The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-20
LOVERS REUNITED
Strange Story Of Reunited Low.
ers By . Dream After Forty.
Eight Years.

Grand Forks. N. D.. Aug. I7.-On his
way to join his sweetheart Of IS years ago.
VIM. Yauger. Nashville. Tenn. passed
through Grand Forks this morning en-
route to western North Dakota. His des-
tination was Ray. N. D.. and the woman
in the case is now Mrs. Pulls. a wealthy
resident Of Ray. Who - years ago. was
Hannah O'Neil. back in Decatur county.
Ind.
Yauger talked freely Of the romance. Of
which he is the central figure. and point
ing to an old violin in the rack above his
head, he said that according to their agree
meut by fetter. he was to come to the Pulls
home with his old fiddle under his arm
just as he used to come to see Hannah
o'Neil when they were sweethearts almost
City years ago. and BY the violin she was
to know him. for in that long lapse Of time
they had never met each other.
During the journey west. the old man
talked freely Of the circumstances. relat-
ing with considerable enthusiasm how
Mrs. Pulls dreamed that he was in trouble
about the time his wife died, how she 60,
10 touch with him through friends il Indi-
ana. and haw she had written for him to
come to Ray. N. D.. that they might live
together the remainder Of their lives
The story of William Yauger aud Han
nah O'Neil is one which is seldom read
outside Of fiction. Yauger is farmer by
trade and was born in 1870 at Westport
Ind. At the age Of az he fell desperately
in love with Hannah O'Neil who lived
with her parents in the same county But
Yauger's parents thought he was too
young to marry and accordingly loves.
young dream was badly shattered.
The young people became separated by
force Of circumstances and Hannah O'Neil
later married man by the name Of Ross.
Two children we're born 10 this union, one
Of them being Mrs. Smith. OF Lakota. N.
d. The marriage. however. proved IN
happy and the couple were divorced back
in Indiana, but both of them later came to
North Dakota, Mr.. Ross now living at
Lakota. Undaunted bv her first matri-
monial failure. Mrs. Ross married a MIR.
Pulls, who died six years ago. The com,
pany which carried Mrs. Pulls Insurance
contested payment on the ground that he
died Of alcoholism and Mrs. Pulls launched
on the first of series OF law suits which
have made her wealthy. The case wa.
carried to the supreme court Of the state
and was finally decided in favor Of tn.
widow. At RAY. N. D.. she filed on q
claim and bought another quarter section
Later she was injured in Great Northern
collision and sued for s.. 600. later settling
the case Tor 81 900. which Mrs. Pulls with
true business invested in Williams count,
land. As business women Mrs. Pulls ha
been most successful. as she now owns
half section OF land near Ray and has
fine home in addition to several city lots.
Meanwhile William Yauger also marriet
and settled in Nashville, Tenn. two child
! rem being born to the couple He sale
this morning that during the 4s years h,
had not by any means forgotten his OLE
sweetheart aud he lived in hope Of seeini
her sometime. Although industrious
Yauger has not begun to accumulate thu
. amount Of worldly goods his future ~if'
possesses.
And now comes the STRANGE part Of tn,
story. which if /, were not for the state
menis Of Mrs. Pulls and the actual facts
would seem rather imaginary During ID,
month Of September. 1906. Yauger's wifi
died in Nashville. In that same montl
and year. September 25,h. is the exac
date. according to Mrs. Pulls. she dreames
that her old sweetheart was in trouble.
The dream 50 impressed itself on be
mud that she cosld not rest until she hae
written friends in Indiana and learned ID,
whereabouts Of William Yauger. Sh'
finally secured his address and wrote him
This started a regular correspondence
which has gone on for several years.
The aged couple exchanged pictures AMI
finally Yauger summed up courage to poi
the question to Hannah for the secons
time. He was accepted for the secon,
J time and by return mail. Immediately
the old man. who is now compelled Il
valk with cane. set out for North Dake
"a. The sequel to the story Of william
Yauger and Hannah o'Neil is ye. to b.
told but as truth is no stranger than hctiol
; it will probably read and the lived hap
PLY ever afterward. Minneapolis Trib