Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
SOME DEATH-BED MARRIAGES
GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED
TO DYING MEN.
A Pretty Yorkshire Lass Who Game
Into Possession of u Rich Estate
Married One Day, Got
Half n Million.

Less than a year ago a pretty York
shire mill girl was toiling at her loom. DEEM
Ing herself fortunate if a good week brought
her 1Ss. To-day the good-looking weaver
is owner of a grand house. rows of re-
spectacle cottages and a banking account
that runs into five figures. No gone-abroad
relative was responsible for her good for
tune; the girl married a dying man.
married him at his bedside, mourning his
loss in the evening, and shortly afterwards
coming in for all his worldly wealth.
ge rhHasn ,wfn'y owned TearS the ne eott ssas0 Eh ere
the girl and her mother resided-feil in
love with the weaver. but wing to his CON
passion. When told that his days were
numbered he summoned the girl to his
sick room. All unmindful of the nature Of
His proposal. was accepted. and the twain
We're married as early as convenient: Al
tered circumstances have not changed her
sweetness OF character and the factory girls
speak very highly of her.
Married One Day, Got Half n Million.
An American damsel had the monotony
of a long journey changed into romance
by being welded to an ailing. ancient and
dition. declared his love with unusual fer
vor. They were married the same evening,
and the newly,made bride received a sum
mons to his bedside before dawn, there
10 discover doctors and lawyers in serious
conversation. Within thirty hours sable
IopeS vert required In token OF neF WlOOW-
hood: the one-day bride benefiting by the
union to the extent of half a million dol
lars and a valuable cattle ranch.
Trained Nurses Romance.
From a small town in Kent comes a pa
thetic and interesting instance of a newly
than twenty-four hours after the union.
me heroine was a trained nurse: the hero,
her patient-a rich bachelor of 80 or more.
For months she carefully tended to him.
unconscious of the fact that her charms
had smitten him; but when his case was
considered hopeless. he declared his passion,
promising the whole of his worldly wealth
If she would become his wife. Evidently
the nurse had fOstered kindly feelings for
for the marriage. A severe fit of coughing
one day choked him. and the young wife
benevolently shared her wealth among her
husbands relations, none of whom were
closely akin.
Killed at His Wedding.
a small health resort in a northern ounty
last winter. The bride and groom-both
well to dover partaking of refreshments
the sunny South. when a heavy chandelier
fell from the ceiling: wounding a few of the
who. despite careful attention, succumbed
after a few hours of Inconsistencies.
TO save an e~state.which under the con-
be maintained by the marriage with a cous-
in or distant relation-a bed-riddep man
had declared him incurable. His death
was startlingly, sudden, and the heiress-
married her lover six months later, bringing
to him a goodly wedding portion. Disre-
garding the rule which prohibits a widow
marrying in white, the girl shocked her
friends by wearing a dress Of virgin purity,
veil. ~
Another instance embraces the case of a
domestic servant. who married her MASTER
a widoWer.the whole Of his property be-
ing wllied to her some hours before his
demise. This bride enjoyed a more lengthy
reign than the others-her husband lived |
nearly a week after the union, though /
pating in the sacred service.