The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-20
MAKES LONG TRIP
TO Win A BRIDE
Girl Sends Arkansas Man to
minneapolis TO Secure Her
Mothers Consent.

William A. Bruder, a prominent hotel
man of Fort Scott, Ark, who travelled
all the way from his home to Mime
apolis to personally implore Mrs r. S.
Flower to consent to his marriage with
her daughter, Miss Amy Flower, had
ample reward for his trouble yesterday
afternoon, when Court Commissioner
GaIlick, at his office in the court house.
repeated the words which made Mr..
Bruder and Miss Flower man and wife.
Then marriage was the sequel of a
somewhat romantic courtship
Last September Miss Flower went
to Fort Smith to spend the winter
with an uncle and aunt, and before she
had been there long she met and cap
tivated Mr.. Bruder, landlord and pro-
prietor Of Fort SCOTS leading hotel,
and man well off with the goods OF
this world He pressed his suit with
Miss Flower, but could never induce
the girl to give him definite answer.
Finally, a week ago, Miss Flower told
him that she would marry him under
one condition. He must first gain the
consent of her mother.
Overjoyed at his prospects of win
ming the pretty girl from the far North
Mr.. Bruder did not trust to letter or
telegraph to convey his request. In
forming Miss Flower that he was call
ed away from Fort Scott for a few
days, he purchased a ticket and came
direct to Minneapolis, arriving there
last Saturday night. Sunday he look
ed up Mrs. Flower and made known to
the woman the object of his visit. Two
hours of Mr.. Bruder's company i'm
pressed Mrs. Flower so favorably with
him that she gave her consent, pro-
vided her daughter was willing.
few visits to the telegraph office
and the hasty purchase Of railroad
ticket to be delivered to Miss Flower
upon demand at Fort Scott settled
matters SO far as they could be set
tied until the arrival of the young
woman in Minneapolis. She reached
her home yesterday. Mr.. Bruder met
his prospective bride at the station,
and almost before they had reached
her home he had slipped a beautiful
diamond ring upon her finger.
Married in ST. Paul.
Just how they came to be married
in St. Paul was not explained by any
of the party yesterday, but they came
from Minneapolis, accompanied bv the
girls mother, and after securing a mar
rage license, inquired if there was a
place convenient to the building where
they could be married at once. The
obliging deputy who issued the license
escorted them to Court Commissioner
Gallick, who tied the knot.
In the little office of the court COM
missioner the couple appeared strange
ly out of place. Miss Flower was dress
ed suitably for a fashionable church
wedding, her white silk and beaded
dress, combined with a large white
picture hat, making her look almost
as much out of place amid her sur
roundings as did the orange blossoms
she carried. Mr.. Bruder is also a pros
porous looking man, probably past for
IT, and he showed his appreciation of
the manner in which Court Commits
sioner Gallick performed his duties by
handing out crisp $40 bill
If there's any change, just take the
boys out and treat them to a cigar
said the happy groom, as he bid the
judge farewell, and led his bIushing
bride and his newly acquired mother
in-law to the carriage that was in
waiting outside the building
"A few more live ones like that fell
low would give me a chance to live
said the court commissioner as he
scrutinized the Xxx bill to make sure
ii was good money.