The San Francisco call., 1908-08-15
DAN CUPID WINS,
MISS LUDWIG WEDS

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pictures didn't look a bit like me in
the papers, and it wasn't all true that
they said in the papers about what
happened in Chicago-not all of 1T.
Why, mother and 1 went to dinner to-
gether the night 1 left Chicago and
then she came down to the train and
saw me off. OF course she knows I'm
going to get married-but I'm not go
ing to talk about that.
I've had kilograms from my mother
all the way out and I've had kilograms
from-well-there isn't any more
trouble now and it wasn't all just the
way the papers told IT."
EyADEs TRAIN MARRIAGE
Then Miss Ludwig whispered that
her sweetheart had telegraphed her
from Sacramento and that she was GO
ing to leave the train there and get
married at once, for "of course it
wouldn't do to wait any longer"
But 1 wish 1t had been in San Fran
CISCO she said. Il don't know any
body in Sacramento and 1 don't know
anything about the arrangements"
Miss California demurely suggested
that Miss Ludwig telegraph Dr. Fitz-
gerald to procure a license, meet her on
the train and have the ceremony per-
formed in the observation car by a
priest who was among the passengers
That didn't quite suit Miss I-udwig's S
fancy and the interest of the passen-
gers was becoming embarrassing So
she disappeared and emerged again lust
before Sacramento was reached in a
pale blue silk and lace gown, with a
big black hat trimmed in scarlet feath-
erS.
Two fellow passengers escorted the
bride across the platform and into the
waiting room, where her betrothed was
awaiting her. There was a shower of
rice, shouts of congratulations from the
passengers, and then the bride and
groom whirled away in cab. Sacra-
mento had received news of Miss Lud-
wigs coming through the presence in
the city of Fitzgerald and the depot
was crowded with newspapermen and
photographers, whom the lady avoided
by holding handkerchief over her face
and rushing through the dining room
and out a back door.
QUIETLY MARRIED.
The two drove alone to the county
clerks office, and although it was a
little after the regular hour the mar
riage license bureau had been kept
open at the special request of Fitzger-
aid. The latter gave his age as 26
and Miss Ludwig announced that she
was 20. They drove direct to the home
of Rev. Richard Rodda of the Central
Methodist Episcopal church at Gil
Twelfth street and were quietly mar
ried, attended only by Richard Rodda
Jr. and Mrs. Kate Rodda.
Neither the bride nor groom would
discuss their plans nor relate their ex-
periences in Chicago. Neither would
deny the particulars of the KIDNAPPING
by Mrs. Ludwig nor the alleged chloro-
forming and escape in an automobile;
they simply kept silent as oysters about
it all. Rumor had 1t that before leaving
Morris, Ill, Fitzgerald had deposited
money with friend to pay Miss Lud-
wigs fare west, and then had written
as ruse that he had abandoned all
hope of marrying her, but notifying her
secretly to get the money and catch a
train. The same rumor told that she
had eluded her mother, who had grown
less watchful, and came to California
as q runaway. This was the only sub
ject that Fitzgerald would speak of
He denied 1t absolutely and corrobor-
ated his wife's statement that her
mother had hidden her goodby at the
train. speeding her westward with a
maternal blessing
FATHER IS PLEASED
The father of the bride learned by
telegraph at o'clock last night at
Palo Alto of his daughters marriage
and he was the happiest man in the