The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-23
City Auditor Leads Mrs. Whittem0re
to Altar.
WEDDING WAS KEPT QUIET
HAPPY PAIR NOW AT CASTILLO
SPRINGS.
Twain Made One By George E. Blair
Last Wednesday Night at the
Residence of the Brides Sister
Story of the Courtship-Auditor
Pulled Wool Over Councils Eyes.

Cupid has played another of his just
ly celebrated pranks. The latest will
ing victims of the serene little god are
City Auditor George Swan and Mrs.
Catherine T. WhitteTnore. The twain
were made one by Elder George E.
Blair at the residence OF the brides
sister, Mrs. NJ. J. Hardin, 119 West
First North street, last Wednesday
night. The happy pair departed the
next morning for Castillo Springs,
where the honeymoon will be spent
They will remain at the resort for a
week before coming home TO receive
congratulations.
The course of true love has been
running smoothly for Auditor Swan
during the last year or SO. There may
have been an obstacle or two, but
they went down like grass before the
mower" and nothing more was
thought Of them. The auditor is an
old friend of Mrs. Whittemore, and
the ripening OF this friendship into love
and marriage makes a pretty story.
Story of the Courtship.
For several years Mr.. Swan has be-
longed TO that forlorn class of mortals
known as widowers. In the evening
of his life he found himself obliged to
sew on his own buttons or use nails.
his SOthS we'll anu lis ~
sers were sent to tailor to be
mended. 1t was not long after he
entered into this unhappy condition
that Mr.. Swan went to the Railroad
Exchange hotel to board
The hotel had been established by
Captain Benjamin f. Whittemore,
first husband of Mir. Swans bride. Cap
tain Whittemore also opened the Grand
Pacific hotel and Mr.. Swan knew him
and his wife. He knew that at the
Railroad Exchange he would find-Mrs.
Whittemore, and he believed she
would not let him suffer
So it proved. The choicest morsels
somehow found their way to the au-
ditors plate. His washing was looked
after. his material wants were sup
piled Gradually he came to feel that
his life would be a dreary desert I'M
less he could induce Mrs. Whittemore
to share it. He mentioned the sub
ject TO her, and to his great joy met
a sympathetic response. Mrs. WHITE
more, like the renowned Barkis, was
'willin'."
Wanted Quiet Wedding.
Then Mr.. Swan began to have some
troubles He wanted to marry Mrs.
Whitteanore, but he didn't want any
notoriety about it. So he donned his
thinking cap and proceeded to figure 1t
out. Al last he hit on "a 0lan.
4 few weeks ago he sent a note to
the council, asking for a leave of alb
sence until August on account OF i'll
ness and overwork." The council was
too innocent to suppose that Cupid
had dictated that note. The members
svmpathiZed with poor Mr.. Swan and
said to one another: Its. no use talk
ing: the old man is working too hard
He needs a rest and we ought TO give
ii 10 him.
Accordingly the leave of absence
was granted and Mr.. Swans son,
Douglas. was installed as deputy to
serve until his father got rested
The auditor chuckleG, for things were
coming his way. He and Mrs. White
more quietly made their preparations.
George Blair was let into the secret
and last Wednesday night came the
consummation-
Mr.. and Mrs. Swans friends are
hardly limited by the city's popula-
ton. Both of them are known and
liked in wide circles of acquaintance
who will wish them all kinds of good
luck in their journey through life to-
Cether. The return of the happy bride
and groom will be awaited with eager
ness bv all who know them.