The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-02
BY PHONE
HOW MIR. GEORGE II. CASTOR AND
MISS BISHOP BECAME ENGAGED.
Popped the Question 500 Miles over
the Wire and Got ~ "Yesv In
the Same Manner.

The New York papers tell romantic
| story of the engagement Of Mr.. George r.
! CASTOR. OF Indianapolis, and Miss Bishop
whose marriage was announced I'm sun
| days Journal The SUN says: A man de-
serves TO win wife who has the nerve
/ TO call up a girl, eight hundred miles away.
over the telephone and ask her TO marry
! him. That is. the way Miss Ethel Mary
| Bishop. the only daughter OF Hon. James
Draper Bishop. of London. became engaged
to George y. CASTOR, of indianapolis. They
were married last Tuesday night at the
residence of Ezra T. Gilliland. at. Pelham
Manor.
Mr.. Castor is the son of retired ply
sician. and is the secretary and treasurer
! of the indianapolis Transfer Company. For
several years he was associated in this
city I'm the electrical business with Thomas
A. Edison and Mr.. Gllliland. All Of Mr..
Gastons friends had 1T settled in their own
minds that he would die bachelor. His
business frequently called him to New
York. While i'm town he spent much of his
time with Mr.. Gillland. Every time he
came TO New York Mr.. Gilliland invited
CASTOR TO make his home at Pelham Ma
nor. CASTOR invariably refused, saying
that the Gilliland house was always filled
with guests, and that he hadn't time TO
play the agreeable to lot of women. Then
the man from Indianapolis would picture
to his old friend what large times the two
might have If Glliland would only stay
with CASTOR in town.
Break away, old man." he would say,
'and we'll have some fun that deserves
to be called fun / can't see anything in
talking ones self black in the face to a
houseful of women"
One day last February CASTOR arrived in
New York on one of his business trips.
His two sisters had been visiting Mr.. and
airs. Giiland for several weeks, and in
their letters home they had frequently men,
toned Miss Ethel Bishop. "a very charming
English girl, who was making her home at
the Gillilands. From those letters CASTOR
/ ha1 learned that Miss Bishop had been i'm
Shanghai while her father was serving the
English government there as consul. AS
child she had lived In Africa, her father
having been transferred TO one OF the
South African states. Later she had been
sent 70 a conyent IN Paris, whence . she
a degree in music. Then she went TO Lon
don to continue her studies in music and
much about Miss Bishop that, when he
reached New York and Mr.. Gililand ex-
tended to, him the usual invitation TO visit
emphatically. Not muchr'
Finally, on St Valentines day. the day
before lie was 10 return home, CASTOR con-
few hours, just to see his sisters. He went
and stayed two weeks. He was done for,
but he could not bring himself TO the point
night int plOp0''''' - nc 'i'''Sef 'A'' 'AS'
4 came pretty close to it several times,
but when | got just to the point l got
sacrileae that / mustn't be guilty Of /
tell you. l never thought a woman could
bluff me out; and so L went home.'
When he returned to Indianapolis he
wasn't able to do much business. All he
could think about was the English girl on
the shore of Long Island sound. Two weeks
vent by. and one morning while he was
sitting i'm his office letter came from one
OF his sisters 1t was largely filed with a
description of a german she had danced
few nights before. and told how all the
men had simply gone daft about Miss
BISHOP; sston ah1ugn Tor mIsn IT., a sh
uumber of Gilliand's house telephone in
the lohg-distance telephone book and asked
to he. connected. Pretty soon he heard a
feminine voice at the other end of the line
Hello. Who is that?" answered CASTOR.
who? Oh, Miss Bishop? Well. this is
Mr.. CASTOR. Miss Bishop Where j?
In indianapolis. Yes. in indianapolis.
thought I'd call You up toto ask how my
sisters are. You'll call one OF them and
let her speak for herself? Oh. never mind.
I said never mind. N-e-v-e-r-never No.
not mine; mind--m-l-n-d, Hello, How are
party tonight? Oh, not going in till the
four-o'clock train? Wish were going with
l. l
[ don't know whether my sisters would like
TO have me or not. l just wanted to go
Nth y0u Don't He be fG9 eo sa s0 cen WnIt
Don't cut me of, I'm not through talking
yet Gone at the, other end? Well. ring
As Mr.. CASTOR said last night. he was
bound TO say something then or die In the
attempt. After waiting. some time he got
the Gilliland house again and began talk
II beat about the bush for long time"
he said. '.and then I came out with the
question. she evidently couldn't under
stand me. for this was the answer got
Come a little nearer, Mr.. CASTOR. 1
can't hear YOU
her in that eight hundred miles and asked
the question over again. This time IT was
p might not ' be sure Of myself, that had
better wait for a while. and some more
things like that. said had lived. to be
my own mind. Finally | was told that she
would give me an answer when she called
me up in two weeks
that Miss Bishop was in Brooklyn one day
and stepped into the office OF Mr. Gillland.
She called up Mr.. CASTOR.
Hello, Is that you. Mr.. CASTOR? This is
Miss Bishop. knew the voice, did YOU?
Your memory for sound is excellent I won
dsS + S1a l0 thS aeer oh hnsS o an
anythinxFs FIelIoi What's that? I know
Il H
weeks iIave seemed like two years? You
say that very nicely--over the telephone.
Well. are you sure you know what you are
talking abouts Positive? And you don't
think you'll regret il some time? Sure?
Well. then, II You want yes, here 1t is;
What's that? Hello What did you say?
Oh, Well. you can't have that over the tel
ephone. You must come for that yourself.
Good-by. George
1t wasn't long before he came for what
he couldn't get over the telephone. and the
arrangements for the wedding were made.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR are now at the I'm
perial. but this evening they will leave for
indianapolis, their future home AIRS. Gas
ton Is an unusually good-looking woman.
perhaps twenty-five years old She has
dark hair. large dark eyes. and a graceful
figure. She has musical voice. and speaks
with a decided English accent Speaking of
her engagement. she said: II have Travelled
over good bit OF the world and heard
plenty of romances, but I never dreamed
that I should come to America TO get en-
gagged by telephone. And shouldn't IL
George hadn't been such dear fellow
with such an awful lot of cheek at long dis
lance"