Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
BIC CITY SCARES
YOUTHFUL BRIDE
HurIy-Burly Of Life In ST. Louis Fails
to Fascinate Country Maiden
and Honeymoon Is Cut
Short
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, April 27-Fleeing from
the big citys bewildering hurly- y-burly,
Mrs. Rose Krause, the 16-year-old bride
of Frederick Krause of 1901 Market
street, left her husband and returned
to her fathers home, near Clairmont,
ILL.,, village of 400 inhabitants, which
was the largest place she had ever
seen until she accompanied her hus-
band to st. Louis two weeks ago.
Krause hopes to be able to persuade
her to return, but is by no means con-
fident. He says that he will go to
Clairmont after her if she doesn't come
back within two weeks.
Krause is employed as a rubber at
the Missouri Athletic club. While he
was moping about his room early in
February friend, Albert Preston, an
Illinois oil worker, told him that mar
riage. was the only sure cure for the
blues.
And 1 know just the girl for you,"
said Preston waxing enthusiastic over
the role of matchmaker. "She lives over
in Illinois, is good looking her father
has property and she's a simple little
thing that's never been to a city and
wouldn't know a street car if she saw
It,"
The result of this conversation was
that Krause began corresponding with
| the girl, Miss Rose Clevey, and sent
her his picture. Her artless letters
pleased him so much that on April
he went to Clairmont with the inten-
ton of bringing her back as his wife.
One hour and half after they rst
laid eyes upon each other they were
made man and wife by Clairmont
justice of the peace, the girls father
acting as witness.
/ Takes First Car Ride
Since then life has been one cres-
cendo Of surprises and marvels for the
simple country bride. She was almost
overcome when, with her husband, she
boarded the first train she had ever
seen and was rushed at thirty miles an
hour across the prairie.
She could not believe her eyes when
she first saw the Eads bridge, so gil
gantic- did 1t seem to her. The sight of
street car caused her to scream with
alarm and astonishment
But she was completely overwhelmed
when she saw st. Louis with it's sky
scrapers, butsling streets and heard it's
multitudinous noises Her husband
took her to a hotel where she saw
electric bells, telephones, bellboys,
maids, walters and al 1.-The other prod
ucts of modern civilization.
Il am really afraid to leave the ho-
tel" she said to a. friend.
IF go 100 feet from it am sure to
get lost. Oh, wish I were back on
the farm
The little BRIDES ,f1uttering nerves
were almost shattered when She went
up to her room from supper and was
attacked by a man who had secreted
himself behind her dresser while she
was out. She fought with him for
several minutes, and was finally saved
by neighbor, who frightened the in
truder away by ealing out that Mr.
Krause was coming.
The girl was further agitated Mon
day night when her husband gathered
some of his friends, sought and found
his wife's assailant and gave him a
sound drubbing. 1t was then that she
determined to fly to the refuge of her
fathers farm. Her husband objected
to so early curtailment of the honey
moon, but the bride insisted with tears
and he finally gave her car fare home