The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29

very good gentleman, who was iajuree BY
getting run against by q street car out
| there and who now has q suit against the
| company. Town a half interest In the livery
barn Of Bert Mitchell at Queen City, Mo-
and he has never accounted TO me Tor that
half interest, nor for the profits arising
from 1t since gave him The money
Q, How did you happen to meet Mr.. Wen
ninger9 4. Why, like lots OF other people
do-Twrote 10 him.
Q. You answered an advertisement? A..
Certainly; wouldn't you II you had been
wanting 9 wife?
Q. Where we're you when you first began
correspondence with Mr.. Wenningeri A. In
Kansas City.
Q. And you continued to correspond with
him when you came out 10 Mr.. Mitchell's?
A. Yes, sir, we oorresponded together right
along until we married. never did anything
] was ashamed Of. They all knew about 1t.
They had a right 10 know, and wasn't hiding
II from anybody,
q. Who did the writing for youl A. ]
can write myself. We all wrote, Sometimes
Pearl would do the writing and ] would do
the wording. did some writing without
her knowing vt.
Q. Did you ever tell them II they would
aesist you 10 get a husband that you would
give them your iron bedstead and your In.
terest in the livery barn? A. Law! Mo-!
I don't need anybody TO assist me In getting
s,husbsnd; ] am Of age, I reckon. and ] know
how to 90 around without being led, When
! have TO get somebody 10 help me get a
husband will ask for q guardian. ] look
after those little matters myself, ! do!
Q. What did you tell them about going
- - A.auas.1Q NAlA Nhaua that Nunn
going to Lincoln. Neb. Ny husband was to
come after me, but he got injured by a street
car and Obuld not come. / proposed that II
they wanted to they could go along with me.
would pay Pearls way. The poor girl had
never been anywhere and had never seen
the world like | had. and I wanted to give
her a little chance TO travel. People have
to travel some in order 10 hare good sense,
you know. / have travelled
y. Where had Won travelled. Mrs. Wen
ringer? 4, Where have ] travelled Why.
let me ser. have been TO Kansas, 10 SCOTS
Blum, Neb, 10 Huntsville, to Queen city
oh, everywhere, most,
Q. And you wanted Pearl tn see some Of
the world2 A, That's il, mister That is the
only reason under the sun ! took her out
there With me. ! knew the way. What sense
would there be In giving them. my barn just
TO go out and stand up With a man and get
married 10 him? I had been married before.
{ amt no spring chicken.
Q. Something has been said about you
making a contract to give them the barn q
your iron bedstead in the event that they
| could locate for you q man worth t7.0Ool
A. Somebody's been loading you up with a
lot Of nonsense. mister. There aint no man
worth that much.
Q. Had you ever seen Mr.. Wenninger be-
fore you married him? A, Nary a time. sir;
but ! knew he was there all right. all right.
40 what's the d%iherence2
Q. You took him sight unseen? 4. Core
rect again. and be did me the same way. It
wa an even tossup. and | guess We both got
what We were expecting.
Q He's a good man all right? A. oh,
reckon, II there IL any such thing.
. They have introduced q letter Of yours
here In which you Use this language 1T made
me mad that morning I left your house-what
YOU said about that paper. What paper did
Won refer 10. Mrs. Wennineer3 A IL may
have been a magazine. had a lot Of maya.
zines. am a great reader, I am. | 60 In
strong for poetry and good stories-G keep
posted. ] do, and ! know what's going on 10
this world pretty well. ] have Just read lots
Of books.
Q. You swear that you don't owe $500 10
Bert Mitchell and his wife for finding YOU a
husband? A. 7 don't owe 'em a red! III
swear that In every language, living or dead!
Mrs. Wenninger was never az a loss to
answer Questions, She was put through
A long and searching Characterization,
but came out Of the ordeal the victor.
She was very much IN earnest. but enjoyed
the evident pleasure she vas giving the
crowd by her original answers.
II was the first time abe had ever been
in a court room and now and then abe
would break over the rules a little, but
was always willing 70 be guided by sug-
g~estions Of COUNCIL in reference to the
delivery Of her testimony. Her cousins,
whom she Is eling, had long been her
fsvorite relatives, and she always spoke
Of them together as Bert and Pearl"
evidently still holding them in afiectionatA
regard. But she is absolutely satisfied
that she never agreed to pay $500 and the
bedstead fon6a mail order husband. and she
declares that she viii, prosecute her case II
she has TO chase il through all the courts
Of America and into the Holy Land