Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
FINDS HIS CAPTIVITY"
Matrimonial Bureau Sent Farmer
Fake Pictures.

CHICAGO, Oct. III never had
no idee of appearin' as a witness
afore the grand jury agin Miss Mar
ion Grey of Elgin-Cupid's agent,
she called herself-but the govern
ment called me to Chicago and / was
bound to come.
The truth is | amt got nothin
agin' Miss Grey. She beat me outen
S. in her Search Light Matrimonial
Bureau all right And amt exact
ly, as you might say, forgave her for
sending a photograph of a city dude
for ME to my intended. But it's all
right now. Fer ry' see, it was
through her that l found the gal for
me. I amt never seen her yit, but
she's agreed to marry me and we're
goin' to git hitched as soon as corn
huskin's over.
William Cradle, So years old, of
Dearbyn, Mo-, pulled a homemade
twist from the pockets of his jean
trousers and took generous 'chew
as he lounged in the corridor of the
federal building yesterday, waiting to
be called as a witness against Miss
Grey, the finder of affinities.' He
is still waiting the call.
Though he admitted Miss Grey had
swindled him in sending fake" pic
lures, he looked upon her in the
light of a benefactor. For she had
brought him into correspondence
with Miss Ida Goforth, 80 years old
Of Corsicana, Texas.
The Missourian has forty acres
and ten children back home in Pike
county.
do you regard Miss Ida Goforth
of Corsicana, Texas, as your ATTN.
ity?" he was asked.
II don't understand all these hers
new tangled Chicago TERMS" he an
swered, ''but eff you mean is she my
gal, l don't mind saying that she
shore is. / amt ashamed to tell thai
here in Chicago, for I've done told, i
all over the state of Missouri"
After getting his S. Miss Grey de
Iclared Mr.. Cradle full fiedged mem
Der of the "Search Light Matrimonial
Club and sent him what purportet
to be Miss Goforth's photograph.
was the picture of an actress runnin:
largely to Marcel wave and decollet,
corsage. Mr.. Cradle began a cores
pondence with the affinity" that Gu
pids agent had selected for him, AM
in time received a photograph of tn
real Miss Goforth.
"It wasn't nothin' at all like tina
actress party" declared Mr. Cradle
1T was a picture of fat womal
with corkscrew curls. She was shor
purity. | knowed as soon as l go
eyes on the picter she war the gal fe
me. She's pore, too. / don't wan
no rich woman. | got enough none
myself to keep wife comfortable
and that's all want"
DO you prefer fat or lean al
. finity?" Mr.. Cradle was asked.
Il like fat GAL" he declared EN-
phatically I'm lean myself and
! hate the sight about the house of
woman that's nothin but skin an
, bones.
) II went to see fortune teller a
: soon as / struck Chicago" he contir
ued. HE called himself st. John tn
: Twelfth. He sartinly told me som
2 amazin' things. Why he even toll
! line of a near and dear realtive the
: was killed by mule around cor
S plantin' time last spring. The wa
+ that mule kicked my dear relativ
V and drug him around ten-acre IL
was scandalous.
! But the best thing st. John tn
Twelfth told me was that / was ;
E goin' to get spliced to Miss Ida G.
q forth of Corsicana, Texas. He say
! says he, You air a-goin' to marry
:. stout, blonde, middle aged lady
! DO you suppose, says I, that can /
Miss Ida Goforth of Corsicana, TIE.
v as?' That's her rame,' says S
John, and he goes off into sortt
: trance and spells it out fer me. II
n goin to hitch up my span of ba
q mules as soon as git home and driy
down to Texas and git that gal"