Show HER DEAREST FOE I The Final Act ofa Drama Which Bell Years I Ago About to be Closed I Special to TIE HEinu > Exanriner Dispatch NEW YOHK Sept 26The final act of I I drama which began years ago takes place I next Wednesday when Miss Emma I Hagstoese daughter of Thomas H Hag stoese president of the Keystone Watch company will become the wife of Harry Askins of Philadelphia The ceremony will be performed at the residence of the brides father 02 Columbia street Newark Scores of friends from Philadelphia will attend to see the dearest wish of Askins first wife consumated The circumstances attending tho betrothal be-trothal of the young couple are exceedingly strange and unusually interesting It is a romance of the sea for out of the drowning of Askins wife comes this marriage Until a year ago Miss Hagstoese lived in Philadelphia with her parents As a child she had knownthe young woman who became be-came Mrs Askins They grew up together they were the closest of friends and when her friend became the wfe Askins Miss Hagstoese was a frequent visitor at their house A little social club was formed and with tho Askins Miss Hasrstoese became a member The club was known as The Novelty Circle Early in July 18SO ole ear after the marriage of Askins Tho Novelty Circle decided to go ona cruise from Philadelphia to New York Ttc yacht Sarah was chartered I char-tered and tho whole country knows of the I terrible disaster which occurred off Patch I cugue L 1 July 81 18SO when the yacht went down whit i several passengers among them Mr s Askins By a strange chance Miss Hajjtoese was not on the boat At the last l mont her parents refused re-fused to let her In I i Thus her life was robably saved Mi Askins escaped but saw his young wife go down before his eyes together with her slater Islamic and his mother Mrs Stevens The young widoWer nearly lost his reason anti fur a year lay between life and death All tuii time his faithful and sympathetic mend wus Miss Hagstoese who mourned with him Gradually Askins recovered under the skilful attendance of Miss Hagstoese and when his grief had been dulled by time and suffering he remembered what his dead wife had expressed as her dearest wish that i she died beforehim he should mako her best friend Miss Hagstoese his wife Soon he found he was beginning to regard the lady with strong affection His love grow and ho proposed was accepted and Wednesday will bo married Askins is business manager of Rudolph Aronsons Brigands company |