The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-24


Rockville rs the place for the we'd
ding. And here is where the hunor IF
the situation appears.
Miss Sullivan obtained permission
from the Sisters to leave the convent
''tD attend wedding" She left the con-
vent on Wednesday morning. and at
tended the wedding OF q friend. She
then went to the house of another
friend and spent the night. The next
day she. Mr.. Varnell. and Mr.. Hend-
ley took the electric car for Rockville.
a license was procured. and the Rev.
W. F. Locke was called upon to per-
form the ceremony. He responded
promptly. and. in the Office of the clerk
of the court. the nuptial knot was tied.
The trusty and resourceful Mr.. Hend-
ley was best man. The trio returned
to the Raleigh. where wedding break
fast for three was served.
On Friday. the twenty
groom and the eighteen-year-ol bride
went to the convent Their reception.
while not particularly cordial. was in
teresting In the extreme The bride was
informed that her trunks had been pack
ed and the keys had been shipped to
her father in Chicago. The trunks were
being sent 20 the station
round Trunks PACKED.
Il went back TO the convent yester-
day" said the bride last night. as she
sat at supper at the Raleigh and talked
to . Times reporter from under a big
picture hat that accentuated, by its
soi1ber setting her great beauty. but
I cannot say that the Sisters were glad
TO see me. They told me my trunks were
packed. and that the keys had been
sent to my father In Chicago. The
trunks were being sent to the station,
too So ! came back to the hotel and
Tommie. that's Mr.. Varnell. you know.
went to the station and got my trunks.
We had an awful time getting q key
but we finally did. and now 1 am Pl
right.
III has been lots of fun with Tommie
in Chicago and in New York, and then
20 get out OF the convent and get mar
ried We will remain here for few
days and then go to st. Augustine.
Later we viii go home. to Chicago.
was awful glad to get papa's telegram
tonight after all this stir.
Now. don't put anything mean about
us in The Times. please. Won't you
promise2"
The promise was most faithfully and
feryently made.
But Eighteen Years.
The bride is only eighteen and the
bridegroom is only twenty-one. yet he
has Travelled more than 5000 miles in
the last six months in his determination
10 win her against odds, and has been
successful.
Their many friends are wishing them
all happiness and are congratulating
them upon their success in overcoming
the many difficulties that stood in their
path. and in finally receiving the much
wished for parental blessing.
Mr.. Varnell. in conversation with a re-
porter for The Times. said:
at is quite true that we were married
IN Rockville on Friday. but number
OF misstatements have been made con-
corning our marriage. II has been said
that Miss Sullivan was dismissed from
the convent. That Is untrue. She left
the convent on Wednesday and spent
that day and part OF the next with
friends Certain statements were made
with regard to the attitude OF my par
ents wftE regard to the marriage. Both
my parents have been dead a number of
years. Another mistake Is the state
M 1T that 1 worked until recently with
the Traders Bank. of this city. / have
not been employed there since last June
Mrs. Vasnell and i will remain at
the Raleigh for few days longer, and
then we will go to st. Augustine. Fla,
for two or three months. Late this
evening-only a few minutes ago. in
fact-we received a telegram from Mr..
Sullivan, assuring US OF his and Mrs
Sullivan's forgiveness. 1 have been
greatly annoyed by erroneous reports
and since this little matter has got into
the papers I shall be glad to have the
facts stated as The Times has them"