The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-26
Cupid Laughs at All Obstacles

not inclined to credit a first meeting with
such possibilities may believe that it was
the result OF the moonlight nights on the
steamer decks. The nurse and the sol
der exchanged experiences, and then they
exchanged vows. OF course 1t was not
done as prosaically as that but the de-
tails are the secrets of the principals. BY
the time the long voyage was over and
the ship had reached its dock the two
were engaged and the announcement has
just been made. ga. 4-,.,...
There is romance, and that of strange
character also, in the third of these
stories. Miss Nellie NJ. Brown of Wash
ington. D. c., has been married to full
blood Sioux Indian rejoicing in tho name
of Fred Medicine Crow. Miss Brown is
described as good looking and highly edu-
Gated. She went to Sioux Falls, S. D.,
from Washington to become teacher
at the government Indian school on the
Crow Creek reservation.
1t has been found in the past that the
relation of teacher to pupil, If one be an
attractive young woman and the other
young man, is apt to be changed to an
other. Mrs. Catherwood has built
romance on similar circumstance, eX-
eept that she adds higher interest by
making her Indian the lost dauphin Of
France.
Miss Brown and her pupil followed the
time-honored lines. and as the young
Sioux followed the letters of his primer
he Logan to learn more than how to read.
AS for Miss Brown, she found that even
his name could be tolerated. She con-
scented to become Mrs. Fred Medicine
Crow Their manner of life will probably
render visiting cards unnecessary. If the,
vision Of Mrs. Fred Medicine Crow en-
graved on cards had stared ner in the
face the story might have had another
ending.
AS it was Medicine and Miss Brown
went to Glenn Valley from the reserva-
ton one afternoon and hunted up, JUS
tice of the peace. With them went Louis
Fifetail and Minnie H. Finley, both In
dams, and Justice N. A. Keller performed
the ceremony in the double wedding.
After the wedding the four returned to
the reservation, where Mrs. Crow VIII
continue in her position as Instructor to
the Indian youth.
DR.. Henry Bode of St.sLouis and Miss
Johanna Faust of Barmen, Germany
have just been married. 1t took ono
week, and the services of an American
ambassador, an American consul two
German cabinet ministers and the mayor
of Barmen to accomplish the marriage.
but 1t was done and In sevea.sdays at
that.
Walter Bourre1ch, q Chicago man was
the consul who loaned his best efforts to
secure the wedding. The st. Louis BRIDE
groom had not only to win the consent Of
The German girl In the short time he had
before sailing for America, but he had 10
overcome some German laws, which for
time seemed like obstacles which would
make it impossible.
DR.. Bode won the consent of the young
woman. and then began his attack on the
laws. One would have required him to
produce his own and his parents birth
certificates. His first wife had died and
he would have had to produce her death
certifica to-. As it was necessary for the
physician to sail within a week he de-
clared that the production of these GER
tificates would be an impossibiiity. The
German officials then said that he would
have to sail without a German bride DIR.
Bode declared he would not and there
the matter stood at deadlock.
Then DR.. Bode got busy in the Amerl-
can sense of the word. Before he was
through he had Mr.. Baurreich telegraph
ing to Ambassador White and the am
bassador using all his influence with two
cabinet officials. The minister Of foreign
affairs and the minister of home affairs
were finally persuaded to act in his be-
half, and finally, after five days of anxi-
Gus waiting during which time his bride
to be and her family told him he was
working without hope of success the con-
sent of the government to the marriage
without the production Of certificates was
secured
And Mr. and Mrs Bode were married
within the week and sailed for America
as they had planned.