The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-05
WANTED THELICENSE
TO WE'D REVISED
FOR NO. 2
But Failing to Get This,
James F. Border Was Game,
and Risked the Loss of a
Second 50 on a Chance for
Matrimonial Bliss.

Here's marriage license took out
last week; the girl was going to mar
ry threw me over and skipped the
town the day we were to be married.
want to cash it in for another one"
This was the statement made by
James F. Border, as he stood in front Of
the marriage license window in the
clerk of courts office yesterday after
noon.
Border became somewhat angcred
when the license clerk informed him
that the license could not be altered
and that he would have to produce
another 81 if he desired another Ii
cense. After some argument Border
dug up the necessary amount for an
other license and a permit to we , was
made out for him and Miss Clara Lud-
wigson.
Mr.. Borders matrimonial ventures
have been somewhat strenuous during
the past few days. A week ago last
Monday he was in love with Emma
Schmidle, a prepossessing blonde. He
proposed marriage to her, and upon
the young Woman's promise to becon
his wife, he hied himself to the office
of the clerk OF courts. Following a
vain attempt to secure a license with
out producing the coin, on the ground
that he had supported Clerk Rogers
during the campaign, Border handed
over the So and the license was made
out. Border spent the rest of the aft
ernoon in letting his acquaintance
know that he was to be married the
next evening.
The afternoon of the wedding Mr..
Border appeared on the streets, dress
ed in his best and with a carnation in
his buttonhole.
An hour before the time set for the
marriage he presented himself at the
house where his fiancee was living,
only to be informed that the young
woman had left some hours before,
having taken all of her clothing and
personal effects with her. A note left
for him by Miss SchmidIe informed
him of the fact that she had found an
other whom she liked better and that
by the time he received her note, she
would be on her way to the Pacific
coast with her neW-found lover. This
is the last Border heard of the girl
on whom he had expended 81.
Border was still lamenting the fate
which took his promised wife from him
when he donned a drum majors uni
form and accompanied Marlows band
to Jordan, where they went to play for
the Eagles picnic last Sunday. In the
new dancing pavilion on the picnic
grounds Border met Clara Ludwigson,
pretty brunette of tender years. He
made love to her and the two occupied
the same seat when they came home
on the last train that night.
Before he left her he had confded
in her his troubles and so sympathetic
was his new acquaintance that she
promised to fill the place of the de-
parted one.
The thought was a happy one, and
yesterday Mr.. Border was at the clerks
office for another license. He wanted
to trade the worthless one in for a
new one, but when he found he could
not do this, he showed himself game
and paid the cash for another license,
declaring he would take another
chance even it it did cost money.
Don't say anything about this to
the newspapers" said Border, as he
pocketed chance No. 2, "for, you see,
am pretty we'll known and it might
hurt my business"
Border is a dance caller, and a year
or so ago he was awarded a medal in
recognition of his ability as the cham
pion dance prompter of the Twin
Cities He later gained fame when a
sneak thief entered his room in a Jack
son street lodging house and stole his
fancy red vest, to which was attached
| his coveted medal.
Miss Ludwfgson lives at 358 Banf1l
street.