Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-13
HEARD AROUND
THE CORRIDORS
SUIT CASE ROMANCE
BRINGS ABOUT WEDDING
NY THE EAVEsDRoPPER

A SEQUEL to the suit case romance at
the Alexandria hotel few weeks ago
when a beautiful Seattle girl found her
self the possessor of a suit case filled
with masculine apparel and New
York club man was confronted with
one filed with lacy question marks be-
came known yesterday when Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Blackburn, New York.
was inscribed on the hotel register.
A beautiful girl and a handsome man
walked into the Alexandria yesterday
and the young man asked for parlor
suite.
Certainly" smiled Clerk Slbbald,
land Miss Bronson?' The young wo-
man blushed but said nothing. The man
wrote Mr.. and Mrs. Blackburn on the
register and turning the book to Mr.
Sibbald said, That's the explanation"
They retired to their apartment and
there was surprise among the clerks
and a question mark on every face.
"They were the ones who mixed the
suit cases. l will just wager that, and
here they have gone and done It," said
one.
The register was taken into consulta-
ton and there appeared the names on
the former date, Miss Marion Bronson,
Seattle" and on anothe part of the
page Martin Blackburn of New York"
The clerks recalled the night when
they received two frantic telephone
calls from two people in different parts
of the house who found when they
came to dress for dinner that each had
the wrong suit case. Inquiry and a
frantic fifteen minutes on the part of
the clerks the bell boys and the two
interested parties revealed that the two
suit cases. both bearing the initials M.
B., had been exchanged on the way
from the Southern Pacific depot to the
hotel. 1t CHANGED that both Mr.. Black
burn and Miss Bronson had met be-
fore in the east. The New York man,
who had been in San Francisco, was on
his way to inspect some mining prop
critics in Mexico and the girl, accom-
panied by her aunt, Mrs. Jane Simon
son, were coming to Southern Califor-
MIA for a few weeks pleasure trip.
On the south bound train from San
Francisco they renewed acquaintance
ship. At the hotel they dined together
and the suit case exchange caused ex-
plantations. Explanations are apt to
put people on rather friendly terms and
when Mr.. Blackburn learned that Miss
Bronson and her aunt were going to
Coronado he hurried to Mexico and
made it business to get through with
mines as soon as possible. Cupid had
played havoc with his heart in the few
days he had been associated with the
pretty Seattle girl, and Coronado looked
much more attractive to him than
Mexico.
Everybody who goes to San Diego
goes down to Juana just to say they
have been over the line, and Mr.. Black
burn invited Miss Bronson and her
aunt to go there with him for a little
trip. How it all happened the two
young people say they don't know, or
if they know they will not tell, but Miss
Bronson, who went over the line, came
back Mrs. Blackburn. The two spent a
couple of days honeymooning at Coro-
nado and arrived at the Alexandria yes
terday. They left again last night on
the Owl for San Francisco and from
there they will go to Seattle for a visit
with the parents of the young bride, and
then on to New York, where they will
make their home.
when questioned yesterday Mrs
Blackburn was loath to say anything
about the suit case episode and she
blushed charmingly when I mentioned
1T.
"Just think of that getting into the
paper 1t was too terrible for any
thing" then she relented and smiled
Eyes, we determined to avoid all
chance of anything like that in the
future. We will pack them in one.
1--WE are going home to break the
news"
They even defy the old saying,
"Change the name and moth the letter,
change for worse instead of better"
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