The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-17


Sunday morning when the Missouri
Pacific train arrived in Wichita among
| the passengers 70 alight was a blonde
German girl who was DESTROYS of find
ing the Santa Fe depot. as she wished
| to take the train for Fort Worth, where
she would be married.
She was informed that the train for
the south would not leave until even
ing and advised 10 go to a hotel and
wait, which was done.
AT the hotel parlor she sat pouring
! over a package Of letters, and 4 happy
smile was seen on her face. She could
speak English just well enough to give
a richness TO her voice She was not
| backward, but seemed anxious TO talk
with anyone, for the purpose OF Will
| ing away the time. Finally the fol-
lowing romantic story was gathered
from her, which by relating looses lots
of its original richness and romance.
In Fort Worth a German boy, Jo-
ham Schmidt, is employed in brewery
and while he is prospecting and COM
paratively happy. yet his eyes and MS
heart have remained untouched by the
types of buxom American and 1.-the
some Mexican beauty which surrounds
him. His idea of beauty and grace
and homelike satisfaction, all. is bound
UP in his recollection of the light-haired
blonde, stumpy woman Of the Father
land, which he left when too young to
have contracted the tender ties and as
sociations which is so often brought
over in the steerage of many of the
ocean monsters.
Working with Schmidt in the brew
cry was another German boy who had
before leaving the Fatherland plighted
his love 10 a fair German girl. The
parents of the girl would not consent
TO her coming to America. alone. He
brooded over his trouble and finally
laid the matter before his friend Mr..
Schmidt. Schmidt inquired of the fam
lily and learning that his companions
love had sister he proposed that he
be introdus to the sister by letter and
if they could agree, that the two sis
terS could cross the ocean together.
That when they arrived in America
Henrietta could stop in Chicago and
Lieunetta, his friends intended wife
should come 10 Fort Worth and see
that Johann was all night and the per-
son whose photograph was sent by
DETER
The plan was adopted. Letters were
exchanged. oftener and oftener; the
words became longer and hotter and
hotter. The natural result followed.
The girl saw the young man through
the favorable eyes of a man In love,
communica ted to the girl he loved and
through the personal description Of the
man himself, Of course, everything was
as favorable as could be expected. At
a distance of 1000 or 5000 miles the
question was popped and the answer
was yes. SO three months ago the
money was sent across the water, the
maiden took passage in the first vessel
and came to Chicago where she has
since been staying with a friend while
preparing her trouueau and learning
the English language.
On the arrival of Lieunetta at Fort
Worth Johann was brought out on
dress parade and Sunday Henrietta
Showed the Eagle reporter the letter
which stated that Johann was all
right and a tip top Yurmin lad
Sunday she told the reporter that she
was going to Fort Worth to there take
the last solemn vows, without either
party to the contract ever having seen
the other. And the girl was as happy
just as confident of the future as if she
were going to meet a playfellow and
friend of her youth. There is less dis
trust, more confidence exhibited by the
Germans toward each other than
among any other nation, and oftener
justified. May the future be as bright
as she views il.