The evening world., 1912-09-28
F|ANCEE He WON
|. ON E|FFEL TOWER
HEREFOR WEDDING
Saunders Not on Pier to Meet
Mile. lie ClerQue, as He'd
Sprained His Ankle.

An Tlffe Tower romance OF the most
thrilling sort ever devised by expert
iictionlsts was entering upon It's Anal
chapter to-day when the White Star
liner Cedric brought to port Mile. Helene
Lie Clerquc OF Paris, France.
As charmlngly pretty "A French miss
rs ever set tiny foot upon American
soll In Mile LIE Clcrque and the Rri;on
she had expected TO enfold her In hi,
arms WAS voted a mighty lucky young
man by all Of the young lady's fellow
passengers rrne, he failed 10 material
tie At the pier. but he sent telcgra m
that he had spraincd his ankle In Mpnl-
real and would Ma Cherle Helene
speed hther lie would have a priest
in waiting to tie the knot.
This lucky young man IL HAROLD
Saunders, WHO has u pile la Ia" Cobalt
region. He knows not the language o:
Fiaubert ana George Sand, nor does
Mile Helene know the tongue of the
British Isles. Twas Just So when
they first mot and were Imprisoned
ON" thousand feet up I'm the crown Of
the Einel Tower n fcw months ago,
nut as some ll,Isd poets have sung,
'htft - no specific lauPuaa" Of love
ana Harold Saunders made good with
the mute appeal OF his eyes.
Through an Interpreter the bluJh!ng
Miss lie ClcrIue told her she ana Harold
were the only passengers In the mt
mat shot them NJ to the summit OF
the tower on certain delicious day
this last summer. They had never seen
eich other before mat moment whcl
I.r ha
never have seen each other thereafter
II The stupid lift man hadn't TANNED a
lever or something that caused the cal
10 come Ia II sudden stop about nine
hundred and eighty odd feet In the air.
II wouldn't 80 up ana II wouldn't 20
down, and there II stuck for thres
hours. The llrt man sworc In "a tongue,
that Mile. Helene knew and she
stuffed her fingers In her ears. Then
the Int man opened the door ana
climbed out and went hand over hand
NJ the steel sirdcrs to tanper with the
machinery.
This left the charming Nile. Lee
tl"rque and the big blonde young Eng
llshman all by their loneiles, and all
the French Harold know was Oul and
Non. All the English Helene know
was Yes and No. Yet inside OF an hour
Harold was sitting by tho distressed
dlms'l talking as best he might with
his hands and eyes AMI the girl ON her
part was replying with charming IN.
gcnuousncss with her shoulders and nor
/ hands and eyes
~ the ioIrs passed ana the llrt man
| dll not rcpy. fear crept into The heart
OF Malcmoisellc and moisture gathered
In her eyes. Was II any wonder Tia.
she suuEglci closer To m. shoulder of
IN" biz kriton and That his husky arm
stole around H." sIm miss The rest
was easy for Dyulri-pu-Thr-Job Cupid
lie scored n clean bull's-eyc.
Tho INT man eventually returns ana
IS sworn In as Interpreter. They learn
Zach Others names and addresses
They meet again ana are bctrpthcd.
b. Harold goes back go the mln,n and
buys a house ana has Il htt,d m for
his bride. Helene builds trOu,soal.
They exchange letters which arc trans.
lated for them by intimate friends and
tomorrow they viii be wed. and back
they Will go on a honeymoon 10 that
same dear Fife Tower Sclah