Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-03-29

ton that their truth was on the face of
them.
kessner.. believing he had killed a
man. had fled to Germany He went to
Hamburg and engaged in business,
prospered, and about the first of Janu-
airy, when he received a letter from an
old friend in Missouri, he was worth
more than 100000 This letter. in an
swcr to one that Kessner had written,
explained that the supposed victim was
only stunned, that he recovered fully,
and that the whole story of the deep
laid plot was out. kessner prepared at
once to sail for America, and his ar
rival at the Hanson homestead was the
climax of the romance. The wedding
was performed in the Hanson parlor by
the same minister who had been sum
moned two years before, and the young
couple already are settled in their new
/ home in Hamburg, Germany.
This. on the stage, would be classed
as melodrama. The following story,
told in one of the old Bertha, the
Shop Girl libraries, would be classed
as rank nonsense:
r. F. F'lenniken, of Knoxville, Tenn.
! is a retired brick manufacturer, 20
years old. and worth $150,000. He has
one of the finest residences in Knox
vile and has some nephews and nieceS
who belongs to KnoXville'S four
| hundred. His wife died about three
years ago and since that time he has
remained in the old home, rich in its
associations.
Miss Nellie Dawson, % years old, had
been a saleswoman in big dry goods
house for several years. She was in
telliSent, modest and comely. and a
daughter of one of Mr.. Flenniken's
bOyhOod friends. Mr.. Flenniken, wild
owed and lonely, had pictured her in
the capacity of mistress of his home
many times. When he spoke of it to
his sisters a small army of relations
arose in protest.
week ago, however, Mr.. Flenniken
concluded to speak to the young wo-
man herself. He met her at the door
of the store as she started homeward,
and as they walked in the dusk he
asked her to become his wife. She con-
sented. and the two were married Sc
cretly the next day. In order to avoid
any trouble with relations in case of
his DEATH ,he decided his bride $50, 900
worth of property to be held in her
own right and expects to add
to the sum later. Impartial friends of
Miss Dawson's are congratulating her
not only because of her rise TO COM
parative wealth, but because of the
character and temperament of her
husband, which makes the disparity in
ages of small account.
On August Is last Patrolman Herbert
G. Allen, of Jersey City, was married
to Miss Gertrude L. Woodward a pref
ty blonde, who was afraid to tell
mamma" Not till Officer Allen was at
tackled by pneumonia a few days ago
did the wife speak word. Hea ring of
his Illness, however, she had gone to
the sick room as his nurse before the
mother returned from shopping to find
that she had gone. The mother fol-
lowed, and in the sick room explana-
tions were made and cancellations eff
fected. The two had been acquainted
for six years, and the wedding followed
an unexpected proposal which Mr.. Al
len made while taking a ride in n
trolly car. MIR. Allen insists that while
he has not been on the force long he
has made one clever capture.
In st. Louis the other day, Papa
O'Connell. father of the groom. was
| outclasSed in a footrace in which his
son John, Miss Dora r. Robinson and
Mamma Robinson were matched
against him. The race was straight
away to the city hall. Mamma Robin
son sprinting in order that she might
| give consent to the issuance Of a Ii
cense. the bride being only il years
Old Papa O'Connell was distanced
| badly, and the couple had been mar
ried by justice of the peace before
ne came under the wire, hopelessly
winded.