The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-22
SMALLPOX PATIENT
MARRIED
Romance in Smallpox Ward
eliminates in Wedding
Under Quarantine.
STOOD 100 FEET APART
Daily World Effects Wed
ding Others Thought
Impossible.
STOOD 100 FEET APART

Welded in quarantine, f. b. Nc
Kee and his bride, Ruby Cornell,
who stood by him in a crisis and
proved herself a woman of the tru-
est make, are honeymooning now in
the smallpox camp one mile north of
town.
Mr. Mckee came in from Monitor
Saturday morning and sought doc
tor. The doctor placed him in guar
antine and he resigned himself to
the dreary and lonesome-seeming
prospect of living out the siege alone.
But he had a sweetheart and she
came to him at once. All thought of
self was gone when she beheld her
lover in the awful plight.
Sweetheart Proves True.
Dr. Mccoy, in charge of the quar-
antine station, had to quarantine
her, too, and there was talk of mar
riage, but the difficulties in the way
seemed insurmountable
The Daily World of Monday and
of yesterday told the story, what
there was to tell. Today the Daily
| World can tell the rest-how the
wedding was brought about, though
doubling Thomases said that it could
not be.
A Daily World reporter took it
upon himself to unite the loving pair.
First he made sure that the lovers
wanted to be wed and then he con-
suited the county auditor and found
that all that stood between the low.
ers and a license was their sigma
lures upon a set of application blanks
sealed by a notary.
A rig was secured and the report
would take the job. Notaries laughed
as others have laughed before. The
scheme was funny but, of course, i'm
practicable! Finally, a young man,
one young enough to have a heart,
heard the tale and volunteered to
help.
Notary Belser Helps.
W. S. Belser, a young man newly
come to Wenatchee, promised to &C
company the Daily Worlds repre-
sentative to the smallpox camp and
witbess the signatures. Together
to nj Of
tine and stood at a safe distance.
while the lovers signed the applica-
tions. Then they watched the head
nurse disinfect the papers by hold
ing them over some burning formal
dehyde. The papers were badly
scorched and looked as though they
might have been in a general con-
fiagration.
Back to town went the emissaries
of Cupid 1910, and in Mr.. Belsers
office the official seal was fixed.
Then again to the auditor, who
looked obviously at the charred
documents while the reporter held
his breath. The documents were le-
gal and the license finally came
across the counter.
Preacher Wanted.
The next step was to secure some
one to tie the knot. The same diff
ficulty was encountered about find
ing anyone to take a practical inter-
est in things. All the prominent
dominies in the city were telephoned
to, but the story had been passed
around and ministers were never
scarcer in the city's history. Even
a newspaper man could not find
them.
The City Clerk Appears.
Sam Sumner, justice of the peace,
was reluctant about going but yield
ed to persuasion, for he is a married
man and could Tot bear to think of
the lovers in such plight.
Back to the lovers went the three,
the Daily World representative. the
notary and the city clerk as magis-
trate.
"Hooray!"
The shout went up as the wedding