The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-16
HE USED A SANDWICH
To Garry a Message of Love
TO an HeireSs.
is A FORMER WICHITA BOY
And His Attentions Were Very
Successful.

The saying goes that the way to reach
mans heart is through his stomach,
but 1t remained for a Wichita boy TO
demonstrate that the way to reach :
girls heart is through the same path.
This boy has been waiter cor several
years IN q restaurant in St. Joseph, No.
Recently, he went to Denver. where he
was employed in restaurant at 1854 Cur
It's street He IS well known both in St.
Joseph and in Denver. He and family
are acquainted in this city. Carl Magee
is his name. his father and mother live
on North Santa Fe avenue While he
was working in a restaurant IN St. Jo-
seph, Magee and friend by the name
OF Tom Wagner made an agreement that
the one who married first should give the
other q home until he should go and do
likewise. When Carl went to Denver
and found work in the restaurant on
Curtis street, he had to work nights,
and it is to this fact that re owes his
good fortune.
Shortly after his arrival, a pretty young
town. Mrs. Ethel Ryner and her aunt.
Mrs. H. 3. Ryner. took rooms near the
restaurant, and often when they were
about to retire for the night they would
send over TO the restaurant :c- some
sandwiches, Of which Miss Ethel was
very fond At first they sent a mes
senger for the lunch, but one day it
CHANGED that Miss Ryner desiring
walk, went herself and called for the sand
wiches. The waiter, Carl Aagee, .reccg-
nizde from the order that the pretty girl
before him was the same one that had
ordered the same things so often before.
He was charmed with the beauty Of her
face and after he had stared until he
feared that he had insulted her, he has
tened to prepare the sandwiches for her.
He took the most extreme care and ar
ranged them with all the delicacy that
he could muster to his well trained hand.
After this, the girl became frequent
visitor to the restaurant. for she saw
that the sandwiches were much better
when she went herself She soon began
came acquainted with Carl and it was
with anxious heart that Carl awaited her
coming every evening. But dark day
was coming. Soon she announced that
she would return TO her home in Wyo-
ming in a few days. This was almost
enough TO cause the enamored lover TO
lose all heart and give Up to the most I
violent despair, but love always finds a
way, and so it happened that when the (
last evening had come and she was about /
to bid him goodbye. that he took one /
Of his cards and wrote under the name: 1
II am in love with you and want to marry /
you Write to me and let me explain"
Then he slipped the card into the sand /
wich and handed the bundle TO the girl (
and babe her goodbye with a sinking /
heart Eagerly he watched every mail /
that came and al last he almost tainted /
with emotion as ne beheld a letter bear
ing her address. He ran 10 his room and 4
tore the letter open and read it with
feverish haste. From that day they wrote
to each other regularly one letter a day
and would have written oftener had it
been possible. Three weeks slipped away
and then one day came the letter that
he was longing for. She accepted him
and informed him that she was what she
was reported to be-that IS. immensely
rich. A letter was enclosed from her
aunt. saying that since she was deter
minde to marry him that he ought TO
come to her home and live; but he had
plans Of his own. The following week he
went to her home IN Aspen. Wyo., and
the wedding took place the following Sat
urday. and then he Immediately went
to St Joseph with his bride. He declined
to tax with the Denver reporters about
the romance
After he has completed his visit with
rrineds In St Joseph he viii return 70
Denver. where he VIII open a first class
cafe Of his own.
AIagee Is Of wealthy parentage. but
the fact of his having married an heiress
came home in the form OF a very agree
able surprise. lie has been IN St Joseph
3nly about a year and in Denver only
since last May. 50 that he has only aeen
away from wichita a short time.
Yesterday Margaret Rushing sold 20 J.
P. Martin her property east OF the city
Tor 800. 1t consists Of forty acres and
has q large number Of green houses on
il which were not included in the deal