody had TO
bear and were glad to remember. To the
visitors surprise he found "Tottie's"
place filed by tall and excessively
muscular Irish girl. The fr7t question
asked, naturally, was, Where is
'Tottie 2"
ooh, 'Tottie' is n rried."
"Marrted2 am very glad Of ii. Slip.
mates, here's 10 'Tottisl By the wy,
who did she msrry!"
''An American millionaire"
"But tell us his nAueT'
"Msurice dupont Of Wilmington, Dal."
"What! We were sh'pAates on the
Teutontc last month He belongs To the
duPonts of the Brsndywira Z"
''Yes; 80 he said, WA H. girls reply
Here Ellen MCGEE, who had, lie be- like,
succeeded " Tottie," excused herself TO
have a waltz in the room hehind tie bar
with enc OF the cabin passerRerb OF ths
Bsryis. An English Spoilsiaau present
vhistled waltz ,ro'a Tile Merry War"
snd the stately form Of the Queens he.
tel bArusli could 3e besn swinging 10 the
arm. 81 10 les soflst Scotchman. i,e-
tuning to beI post OF duty, the now psr-
spring barmaid narrated the facts cou
corning =" Tottiesn aouItship and mar.
rage First, she pro luced copies of tEs
Cork KzaUsiner and Ceas5itlti0n, contain.
ing the following notice
rP9NT-FTIZC ERALD.- N tober r. q S.
Peter and PAM Church. 1y fAe Reg. canon
dlEo1t II Aa,ngi5s. Viii, II. = %
Margaret, 81 -tt daughter OI T.. Fitzgerald,
lnfhinpre BE County Kerry.
Miss Fitzgerald, otherwise "Tottie,"
icing Roman Catholic AM nr. Dupont
Protestant a dap lsstion WAS ottained
in order that sae might wed tae rich
American.
She Was born IN Brosns, in County
Kerry, y Yeas ago, the daughter OF a
farmer working his own land, assisted by
tgo sons and three daughters. She LEFT
her home, and after year passed in
Cork as barmsid removed 70 Queens.
town, where she soon secured the posi-
tion in the Queen's Hotel, from which
she has emerged in blaze of glory.
On June Is. the Cnnsrd steamship
Etruris landed young Maurice dupont at
Queenstown. He was accompanied by
his brother, L. q. duPoht, aud mis- aunt,
~ - a,gt
they stopped at ths Queens Hotel which
oyerlooks the bay and IS always in the
sunshine when tine sky is clear. ''rottie''
ct once attracted the attention Of the
two brothers. Maurice was clearly smit-
ten at first sight, for, after two weeks
soiourn, the family left Tor England, bat
Maurice contrIyed to separate himself
from the rest OF the company and re-
turned 10 practice before "Fottie'ah bAr
He explained his return thus II have
Fen all that is worth looking al in El.
rope snd prefer to stay here and tah
BIt ketch, rather than to travel further =
70 .aake good Lis words, fishing, driving
and photographing parties, n company
win local celebrity, ChfistopAer Beatty,
were thereafter freg IentIy organized
lottis" was twitted by the frsguentera
Of tue bar about her lover, but she al
va.E replied tia; he Tas only a friend
Az days passed NE. duPUn. seemed
70 become attached 70 the restau
rant bar. After dinner, he Offer
slipped his emp Of ccgIsn outsid
tue bar, Where lie cUuld converse Wit!
tie pretty maid behind it; and, il IL sara
Ia the hotel that during rush 0; bust
less, the handsome youug miiiicna,r
had been known ~ assist tIO.tiGn bt
hind to countef il serving drinks. o
"IOttie's" afternoon cut Maurice won
take her for dr. ia tue country on
iAuutiag-csr. z Grove her to BlaEne
CaBs's 10 kiss tie Barney Stone. Thc
also went to Ballycatton, the :ayorlt
seaside resort, and rot for hours on h
great rccKa facing the broad Atlanta
On another occasion he drove her /
ADriogUe Wood, waeEe tho stately beac
trees grew. After tbat the people bega
70 aGy that ''I'ottia" had captured ID
American millionaire. This made pr
found sensation.
The G.lidle - july had row LrriV et
THe weather was charming in sYery =
Epect, and during ths warm Suzanne
evenings Maurice dupont could be sge
loUuging in an easy-chair in front Of Il
Dar-roou Of TIT Queeus Hotel, wl,h OF
sye cast ont over the sea gn1 tie ota
Iatsntly fxsi o. the hnsy lltgls ba,m1
within tAt EoDBs ~ Wa now WI
known to si tie Queenstown peopl
They regarded him with the greatest
terzst. They stUd,sd his attire, from i
natty neck year to MS russet inoe, vi
the utmost respect Gnl care, de had
confident aud 10 c0mpsLi9n-sa g. X
tie.n He reed great deal and v
among the very first to se6nre an ear
copy 81 the New York World VIII
the Atlantic liners arrived,
q IsenstORn regatta vas held 90 tile II
o. august aud on shat memorable o.
D. on NJ dupont appeared On the pron
aaae crossed in white flannel suit ia
company OF Mas Fitzgsralds aunt. Nj
day1 afterwards the young AucrIc
Aailsd from QueenBtuwr ioi New York
tae tiuion stsauIer lZ1Ea, promising
rsturn on the TeutuIic which wCI
ave New York on the II . Of Sap.e
her. When hig GepBrtprs - known
town g17siys c6Epie1 tne names Of
young American BGd the prst'y YARN
d deG.sIed thBt ! 1ttie' l. I'D been jilt
Sac seems to have Lsd SOHO doubts
self SO 10 h1r lovers iAel.y. wuhi
week sttet Nj. ioPont had sai
"Iottis' lett the lueen's Hotel
pEocnn 'ed to Corr, vnere sho T.
no uer haGas VAL ner aunt await
ber lovers return. The young
vau rs GOOD as his word. The TeutC
toroheo al Q1eeus'YSn before dayli
on ti.9 morn uR Of hbP'embsr 9th, o
strangely er nPh, your c0rreEpcn Il
who to-day detected "Iottit's " abse
ut the gueeE's Hotel, SAHR passeL