The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05

Siemsen would wait for the girl on
Union street, a block from her home.
When she came up to his carriage or
automobile he would be on the pave
ment dofflng his hat and making a
faultless bow. Then he would lift
her in and make for the store on Van
Ness avenue, where the girl had TO
forget her dreams of happiness in the
prosafc details connected with the saI e
of canton flannel or lengths of cotton
print
There goes IIulda and her swell
young man" the other salesgirls at
the store would remark as the auto
mobile or carriage would call for her
again at evening and whisk her away
with her attractive cavalier. There
would be disputes whether he really
intended to marry her or not and talk
about where they would spend their
honeymoon. Every one about the store
talked of it just like the mothers and
grown-up girls in the immediate
neighborhood Of the Won Hofens talked
of it.
ASK CONSENT TO MARRY.
Hulda and Siemsen, however. were
oblivious of everything but them
selves. They became more and more
intimate and finally Slemsen got the
girl to ask her parents consent to
ried right away. but the girls father,
who had met Siemsen frequently and
listened to his tales, was not inclined
to give his consent offhand.
"Hulda is only IS" he said. and
can well wait While longer. Give
me until Christmas and I'll let you
know definitely then what decision I've
come to-"
The mother thought this was good
advice, but both Siemsen and the girl
began to press her consent to their
marriage Immediately. The father was
determined to delay IT a while longer,
however, and the matter was still be-
ing debated in family council when
Siemsen began to display letters which
he said were written by a married
sister named Carrie Dryer, living in
Sacramento. All of these letters re-
ferred to the settlement Of the Ha-
waian estate and the big share of it
that Siemsen would come in for. One
of the letters among other things re-
ferred to Siemsen's regard for the
Won Hofen girl and expressed sisterly
satisfaction at his fortune in having
secured the affection of such an esti-
mable young lady as he represented
her to be. It came happily upon his
falling into his share of the estate,
the writer remarked, and he could set
tie down and be indeed happy.
GIRL QUITS EMPLOYMENT.
Siemsen finally induced the girl to
stop working. and the two continued
1 TO insist so frequently for an early
marriage that the girls mother finally
I consented to the announcement of
+ their engagement. That was last
Wednesday. and Siemsen and the girl
left the Won Hofen house and said
they would secure a marriage license
at once TO mark the event. Siemsen
I took the girl to Oakland for this IL
cense, and, after securing it, gave di-
rections to the driver of the cab they
were in to make for the residence of
a minister. which he named.
L protested that l would not marry
him then" said the girl yesterday,
but he told me to stop talking. and
drew a revolver. Tapping it he said
he would kill me in the cab If / would
not consent to the marriage at once. l
was greatly frightened. and after that
did everything he told me-"
The marriage took place at the home
of Rev. Pierce. 212 Twelfth street.
CLERGYMAN SUSPICIOUS.
There We're two things about the
ceremony that attracted me-" said the
clergyman last night to a Call reporter.
''One was the dark complexion of the
groom. and the other was the giggling
I of the bride. | am opposed to the in
termingling of races and laid special
stress on the questions l put to the
I pair. The replies gave me no cause
Z to believe that the contracting parties
were in any way disqualified for the
marriage. / then spoke earnestly to
the girl on the solemnity of the nup-
I tial tie, but she continued to giggle.
! She said she was d waitress, and gave
| her age as eighteen. Siemsen gave his