Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-12


Blade. The lady is but young girl, 1t
seems, and she has such q pretty face,
SO white and peaceful, with something
OF a sadness in 1t; something OF Joy.
She has great eyesthat stare strangely
at you, and, at the sound OF her compan-
ions voice, their lids are dropped, and
| the long, graceful eyelashes TALL upon
her cheeks. The man reminds me OF
one Of the old Saxons. He is big and
strong, and has the curly golden hair
| and the big blonde beard OF that race OF
| men. His companion hangs on his
| arm, and yet he seems to depend upon
very closely indeed together, while he
| carefully picks their way out with II
| light cane.
Both are blind. l inquired about
| them the other day. Neither ever saw
the light of day. Neither can ever
know how glorious the sunlight is, how
prettily blend the beautiful hues of the
| flowers, how grand all nature looks.
Neither ever saw the other and yet they
are II bridal pair.
They only live in world Of darkness
| and in each other. They met long ago,
became devotedly attached to each
other and were married. And so now
every evening, when the weather is fine,
they go out for n little stroll, and as they
slowly, carefully walk past my window
think-'it is sad yet pretty sight-a
blind bridal pairln
A very romantic wedding occurred at
Seattle, w. T., on the 18th of March.
The interested parties were Miss Eva
Helmick, daughter Of Isaac Helmick, OF
this city, and niece of the late Hon.
William Helmlck, of Washington, and
Ern pls n,li In hp a In anttla
ranch in the territory. Miss Eva, just
for fun had answered a personal in u
Chicago paper. The gentleman dis
closed his real name, and the corre-
spondence. which was kept up regu-
larly, ripened into Il genuine love affair.
Sparkling finally proposed matrimony.
Photographs were exchanged and mat
ters became serious.
Mr.. Sparkling seemed perfectly honest
and sincere, disclosing his occupation,
standing, etc, which, of course, in
spired the utmost confidence in Miss
Helmick. He finally proposed to fur
nish her transportation ticket and
bear all travelling expenses if she would
come and investigate for herself. and,
if satisfactory, celebrate the marriage
at once. Her parents thought the trip
would be a risky venture, so the ticket
and money were returned, very reluc-
family, however, on the part of Miss
Eva. The correspondence was con-
tinued, and in short time the propo-
sition was renewed, and this time ac-
cepted for better or worse.
The Arrangement was that Mr.. Spar
ling should meet his lady love at
Seattle, w. T., on the fourth day of this
month. Miss Helmick, with a brave
heart, started on her long journey.
After six weary days and nights, she
arrived at the appointed place, and
there met her attianced. The couple
proceeded at once to Snohomish, a towu
where Mr. Sparkling was well known,
| and, calling in Il minister, they were
married in the hotel in the presence of
| 100 wishers and friends of the
groom. The bride is one of the most
accomplished young ladies of New Phi
| ladelphia, o., and the husband stands
very high in the community and is very
wealthy. From beginning to finale the
| conrtship and marriage was most ro-
mantle.
Our readers will remember that but a
| few weeks ago, says, the Deadwood Pio-
neer, in the prairieafire that swept Pen
nington and II pprt of Lawrence county.
| Il Miss Eloise Madison lost her life.
| Tragic as was her death, the romance
developing subsequently only adds to
the sadness of the occurrence. 1t seems
the young lady had been betrothed to
an energetic and worthy gentleman of
Iowa. The latter, unaware of her terri
BILE fate, came out to claim his bride.
The terrible news was only broken to
him on his arrival at her sisters ranch,
on Elk creek. He was heartbrolen and
| fainte1 when he learned it. The next
day he started home. Three days after
| reaching which, the telegraph brought
news of his death-the heart strings
were strained too hard and broke.
Eighteen years ago family of Hol
| landers, consisting of father. mother and
| five daughters, arrived in the state OF
| Michigan and located IN the village of
| Schoolcraft. The parents were taken
sick. the mother died and the father
unable to speak word of English, was
not expected to live. The klpd-hearted
| villagers not knowing what better to
do, sent the children to the orphans
| school at Ouldwater, from which each
one was adopted by some family and
taken to various parts of the United
| States. After time the father recov-
| cred. and acquiring knowledge of the
| English language, began a search for
| his children. His efforts were in a few
years crowned with success. All OF the
| children, except one daughter, whose
or so ago, were restored to him. Hardly
| more than twenty days ago the father
| learned his daughter was a resident of
| Deadwood. Correspondence was at
once opened with people who knew her,
| of separation and estrangement for
years, are about to bereuuitcd.