Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
now KATsoy WON A WIFE.
wrote II Message On II Hens EGG and
She Mound II.

She Found II.
From Halsted street to the river and from
Twelfth street to the unavoidable river again
the Seventh ward of Chicago was bursting
with happiness recently, writes a Chicago
correspondent, over the favorable termination
Of romance that has held the interest Of
the Seventh warders since Brenncr was
elected alderman last spring. 1t is the story
of the hearts OF Miss Sarah Zeunen and l.. ID.
Katson She was a Seventh ward belle
though she counted but Is years. Now she
is a wife in a little town near Brainerd,
MIMI where Katson has taken her. Their
cOurtShip. which came about in singular
manner ended in Milwaukee. Mr.. Kason
having arrived at that state where he might
with all prudence take unto himself a wife,
cast his eye over the Minnesota upland and
saw MT one dwelling where a maiden dwelt.
The nearest town, too. he ransacked and
found none farcy free. Long days OF anxious
bordering brought TO him an idea Katson
got an egg. sat himself down and wrote.
Close and Grabbed were the markings OF the
violet ink on the pink flushed shell of the
egg but when ell was done this might be
read in good light:
ITO the woman into whose hands this may
fall: / am a bachelor, young. gOod-lookiug
and with money in the bank, and l desire a
wife. VIII you have ne? ] live on my farm
here. where l am prosperous and have a
steady income. The money in the bank is
enough TO secure me and mine against want
in two bad seasons and ! am Of a loving
disposition. This ia the only method | have
of reaching good housewife. l.. ID. Katson,
p o. Brainerd, Mimi"
In a case Of eggs he placed his love mes
sage. The eXpressman shot the case athwart
his and the draymnn dropped it ker-
PUNK on the sidewalk of the commission
house, but the eggs broke not. The GAMBLER
took time to smile and think OF things far
away when the tender words met his eye.
The great stream of commerce, with its
dozens of radiating branches, seized the egg
and carried 1t to the little olf-the- Una in road
store of Mrs. Levlnson, at Maxwell street
and Newberry avenue. Her daughter,
Nina Glckman. girl like, seized on the
lovo message. Her friends and she laughed
over it, and told brave stories OF letters
they would write. and some of them did
write. Among them Sarah Zeunen, who
lived just south of the little grocery, sent a
photograph and letter.
The summer came, and letters became
things of every day to l.. ID. KptsGn on the
Minnesota prairie and the little girl in stuify
Ncwberry avenue. The fall brought to Kat
son thoughts of the long winter and it's
lonesome stretches of unchanging days and
nights. and he sent, by express this time.
a sparkling ring. 1t was not returned and
when the beginning of the snow season was
upon him KatsOn urged the naming of the
day. He came to Chicago TO urge II, and
Mr.. aud Mrs Zeunen, ignorant Of the long
anu lONlDB correspondence, were SuIpIistu
TO see a strange young man call on Sarah
He came twice and then vanished so they
thought no more about II.
But Friday Sarah whispered secret in
the ears of her girl friends, and that night
she left suddenly for Milwaukee. Each
friend to whom things had been whispered
bought a bushel of eggs, and the surprise
party that gathered at the Northwestern
depot carried Miss Zeunen by storm. What
she will do with all the eggs is a problem
in household economy out in Brainerd.
Miss Zeunen reached Milwaukee and her
lovers arms in good time, and so they were
married. and If they follow the precedents
in such cases they will live happily ever
AfterMard.