The San Francisco call., 1908-08-15
DAN CUPID WINS
RACE WITH THE
IRATE MOTHER
Miss Ethel B. Ludwig and Pro-
lessor Fitzgerald United
at Sacramento
Romance of Alleged kidnapping
and Runaway From Parent
Ends Happily
Girl Makes Many Friends on
Train and Telegram Be-
trays Identity


another medal, for last night in Sac
ramento, after having outwitted
wTathy mother and scurried all over
the country, he brought together and
made man and wife Ethel B. Ludwig
and Professor Fred F. Fitzgerald,
whose love escapade has thrilled the
whole country for the last 10 days.
The romance is eliminated, and it
eliminated happily, with young
bride and groom clinging in each
others arms and vowing an eternal
continuance of the brand OF love that
has brought them together al last
after vicissitudes that have drawn
sighs from tender hearts from the At
lantic 10 the Pacific
II didn't al end when Mrs. Ludwig
kidnapped her pretty daughter at Nor
RS. HI. on the very eve OF her wed
ding 70 her old Stanford sweetheart.
and il didn't end when Fitzgerald
started out vowing vengeance, nor
when he suddenly disappeared from
Chicago and turned up at Palo Alto.
IN fact. Il just began, for Fitzgerald
quickly located the object OF his af-
fections and established secret COM
munication-
LOVERS ARE UNITED
Yesterday both lovers turned UP
again Miss Ludwig turned up as a
passenger incognito on the overland
limited. speeding over the Sierras, and
Fitzgerald turned up in wedding
overland steamed into the Sacramento
station. the man and the girl fell into
each Others arms and half an hour Ia
ter walked out OF Twelfth street par
sonage and introduced themselves 70
the world as Professor and Mrs Fred
T. Fitzgerald.
All the world loves q lover and so it
happened that the little world OF the
overland limited went suddenly all agog
with intense interest and excitement
when IL learned yesterday morning
that 2 certain pretty young passenger
in q red travelling suit was no other
than the girl whose affair OF the heart
has been for days on every tongue And
! II was an innocent little telegram from
her faace. combined with an observa-
tion platform chat that did it all
IDENTITY NOT SUSPECTED
Miss Ludwig had made score Of
friends among her fellow passengers
during the trip from Chicago, but not
one of them suspected her identity
until just about the time the train
crawled out OF the Nevada desert into
the California foothills. She was
seated on the observation platform. al
cne side, a fascinating little coed of
the University. OF California with whom
she had struck up q travelling chum-
ship and on the other side a young
man. She had been talking OF Stan
ford
Did you ever happen 10 know this
girl when you were at Stanford?s
asked the man, pointing 10 the story of
the romance in & San Francisco paper
Of Thursday. Miss Ludwig gasped
No Il never even heard OF her"
she stemmered.
Perhaps you know her" suggested
the man. handing the paper TO the
California girl
oh, don't let her see that came a
frantic little cry, and Miss Ludwig
grabbed the paper and tore the offend
/ ing article from the sheet
Why, what's the nlatterg Ques-
toned Miss California is It new
Stanford scandal that you are Loyalty
trying TO hush upT'
Yes. yes. that's IT." was the almost
fearful answer
BETRAYED BY TELEGRAM
Then the train drew UP at Truckee
and a telegraph boy went running
along its side shouting
Ethel Ludwigs Miss Ethel Ludwig"
The bride 10 be opened IL trembling
u She started TO answer IT A by
stander leaned over and whispered.
The girl laughed, and then she threw
up her hands in despair and laughed
again. but IL was a merry laugh laden
with the happiness OF coming joy
The secret was out The telegram
was from FitzgeraI- in Sacramento,
and il probably told OF wedding ar
engagements At any rate the whole
train knew IN 10 minutes that the girl
with . romance was aboard. and the
whole train consequently did its best
I to share her joy There she sat receiv-
ing congratulations Her face was
aElow with bushes, and her great coils
Of chestnut hair took on almost a halo.
People began TO notice details She
was neatly gowned in red, on the
bosom OF her white waist was the little
pin OF Stanford graduate, on her fn-
/ ger sparkled q diamond and In her
dark blue eyes was the soft light of
love-
TROUBLE MIsREPRESESTED
Don't ask me TO talk about it.. she
demurred They've had so much in
the papers already. No, I won't tell
my plans I thought there wouldn't be
any more reporters. and now I'm found
out again won't have my picture
taksn-no. I won't Why. some of the