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in the earnestness of my fiance's assuE.
ances and the genuinenesS of his protestar
.tions, consented that the date should Be
fixed. And / fixed September 20. 1922,
for the date of our wedding.
It was agreed that the wedding should
occur on that date, at Reno, Nevada, the
place of my residence.
At Mr.. Gamblers suggestion and re-
quest, sent my household furniture to
him in Atlanta, In advance Of said date,
to comply with his expressed desire that
my furniture might be installed in his
home.
Mr. Gambler caused announcement
cards to be prepared announcing the
wedding, in order that the announcement
might be. duly mailed to the friends Of
the contracting parties after the wedding
had been contaminated. He also informed
me that he desired to have a general
reception at his home in honor of the
bride, in order that his friends might
welcome me upon my return from our
wedding tour.
The forms for the reception were pre-
pared by Mr.. Gambler and submitted 70
me for my approval, and were returned
to him with my approval. He also sub
mitted to me the itinerary Of the wedding
tour planned by him.
The itinerary SO submitted and APP
proved involved the trip Of the said Asa g.
Gambler from Atlanta to Reno, as follows:
FRISCO LINES.
T De- ~
1865 Healy Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
Itinerary for Mr.. Gambler:
Leave Atlanta, Southern Railway, Train
No. Z, 6:15 A. NJ, September Is.
Arrive Kansas City, Frisco Lines, Train
No. LOG, 1920 A. NJ, September II.
Leave Kansas City, Union Pacific, Train
No. 119, 6;15 A. NJ, September II.
Arrive Reno, Southern Pacific, Train No.
FL. 1901 A. NJ, September 20.
The itinerary covered the contemplated
wedding Journey Of plaintiff and defend
ant, as follows:
Leave Reno, Southern Pacific train, Q 80
p. M, September 20.
Arrive Chicago, Chicago & Northwestern,
Train No. 2, 8 100 A. M, September g.
Leave Chicago, Pennsylvania Broadway
Limited" Train No. 2, 12:4O P. M,
September %.
Arrive New York, Pennsylvania "Broad-
way Limited" Train No. 2, 9:4O A. M,
September "a.
Mr.. Gambler made Pullman reservations
for himself and for me in accordance with
the itinerary.
MIR. Gambler, furthermore, engaged the
clergyman to perform the ceremony be-
tween plaintiff and defendant for Septem-
Der 20, 1922.
He even ordered the wedding bouquets
and made all OF the usual arrangements
ordinarily made by the bridegroom upon
such occasions.
And /, at my own expense. ordered an
elaborate trousseau betting my circum'
stances and the circumstances OF the man
who was to become my husband. ] an
nounced the date of the wedding to my
friends, and invited some Of my intimate
friends 70 be present ct the ceremony
In the meantime, Mr.. Gambler had an
nounced 70 the members Of his family the
fact that the date for the wedding had
been definitely fixed, and that the wed.
ding would take place on the date as
signed.
ThereupOn, the members Of defendant
family, actuated by their own personal
motives, renewed and desperately re-
doubled their ruthless and determined eff.
forts to interfere with and prevent the
expressed purpose Of the said Asa G.
Gambler to marry me.
Mr.. Gambler had planned 70 leave At
lanta early in the morning Of September
Is, 1922, to be married on September 90
But while ] was happily engaged "a per.
leeting my personal arrangements for my