Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-14
NORTHWESTERN CLAIM AGENT
HAS PECULIAR EXPERIENCE
IN SIOUX CITY.
FOR COLLEGE cHUM
BY STRANGE YOUNG WOMAN
Taken to Girls Home, Introduced to
Parents and Com PEELED to Spend
Night, - Attempted Explanations
Would Not BE Aoeepted-Girl Sorry
to Learn He Was Married.

practically dragged to her comfortable
home by a handsome woman who ap-
peared to be laboring under the delu-
sion that he was an old college chum,
Of hers, Herman Schloss, of st. Paul,
claim agent for the Northwestern rail-
road, spent a night OF terror in Sioux
City recently.
When Schloss left the house in the
morning and made his way to the
Northwestern depot he still was white
with terror. Such was his experience
that he can not remember the location
of the house in which he spent the
night. He can not find it, tho he
has visited every section of the city In
an effort to locate it.
Protesting, Schloss told the story to
a reporter:
IT was walking along Fourth street.
I had just got into town. My clothes
were dirty and dusty from travel.
had been working in the country
among farmers, settling claims for a
few days. U had not even shaved. A
young lady, about 80, came up and
held out her hand to me.
,"'Hello, George she said. When did
you get here? Why, haven't seen
you since we left college,
Didn't Know Her.
II had held out my hand like a man
will and had taken hers before real
ICED didn't know her. Then told her
that it must be mistake. She in
sisted that she would know me among
a million. Nothing would do but l
must come out to the house and see
her folks. tried to get out of it. but
she urged and said that she never
would forgive me if didn't go. She
said her father and mother had been
anxious to see me ever since she Went
home from college and told them what
I had done for her there. [ studied
law in Minnesota University, but
don't remember having done anything
so heroic as to make a girls folks
crazy about me. Well, got afraid
maybe she had an insane streak and
was afraid to make any further at
tempt to get out Of the nixup.
didn't know but what it might make
her get violent.
well, she got me into a car and
took me out to her house. was so
excited that I didn't notice what car 1t
was or which way 1t went. While we
rode she kept talking about college ana
what good times we had there. Her
eyes sparkled so that that added to my
fears that she might be kind Of 'dippy'
and I didn't dare ask her what college
it was. was afraid to ask what the
heroic thing I had done for her was
for fear my not remembering it
would annoy her.
Parents Overjoyed.
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troduced me to her father and mother.
She didn't use our last names. She
lust said, Father, this is George and
Mother, this is George They both
shook hands with me cordially. and
said they had always wanted to see
me; had been 50 good to their daugh-
ter when we were in college. I think
they called the girl Gwendolyn, but |
don't remember for sure.
Gail evening she talked with me
about college and the good times we
used to have. She mentioned the pro-
fessors and different students and
asked me If remembered the time this
one did so and so and the, other did
this or that and kept saying yes.
FINALLY her brother came home. She
introduced me to him and he made
much over me. Finally the parents
went to bed after first insisting that l
must stay all night. They said could
have the spare room and Mother said
she would lay out one of Fathers
night shirts for me and could use
brothers shaving set in the morning.
GwendoIyn a Fine Girl.
"Gwendolyn, or whatever her name
was, went to the kitchen to prepare a
little lunch. Brother took advantage
of her absence to tell me what a fine
girl she was
""There is some kid, believe me- he
said. told him I always had Thought
that Best sister g. man ever had, ne
went on. Then he said he always had
supposed I was going to be his brother
in-law some time and asked me what
about it. I told him to give me time
"wen. we had a luncheon and Gwen
dolyn showed me to the spare room.
She shook hands with me and we said
lgood-night, and she said she would
have me called at the proper time in
the morning. thought I was going to
stay awake all night; but was SO
worn out I fell asleep. They called me
IN the morning, and had breakfast.
Mother didn't come down; but fatn-
err did, and brother After breakfast
the two men shook hands with me and
said I must come often. Gwendolyn
went out on the porch with me.
George Was Married.
"She said, George, there's one thing
you haven't mentioned I said yes,
guessed there was. She said, Are you
married, George" said 7 was. am.
Did you marry Helen?' she asked me.
She seemed to be calm about 1t, 50
thought It would be better to say yes
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