Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
ROMANTIC SIDE OF LIFE
An Episode in the History of a Statesman of
Today.
He Wins as His bride the Owner of m
Dwelling From which He Was
Once Elected.

There is representative in Congress from
Maryland. one of the most popular of the
allegation from hat state. who has lad a
romance in his life which goes far to prove
the truth of the aging that fact is stranger
than fiction. The representative is essen
TALLY self-made man. and is not ashamed
OF IL. for IL was not his fault that fortune
imposed upon him the task Of carrying out
his golden future. His father died and
he had devolved upon him The task OF
supporting a mother ana several brothers
and sisters. Work in the machine shop
of his little town grew slack, and he start
ed to Baltimore with brave heart and
cents in his pocket.
The first night he reached the city he
Put in walking the streets. Owing to his
own efforts he finally secured employ ment
in one Of the lGrgest machine shops OF
Baltin ere. He sent for his mother and the
children. and prospered fer a season. They
lived in a little house n small street and
We're happy. Then work grew scarce and
the present representative lost his place.
The rent was I'm arrears. and one day when
the young man saw the agent OF the house
he was told that unless the rent was paid
by specified time they would have to go.
Had to vacate.
The house belongs to a young lady in
the country" the agent said land she
needs the rent TO buy herself dresses and
other things. The income from the house
is all she has for pin money"
The rent could not be paid in full and the
family, with the mother in the last stages
of consumption moved into another. though
they mated TO leave.
The congressman fell in love with his
wife through photograph which a friend
bad, and worried the friend into taking
him TO the little country town and intro
ducing him. The engagement followed, hut
the family objected to the match. The
only objection they could offer. for the
young man had never touched a drop of
liquor, and was noted for the way in which
he trod the paths of rectitude was that
he had worked as a machinist and ordinary
laborer.
II knew of this" said the congressman
to The Star reporter. "and I determined.
after We became engaged, that l should
show my INTENDED wife exactly what | had
been, for 1 had advanced to a higher posi-
ton then. 1 took her out driving one even
ing, and arranged that should reach
the entrance to the works where had been
employed at certain time We got there
about q o'clock, when the men came out.
dirty. soot-blackened and weary. told her
had been one of them only a short while
before.
Tells His Sweetheart.
"Afterward / drove past the place where
we had been forced TO leave on account OF
my not being able to pay the rent. l told
the whole story of how the agent had said
IL ptloHecu 10 Il youilk iduS III Aile Souiifs,
who needed the rent for pin money. We
stopped at the little no Use, and pointed it
out.
There il is, Mary, / told her. 1 turned
ard looked at her. and there were tears in
her eyes. She was sobbing softly. and L
thought she had been touched simply at
the story of my struggle to support myself
and my family.
Do you know whose house that lisp she
asked in a broken voice. l told her l did
not.
1T was her OWL. She was the young
lady of whom the agent had told me. and
TO whom the rent had to he paid. Ii SEEM
ed almost incredible, but ii was the truth"