Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-18

said they had rented the house I'm that
name and had been served with notice
to leave because Of unpaid rent
The girl declared that the captain
might have any number of flancees, but
she was sure she was No. in Los AM
geles, anyway.
~ have his rinas and he wanted to
marry me at once, but thought it bet
ter to wait until he returned from the
Mines" said she.
81 think this captain should be shown
up. I don't think men should be a.
lowed to go around breaking young
girls hearts. Not that mine is broken
no, indeedl I can see through him, and
though 1 may have been fooled l know
now"
Claims a Holdup
"I am the victim Of holdup scheme
of some sort" said Capt. Holland.
"I have never had any dealing what
ever with Miss Barts except that 1
tried to be kind to her when l met her
in the hotel because Of her afffiction.
otherwise my chief relation with
Miss Barts was trying to keep out of
her way. The girl took the ring from
my finger. saying that she admired 1t.
1t was a cheap thing that l bought i'm a
pawn shop in New York, chiefly because
1t was a curious shape. never at
tached any real value to it. l dropped
Miss Barts acquaintance when she
asked me to cash n check for $4,000 for
her. and after that she bothered me
by trying to arrange n meeting with
me.
las for Miss Woods, she is another
girl whom 1 have only met, and then
in company with another man. There
was never any engagement between us.
and / think that story was more of a
joke than anything else.
Here Is the woman and the only
woman whom have wanted to marry"
and he took the hand OF, his handsome
young wife as he spoke. II think she
VIII make me behave" and he looked
up at her. Capt Holland is a big man.
but his wife towers above him. Though
very tall she has q fine figure and car
ries her height well. Her features are
regular and her eyes, which are of a
soft gray are set above fair white
cheeks. Her head is crowned with a
quantity of fair hair, which she wears
in the latest fashion.
Rumors Vex Her
"All this talk about there being other
women engaged to Captain Holland has
bothered us greatly" she said. Cap
tain Holland and I were engaged three
years ago in Vienna and he has wanted
AiS W tiidll y MN lOI d lOHB IlI1le. L
put of the day Of my marriage because
did not want anything to interfere
with my career and 1 knew he would
not want me to work after 1 became
his wife. We met in Beatty the other
day and he insisted that we be married
at once. 1 came west to establish
chain of emergency hospitals. 1 have
done this In various parts of the east
| and l was not at all anxious to hurry
x1ritI
Mrs. Edward Grigsby, wife of the ply
sician at Rhyolite, and she has acted
| as my chaperon. This Is no case Of
marry in haste and repent at leisure
for the captain and have known each
other for very long time
Bride Is Wealthy
The bride is said to be wealthy, and
the couple say they will go to French
Lick Ind, where the bride has a coun-
try place in which her mother is now
living, for their honeymoon. They ex-
pect to make their home in Beatty and
Los Angeles. Mrs. Holland says she
is niece of Judge Olcott of New York.
Shortly before 6 o'clock last night
Judge Lindsay, who has been brought
into the affair by a letter from Miss
| Bessie Woods in San Francisco, sug-
costing that he act as best man at the
wedding of her sister and Captain Hol-
| land, received visit from a young
woman who is a friend of Miss Wood.
She had brief interview with Captain
Holland, in which the captain declined
to be lectured. She said Miss Woods
had only known him for short time,
| but that she firmly believed Captain
Holland was going to marry her.
| She laughed at the captain and de-
clared she believed he vas in love with
all American girls and could not re-
frain from telling them about it.