The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-04
WOULDN'T
PUT OFF
WEDDING.
Austin's Sweetheart True to
Him Even When He Lost His
Lifs's Savings.

New York. June 4.-"rn marry
him without cent: the dear
fellow has waited long enough.
said Miss Ella Chichester. of Amityville,
l.. L.. when through her tears she had
read the little note i'm which Coast Guards
man f. c. Austin offered TO release her
or 10 postpone the marriage till he had
saved another $1,000 to take the place OF
money he lost.
''We'n be married just as " II hadn't
happened" she wrote; and then. tearing
up the note, went over and told him SO
herself
Austin Is forty years old and Miss
Chicester is twenty-five. He has always
lived at Amityville. and twenty years
ago used 10 stop his work as carpenter
and play with the two-year-old Baby Ella
IL was his ambition 20 save money be-
fore he settled down for life. He left
carpentering and became "A coast guards
man. Little Ella grew into tall girl
She was the adored sister OF six broth
ers.
Austin used 10 see her going about the
village and admired her goodness and
her beauty As she became "A young wo-
changed 10 love, and they planned TO be
married.
You have waited SO long" she said.
''you can wait little longer and save
money for our home. and | shall grow
older and more worthy Of you. When
am twenty-five ! Will be your wife.
And Austin agreed 10 wait
In long boots and oilcloths. with the
wind lashng HIS face with spray and
frozen mist he patrolled the dreary
beach many nights when all that held
him 10 the life was the promise OF the
girl up In the village safe from the fury
OF the storm.
Every cent above the bare cost OF hv-
ing was saved. only a little while ago
he had S2Ooo. and i'm his spare moments had
ms de many household furnishings.
Last Christmas ELLA Chichester made
Austin the best present he could have
wished-she set the day for the we'd
ding.
Tuesday they came 10 Brooklyn 20 buy
the household furnishings.
In Brooklyn they went TO her broth
ers house for lunch. and incidentally tho
money was shown 90 him. "He has work
ed SO hard for IT," said Ella proudly as
she looked at the bills.
Austin slipped the money into an in
side pocket. or thought he did. N was
I'm an envelope. marked 'E. 9. A." and
they started for a store on Water street.
Then they went TO "a Fulton street fur
niture store. where he felt for his money.
lt was gone.
Austin almost collapsed. II was not
the money. but as his future brother-in-
law said yesterday 'IIe could not think
of asking her 10 marry him without
cent"
Both OF them were speeChlcse with dis
appointment. though by the time they
got back to her brothers house At No.
10t6 Herkimer street she was trying 10
comfort him. He accompanied her home
10 Amltyvile and left her with a tender
speech at the door. Then he went 90 his
room and wrote her a note releasing her
completely from the promise 10 marry
him. After writing u he put ON his OIL
skins and went 20 patrol the beach In
one of the worst storms of the season.
she got the letter the next morning. and
after reading "a. walked directly down 90
the beach To- find him. He was coming
IN wet and wesry lust ~ the sun rose.
She met him ON the sand and told him
that they would be married next We'd
nesd8y iiist the same