The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-05
SHIP OF DESERT
BEREAVES BRIDE
Carnival incident Comes Near
Wreeking Welded
Happiness.

John w Oldfeld, Of Wells. Mimi.
has visited nearly every hotel in Min
neapolis during the aasFtwo DAYS in an
effort to find his wifi. Mr.. OIdfek
was married at Wells only a week
ago, TO pretty g1r1softhat chastened
village, and 1t was a love match. The
Oldfields came to Minneapolis for their
honeymoon, intent on taking in the
sights of the carnival and getting all
the fun they could out of their first
heyday of matrimonial bliss.
On Tuesday. evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Oldfield went to the carnival and saw
the elephant. They also saw the
camel and oIdfieid Yielded to WIN what e he
now declares to have been an insane
desire to ride the bunting, grunting
Cont" He rode the humpy animal
once or twice up and down the we'll
trodden riaito, while Mrs. Oldfeld
waited on the edge of the crowd for
her husband to come back, having re-
Iused absolutely to have anything to
do with camel navigation on her own
account
When Oldfeld got off the camel he
went to look for his wife and could
not find her. He smiled at the oddity
OF this little contretemps, picturfng
to himself the horror Of his wife if he
should be unable to locate her that
night. But as he further explored the
1870 NAIAAOol SCL(IIS even a gl1TnDSH
of his newly wed bride. he became
excited and rushed wildly about among
the laughing, shouting people, calling
her name and explaining to whoever
asked him that he--had passed IN an
excellent thing for a mighty poor one
| and was reaping his Just reward.
The Oldf1elds are both strangers in
the city ana 1t appearSJhat when Mrs
! Oldneld, who declares that she never
| moved from the spot where her hus-
oand left her for an hour, realized that
| she was alone in tfieworId. at least
temporarily, she had .remorse for hav-
ing permitted her husband to leave her
side and was melted to tears. Mrs.
Bertha kerriek, of North MINNEAPOLIS.
VINO noticed that the young woman
/ seemed in trouble, questioned her and
| learned of her predieahnent. Mrs. Old
held could not tell the name of the
hotel at which She had STAYED the
| night before. Shesdid not even know
the name of the street on which it
| was located Mrs. Kerriek suggested
| that Mrs. Oldfeld accompany her home
ana mat they leave word at the police
headquarters as to her whereabouts.
After much hesitation, Mrs. OIdfeId
| adopted the suggestion and passed a
very fearful night wondering where
her usually well-behaved husband
could have gone. Meantime the I'M
fortunate Oldheld was making a tour
Of all the hotels and worrying himself
into nervous prostration at a friehtfuI
rate.
Yesterday morning when Mrs. Old
field was making her toilet she ran
across card in her chatelafne that
gave her the clue to her original stop
ping place. Without waiting for
breakfast she fastened down town and
to her mingled joy and alarm discov-
cred that her husband was working
| desperately to find her. The proprietor
OF the hotel assured her that he had
| called no less than five times on the
| previous day and twice already that
morning. tE
Mrs. Oldfield rushed out of the
place en- route to police headquarters
with the object of getting police as
sistance to end the chase, when she
ran smack into her husbands arms at
the door. There ensued hugging
match of three minutes duration BY
the court house clock, to the huge de-
Location of a large crowd on the
street
Oldfeld swears that if ever he has
to cross the Soudan he will go on a
mule. He is through with eamels for
keeps.