St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-06
A DRUMMER AS CUPID.
Lays Samples Aside and Carries
Out a Romantic Mission.

Lays Samples Aside and Carries
Out a Romantic Mission.
Galveston Daily News.
A young drummer from folly
Springs, who travels for San Antonio
house, and whose territory lies along
the border of Texas, tells the following
story of how he helped to make Robert
Peel, of Kyle, Tex. happy by uniting
him with his sweetheart, Miss Carrie
Meyers, Of Seguin, from whom MIR. Peel
had been separated by lovers quarrelI
Il was sitting in my room in a small
Texas town." said the drummer, when
Mr.. Peel, whom had not seen for some
time. burst eXcitedly in, and, without
giving any explanation, told me to pack
my traps. | saw from his manner that
| could offer no satisfactory excuse, and,
as | would anything for him, | at once
got my things together and set out with
him. We boarded train, as he directed,
and as soon as it had started he pulled
telegram from his pocket and showed
it to Inc. 1t read:
~ am going to be married at s
O'Clock "Wednesday night. | still love
you. Save me-
The message was signed Carrie
Meyers. | asked Mr.. Peel for some eX-
PLANTATION. anu he told me that he and
Miss Carrie Meyers had long been in
love with each other and were engaged
to be married, when lovers quarrel
took place and they separated.
Soon after our QUARREL he cOntin-
ued, she promised to marry another
man. and their wedding is to occur to-
night. just received the telegram l
showed you, and. of course, had to try
aud stop the wedding. l want to marry
her myself. and knowing that L would
be obliged to steal her away from the in
tended bridegroom. | thought ! had bet
ter get some assistance
This explanation was satisfactory,
and | resolved to do all | could to help
he two sweethearts. We only arrived
II Seguin an hour before the ceremony
was to take place, and set out to the
home of the bride-to-be. | was cordially
received by her father. and soon had an
opportunity of seeing Miss Meyers. |
told her of Mr.. Peel's presence in the
town. and his wish to marry her at
once. With w0man's ready wit she
instructed me to bring him to the sum-
mer house in her yard at once and she
would meet us there.
Il found the impatient lover as
quickly us pOSSlUte, anu, HtTlllg car
riage, we were soon on the appointed
spot. Miss Meyers met us as she
promised she would, and we three at
once got into the carriage and drove TO
a hotel. A magistrate was secured and
the lovers were soon united in the bonds
of matrimOny. After the ceremony had
been performed we caught a train aud
left Seguin.
The greatest confusion reigned in
the house when Miss Meyers absence
was discovered Her father knew of
her love for Mr.. Peel, aud thought,
when he found out that she was miSsI
ing, that she had ended her life rather
than marry another man. He finally
learned the truth, and as the preacher
who had been engaged to perform the
rites which had been so Unexpectedly
broken off by the absence OF the expect
ed bride Interceded for the runaway
couple, he fOrgaYe them.
The wOuld-be bridegroom was also
brought to lend his forgiveness to his
missing sweetheart, and a marriage
feast was turned into banquet. The
day after the marriage was to have been
performed the disappointed bridegroom
met Mr.. Peel and his bride at the town
in which they were stopping and mag
unanimously torgaye them.