The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-03
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Hurried Courtship of a West
ern Ranchman's Daughter.
Wea tn of the Hasty Lover Made Up
for Shortness of the tcqaint-
anceship.

a newly married couple left Balti-
| more on Tuesday for California, after
a brief honeymoon spent in that city.
The1 courtship was as romantic as
| it was brief. and their wedding, it is
said, was as happy as it possibly could
have been if they had known each 9TH
er for years.
The bridegroom is bronza6s; and
| sturdy miner just returned from the
hiondike, with nuggets galureci and
! money to burn" while the bride is as
| Nlnsome maid as ever graced a Cali
| fnrnIa ranch. They are now Mr.. and
| Mrs Edward Parks and they arrived
| in Baltimore on Monday of last week.
| They spent the week as guests of Mr.
| and Mrs. Charles Oler, OF 1887 North
| Mount street. that city.
M. Parks for four years has been
the partner ana chum of the Oldest
son of Mr.. Charles OIer-M1. Winfield
scott Oler-who returned from Alaska
several months ago to visit his home.
which he had not seen for eighteen
years. The story of the work. adven-
lures and final success of Parks and
oler make an interesting tale The two
young men met five years ago in Col
orado, where they were both working
as cowboys. Later they went together
upon q logging expedition to the mouth
oi the Yukon River, in Alaska where
they spent the greater part of one win
ter splitting logs and rafting them
down the river. In the spring of 1895
they were told by an Alaskan. named
Carmack, that gold had been discov-
cred in the Klondike region. Parks
and Oler abandoned their logging ex-
petition and set ont for the country
described by Carmack
They We're among the first To reach
the gold fields, the news of which had
spread like wildtire, and after consid-
cradle prospecting they staked out
their claims on Eldorado Creek, and
started work. Since then. il is said
their claims have turned out to be
among the richest in the country. and
their success has been great. Mr.. Oler
stated that they had taken S32.-
600 out of one claim, but would not
say what had been the total WELD so
FAR. He did say that their three claims
had not nearly begun to pan out yet.
and that in one more year they expect
ed great results.
Last spring Mr .Oler determined to
return home for "A visit. and arranged
with Parks To come with him. About
that time Parks, who is a native of cal
ifornia. received news that his sister
Was very III at san Jose. He went To
see her, and made arrangements To
meet oler in New York. Last Saturday
Oler went on to New York To meet
Parks, and was much startled to see
his Chum walk into the Hoffman House
accompanied by a blushng girl. whom
he introduced as his wife.
Parks explained afterWard that when
he had last seen OIer he had no in
tention of marrying. but that soon ar
ter he had arrived in San Jose and had
seen his sister. he had accidentally met
Miss Jennie Afford, whose Father is
the owner of a large ranch near the
city. He soon found himself violently
In love. and being "a Klondike miner of
the most progressive type. lost no time
in laying the case before the young
lady. He told her that he had Just
come from the gold fields that he had
brought a good share of the yellow
metal with him and that he was GO
ing East To- meet his partner. Then he
asked her point blank whether or not
she would go with him. 1t was sud
den. but after little thought the
young lady told him that she would do
as he suggested. They were married at
once. and after arriving in New York
accompanied Mr.. Oler to Baltimore.
Mr.. Parks will leave his bride in san
Jose and return again to Klondike. Mr.
Oler Will not leave until February 2S
and will meet his partner in Seattle
They viii work their claims for one
more year and then sell out and leave
the country for good.