Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-13
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Romance of Leading Lawyer and Q
Pretty Type-W riter-An Unexpect.
ed Wedding.

The st. Louis Sunday Marr0F, in
a column article regarding the
Johnson udgeon wedding, closes
by saying:
Mr.. Johnson has been a widower
for six years and it was believed
that nothing would again tempt
him to matrimony. He has always
been known as a nan ola very re-
firing disposition and his amuse-
ments even had been Of a solitary
character. He has a wide reputa-
ton as an enthusiastic fisherman,
to say nothing of his power as a
hunter. So uncommunicative was
he that bis brothers, Charles P. and
Richard M. johnson, did not know
anything about his marital inten.
tons until after the ceremony had
been consummated. They were
almost as surprised as anybody.
They had barely time to offer their
congratulations before the newly
married pair departed on the train
to Chicago to spend the honeymoon
amid the beauties of the Fair.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
1t appears to have been a case Of
love at first sight. The couple we're
acquainted with each other only
about six months. 1t seems that
Mr.. johnson about that length of
time ago, went to Montgomery City,
Mo-, to try a lawsuit. There be
met the lady in question, Mrs.
Dudgeon, who was connected with
court there in the capacity Of stenog-
rapher. When he returned he
happened to remark that he had
met a lady who had very much i'm
pressed him, but his brothers did
not dream that the impression was Of
the force and depth demonstrated
by after events. In a short time
Mr.. Johnson concluded that he
would like to have a stenographer,
and soon Mrs. Dudgeon was in
stalled in his Office. She was a
marvellously rapid operator upon
the machine and was in fact one of
the first ladies in the country to
take up the operation Of that labor
saving device as a mean of earning
a livelihood. She did not long re-
main at the stenographer's desk but
went to live with her mother out on
Etzel avenue. The other people in
the Office had apparently forgotten
her, and Mr.. johnson never said
anything about her. 1t was a sui
prise therefore when on Wednesday
afternoon the lawyer left his Office
and was married without any
flourish whatever.
AN ACCOMPLISHED LADY.
This is no ordinary phase Of the
fin de steele romance of the type
writer, for Mrs. Dudgeon was some
thing more than a mere manipulation
OF. the keys, She is anspst various
ly accomplished lady, and withal
is possessed of more good looks
than usually fall to the share of
women who are inclined to intellect
ual activity. While working as a
typewriter in the courts at Mexico,
Mrs. Dudgeon took up the study of
law, and was duly admitted to the
bar. She did not go into active
practice of her profession, but
those who are qualified to speak on
such matters say that her legal
attainments were of the solid de-
scription which are rare in the ladies
who have aspired to practice in the
courts. The marriage, according
to Gov. Charles P. johnson, is one
typical of the time as showing the
tendency of men to take to them
selves partners who will be help
mates in life in the most complete
sense of the word.
There was a rumor to the effect
that the marriage had caused dis.
sension in the Johnson family, but
a Mirror reporter mentioning the
rumor to the groom's brothers, was
informed that there was no truth
in it. The lady in question, they
said, was a most acceptable per
sonage in every way, and had beer
welcomed into the family circle
with as much warmth as the sud
denness of the affair would permit