The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-17

. T ASCINAT1NG MAI WEbBEh Is 10
=: be the bride of Charles F. Dwyer,
: son Of Michael F. sDwyer, the noted
. -: New. York turfman. The wedding.
:. -. the friends of the bride-to-be ex-
pect will be celebrated in Chicago early
:. on Saturday morning, Just after, the Union
= Pacific train pulls into the depot. The
happy man is to be on hand with a cler-
gyman and his friend Tod Sloan, who. in
:. his capacity as best man. may, be per-
United to kiss the young wife After the
ceremony the newly. welded couple are
TO go to the Auditorium, where the pc
-riod frequently referred to as they lived
happily ever afterward" is to be spent.
The wedding OF the millionaire horse
man and the fair young Californienne is
the result of "a. romantic courtship in
.. which filthy lucre was spurned by an IN
.dignant,. yirtuous maid and signing
lover put aside his Scorned purse and
offered in its place his hand in honorable
marriage In the tale of triumphant Vir
tue daring young Rough. Rider and a
smart woman figure prominently and
lend an added interest to a story that
for the past two days has been the piece
de resistance of swell clubmen, moneyed
men of. the track and the many other
Jolly fellows that cause the gay world to
J. exist.
=. Mai w bber made her debut in the
:: business world of this city a stenogra-
:. pher in a. banking establishment. She
hailed from Oakland, where she made her
home with her widowed mother. She soon,
however. left business and home and took
up. her residence at Mrs. SaHsbury's room
:: ing house. 595 Geary street.
= While all of Mails friends admit that
the beautiful stenographer was not averse
:. TO having what they term a good time"
: they are unanimous in declaring that no
:. .Emirch rested upon the fair name and
p: fame of the lovely girl.
:; Some seven weeks ago a Rough Rider"
with the Cuban fever in his bones, came
, from his home in New York to this city
:. to recuperate. One of the first OF the
many pretty girls that were presented to
: him was Mai, and the soldier and the
damseI soon became fast friends. The Gu
ban. hero and Mai were seen everywhere
together and ii soon became noised about
in their particular world that the pair
were engaged to wed. Rumor, however,
as is: usual, was at fault and subsequent
developments prove that the man gossip
-. declared Mai was to marry was the man
who was instrumental in securing for her
a wealthy husband.
It was while in the company of the sick
soldier that Miss Weber first met the
wealthy. turfman. Dwyer had followed
the girl about for nearly two weeks and
when one evening he saw her at the link
and dining Will nST ISOuSH 1IICIu
he sent his companion, Tod Sloan, to the
soldier and craved the favor of a formal
Introduction.
Mai and Dwyer met the same evening
at a gathering given for that purpose at
q heightened restaurant. There were nine
in the. party-Mai and a lady friend and
seven men, among whom were Dwyer,
Sloan and the soldier.
The wine had gone round, but the dance
had scarce begun when Dwyer induced
Miss Weber to join him in an adjacent
apartment. Here he made her burning
: declaration of love, painted in glowing
terms the life of ease and pleasure he
could afford her and concluded by offer
ing her. his check for $4,000 if she would ac-
company: him to London whittier he was
going with his friend, Tod Sloan.
Miss Weber haughtily spurned the
base proposal and went to her soldier
o friend to sob out her troubles.
=. At this stage of the game Mrs. Mollie
Watson appeared upon the scene -
:. Mrs. Watson acted as Dryers go-be-
tween She painted to the girl in glowing
:: terms the brilliancy- of a life such as was
=. proposed. 1t is. rumored in the world in
9. which she lives that a railroad ticket to
New York was the consideration for
which Mrs. Watson labored. Unfor-
tunately for the woman the soldier was