Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
CONQUERED BY LOVE.
Josef MuscOWski Claims a Bride After
a Two Years Battle With
A AHARD-HEARTED POLISH FATHER.
He Showed His Noble Nature During the
Great Coke Strike.
NOW OFF ON A GAY WEDDING JOURNEY

A poor man may not always be able to
buy wife, but that he is sometimes able to
swing fortune in the right direction by the
power of money was illustrated by a bride
and groom who passed through the city last
evening.
1t did not require any great foresight to
see that Mr.. and Mrs Josef Muscowski had
not been married over "a hours. 1t is one
OF the customs of the Polish people to keep
the bride bedecked with blossoms and none
were missing from the crown of Mrs. Mus
cowski, unless they were ruthlessly torn
aside by the playful breezes as the train
ratified along between Scottdale and this
city. She was attended by bridemaid-
her sister, by the way-who, in the light of
beauty, would cast her more fortunate sis
ter in very dark shade. But that had to
pass, as the elder sister had captured very
dignifed husband
1t is one of the rules of Polish etiquette
that the bride and her maid must not sep
arate for full week, and the party was on
the way from their home near Scottdale to
spend the weeks probation with friends.
They arrived from Everson, where they
were married, early in the evening, and
were to have taken train at 6:15. But an
unfortunate thirst seized the entire party
at the wrong moment, and while they sat in
neighboring saloon and quaffed the de-
licious beer, the train pulled out and left
the bridal party behind, compelling them
to wait until $50 for a train.
LITTLE POLISH ROMANCE.
The love tale of Mr.. and Mrs. Muscowski did
not run smooth, probably because it was
true love. All their lives they were asso-
ciated together and had grown to love each
other. That was in the old country and
Mrs. MuscowskI was Miss Stensiloski. But
the latter's father did not take kindly to the
young lover and forbade him to see her let
alone marry his sweetheart. That might
have been because Josef was poor or there
might have been other reasons, but that
mattered not. But fortune did not always
smile kindly upon the designing Papa Stem
siIoski, and about two years ago he found
than he liked, SO he decided to come to
America and pick few gold dollars off n
juniper bush or some other equally product
i've plant. So he brought the two daughters
and the mother and sailed away leaving
the discOnsolate Josef, all but his heart and
that the sweetheart had, at home with but
little to do but think of the bride he had lost.
But after while he got letter from his
little girl, and was overjoyed to know that
she still thought of him in her far-away
home in the land of milk aud honey. So he
decided that he too would try his fortunes
in the new world, and about six months
later Mr.. Stensiloski was somewhat sur
prised and not at all pleased to see his
daughters lover standing at his door, with
the afore mentioned daughter clasped in a
loving embrace. He had serious objections
to any such performance, but the stalwart
Josef seemed to be rather enjoying the stu
alton.
ALL PLANS WERE BROKEN.
Though the old gentleman objected and
scolded and did everything else but choke
his daughters lover, they continued to love
just as strong as ever, and after a few
months had passed Josef decided he had
saved enough American eagles to set him
self up in life If he only had partner. The
partner agreed, and the latter part of
last May was fixed upon as the proper time,
but Papa Stensiloski didn't know anything
about 1t. ---..-
When Josef came to this country he i'm
his sweetheart lived with her father, and be-
gan work as IL coke worker at the same
works as his proposed father-in-law. Every
thing was moving nicely until the great coke
strike came on, and when March arrived
neither was working, so Josef had to tell his
little girl that the wedding day must be post
poned. He still had q little money, but like
a true philosopher he refused to tackle life
for two with no work and poor prospects.
Soon he found Mr.. Stcnsiloski running short
IN MS accounts ana suddenly ms sweetheart
seemed to find gold in most uncomfortable
places. In fact, she was a fairy godmother
for her own father. At last the old gentle
man found out where the cash was coming
from. After a stern rebuke to the young man
for being so free with his money, necessary
for man who is to keep q wife, he found that
he no longer had any objections to such o
noble fellow for SOn-in-law.
That was a good while ago, but all decided
that IL was best TO wait until they could re-
pair their little fortunes after the strike
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day which was to make their happiness |
and that day came yesterday in |