Evening journal., 1900-08-31
ANNIE'S PRETTY
FACE WON HEART
She an Ohio Girl He a New
Castle Youth
, TWAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
They Met, Weed, and Now Are Away
From New Castle, No One
AROWs Where
> TWAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Special 10 the Evening Journal.

ENNNIMI To AlN NaNtNitiH NNNAAAtNA
New Castle Aug. 31.-There are SER
mons in stones and there are romauces
ip pretty faces This is the romance
of the pretty face OF 21-years-old Annie
Montgomery.
One day last week Annie, accompon-l
led by her father, Thomas Montgomery,
came in from Youngstown, Ohio, to
visit Joseph Montgomery and other
relatives here whom the father had not
seen for twenty years, Annie never. II
may not be interesting 10 tell any
| thing about the fathers appearance, /
but all that can be said about Annie's /
beautiful face and the romance II has
caused doubtless will be well received |
She is pretty indeed, many people |
here declaring that she was the best
featured girl in the city And she was
and is. winning in her disposition.
Consequently she had many admirers
chief of whom was George Hines, who
was an under boss in the Knowles
Wooden mill. George met Annie in his
baording house in Delaware street
Monday evening where she, with her
father had gone to dine with his sister
> and her cousin. Annie seemed smitten
with George; in fact. IT appeared like
a case Of love at first sight as the SEN
timental ones would say
Annie's cousin. the boarding house
prOprietress. whose name is withheld
from publication in Difference TO her
request. discerned the aGection mani
tested by the girl toward George, who
- by the way was a boarder in the home
and cautioned her about having COM
panionship with him she knowing
George to be a young man who had
is served a term Of Imprisonment for al
n legged theft, while in the service OF the
a government as a soldier at Fort Du.
40 Pont. having robbed a man in VIII.
4 mington who gave him sleeping ac
:, cOmmOdations Besides. Georges de-
~. meanor about the house had not beer
~ as straightforward as it might have
in been; hence the warning Of the cousin
II Until o'clock Tuesday morning this
o. boarding house mistress prevailed upoI
ai her young relative TO abandon the
n friendship she had formed for Hine
an In the few hours they had seen eacl
other And the cousins efforts in tina
direction seemed to have succeeded
,,r but when on Tuesday night the youn
~ ~ couple were seen together in the stree
~, all effort to separate them appeare
~ ~ in vain
"a On Wednesday Mr. Montgomery, th
"a girls father. prepared TO visit friend
Nv in HOckessin and Anne had arrangei
to go with him. But upon arriving a
-. the railroad station she refused 10 go
" saying that she preferred to stay here
And she protested so vigorOusl
against going that the father consente
to her remaining here until Saturda
~ on which day he intends to return Z
y. his home in Ohio
A' Annie spent that night with a gin
~. friend. George Hines was in her com
~ pany in the street until nearly mid
u night. Previous 90 his leaving the mi
ns that afternoon he drew what wage
lhs were due him, told his superlors ther
ne that he was going away on busines an
eu left this city yesterday for parts nm
~ known Annie Montgomery went wit
au him Her pretty face had won hi
w heart
y To-day Thomas Montgomery learne
~ Of the disappearance of his daughter
ne He will return here before to-morro,
but it is probable that he viii retur
10 his Youngstown home without hel