Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-09-23
ROMANCE OF SEVEN YEARS.
A Lover Draws Two Prizes, One at an
FL Reno Land Lottery.

A Lover Draws TWO Prizes, One at an
FL Reno Land Lottery.
dispatch from Omaha Neb., says:
George Milford of Norwich, Ia, seven
years ago laid siege to Miss Carrie
Brewsters heart when both were High
school students at Los Angeles, Cal.
He found favor in the girls sight, but
none in the eyes of her parents, who
could not appreciate the good qualities
of the penniless schoolboy.
milford came East to seek his for
tune and procured employment in
store in the Iowa town. His wages
were scant and during seven years the
young man had scarcely saved enough
to bring the girl to his Iowa home.
Meanwhile his sweetheart passed
successfully through the county nor.
NAL and became teacher and
helper in the accumulation of the lit
tie fortune which she and George had
considered necessary for happy and
comfortable married life.
1.-TWO years ago Miss Brewster Sc
cured a teachers position in Cali
fornia. where the pay was nearly dou-
Bile what she had been earning From
then on her savings multiplied more
rapidly than did the profits Of the gen.
eral store, and young Miller's pride
was given severe jolt
But in steps Uncle Sam with lot
ery-a land lottery-and George in his
desperation takes a chance. He was
among the first to register at Ell Reno,
and on Monday, July 20, he was among
the thousands of anxious ones who
stood in the big arena and witnessed
the drawing AS number after num-
Der was drawn from the big wheel and
his number remained uncalled his
hopes and his heart seemed as if on to-
bogganing bent. Suddenly the clerk
called a number that sent young Mil
ford's heart to beating like a reveille
it was the number he had waited SO
anxiously to hear.
|The young man knew not the value
of the prize he had drawn-only that it
was among the first choice claims in
the LaWton district. After he had re-
covered his balance the following day
he was set to whirling again by an
offer of $4,000 for an assignment of
his claim. He hesitated and more
luck came with the hesitation, for the
offer was raised to $4,000 before the
day ended After the contract was
hastily drawn and signed Milford's
first act was to telegraph his sweet
heart in California that he had struck
it rich and the message ended with a
question which the young woman
readily understood:
when can you arrive in Omaha?"
Miss Brewster replied that she could
land in Omaha at six o'clock the fol
lowing Monday morning and Milford
wired her to come on and he would
meet her at the depot.
But when Miss Brewster stepped
from the Union Station at six o'clock
Monday morning there was no Milford
there to meet her The young man
had arrived in Omaha direct from
Oklahoma the day before, but he had
reaG lis sweetheart's message at '6
p. M" instead of SO A. NJ and for that
reason he failed to meet the morning
train
Miss Brewster, instead Of becom-
ing hysterical, as most young women
would under the circumstances, reas-
oned that her sweetheart had missed
connections somewhere and would ar
rive later in the day. She waited anx-
iously, but patiently, about the station
all day, and just before six o'clock she
went up town for supper. She had no
sooner left the depot when Milford
walked leisurely into it to await the
arrival of p NJ train. He soon
ascertained that no train would arrive
from the West until 7:30 SO he left
the station.
about seven o'clock Miss Brewster
returned to the station intent upon
watching every train that arrived dur
ing the evening and hoping for the ar
rival of Milford. She had been there
but fifteen minutes when her intend
ed walked in from the street. After
the embrace there was considerable
doing in the line of explanations.
"The young man was already pro
vided with a marriage license and
they were married the same evening""