Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-12-19

double wedding to suit the foreign
idea-a civil ceremony by Justice Tru-
az Of the supreme court and religi-
GUS ceremony at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, the Rev. Father
Matthew A. Taylor officiating. Only
the family and intimate friends were
present because of the recent death
of the bridegroom's father, but just
the same it was q jolly and very happy
wedding party before the young cou-
pie set of 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 signed2 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 eveSy January 20
Quite 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. t~t
Nothing out Of the ordinary" ex'
planned the lawyers.
ho rrI4Ne
settlements customary abroad and
quite the proper thing, even If the
bride was an American girl. Every
body happy and quite satisfied and
what q stunning bride she makes
and How handsome the Signor Conte
u.s." and do you know, his lineage
goes quite a. far back as the Cru
sades!"
So they sailed away, with proud pa
pa waving q fond farewell on the dock,
and mamma weeping happy tears,
while brother 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 her
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 it by q nice
looking check for some twenty five
hundred good Yankee dollars, all 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 a
big portion of the company's shares,
besides-in fact, he is credited with q
million or more for his fortune.
Money Regularly Paid.
Mr.. Schweizer was living up to the
letter of the agreement. What If the
Signor Conte didn't need the money?
What If he had prospered himself quite
nicely, thank you, and babe fair to dou-
BILE what he had inherited? Getting
right down to business, $4,000 is ST.
500 anywhere. and always comes in
handy. Besides, the children we're
getting older and needed more and the
Contessa had expensive social obliga-
tions-but why argue the matter,
wasn't it down in the marriage settle
ment in black and white?.
Ten years few by and, with the reg.
ularity of his own clocks, came Mr..
Schweizer's annual $2,500-regularly
until a wear ago when, of q sudden,
payments ceased. There had been
trouble in New York and Mrs. Schwei-
ger was living in Paris now. And the
countess had put a stoppage to her
annual visits to her father on this
side of the Atlantic.
What, no check on January 20!
The Signor Conte wanted to know ::
No, not even the scratch Of pen! Oh.