The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-07
STORY OF IR()E LOVE-
That of Ensign poweISon and
His Sweet Margaret.
WHY THEY WERE MARRIED
In a Hospital Instead Of the
Old Stone Church, "
WHY THEY WERE MARRIED

via Millar the heroine.
True love is strongly in evidence
throughout the story, and that such minor
emotions as pique, vanity and amor loci
served TO interrupt it's smoothness make
the tender document all the more touch
ing and welcome.
Ensign Pewelson. by the example of
brother heroes. who were welded before
going into battle or even when away on
three-day furloughs, wanted TO be mar
ried as soon as he returned from the war.
Miss Millar. his fancee, refused because
he could not leave long enough to admit
Of her long cherished plans for a church
wedding at her home in Wyoming, Ohio
The ensign. disappointed, sailed sulkly
away on the ST. Paul TO Philadelphia.
/ While stationed in the Quaker City he
had the misfortune, or better, the good
| fortune TO break his leg. He is at a hos
pital, smiling grimly in spite of his pain
| and rejecting upon the wisdom wrapped
in the trte proyerb that Its an i'll wind
that blows nobody good" For Miss Millar
Changed her mind" They were married
in the hospital on Wednesday,
Ensign Powelson did noble service for
his country. He it was by expert testi-
mony at the Court of Inquiry on the
Maine disaster. proved that the Inflated
/ vessel mad been blown up from with
out not from within. He showed that the
great gaping wound in her hull was in
fiicted by some bastard hand in the dark,
not by an explosion in her own maya
! zine. Upon his testimony an anxious ma
! ton hung GREATNESS. The value of that
/ testimony cannot be overestimated. Upon
! his word may be said to have hung war
or peace.
When war was declared Ensign Powell
son was, by his own request and Captain
| Sigsbee, transferred from the Fern, upon
which he had been stationed, to the ST.
Paul. He commanded a gun on the st.
Paul which exploded a shell directly over
a Spanish cavalry force on the shore of
| Cuba, scattering the Spanish soldiers in
all directions. and it was he who directed
the shot that destroyed the Spanish tor
pedo boat destroyer Terror.
The ensign's record as a student was no
less brilliant than his war record. He
had entered the Naval Academy at six
teen years of age. He not only led his
class in Rotations, but he was also a
leader in athletics.
He was graduated from the Naval Acad-
envy in 1898 On July l, 1895, he was pro-
NOTED to the rank of ensign. He served
on the Cincinnati. and was later trans
ferred to the Fern. A two years special
courses in the GLASGOW School of Archi-
lecture supplemented his preparation for
naval service.
1t was, therefore, a doubIy enviable
home with him to lay at the feet of his
pretty fancee, Miss Millar. He urged a
speedy marriage as his greatest reward
for service done In the war with Spain.
Miss Mllar refused, because she wanted
to be married in church at home, as
all the other girls had been" The ensign
said that he could not leave the ship
long enough to make the journey to her
home at Wyoming. O., and attend all the
consequence festivities.
Because Miss Millar persisted in the
church welding at home the ensign init |
mated that she did not love him. Because !
Ensign Powelson persisted in being mar
ried in New York without delay Miss |
Millar limited that he was inconsiderate |
The more they taIkei the II ere convinced |
was each other that the other was wrong |
the result was that the ensign sailed for |
that Miss Millar remained in New York !
but she no longer enjoyed the visit she |
was making to old friends. Life is never
quite so savorles as after lovers quar-
rel.
It must be confessed that Ensign Pewel-
son was as sulky as a boy and as pre-
occupied as men not successful in their /
love affairs are apt TO be That may have
been the reason for the ienominous acct /
dent that befell the young man who had |
passedth rough the war unscathed.
The St. Paul is now a Cramps ship
yard. Ensign Powelson, who has been an
acting lieutenant on that auxiliary crri-
ser. was crossing the elevator which had .
been in use lifting supplies from the
hold. 1t may have been because Of the
preocupation peculiar to men whose love
affairs are running roughly that he did
not notice that the bar holding the ele-
vator was insecure. The bar gave wav
and the officer fell with 1t into the hold.
Two seameu. who had narrowly escaped /
being crushed by The falling elevator. car
ried the wounded officer to the deck. He
was taken to the Episcopal hospital at
Philadelphia. His left leg and foot were
found to have been crushed.
No letters had passed between the low
ers after the ST. Paul went 10 PhiIadel-
Dhia. The ensign was TOO aneFy 10 write
The gtrl was too proud 20 write unbi55en.
Il was through the newspapers thai. she
learned Of the accident to her betrothed
How cruel and matter Of fact il looked
that really kind letter written by Ca7.sfn
SlEsbee. commander Of the $. Paul -
the ensign's father, District Attorney \
Y. y. Powelson, a. Mild,etown. y. Y
1T was discovered that a small bone
in Eesisn PoweIson's lefc leg was broken
and that his left ankle was snrai1e5
He complains Of a severe pain in his back
but i has been deemed advisable % take
him 70 the Episcopal hospital before max
ing an examination Of the injury in r!s
bac.
He has not been unconscious al all
and unless the injury IN his back proves %
be more than IS now supposed. j. IS be-
heved that he IS not in danger. Please ac-
cept my sincere sympathy. Yours truly.
C y. SIGsBEE.
Captain [. : y"
Mss Miilar took me uext train for
Philadelphia after reading the news Of
her lovers accident. True. ne had not !
written her. but she had no do4bt Of her
welcome.
The wedding she had planned 10 take
place in the little stone church svv-colore5
and cool. where her sister and mother had
been married. seemed very Ear OF now.
Her father and grandfather we're dea-
cons in THAI church, and she had been con
iral,o OF its choir All her E.-I friends
aad been married from the church. It's