The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-24
NO M0NKISH LIFE FOR HIM.
THE FoRM6B BRoTHBR ALoFSIUs
WRDa a IB- PEA R-OBD GIRL.


when He Met Ms-And We'll, It's Just
Al Risht 10 De Married, Anyway.
On the top Goor OF the tenement at 90 East
Eighth street, at the corner OF First avenue. q
happy family sat down at O'Clock last night
to marriage feast that followed upon an odd
runaway match. The bride. pretty girl,
10 years old. sat at the head Of the table
at the side OF the bridegroom. q man who hes
figured more or less In the newspapers OF
New York for several years past. The bride.
Miss Helene Amelia Hendrich. 10 BARRIERS
daughter. who. at the spur OF impulse few
days ago. married George W. Davidson. who
not long ago was known as Brother AloTsius,
the organiser OF the Good Samaritan Society
attached to tho Episcopal Church Of the Re.
deeDer, formerly at Eighty-second street and
Park avenue. At one time his name appeared
in the directory as the sexton OF that
church. That was in 1895 when he
was o member OF q society OF Prot
estant Episcopal medical monks. He had
taken his first vows In the order
renounoins the world and promising to devote
the remainder OF his days 10 church work and
to the nursing OF the siok. The final vows OF
the order are poverty. obedience and celibaoy
Brother Aloysius evidently did not take tho
final vows for quietly the other night he took
the BARRIERS daughter away with him and
welded her.
The first the girls parents knew about II was
on Monday. when they received o letter By sps-
cial delivery announcing that the two had been
married. For four days and four nights they
had hunted for their daughter. who. they be-
lieved. had either committed suicide or had
accidentally met her death In a part OF the city
where she was not known. They had not q
notion that she had become tho wife
OF an Episcopal monk. for they had
never known hor to receive the at
tention Of any man. Her mother. big
hearted 6erman woman OF the old-fashioned
type. had always tried to keep watchful eye
over her daughter and had succeeded up to
the time that che met the duondam monk.
The father and mother had never read the
story Of hoy Mr.. Davidson had determined to
devote his life to church work. nor Of how he
had become q convert to the Catholic faith.
following thither his pastor OF the Episcopal
persuasion. the Rev. Henry Austin Adams.
who in 1893 left the Church OF the Redaemer
to become q Roman Catholic. Tho frat they
heard about him was their daughters
word by mail on Monday last say
ing that she had become his vito
and that she hoped they would forgive
her for running away. The parents were so
delighted to learn that she was alive that they
Immediately sent word forGivinG her. The
man was also forgiven. The old people de-
cided to receive him with open arms and to
that end the wedding supper was arranged for
last plight. The only stranger there was tho
bridegroom. and he wasn't quito q stranger.
for he had visited the house at noon and been
introduced to his father-in- law and mother-in-
law. who invited him to dinner.
The bride and bridegroom had been ao-
ouainted with each other only few weeks and
had met only few times prior to their mar
rage. The bride was q Lutheran. There was
talk OF Davidson marrying . Catholic girl back
in October. 1895. Some Of his friends said
that no would study for the priosthood. He
said he should somo time study medicine. He
d id so eventually. and whom the Spanish war
broke out he was enc OF the first TO offer his
services to tho Government
Enllsting with the Twelfth egimsnt. he went
to ChlckamauGa and did good work there as q
mem Der OF tho medical corps. He nursed the
sick and learned considerable about medicine.
and believed that he would have an opportuni-
ty to study further upon his return to New
York. Whom he came back. however. the |
opportunity did not present itself. and
he went to work rs letter carrier. |
He was assigned to postal station D ut
Eighth street and Third avenue. He made |
the acquaintance Of letter carrier who
lived In tho tenement at First avenue and
above. lived the Hendricks. father and mother.
brother and sister. Tho father, August O |
Hendrlch. had been foreman OF Union Square
barber shop for fourteen years The shop was
looked after so carefully by Mr.. Hendrich that
he spent almost all OF his time there. remain
ing until 80 o'clock every night. The brother
was away from homo most OF the time during
the day. Miss Hsndrich had been sent out to
learn tho millinery business.
She usually returned home before her father
or brother 1t was owing to this fnct that she
met and made the acquaintance OF Davidson.
She dressed herself In her best attire whom she
came homo from business on Wednesday
night Of last week and went away. after telling
her mother that she was going to soc q girl
friend and would be back within half an hour.
She did not return. and after three days OF
anxious searching. the family. on Sunday night
resolved to report the case to the police Mon
day morning. Monday letter came to Mrs
Hendrich. 1t was from Helena and brought
the tldings that she was happily married to .
worthy gentleman. who would appear at the
house and explain later.
u was heartbroken at the time received
the letter." said Mrs. Hsndrich In telling the
story at her home yesterday. Il had been
very strict with my daughter In bringing her
up. and had not permitted her to receive the
attentions OF any young man, believing her
too young to keep company. You see che will
not be sixteen ysars old until Oct. %. She was
In the house every night"
The bride camo Into the room while her
mother was speaking. She was attired In q
black silk skirt and . white shirt waist and a
white chip straw hat. She blushod and smiled
whom informed that the story OF her romantic
marriage had reached a newspaper Office.
There isn't much to it," she said, except
that Mr.. Davidson loved me and l loved him
and we ran away and got married. He is
awfully lovely and l love him. You see the
way II happened was this way: He 10 letter
carrier attached to Station D. He was in the
habit OF calling here once In q while to see a
gentleman down stairs who is also O letter
carrier attached to tho same station.
Onenday. l guess 1t must have been
about three weeks ago. l was going
downstairs and saw him at the hall door. As
passed him he looked at me and looked at
him. guess We loved each other right then.
You can tell that when you can see It in per-
sons eyes Then passed there again and no
smiled and smiled and when we both smiled