The evening world., 1913-02-01
SWAN61,BR|DE53,
PARTED35yEARS,
ARE WE'D At LAST
Their interrupted Romance Of
the Plains Ends IN Long
Delayed Honeymoon.

The Hsassuss-AmssAnA ii.3 0ssh-
nst1. With csapid psruhsd a,oet - paSss
ths nswiywsos. saiisd ee-AAy ~ ~
West indies cruise Win enc iarsssa -.
seo~er list which hes svss ossn known
on . honeymoon voyuGs. Hobolsum
looked like an Oriental port. win che
bright pitmass Of the tsaass and the
ray coiors OF those who md assembled
70 bid them 0odspeed. and the showers
Of rico on deck and docuk. Hoboausn
was gay with the merry qMb and ~
josniss.
Romance aiways holds sway on Shis
trip TO the West Indies. The trupecai
Isles are the bourne for the oiluns and
cooling Of the honeymoon. the Eet.ac.
ouanted depot Of the newiyweds. Brides
OF all descriptions have sailed away for
the fairy land 81 the soidsn circis. De-
cember and May have LINKED hands and
frofcked aboard ship. To-day, on the
Cincinnati. December went hand In
hand with December and terminated a
romance Of the Nebraska plains OF
thirty -fvo years ago.
Alfred r. Sutphen, sixty.ons years
old. was the groom. and the bride Of
h,'y-three had been Miss Mary richards
OF Lodkepoie. Neb. The two were
sweethcarts 'thirty-nvs years ago. Their
families lived on adjoining ranches and
Lodgepole. with Its scattered and a,rag-
glns houses. one or two saloons, n
meeting house and pos, office, WINS n.
city He was twenty-six and she wa,
eighteen. They rode the plains toxethe-.
read picture books together and went
to mcetin' together. She played the or.
gan ana their voices blended In vocal
harmony In tho rendition OF hymns and
some OF tho songs Of the day.
Then came q family DISPUTE ovsr Oh.
boundary lines of tho ranches On.
day Alfred and George Richards, his
sweetheartS brother. met on the plains
and. dismountinG from their horsss.
went at each other. They used no
weapons but their hsts. but Il must
nave been some battle. 1sorgs we
worsted and then. indeed. was the fam.
lily row breach beyond repair. The
man. thinking the girl sided with her
family. didn't wait to get her visv.
OH the matter. He sold out ana vent
to California
Two years In the GOLD mines az On.
new FL Dorado, with more or Lees sood
fortune. and Alfred sailed for Austra.
liza. He vsntured into the sheen husl.
ness, and on the ranges at the Anti.
podes fortune smiled on him, He neve.
married Somehow ne never forrot thu
girl OF his youth. Three month"; Ara
sutphen sold out and returned "a NJ.
native country. LodGspois proved a
iodestons to him. His parents h.A
died and his sisters had moved .v.v
with their husbands. 80 the man ~
got completely out Of touch with hi.
old homo.
He resolved to call upon nj. ola .-...
heart and calculated upon showerIn.
presents upon her children and sr.nd.
children. But there were no chi,d,.r
At all. Mary had not even q hush.nn
She had remained true TO the id.., =,
her youth. Brother George had . NJ.
family Of hardy sons and GOOD looh,n.
daughters. The man from Au,s,.il.
told George he could still lick him ana
George took his word for II, and AIf,ed
ana mary went to the meeting house
and were married.
Were going to make I'd for VIVA,
we lost In our youth" said the a.cd
but husky and hne looking groom.
Amt we Maryf"
And Mary. serene and happy and No
foollshness about her. Just looked up ~
her big husband and smiled.