Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-06-15

how she could have been married.!
1t was suggested that the marriage
took place on the Wednesday before
which the millionaire denied, but
which, ii turned olt, was just what
had happened. The young people had
decided to get married, but to keep the
ceremony a secret until the bride could
go TO Cincinnati. But the suddenness
of the ceremony and the secrecy had
been decided upon because of the wild
and unsettled affairs of the duke, and
the ceremony was performed with the
consent of the brides aunt, Miss Eff
fie Evans. She and the bride expect
ed TO sail on Wednesday, and had so
cabled Papa Zimmerman. A necessary
trip on the part of the bride to Paris.
however, to get her wardrobe and close
her apartment there made an unfore-
seen delay, and the sailing had to be
postponed until Saturday. She was
detained in Paris and missed the boat,
and when she arrived in London the
duke insisted on going TO Tanderagee
castle This was not according to the
agreement, but the girl was again
persuaded, the aunt and guardian
again going along. OF course, the
Tanderagee trip made the announce
ment of the wedding necessary, and
then il was that the messages were
cabled back and forth, the newspapers
asserting and Papa Zimmerman deny
ing. The next thing Papa Zimmerman
received was cable saying that it was
all true, and asking his blessing.
pretty predicament this was. and
a pretty position % put millionaire
in-snd multimillionaire at that-es-
pecially one who has been accus-
toned to carrying things with high
hand.
Get Blessing and Welcome.
Interviewers and many other men
had found that, for all Eugene Zim-
norman was considered bluff and
hearty, he could give man a bad ten
seconds who asked him questions or
took any attitude which he regarded
as an impertinence. Before that last
cablegram arrived, and while the mil
lionaire still was denying. bets were
exchanged freely thai it would go hard
with Helena and with the duke if the
news turned out To be true
But no. Without any possible way
of knowing how the mistake had all
come about, Papa Zimmerman refused
to make any harsh judgment of his
little girl who always had been all
and all to him He proceeded to do
all, and more, to Justify the sublime
faith that she had put in him. He
answered the cablegram by cabling his
blessing. He was one of the first to go
up the side of the st. Louis when the
vessel arrived. He entered the state
room, in the ceneir of which stood
his daughter with the duke by her
side He kissed her with a certain
dimness and moisture in his
eyes, and then shook hands with the
duke.
Congratulations, sincere congratula-
tions," he said, and welcome home"
Everybody knows how he has taken
since; how he has tried to make
business man out of his son-if-law;
how he has turned over millions TO
the dukes estate; how every
thing that is in his power is done for
the happiness of his daughter; and
how he is working night and day that
her boy, little Lord Vaudeville, shall
one day inherit greater wealth.
Frank Work and His Daughter.
1t was years ago when the million
aire, Frank Work. began to play the
same role for his adughter and Eng
lish son-in-law. 1t was in 1881 that a
tall, handsome young man visited New
York and laid siege TO his beautiful
daughter. The father opposed the
match with all his might, but they
was only a little while after that
Mr.. Work was sending them $1,000 a
year to live on. A little later he in
creased it to $4,000 Then he cut of
ali allowances. He said his daughter
had married a man who never could
DR. never would make living. and that
he was tired of furnishing allowances
and paying bills at The same time.
With the ~wherewithal" cut of, Mrs.
Burke Roche soon returned with her
children She went straight to the
house on Twenty-sixth street. In
1891 she obtained a divorce from her
husband in Delaware. and ever since
has been living at her fathers house