The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-04
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A BELATED GROOM.
Ehe Mlsedventure of Lieut.. Won
Lendheim In Now York.

The Misadventure of Lieut.. Won
Lendheim In New York
Lieut. Won Lendheim was an Austrian
bfiicer OF hussars. That he was hand
some fellow goes without saying, for
Ril Austrian hussars are handsome. He
was. moreover, about thirty-two. clever,
well educated and good deal of man
Of the world in a German sort of way.
With all these charms of mind and
manner united in single individual
it was not a cause for slight wonder
ment among his friends that Miss Mary
White-the daughter of Col White, a
New York broker-who, with her
mother, was spending the winter in
Vienna, should fall captive to the
manifest court that he paid her from
the first. The wonder really was that
She held out as long as she did, for it
was quite two months after she had
First met him before she agreed, at the
expiration of a certain time, to become
his wife.
ardent lover, but used to having things
bis own way, cut this period of proba-
tion es short as possible. and it was
mutually agreed among the three-the
mother, the lieutenant and the daugh-
ter (the father was not consulted)-
that the wedding should take place in
New York the following June. The
lieutenant rather wanted it in Vienna,
but they drew the line at that for sew
being social one, namely: that both
mother and daughter desired to show
The handsome young officer in all his
glory to their adniring and presumab bly,
eovetous friends.
1t was accordingly settled that the
lieutenant should procure a leave of
absence as long as possible, and appear
IN New York at the appointed time to
claim his bride at the hands of her
father, although up to this time that
particular functionary was wholly in
the dark as to what was to be required
OF him These incidental preliminaries
having thus been satisfactorily ar
ranged. the bride-to-be and her moth
er-whom the lieutenant in his unaf-
fected way already called mamma
set out for Paris 20 undertake the real
serious business of the affair; and for
the next few months they We're ab-
sorDed by the shops and dressmakers.
. Like all protracted seasons of long
Ing and waiting, this, too, at last went
by, and not only had the dresses and
other paraphernalia been sent home
found himself on Irenen steamer
half way to New York, whittier Miss
White and hcr mother had already pre-
ceded him.
He arrived early one sitting morning
In the pleasant suburb Of Hobol1en.
by series of contretemps, although
the vessel had been reported the even
ing before, neither Miss White nor any
member of the family nor even the
coachman met him at the pier. He was
forced to drive alone as best he might
to the APARTMENTS of an old athletic
friend in Fifty-ninth street, with whom,
Us had been arranged, he was to lodge
VIII ile in New York. He finally reached
the metropolis In very mixed frame
Of mind Such a little matter as this,
however, although it wounded the
Ii eutenant's vanity, even in his present
s&ate of bmissiveness, was easily and
satisfactorily smoothed over and soon
forgotten, and the few days interven-
ing before the wedding were spent in a
round of gayety. So much did he see in
such short time-so many persons and
to this day he does not
know whether Delmonico's is 4 street
DR. theatcr, or that Riverside drive is
not a part of the Battery. One thing,
however, he does repembcr, and that is
the exact location of the church of the
Holy Trinity, which he vows he could
find in the dark-but that is anticipat-
Ing the story.
When the day of the wedding came
the ceremony had been fixed for the
eveninG-the lieutenant drew sigh of
relief. Somehow or other the New
York visit had not been quite satisfac
tory to him. He had been whisked !
about so that it had not only confused |
him, but had begun to tell upon him !
Worse than all this, al |
though he had been constantly in Miss (
Whites company, somebody Or other /
had always been there, too, and they /
had not even had an opportunity, as he |
somewhat bitterly, with an
Dld-world conception of the part he was
playing, for single comforta bic tete-a-
tete or an exchange of condolences. !
This particular day he had been denied .
he thought, though they /
told him that it was a necessary pre- (
first sight of the beloved /
object until he should meet her at the /
altar. and he had rather a wre*ched .
time, which he spent variously in ro-
polishing his cartouch and /
rubbing up other metal
parts of his equipment. Upon one
thing he certainly congratulated him
self, and that was that the end was
near and that his troubles were almost
over.
The wedding was to be military one
b q certain extent The groonsman
MAS to be the Austrian consul in uni
lorm, and with that minute attention
10 detail that characterized all the we'd
ding preparations. it had been arranged
hat out of compliment to the diplomat
Ind the nationality of the groom him
,elf the Austrian national hymn should
De played during the service. The GER
,mony was to take place at eight clock
1t the church OF the Holy Trinity.
Now it must be borne in mind that
here are in New York nc less than
,hree churches OF the Protestant Epis-
,opal denomination having Trinity"