Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

Chicago.-"There she was, waltin' at
the church"
And one could repeat the oft quoted
words of the erstwhile popular ong
not only ono more, but five times
more, to hint at the story OF the pa.
tient 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.
err 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 h~eart.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-
fessed affection for her that the bitter
denunciations OF her friends and rela-
tives could not shake 1t. and she read
lily granted him forgiveness each time
he pleaded for her pardon. He was
30 eloquent, this handsome Alfred Ras-
mussen. 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 II 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 a use.
Heroine No silly Girl.
Miss Inga Lindquist, the heroine OF
the "waiting-at.the.church six times"
romance in real life, was not a giddy
young thing or either sweet 49," 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 a number OF
years was an expert milliner, and
as fore-woman in a big millinery
house, earned and was paid a good
salary, one that many an able man in
mercantile life would be only too glad
to 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 t remain
and gave her a substantial advance
In salary.
Early in the present year she came
into a very nice inheritance through
the death Of a relative in Sweden. She
resigned her position to engage in
business for herself, opening a hand.
some store on the northwest side OF
Chicago. where dwell the well.to-do
Swedes, Germans and German-Amer.
leans.
Business from the start was a splen-
did success with Miss Lindquist, for
first-class trade came to her unso-
licited. Her. success In business
pleased her friends very much, but
her state of single blessedness was the
n source Of annoyance and disas.
pointment to them.
Met Handsome Al"
It was when the fair milliner's
close friends-the feminine ones-
were about giving up hope that she
would ever become a bride that the
g~ood.looking young pharmacist, AL
red Rasmussen, came on the scene
and fell in love with lgna Lind
quist. 1t was a real surprise to
the friends of both. Handsome AL"
as he was called-and is yet-by his
intimates, vas generally regarded as
a good fellow.
In due course the engagement Of
Inga Lindquist and Alfred Rasmus.
sen was announced to their friends
and relatives. Then the date was
set for the wedding. Despite the
protests of their friends the couple
decided to have a quiet wedding at