The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-22
Vaughan &Labaree

dug and taken care Of viii be ela
il you do bring back wife. Nov
: don't worry over anything. You kno,
that quite often the country woma
makes the best wife. Give her m
; regards. Let me know of anythin
which | can do, and we will try on
: best to make you happy. Let us know
when you will be home.
FRANK SMITH"
We'll, it never rains, but 1t pours,
said Swan, when he read the lette
just a short time before he led hi
bride to the altar, and | certainl,
am the most lucky fellow who eve
came off the trail. | did not have tt
Ig1 home hiking across the plains lik,
coyote with tin can tied to his tail
did u"
! Swans marriage, following his side
/ tracking Miss Jessie Keyes, whom
| he found not TO his liking after jour
neying from his western home, was
not without it's exciting incidents He
never gave up, although he came de
termned to carry the Sixth street
brunette back to his western home
His nerve never failed him and de
luged as he was with proposals, he
selected wife from a multitude o!
women, feeling in his heart that at
last he had found his affinity.
Mrs. Swan, who until yesterday af-
ternoon was Mrs. Hahn, has been en-
ployed at the Ogden House as house
keeper for several months. and is
highly spoken Of by the proprietor and
his wife. Her little daughter, who
now has big western papa, is a
remarkably beautiful child, 6 years
old, and she smiled all during the time
Justice Burke was solemnly wedding
the mother and her father to be.
Swans bride is a very pleasant wo-
man, 81 years old, rather tall and
slender, but slightly older than her
picture shows her to be.
Because in q moment of romantic
daring she placed card bearing her
name in a box of hardware, which
eventually found its way into Colo.
rado, Mis- Jessie keyes, II years old,
is to go on the stage.
While that card has brought her
claims, it brought to John B. Swan a
bride On account of the alleged no.
toriety, Miss Keyes is to leave her
home at COS North Sixth street Mon
day, is to bid farewell to her mother,
brother and sister, and to go forth to
battle with the hard, cold world
She does not blame Swan, who fell
a victim to the card she placed in the
box Of hardware when she was a stem
ographer at the Wyeth Hardware
companys office on North Third
street year ago. Swan has not been
the cause of her being unable, as she
says. to secure position in st. Joseph
She attributes her inability to obtain
a position to the fact that people will
talk, and that the innocent pranks Of
a mere school girl are looked on with
suspicion by some of the ''prudisn'
employers of ST Joseph
Miss keyes said yesterday: Yes,
am going on the stage. OF course
hate to do so, but then, l must make
a living in some way for my mother
and little sister. leave Monday night
TO go on the stage with Walter Ar
Minis subsidiary stock company, which
will begin its engagement in the South
with The Corner Grocery
Il fully understand the dangers that
bcset the girl who chooses the stage
as her mode of making living.
has begged and pleaded with
me, but what else can | do? | go to
men who are desirous of employing
a stenographer or bill clerk, in both
of which professions | have had eX-
| tell them. oh. you are the girl
ware, are your they say. Well,
don't believe we can use you
Il had an offer from Mr.. Armin TO
join his company and | done so.
Mr.. Vance has been rehearsing us for
some time. Since the Swan episode
have had numerous offers from stage
managers to join their companies, and
have received scores of letters from
young men who are inclined to make
my acquaintance, but so far | have
declined to answer any of them.
While | am suffering in silence,
Mr.. Swan. The other party to the re-
cent unpleasant notoriety brought On
by my innocent little act, is revcling
in happiness. OF course, the woman
in the case always suffers, willis the
man goes unscathed and even finds a
life partner. | am glad at least that
he has married enc to whom he is at
tachgd."
Miss Keyes prcdicament will prot.
llldy be taken up by some Of the
Christian workers of the city, who
will attempt to secure for her a posi-.
tion whsFe she will be able to make a
living and remain secluded from the
vulgar gaze OF The critical public.
Coroner Swan never tires Of telling
of his vacation in search of a wife in
the state where they must be shown,
and our sister little city to the west oI
Iulesburg is that much ahead Of it:
bigger sister.
Mrs Swan says she has ten nor.
marriagable friends who are loolinl
for life partner out here. and she i!
going 10 have them make her visi