Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-23
BLIND MAN Tilted.
VERY PRETTY ROMANCE.

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to become his bride. has gone home
beartbroken.
Taylor is blind. A few years ago
| while employed In the Santa Fe shops
at Los Angeles he lost his sight In an
explosion. After that he was depend.
ent upon his friends to direct his steps.
Sometimes when there was no one to
pilot him through the throngs on the
streets. he would take SICK in his
hand and pick his way through the
| crowd. When he came to a crossing
he would ask some stranger to help
him across the street. and there was
never a refusal
Two years ago. when the crowd was
larger than usual, he waited long
! time before any one volunteered to
lead him. Then he heard the pleasant
voice of woman. Taking his hand In
hers she guided him to the other side
of the street. There was something in
the voice that appealed to him. He
asked her name and address and /,
was cheerfully given. The woman was
VILE ~. Dolles, VI lptuNti.
The unusual meeting led to n friend.
I ship and then the widow had to return
to Colorado. The day she left there
was a wreck on the railroad. and Tay.
lor feared for the safety OF the woman
| who had befriended him. He had
companion write to her in Denver and
learn II she had escaped uninjured,
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became engaged to be married.
There was little chance for poverty
ever entering Its heartrending wedge
to separate the two. He had entered
suit through his attorneys for $500
damages against the railroad. and Il
| was almost certain that IL would win.
At last the time began to draw near
when they should be united. and Mrs.
Boles wrote him to come.
Last Saturday he arrived in Denver.
! She was at the station to meet him.
| and together they went to the Victor
hotel. where he was assigned a room
| and made comfortable. and then she
returned to her own home. The we'd
ding was to have taken place today.
hotel. In apparent calmness she told
him that her husband. whom she had
thought dead for six years. had sud.
denly appeared upon the scene. and
| that they could not be married She
| thanked him. and she hoped he would
not grieve, and she told him good bye.
She left him broken hearted. Blind.
devoted to her and her alone. he was
| too stunned by the blow to speak. Sne
left for Cripple Greek.
Then someone told him that she had
wilfully left him. and that her husband
| did not come after her. A light OF
| hope dawned in his heart and he went
In search of her She had gone.
The people at the hotel say that az.
ter he arrived she got the idea that he
had no money and had lost his suit.
When she had gone he informed his
| new found Denver friends that the
courts had awarded n verdict in his
| favor and hat he would be independent
for life. The woman never knew 1t.
| There. read that" said one Of the
lous at the White Elephant resort as
he produced a paper containing Sie
above Tilted story and presented 1t to
the blind man.
pity. It's" said Taylor Il cannot
read When my eyes were removed
through an accident, God never re-
stored them. and |, humble and obedi-
ent. submit to others to read for me-"
| Just then a Citizen man appeared on
the scene, and the article was read to
the blind man. who, for the past week.
has made banjo music on the principal
corners of Railroad avenue and from
these public exhibitions secures aims
through an empty cigar box.
what have you got to say about the
article?" aswed the reporter.
1T Is pretty story but woefully
wrong in some respects" said Taylor.
Il was never in an explosion in the Los
Angeles shops. lost the sight OF my
eyes In the Santa Fe machine shops
of Topeka, Kansas, on September 3,
1881. by small pieces of steel flying
in my eyes ! never sued the Santa Fe
railroad company for the accident, be.
cause that company could not have
prevented the accident, and again,
want to say, the Santa Fe officials
have always been most liberal to me.
and can go and come. at my pleasure,
free of all cost, on the Santa Fe lines.
Ten years ago went to Los Angeles
aud remained there all the time until
I, through accident. met the Colorado
widow who has Tilted me. The balance
OF the story Is about true. and just be
fore ! left Denver for Albuquerque q
friend tipped the wink to me that had
the marriage occurred ! would have FL
ways regretted the AFFAIR, for the wo
man has three living husbands and all
of them had to quit her on account OF
her dark deeds"
Will Have Exhibit at the Fair.
j The Gibson Development company