Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-03
ITS MANY A FALTER 'TWIXT
 THE RING AND ALTAR
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nOnial all the way up to the altar. So 1t was not tearing conventions to sbreds when Ramona Rollins, known in Phoenix, where her father the well known painter lives, as the Girl of the Golden Voice, feeling her heart and mind do a double back flip, even though she was en route to Denver to marry a millionaire, sent "come- .get-me' telegram back to Phoenix to a sorrowing suitor, apparently doomed to walk the artistic path alone. These little mental iops of femininity are responsible for all events of any i'm Portance and among them now may be recorded the marriage at Kingman of Ramona Rollins, songstress, and Ralph Wylie, violinist.
 Behind the marriage, which took place Tuesday night, is long history of pursuing trains, shuffled trunks and futile hunt for a minister, not to mention a get-love-quiek attach ment and the double-eross of an ab- sent lover It is romance with the loud pedal working overtime.
 Ramona-see how the name is hand ia-glove with romance-is 20 years cid, just out of school, but as it was a musical school, she had become the promised bride of Denver man who they whisper, including Dunn and Bradstreet, is a millionaire. The we'd ding was to occur this week.
 Ramona came from the music school to PhoeHix to spend the winter with her father, the painter of the Grand Canyon picture that everybody knows. Apparently not even a millionaire was taking any chances in that. While in Phoenix, however, Ramona met Ralph WSlie in the musical circles of that city Ralph is a young man who does wi erd things on the strings. He has an artistic temperament and long
 ThJ combination was too strong for the Denver millionaire, though Ra- mo1i a-or was it her mama'-put up a Strong fight. Anyhow, Mama with Ramona and her little sister Ruth set out from Phoenix last Tuesday morn ing to fill their nuptial engagement in lDenver. They took many trunks checked through to Denver. In short, to all appearance it looked as though Ramona would go to the post accord ing to schedule.
 But somewhere between Phoenix and Prescott sne decided that a mil lion or two was not to be rated with affinity, especially if it was musical, whatever MT. Dunn or Mr. Bradstreet might say on the subject. So at Prescott she slipped out and sent the momentous telegram.
 The wires have not betrayed the confidence of that telegram but it was effective Wylie left on the next train and met Ramona at Ash Fork. Considerable difficulty was had in get ting those trousseau trunks out of the hands of the baggage department, but Father Cupid, who runs unbranded about Mohave county but is known as Hugh E. Campbell, a stoekman, came to the rescue.
 Campbell obtained the trunks at Ash Fork and with the musical cou- pie in charge rushed them west to Kingman. There the marriage was planned to occur.
 At this point, however, Campbell s especially conducted" all but came to grief. On arriving at Kingman- which is some goddess it seems-the interested parties found there was not a minister in the place. Now ev- cry young couple likes to have a cler- gyman wedding for a beginner, what ever kind may suit later in life. But nothing that even looked like a pas tor could be found in Kingman and the night shades were tumbling over each other
 At this distressing point Campbell rustled out Probate Judge Teal, and reading him a good character for the bride and groom, induced the pair to take that kind of a wedding.
 The roping and tieing, according to witnesses, occurred at the residence of Mrs. Allan Ware.
 The elopers have remained in King man for the present, where the resi- dents of that mining community insist they stay long enough to give a joint concert. It is whispered the "Wy- lies" will star or be starred together.
 Though Mama Rollins somewhat fades out of the romance at Ash Fork, she was at Kingman at the wedding and is to go to Phoenix to make peace with Papa Rollins, wao was unfeeling