Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

| there. among them Julian Story. the
/ artist. and his wife, Nine. Emma
| Eames. the opera singer. who told him
that the little snapshot resembled a
| Philadelphia girl whom they had met.
| but whose name they could not recall.
| And hence Dupree was in Philadelphia
| at the ST James. looking for her. But
several persons who know all the so
ciety girls of Philadelphia said that
| this girl was a stranger. Dupree spent
a day or two in Atlantic City in an
other vain search and then went 10
Chicago. where cold avarice tried to
take advantage of his SentimentaliSm.
A couple of bunko steerers told him
they knew the girl and would divulge
! her name and address for Il large con-
sideration. But Cupid took care of the
artist. and he scaped with his well
filed wallet.
1t was late in August when one day
Rogers and Scott, the Philadelphia
lawyers. came galloping across country
some forty miles from Wolf. WyO.
They saw a lonely figure sitting on
rock. With a wild yell intended to
scare the man they rode directly at
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their launches. but the man did not
scare He merely looked up with
tired expression upon his black beard
ed face.
Recognizing him as n gentleman. the
young men apOlOgized. They talked
with him for couple of hours, and
then he made himself known as Jules
Dupree and showed them the picture.
That girl" said Rogers after close
scrutiny Of the snapshot. lis Miss Con
stance Leaning or her double! She
lives over the border line here-a good
gallop-in wyoming
They were then in Montana. Dupree
excitedly jumped to his feet and i'm
plored his acquaintance to get him
horse. to take him at once to the girls
home.
81 got a pony for him" said Rogers.
telling the story AT his home the other
day. And you never saw man ride
as he did. He had Paul Revere and
those chaps beaten mile. He was
wild. and he never quit beating that
horse for hours. We got to the Lean
ing place. and there stood Miss Con-
stance i'll the doorway wondering what
this GallopinG cavalcade wanted.
Girl Did Not Recognize Him.
I'VE presented Dupree ana then Went
away. What he said or what she said
| don't know. But the girl did not rec
ogniZe him. She had not noticed him
in Paris and was absolutely ignorant
of his worldwide chase.
Anyhow, in a couple of days it was
III fiynI I'M IlInN-nn nrRSnntp1 his
dentialS to old man Leaning who is
typical westerner and had to be
shown And the old man was not any
tNo eager to let his daughter go. But
the romance of the thing caught the
girl in a second. and Dupree proved
himself to be a mighty good fellow in
every way, and so finally Dad Lean
ing consented to a marriage. and there
was a quiet ceremony performed, I'M
derStand, Il few weeks ago.
Before we got away Dupree wanted
to embrace Scott and me in the French
fashion, but we side stepped and ler
him shake hands instead. He fairly
cried with gratitude. l laughed at his
story when he was here last summer.
but he certainly seems to have WOE
out. and think he deserves to.
The Leamings have pile of mon
ey, but so has he. | believe. so the mar
rage is different from the usual inter
national affair. | wish them both all
sorts of luck
Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Scott said that
they understood IN elaborate wedding, |
according to the French custom. would |
be celebrated as soon as the happy
young people arrive in Paris.