The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-03
DUPBD BY A NURSE-GERL.
J.P. Mems in a Very Trying
Dilemma.
Myrtle Sanders Receives His Presents. Departs
the City and Leaves Him to Meet
the Installment'.

J. p. Mems, "a waiter in a. Kearny-street
restaurant. is hearted and sad-eyed
Individual.
All his troubles came about through the
patronage he bestowed upon matrimonial
agency.
Being fairly COED looking, young and
ambitious to shine in the world, he left an
order at one of those establishments to be
furnished with a wealthy lady possessing
charms Of person and figure with the adj
dltional requirement that the woman of his
choice must necessarily be OF the blonde
type OF wonanho0d, as he was brunette.
Strange to say his demand for wife an
swering all these requirements did not phase
the matrimonial broker in the least bit. On
the contrary, Mems was astohi5hed to find
that just such an article as he wanted was:
just in stock and could be had at a moments
notice.
Mems, Of course, wanted an Immediate
introduction, and determined forthwith
that he would marry on the spur of the mo-
ment While Mems waited a messenger
was dispatched for the young lady Ia an
hour a pretty, fascinating young woman,
with a wealth OF blonde hair and flushed
with the excitement OF getting wealthy
husband. as Mems was introduced to her.
came lightly dancing into the EO0m
Mems was somewhat abaShed upon being
left alone with this adorable specimen of
womanhood after the introduction eere-
mony had been duly and properly performed
by the matrimonial broker.
He mustered up courage, however, to
make inquiries, and he found that the
young woman was blessed with an abun-.
dance of capital and would inherit tens Of.
thousands more when her aunt died. which
could not possibly be long delayed. as that
relativa was SuffpriuO from Suph rrnnli-.
cation OF diseases that it rendered any
improbable that she would see Adme,.s r.
| day. o'aoE'
On his part. Mems represented he We
| we'll TO do and only solicited marriage a
| this manner so as to be romantic.
They were congenial companions, these
| two, and life looked so suspicious. Mems
| lost no time after the first meeting to at
| least make slight exhibition of his wealth.
| to his prospective bride. lie boughta mag
| nificent gold watch Oh the instafment. plan
| aud presented it to the young woman, Who-
| bore the charming name of Myrtle Sanders
| or Saunders. -
She. too, was highly elated. and blessed
the day she patroDiZed the marriage bro
| ker
Mems delved into deeper extravagancess.
relying upon the capital of his wife topaz
for them all when they were married. He
bought a sealskin CLOAK, a diamond ring
costly lockets and other trinkets on the: in-:
stallment plan and presented them in QUICK
succession 10 his adOred one. -.
Then he pleaded for speedy marriage,
which Myrtle was willing TO agree to, pro-.
ylded Mems would tell her what his bust
ness was.
Mems was in dilemma, but his native
wit saved him and he made the plea that he
wanted to surprise her after marriage. She;
would then know who he was.
But romance of that kind did not suit
Myrtle She had an eye to business anddid
| not propose leaping In the dark
This put Mems on his guard and he de-
| termined TO be wise and investigate if all
| that his loved one related regarding her
wealth was true.
He did investigate and he found to his
CONSERVATION that she was a nursegiri EN-
| pIoyed by a well-to-do family On Larkin'
| street. Mems was enraged and he fool
| ishly indited letter, charging Myrtle with
| the vilest kind of deception. =
Myrtle was prepared for the denouement
and she quickly packed up her treasures
and left the city. She is supposed 10 be
somewhere, but where? is question that
| Mems often rev0iyes in his mind.
Poor Mems, he draws $50 month salary
| and out OF that he has an aggregate of in-
| stalIments TO meet every month amounting
| to fifty dollars. They are contracted for
| twelve months ahead. How he will emerge.
| from his evident financial embarrassment
| is a query that would take a frst-elass
| mathematician TO solve.