Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
WINS CONVENT WIFE
CoURTSHIP. OF A YOUTH WHO
DONNED A NUNS GARB.

OMAHA. April 17.-F,orence Tinsley. q
sister in the Convent of the Good Shep-
herd. has just joined her betrottled, Max.
well Hirscll outside the convent walls.
The nun was released by a writ of ha
beas corpus. which proved that she is Of
legal age. which stated that she and
Hirsch had pledged themselves to EACH
other under the common law. which prom
Used solemnly that they will be publicly
married as soon as the girls mother arr
rives in Omaha.
Miss Tinsleys mother. then widow.
placed her, a mere child, in the convent
seven years ago. that she might be edu-
Gated religiously; eventually she joined
the siSterhood. About six months ago
Hirsch, handsome. ltght-haired fellow
of twenty-five years. came here from Chi
csgo and got employment In the laundry
of the nursery.
Charmed by a Peep.
One day he saw Miss Tinsley leaning
over the railing of the elevator-shaft on
the floor above the laundry. looking down
on him. She had never heard mans
voice since she entered the convent. save
when a priest delivered sermon there.
She had never been outside the convent
was taken in silence and always in COM
pany with older sisters.
Again and again the girl. "A brunette az
beautiful figure. returned To tlie railing
and looked down, however feeting'y. on
Hirsch Not word passed between
them. Of course but who can say that
they did not make love telepathically.
Three months ago they began to write IN
each other. exchanging notes. hidden in
the bundles of laundry which each nun
makes UP.
Wrapped in the minutest space possible.
the girl dropped nuns garb down the
shaft to her lover a fortnight ago. he
slender. smooth-faced Hirsch put on the
robes and. dropping the veil which the
nuns wear when outside their corridors.
he again and again entered the hail
where Florence roomed without being de-
tected. For the first time she listened I"
man express his love; the danger or
discovery made the secret love making
her life in the world he brought books
and magazines to her. The stories she
read seemed TO tell her OF fairyland
which lay only beyond the convent walls.
Hirsch won her promise to escape. 70
marry him. Solemnly, by mutual agree"
ment. they established common-iaw
marriage. which they considered as bind
ing as their vows were chas;e.
Plan to Escape.
cape from the nunnery on Sunday. April
H. Hirsch struggled to his lady love
suit of boys clothes Wearing them, with
a cap pulled over her bright eyes. her
face smeared with dust, a pipe in her
mouth, the girl sauntered from the laun-
dry with Hirsch as If she were some
plumbers helper who had been called
there for trifling bit of work. But the
mother superior's sharp eyes penetrated
the disguise Florence was torn from
Hirsch, locked in her room; severe pen
ance was imposed upon her. Hirsch was
instantly dismissed and threatened with
arrest for trying to abduct a girl not yet
eighteen years old.
Not despairine. Hirsch wrote TO Flor
ence's mother. who has married again.
Mrs Debrumer. > West I'd street, Salt
Lake City. She sent the anxious lover
proof tina; Florence is more than eighteen.
On this evidence he got the writ of ma
beas corpus yesterday which gives his
bride to him.