Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-21

double wedding to suit the foreign
idea-a civil ceremony by Justice Tru-
ak of the supreme court and religl-
GUS ceremony at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, the Rev. Father
Matthew A. Taylor officiating. Only
the family and intimate friends We're
present because of the recent death
of the bridegroom's father, but just
the same it was jolly and very happy
wedding party before the young cou-
pie set off to tour the west prior to
their settling down in Europe.
And the visit to the lawyer and the
document which the trio most concern
cerned had signed? Oh, just an agree
ment by which Mr. Schweizer bound
himself for life to pay over an annual
marriage portion-in this case $4,000
a year on each and every January 20.
Quite a nice little reminder every year
of the wedding day!
just the Ordinary Thing.
And, furthermore, the proud papa of
a real countess also bound himself to
leave half his fortune to his daughter;
or in event of her death, to her chill
dren and the counts. To seal the bar.
gain Mrs. Schweizer gave pledge that
she. too, would adhere to the promises
OF her husband in case Of his death
before hers.
Nothing out of the ordinary ex
planned the lawyers.
Merely the commonplace marriage
settlements customary abroad and
quite the proper thing, even If the
bride was an American girl. Every
body happy and quite satisfied and
What a stunning bride she makes,
and How handsome the Signor Copte
is" and do you know, his lineage
goes quite as far back as the Cru
sadesi'
So they sailed away, with proud pa
pa waving fond farewell on the dock
and mamma weeping happy tears
while brotheE-Albert took care Of the
fruit and the flowers that went into
the cabins of the count and his count
eSs.
There was no demonstrating on the
part Of this wife-the bride of other
| days, wistful and unhappy because bel
husband had forgotten their wedding
day. He couldn't possibly forget it
| Just as regularly as the new calendar
! reached January 20, he was forcibly
| but happily reminded of 1t by nice
| looking check for some twenty five
! hundred good Yankee dollars, ali garn
| cred in thrifty Ansonia, Conn, where
the clocks come from. Mr.. Schwei
ger. you see, is treasurer of the com
| pany that makes them, and holds {
big portion of the company's shares
besides--in fact, he is credited with
million or more for his fortune.
Money Regularly Paid.
Mr.. Schweizer was living up TO thu
letter of the agreement. What if thu
Signor Conte didn't need the money
What il he had prospered himself quit
nicely. thank you. and babe fair to dou
BILE what he had inherited? Getting
right down to business. $4,000 is 81
500 anywhere, and always comes il
handy. Besides, the children wer
getting older and needed more and tn
Contessa had expensive social obliga
tions--but why argue the matter
wasn't down In the marriage settle
ment in black and white?
Ten years flew by and. with the reg
ularity OF his own clocks. came Nj
Schweizer's annual .500-regularl
until year ago when. OF sudden
payments ceased, There had bee
trouble in New York and Mrs. Schwe
ger was living in Paris now. aBd tn
countess had put a stoppage 10 he
annual visits TO her father on thi
side OF the Atlantic.
What, no check on January 20.
The Signor Conte wanted to know
No, not even the scratch of pen. Oh