Evening journal., 1901-08-16
TEACHER WBDN
TROLLEY Man
COurtShip Of Couple Was a
Romantic One
Miss Pyle Forgiven and Parents
Write Her to Take Her
Husband Home

Dear Mother-Michael and / were
married Monday morning at IL o'clock
in Chester. We are at Atlantic City
We will return on Sunday to Media
/ hope you and father will not be angry
at me for marrying without telling
YOU
Il wanted to ask you, but was afraid
you would say no. And / loved him
so, ] could not give him up Please
do not go back on me now. Your low
ing daughter,
BLANCHE SULLIVAN"
Thus did the Oldest daughter of Will
liam X. Pyle, of Media, write to her
mother yesterday.
She started on her Summer vacation
trip on Monday. AS time went by the
family put two and two together, with
the result that a marriage was sus-
pected. But nothing definite was
known until this letter reached Media.
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle held a con-
ference. It resulted in the mother
writing this letter:
my dear, come home. You will find
a welcome awaiting you. And bring
your husband with you. So lcng as he
is good and kind to you we will re-
NAANt hAnA to DHA nNAAs
MOTHER"
Miss Pyle, who in this way surprised
her parents and friends bya secret mar
riage, is now the wife of Michael ID.
Sullivan, of Chester a motorman on
the Chester and Darby trolley line. 1t
is the old story of a girls struggle
with love and duty And love con-
quered Three years ago the Pyles
4las M, 45srr1
ley line.
Blanche Pyle was 10 then, a fair
haired, blue-eyed school teacher. AS
the trolley cars sang their song daily
past her home, she noticed that there
was one motorman who was exception
ally handsome. Quite by accident she
noticed the number of his car. And by
accident, of course, she always rode or
the car guided by the handsome trolley
man.
Soon business called him to Media
with great frequency. He always
passed the Pyle house when he left the
car. And always the dark eyes and
the blue ones met. The two never
stopped to think that they had not
been introduced according to the
usage of society. For a long time
there was not a cloud on the horizon
OF the lovers He visited her at her
home She was graduated as a stem
ographer in the Chester Business Col
lege during the three years of heir ac-
quaintance, and obtained position in
Philadelphia.
Then her parents learned that the
mOtorman was a Catholic. Neither
one was member Of any church. The
daughter was a Baptist. To her this
was a question of the heart, not the
head. But time did not change her
parents beliefs on the subject on the
marriage of a Protestant and a Cath
Ollie So her lovers visits to her home
ceased But still the two met
Saturday was the first day of Miss
Pyle's vacation She bought a new
trunk for the trip to Atlantic City
Sunday she packed it partially, her lit
tie sisters helping She was unusually
kind and thoughtful
Il see it all now, said her mother
yesterday. Il might have known by
her manner that she was going to leave
us. But ] was so blind never
thought Of marriage that day. we
were all so happy together
Monday morning she arose al
o'clock and finished packing. Kissing
everyone good-by. she left for Atlantic
City But her curly-haired sister Will
all the inQuisitiveness Of 4 years, FOL
lowed the traveller, and saw her biz
sister and the handsome motormar
meet some distance from the house
and board trolley car for Chester.
That aroused the suspicion of the
parents. Inquiry at the registers OF
flee developed the fact that a marriage
license had been issued to the two
They desired that it be kept secret