The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-17
MARRIED IN HASTE.
Billy Hill Meets His Former Lover and Marries
Her Al Once.

Yesterday morning William Hill, ths
! colored tonsoriaI artist who holds out OF
| West First street, was peacefully pursu
| ing his occupation as usual when mes
| senger boy came rushing breathlessIy into
| his shop and informed him that a colored
| woman wanted to see him fright away
| on North Main street. William received
| the intelligence with mingled feelings Of
surprise and suspicion, and his optics
| bulged out so that they could have been
| knocked off with a stick as easily as ripe
apples off the limb of tree He didn't
| know what the matter was but he instinct
| lively felt that some great crisis in his life
was at hand He brushed up his hair.
Strengthened his necktie, tuned up his
nerve and started with faltering and IN
steady and uncertain step up to the place
indicated. Arriving there his eyes bulged
out farther, for there before him stood his
former lover whom he had not seen for
over eight years The meeting was
very romantic end came about as follows:
William, is dashing young fellow, and
previous to his coming to Kansas was the
most successful masher in the town of
Mariette, Ohio William hasn't fingers
enough on both hands to count the hearts
he lacerated in Ohio, but since he came to
Kansas he has attended strictly to lacerat-
ing hairs Among the many hearts that
he mashed with his little culver in Ohio
was that of one Miss Cora Sheldon, very
handsome octoroon with eyes that could
outshine those of Cleopatra in every turn
in the road and form that isreally poetic
L. A Il
William was sitting in his shop while
business was dull and feeling of loniiness
came over him. While in this melancholy
mood his mind reverted to the Ohio rival
Of the fair beauty of the Nile, and he i'm
mediately grasped his pen and wrote to
her for the first time in eight long, weary
and dragging years. Dear Cora" said
he, my heart is weary and heavy laden.
etc. How I do wish you were
here during the holidays, ETC.
The letter was signed, sealed and mailed
and when Cora received it she took him at
his word, packed up her bag and baggage
AMI arrived in the Peerless Princess yes
terday morning. William gazed into the
LIQUID depths of those eyes thousand
times before but they never looked lovelier
LldQ on CulS OCCdSlOus 4uc Icttdl QOlfCI
was turned against William and his heart
was the victim this time. He threw him.
self on his knees, and begged her in
prayerful words and prayerful attitude to
bestow her heart and hand on him.
"Oh! William said Cora, you are the
same gay masher still" ''1rue'' said Will
liam "but never from this moment will
love anybody but you"
Don't you go with any other girl, Will
liam?" said Cora. mo, upon my honor
aud the love bear you," said William,
piously, while at the same time he was
thinking how he could get rid of the girl
he promised to take TO the literary last
night. with this assurance on your
part, then" said Cora Il herewith give
you my heart and hand" Five minutes
later both of them were standing before
the probate judge where they were mar
ried in due form. The result was that
William was the happiest man in town
last evening although he did not lose a
day celebrating the event, for he went di-
rect from the probate parlors to his barber
parlors and commenced shaving with a
lighter hand than usual.