Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
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GOT A eyes," TO, OVER EIGHT
HUNDRED MILES OF WIRE.

GOT A "YES," TO, OVER EIGHT
HUNDRED MILES OF WIRE.
a man deserves to win a wife
who mas the nerve to call up a
girl, eight hundred miles away,
over a telephone and ask her to
marry him. That is the way Miss
L hel Mary Bishop,t the only daugh.
ter of the Hon. James Draper
Bishop of London, became engaged
to George b. Castor ofIndianapO.
lis. They were married last
Tuesday night at the residence of
Ezra I. Gilland at Pelham Manor.
Mr.. Castor is the son Of a retired
physician and is the Secretary
and Treasurer of thu Indianapolis
Transfer Company. For several
years he was associated in this
city in the electrical business With
Thomas A. Edison and Mr.. GilIiand.
All of Mr.. Gaston's frieuds had it
settled in their own minds that he
would die a bachelor. His busi
ness frequently called him to New
York. While in town lie spent
much of bis time with Mr.. Gilliland.
Every time he came to New YORK
Mr.. Glliland invited Castor TO
make his home at Pelham Manor.
CASTOR invariably refused, saying
that the Gllliland House was al.
ways filed with guests and that
he hadn't time to play the agreea-
bic 10 a lot of women. Then the
man from Indianapolis wOlld pic.
ture to his Old friend what large
times the two might have if
Gllllland would only stay with
CASTOR in town.
Break away, Old man. he would
say, and we'll have some fuu that
deserves to be called fan! | can't
see anything in talking ones self
black in the face to a housetul Of
women
OIe cay last February Custom
arrived in New York on one Of his
busile,s trlp3. His two sisters
had been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Gillian for several weeks, aud
IN their lettecS home they had
frequently mentioned Miss Ethel
Bishop very charming English
girl, who was making her home at
the GllllIands. From those letters
Castor had learned that Miss
Bishop had been born in Shanghai
while her father sswas serving the
English Government there as
Counsel. AS a child she had lived
in Africa her father having been
transferred to one of the South
AfIi3a States. Later she bad been
sent to convent in Paris, whence
she went to Heidelberg, and there
she took a degree In mnslc. Then
she went to London to continue
her studies in music anu the class
les. In fact, CASTOR heard so much
about Miss Bishop that, when he
reached New York and Mr. Gill
land extended TO hlm the usuaI
invitation to visit Pelham Manor
the indianapolis man said emphat
Ically, Not muchv
! Finally, on st. Valentines Day,
the day before he was to return
home, Gaston consented to 90 on
to Pelham Manor for few hours
Just to see his sisters. He wen
; aud stayed two weeks. He wal
done for bat he could not bring
himself to ths point of proposal.
As he himself. said last night:
Il came pretty close to it several
times, bat when l got just to th'
point l got scared. | telt as if il
would be a sort of sacrilege that
mustn't be guilty of. l tell yoI
never tho1ghJ q woman could
bluff me out; AMI 80 [ weat home.
When he returned to lndIanapo
lie he wasn't aOle to do much bust
ness. ALI he could think aboa
was the English girl on the shor
of Long Island Sound. Two week
! went by and one morning while b.