The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-25
ROMANCE OF A CATASTROPHE.
circumstances Under which a New Jer-
sey Girl Meets Her Lover.


People who meet and marry in the
ordinary, matter Of fact way Of the
present day world are inclined to sneer
and put little faith In marriages. which
result from a matrimonial "ad." Yet,
In lrvington, N. j., reside a happy Cou-
pie, who first became acquainted
through this means and who met under
circumstances which almost became a
tragedy. The latter was supplied by a
railroad wreck, which transformed the
heroine In this story from a beauty into
a cripple. She is, or was, Eleanor Fay
ers, but now she is Mrs. ]. Edward Ten
Eyck, her husband being a cousin of
the famous amateur oasman
Eleanor Fayers, Just for fun" wrote
TO the matrimonial department of a
New York newspaper and informed the
editor that she would not be averse
to corresponding with some nice young
man. He inserted her request in his
paper, and in due time she received 119
replies from all over the country. Some
of the letters were grave, some gay:
most of them stupid. They came from
all classes Of men. There were LAWYERS.
doctors, hotel proprietoTs. chefs, butch
ers and bakers among the writer's. One
man said he would marry her If she
woul advance him sufficient money to
pay his way through college. But Mrs.
Ten EyCk tells the story of her romance
In the Following words:
only one Of the letters interested me.
The writer asked me to write him if
/ was a lady. IL / was not he didn't
want to hear from me.
50 / began my correspondence with
j. Edward Ten Eyck. He found I was
going to Long Island City with my
mother about six weeks after the cor
respondence began. He said he would
be at the station TO meet US. and said
h. V~A.V1l IE-ln=
wrote jestingly, Don't be surprised at
what you may see at Long Island on
Sunday II was a jest that passed to
earnest for just before the train drew
into Long Island City our train collled-
ed with another. There wa a terrible
roaring in my ears, a frightful fall and
the first thing | knew after tina | was
lying on the floor of the baggage car
and my correspondent was leaning oy-
er mi and saying: Eleanor. poor FL
eanor!' Somehow we seemed very close
together at that m although we
had never seen each other before. ]
tried to comfort him Don't worry
l said, II will be all right soon.' and
then this stranger who had grown so
suddenly into my life, cried and / cried
in sympathy.
when he left me I heard him talk
ing with the doctor.
Both limbs broken?' he asked.
Yes, and her only hope is to have
them amputated.' A vision Of a wretch
ed cripple on crutches came before me
and | tainted. When I returned to
consciousness my limbs had been ampu-
[ p : prayed to die, but while was
praying a box OF beautiful roses with
Mr.. Tea Eyck's card, bearing a pretty
love message, was brought 10 me He
knew, and yet he wrote that he would
always love me. The world turned from
gray to rose color. and IL has not chang
ed since. The following evening he
owe 70 see me. the they would
him, and every day after thai he
until the hour when ! left the hos
on clutches. II is true, but his
and loving wife. The railroad
company made a settlement. but the
sum they paid me is not of one
part the value Of my hus-
bands loyalty