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Show Pair Separated 40 Years Marry I tramps. Brown thereunon doffed his fine raiment, put on old clothes and started out as a tramp. He said he wanted to study the unemployed at first hand, find out how they lived and what their ambitions were, and then help them. He did this, and in time became known nation-wide as the millionaire mil-lionaire tramp. He rode box cars with them, shared their meals In wayside camps and slept with them In box cars. Out of his experience rose a desire to tell the world about them, and he turned author. Two of the best known of these books are "Broke," and "The Man Without a Dime." Couple Now Will Help. i Millionaire Weds Wealthy Woman Wom-an Who Jilted Him Years Ago Because He Was Poor. Lincoln, Neb. Miss Eva Thompson, sister of David Eugene Thompson, one of Lincoln's few millionaires and former for-mer ambassador to Mexico and to Brazil, Bra-zil, sprang a surprise on all her friends recently by going to Denver and there marrying her girlhood sweetheart. Edwin Ed-win A. Brown, a millionaire. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are sixty-eight years of age. Engaged 40 Years Ago. Nearly forty years ago Brown and Miss Thompson were engaged to be married, but Brown was then poor and his suit was frowned upon by members of her family. Under this pressure she broke the engagement and Brown left this city. He found another sweetheart sweet-heart and married her. On the day of his wedding he received a letter from Miss Thompson, In which she declnred that she would wed him If the whole "I have followed Mr. Brown closely In the advancement of his high Ideals toward scientifically solving our national na-tional problems of poverty and destitution," desti-tution," said his wife, who Is an educated, edu-cated, cultured woman., "His philosophy rings with a religion of reason that has made my love sacred. I think It was wonderful for him to make the crusade he did, and still more wonderful to write about It so beautifully. I shall add all the power I possess in aiding Mr. Brown In his declaration that no human being In this great civilized country of ours shall be without food or shelter simply because unluckily they find themselves without work." world stood In the way and that her love for him was "stronger than a sea of opinions or a mountain of opposition." opposi-tion." Went Into Business. When she heard the news Miss Thompson determined never to wed, and turned to a business life. Her brother was then one of the big officials offi-cials of the Burlington railroad and owned a string of eating houses. After serving her apprenticeship in the business busi-ness she became the manager of these railroad restaurants and operated them for years until his growing fortune for-tune found other means of Increasing his revenue, and he sold out . Miss Thompson then devoted her attention at-tention to civic betterment programs which she outlined and carried out under un-der the patronage of a number of women's wom-en's clubs. Only a few months ago, when the Lincolnshire, a fashionable tearoom, got Into financial difficulties, she was persuaded to take over the management. When this was sold out she was free again. Brown, Now Rich, Helps Tramps. In the meantime Brown had become a millionaire. His wife died and he devoted his time and money to the amelioration of tramps. He made his home In Denver, and there sought the privilege of conducting a lodging house for the down-and-outs. Mayor Speer told him he required a man who knew |