The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-12
NO BAsY TASK 10 WE'D.
Many and New Difficulties Confront
the Modern Lovers.
Chicago -Trfbune)

Love laughing at locksmiths is as
old as is the tender passion itself. but
occasionally something unexpectedly
modern and unlocked for may break
into the best laid plans Of bridegroom,
bride and minister Time was when
papa's boot or mammals Mysteries was
the worst thing possible to spoil 3
match; nowadays a dozen new posi-
bilities may make an engagement look
like .. telescoped pie counter
Still there is some laughing at lock-
smiths. For instance. when Mrs. Ellen
Williams Of Chattanooga. Tenn,
walked Ill miles to Knoxville in order
TO marry William Wise of that city
the lOcksmith is supposed to have got
the worst ha-ha Of thu season. Mrs.
Williams was 80 years old and she had
four children. William Wise was As
years old and showed that there was
something in the name For when the
engagement was announced and the
date set Wise sent Mrs. Williams mon
ey TO pay the half-rate fares of three
Of the children to Knoxville. One boy,
Is years. would have been required to
pay full fare, so he was elected to
walk Ill miles with the mother. Wise
had rented a furnished house and the
Knoxville police raised the money to
son made the trip without spending a
cent.
As to the happenings OF the
unexpected, there are several examples
thar bear so closely on tragedies as -
make Cupid nervous.
In one case at Grange City, KY, the
lover was Jake Adams. who already
had made five attempts 10 elope with
pretty Julia Mckinney. All these had
ended in failure, however. Still. the
pair were not discouraged. and the oths
er night, driving a housekeeping horse
to a buggy and listening to the sounds
OF pursuit behind. the two were rat
Ting through the streets of Flemings-
burg. when the horse took fright. ran
away and dashed both occupants Of the
buggy into the ditch. Before they had
recovered from the shock papa took his
bruised daughter to his arms again.
giving the lover the boots. That Jake
viii try again. however, seems TO be
/ taken for granted by all who know
him.
Two incidents Of recent date show
that while the locksmith may be
laughed at, the gunsmith is on another
plane altogether.
". G. Landers Of Atlanta, Ga, was
preparing for the marriage ceremony
and a friend was giving him face
massage. when suddenly a mui1ed eX-
plOsion startled the two friends Of the
bridegroom who were in the room A
/ cry from the bridegroom and a spasm
of pain in his face showed his suffer
ings. and when his brother and a
friend opened coat and vest they saw
pOwdeT-burned hole in the young
mans shirt. The bullet had made a
serious wound in the abdomen, and the
wedding is indefinitely postponed.
In Chicago, only a few days before,
the story Of how a special policeman.
walking with his sweetheart. dropped
/ his revolver and wounded ner severely
/ is remembered. A worn pocket inside
the officers overcoat allowed the weap-
( on to drop to the pavement, the heavy
bullet piercing the calf OF the young
womans leg.
I But not ali weddings are interfered
with in such ways. At the worst they
are and sometimes while the couple are
I travelling at a high rate Of speed
G. B. Sutton. living near La Grange,
? n. C. procured q license TO marry Miss
Willie Smith Papa Smith objected,
+ but Willie went ont for a walk in the
evening dusk and by appointment met
sutton and the local justice Of the
peace in the road near the northwest
corner Of the home forty" With a
rail-. fence on one side, a hedge on the
other and with an evening star for a
witness. the two were married and
nave begun % i've happy ever after
Moving picture marriages are IN