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Show MARRY IN A HURRY. RECORD MADE IN CUPID'S GREAT GAME AT PHILADELPHIA. Total Strangers Meet by Chance at 4:00 P. M., Proposal Made at 4:14 P. M., and Minister Ties Knot at 5:35 P. M. Philadelphia. It took Charles Mac-Orcgor, Mac-Orcgor, aged 30, and Estolle Meyers Snuck, aged 22, both ot Baltimore, to show Phlladelphlans, and for that mat-tor mat-tor tho world at largo, what can be accomplished In the way ot Bpeed In matrimonial affairs. MacQrcgor Is a rich real estate dealer whose home Is on East Chaso street. Miss Snack lives on East Preston street. They had nevor seen or hoard ot each other until sho met htm In tho railroad station sta-tion at 4 p. m. Don't forget tho tlmo. Miss Snack had been spending her vacation In Atlantic City. She was roturnlng homo via Philadelphia. As sho stood In tho waiting room of tho Broad street station sho dropped hor purso. A few feet away stood Mac-Gregor Mac-Gregor on his way to Atlantic City to begin spending his vacation. Ho noticed tho fallen purso and sprang forward and picked It up. His oyes mot tho girl's for a mo-mont mo-mont Both 'blushed. MncOregor found himself strangely unablo to go away. A conversation was begun with the "Thank you" of tho girl. When they discovered that their homes wero In tho same city tho way was easy. Each was very much Interested Inter-ested In tho other. At 4:10 tho conversation conver-sation turned to a discussion of marrlago. mar-rlago. At 4:14 It had taken on such nn aspect that MncOregor was able to proposo without changing tho subject. Ono minute later ho had been accepted. The difficulty then was to arrango tho marrlago. As MacQrcgor pondered pon-dered tho difficulty he was aroused by a heavy slap on tho back. When he looked around ho nlmost shouted with Joy. Boforo him, hand outstretched and smiling, was Iter. David T, Neely, pastor of tho Asqulth street Presbyterian Pres-byterian church In Baltimore, his own church. Now, what do you think ot that? When tho circumstances woro explained ex-plained tho minister ogred to perform tho ceremony, It was after hours for tho llconso bureau, so Clork Gocbel of tho marriage license bureau was reached on tho 'phono. Ooobel said that he had blanks at his houso, so tho trio Jumped Into a tnxlcab, mo-torcj mo-torcj to the clerk's house and obtained the license. John J. fioblnson, an Intimate friend of MocOregor, was tho next to receive a 'phono call. Ho gavo assent to a proposition that tho ceremony bo performed per-formed In his houso. Again tho taxi-cab taxi-cab was called Into requisition and tho party, this time with Goebel along as a witness, went to- Hoblnson's residence, No. 17 Saunders avenue. Thcro w.cre no further obstacles, and tho ccromony was performed. As tho minister spoko tho first words of the servlca tho tlmo stood at exactly 5:35. At tho conclusion ot tho ceremony tho bride nnd groom left for Atlantic City to spend their honeymoon. "Wo did It quickly, byt well," said MncOregor, tho night before he left tho city. "It was a sure case of lovo nt first sight." "Wo shall bo happy," was all tho brldo could say. Both looked happy. |