The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-11-21

Chicago.-"There she was, waitin' at
he church"
| And one could repeat the oft quoted
words of the erstwhile popular song,
DOT only once more, but five times
more, to hint at the story of the pa
tent and loyal girl who waited In vain
at the house of worship to hear the
wedding bells ring for her.
| Six times, actually, sweet. sensible
and attractive Inga Lindquist waited
at the church for Alfred Rasmussen
that the parson might tie the matrimo-
NAL knot for them But some strange
fate interviewed to blast the hopes of
the blushing bride-elect.
Each and every time the bride.
groom-to-be proved recreant and eth
er failed to appear at the church. or
fed after the bridal party and guests
had assembled Four times the faith
less Alfred made his getaway" just
before reaching the sacred edifice, and
twice he quietly slipped away while
those present waited for the minister
to come to the altar
On each occasion the heart-broken
bride was left in tears of shame and
anguish, while the wedding guests
ragged at his heartlessness in desert
ing the trusting girl and depriving
them of the promised sumptuous feast
and merry-making that were to follow
the ceremony.
Yet this recalcitrant fiance really
and truly loved the conflding and pa
tient young woman who had given her
all OF the passion Of her heart. And
she-well, she had such unbounded
faith in the genuineness of his pro-
t'fessed affection for her that the bitter
denunciations of her friends and rela-
tives could not shake it, and she read
lily granted him forgiveness each time
he pleaded for her pardon. He was
so eloquent, this handsome Alfred Ras-
musse1, and he sued for her womanly
indulgence with such eloquence and
protested his deep, undying love for
her with so ardent words of endear-
ment she could not deny him the elem
ency he craved So it was that she
consented four times and then twice
more to give him another chance"
And only after the last chance did
she triumph by ruse.
Heroine No Silly Girl.
Miss Inga Lindquist, the heroine of
the "waiting-at-the-ch six tines
romance in real life, was not a giddy
young thing or either Sweet IT," II
or even Is, for that matter, when her
romance began. Indeed, full 80 sum
mers, and, like as not as many win.
tiers, had been recorded In her life his.
tory up to that time.
Inga Lindquist for number of
years was an expert milliner. and
as forewoman in big millinery
house, earned and was paid a good
salary, one that many an able man in
mercantile life would be only too glad
N receive for high-class service. The
young woman's employers valued her
services so highly that several times
she limited at giving up her position
to engage in the millinery business for
herself they induced her to remain
and gave her substantial advance
in salary.
Early in the present year she came
into very nice inheritance through
the death of relative in Sweden. She
resigned her position to engage in
business for herself, opening a hand
some store on the northwest side O.
Chicago, where dwell the wellto-d;
Swedes, Germans and German-Amer
leans.
Business from the start was splen
did success with Miss Lindquist, fol
first-class trade came to her unso
licited. Her success in business
pleased her frier[s very much, bu
her state of single blessedness was tn
one source of annoyance and disap
pointment to them.
Met "Handscme Al"
It was when the fair mlllineri
close friends-the feminine ones
were about giving up hope that sh,
would ever become a bride that thu
good-looking young pharmacist, Al
fred Rasmussen, came on the seen,
and fell in love with Igna Lind
quist. 1t was a real surprise I,
the friends of both. Handsome Al,
as he was called-and is yet-by hi
intimates, was generally regarded al
good fellow.
In due course the engagement O
Inga Lindquist and Alfred Rasmus
sen was announced to their friend
aud relatives, Then the date wa
get for the wedding. Despite tn
protests of their friends the couple
decided to have quiet wedding a