The morning times., 1895-09-22
STRANGEIYWO0ED AND WON
Gourtship Begun in a Newspaper
= ie' and Ended in a Store.
Gen. Dum's Two Manly Little Grand
sons-Dr. ana Mrs. Jehn $. Billings
WIN Remove TO Philadelphia.

,washington had quite a little sensation
enjoyed to the utmost Byi those who came
into possession of the secret. .i-
1t was in effect taie ef two cities, mas
much as Baltimore figured in the romance
inso IA ras tlie ending was concerned.
1t was, furthermore, a case OF love at
first sight, made an the more interesting
because OF the fsst that there were plenty
OF onlouk ers at the time of that same first
sight. @ 'H+ i9-i
The sthry bcgan to assume form ami sem
b1ance some fittit. time Back, when there
appeared in ore ofthe local papers am adver-
tiserhent to the erect that a mjddlc-aged
man In circumstances that would warrant
hts contemplating matrimohy had become
possessed OF tie idea 'tiiat ne desired a wife
anf'hofne OF his own. In the advertisement
the few requirements desiredby9he would
be benrifct were set forth. 1ifese, wtiIe
evincing the fact that be was by no means
an e&acting man on this score, showed That
he was, nevertheless, one whe had his wits
about him in rrgar,i 20 tire domestic quail
f1catibns OF III, swornin he desired 20 meet
and bestow his name and worldly goods
upon i5l-- - st-5' -s.t' .--tt ~
Among the rnplysthat came to this adver-
tisefnPnt was oae which ,for seme occult
reason struck the maH's fancy more than
any of the Others. Thsreupnn a CORE
spondencs was begun and continued for
some lime without the couple meeting, Just
why Or. wherefore ttis should have been
does not tFanspire. il was, however, the
state of affairs. ..1.,l-s...t ...rr. --...
Finally, things having been adjusted 10
the mutual satisfaction OF the man and
woman, q day was fixed for their meeting
This meeting was especially fatefuI, mSs
mueh as upon the mutual Impressions then
produced was 10 hang the future fate of
the pair. 1t was 10 decide whether or
not, they were to bind together their desti-
mics as one or to remain forevermore astwo
separate and distinct persons with no mu-
tuaHy Byyihg Individuality.
: The place OF meeting was strangely
enough a store on F street, and The hour
one of the busiest OF the day, when the place
was likely To be crowded with shoppers.
The aay- came and so did the couple vino
had b,en conducting such an amount or
correspondence with matriomnial intent.
So also did the Shoppers who consfItdted
the -onlookers at the .auspicious meeting.
just how or why II happened is one of
those things that -tsfs never be satisfsc-
factorffy explained, bat an the same Il did
happen that news OF the raeatfng no less
than OF the correspondence that had pre-
seeded n got dbroad among Che shoppers
1t was Ike n spark thrown upon a pile
Of finders. The neEvs spread like wiltifire.
10 did not take long fer the people t0
single out the pesuple who were holGitg,.
their First meeting in sncA uHromantic
surroundings. It was antpterested crowd
ana instead OF dispensing while the couple
talked and exchanged their mutual inn
pressisiis ef each other, IL remained and
looked en- and listened Whenever the op-
pertunity was afforded. rIT
Happily for the satisfacti on of the
shoppers, at least. the couple came to-thes
cenclus ion that their Smpressions had. /
been sufficiently agreeable fer their pre-.
vtons1y contemplated plan of matrimony
to be carried out ID, = ,.5. I, ------ H----
-Thereupon it was settled that they woald
take, the first tsain TO Baltimore and have
the marriage CEREMONY performed in the
Monumental city where the first days of !
their honeymoon would then be spent.
When they finally left the store FOE 4
this purpose, after daily consulting the
timetable of the Pennsylvania road. they
were followed almost to the train by a
far more eagerly interested crowd than \
generally takes cog niz anee OF the ma jority
OF brldal tflpss .a{ So =. .1.JEa.t DIS q 4