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Show CUPID'S PRANKS. Still Trying- His Best to Make tho World Go Round Swiftly. Marie Burger was born in Germany, anil lived there until she was IS years old. Then her mother told her to come to the United Slates, go direct to St. Paul, Minn., and marry John Leltner. Marie was a dutiful girl and did as sho had been told. She had never seen John Leltner until he mot her at the railway station at St. Paul. Two hours later they were married. And It was one of tho prettiest romances the newspapers have chronicled for many a year. Twenty-five years ago John Leltner was 20 years old, and he, too, lived In Germany. It was there that he fell in love with his bride's mother, and they were betrothed. Two months before the wedding day, however, they quarreled and John Leltner came to the United States. The girl married another man, and thus became Mrs. Burger, To Mr. and Mrs. Burger there came in due time a daughter, and it was this daughter, Mario Burger, who camo to St. Paul and married John Leltner, She Is already In love with her husband, although he Is 45 years old and she Is only 20. Tho marriage was arranged by her mother. Marie traveled across the Atlantic alone and was met at the station by her husband to be. "Like your mother, for all the world," said Leltner, as the couple wended their way through the crowded station. "I would have known her In a thousand." thou-sand." Leltner declared to the deputy who made out his marriage license and listened to the story of the farmer's romance. ro-mance. Mr. Leltner and Miss Burger wero married in St. Paul, and will make their home In Barnes county, N. D., whore Leltner owns much valuable land. Love led Margaret Kavanaugh, a pretty pret-ty Dublin girl, 2000 miles across the Atlantic At-lantic to wed tho man whom she had known when he was almost a boy. She arrived In New York on the Etrurla. Her baggage already had been placed on the pier two steamer trunks and a Gladstone bag. Friends had decorated the baggage with white ribbons, and each trunk bore the sign, "To be married." mar-ried." Naturally a big crowd waited around the white bcrlbboncd steamer trunks to catch a glimpse of the bride. She camo soon, a pretty blushing girl on the arm of a stalwart, broad shouldered man. The crowd gave three hearty cheers. Several years ago M. S. Leahy, a prosperous pros-perous young Insurance broker of New York, met Margaret Kavanaugh In Dublin. Dub-lin. Upon his return to New York ho decided that she was the only girl In the world for him. He hadn't the cour-ago cour-ago to propose, but a friend In Dublin proposed for him and the girl accepted. She traveled across the Atlantic and drove directly to the church from tho pier. Here is a thrilling episode in the romance ro-mance of a young Kentucky couple whose numes are unknown. They were running away to Georgetown, O., to do married. When they arrived at Mays-vllle, Mays-vllle, Ky., on the opposite side of tho river, the girl's parents were In close pursuit. The broad Ohio river was full of huge cakes of floating Ice. But love can always al-ways find a way. The young man and his fair lady decided to cross the river at all hazards. They finally succeeded In employing two boatmen, who agreed to row them across In a small skiff. A great crowd assembled on the river bank and cheered the elopers as their boat pushed off from shore. After battling bat-tling with the Ice floes, every minute fraught with danger, the frail boat finnlly reached tho center of the stream. Here It lodged In the huge blocks of Ice and was swept down the broad current of tho Ohio, out of sight of the crowds of watching people on shore. All hone of their being saved was abandoned, but, after being carried two miles down the rl er by the Ice, tho eloping couple and the two boatmen were picked up by a river steamer and safely landed on the Ohio shore. It has been said that lightning never strikes twice In the same place. In this Cupid) has the advantage of Ajax. for lie can send his arrows twice in the same heart If need be. Tills was so in the case of William Gregory and Mrs. Dcthena Gregory. Sixteen years ago they were divorced1. When they were marricdi Gregory was 20 years old and his wife 17. "We were really too young at the lime to be married," said Mr. Gregory, "and we did not get along smoothly, so by mutual agreement we separated. I went to Chicago to live, and returned to Mount Vernon flvo years lator, but we did not make up. Sixteen years ago we were divorced. "Our son, Henry, was 4 months old Avhen I left, and I had' not seen him from that time until I met him the clay my wife and I were remarried. " Both mother and father said that their son had been trying for years to bring about a reconciliation, and his efforts ef-forts had finally been successful, Grace Whlttaker, a graduate of Wellesley collie, with $100,000 In her own name and heiress to an estate worth 51.000.000. fell In love with Kcnd-rlck Kcnd-rlck Harrison Trlbou and now they are married. Modern magazine romance wouldi huve It that Kendrlck Trlbou was a Yale man, or a Harvard man1 at least. He would have rich parents, be a big, husky fellow, slow In l is studies, but the greatest halfback known to the football foot-ball world. But he wumi'L He had three name?, Just like a college catalogue, cata-logue, but he was only u farm hand, a farmer's hired man. He worked on Miss Whlttaker's fitepfnther's farm, and when she fell in love with him he wore faded blue overalls and had a sunburnt face. Both are happy, for she Is only 20 and he 25. But her family hasn't forgiven her yt. J Alonzo St-?, a clerk at Yonkers, has been left a fortune of about $200,000 through the deatli of Mrs. Helen Jen-nett Jen-nett of Detroit, to whom he was at one time engaged to be married. The engagement en-gagement was, it Is understood', broken off through some misunderstanding, and since both have married. Mrs. Jennett's husband died a couple of months ago, and, fr'0 far an Is known, the had no living relatives, Mr. See was completely surprised when told of the legacy. The news came to him with the announcement of Mrs. Jennett's death. Since her marriage he had seen Mis. Jennett only occasionally, and she had told him nothing of her Intentions. In-tentions. Mrs. Jennett inherited! the estate, the bulk of which will go to Sao, from her father, a Mr. Kline,, and from her ulster. uls-ter. Besides a quantity of real estate 'thero are a steam yacht, horses and carriages, Jewelry and other personal property. Margaret FUzpatrlck. daughter of James FItzpatrick, a Southern rnllroad engineer, and Joseph Lynch, a boiler-maker, boiler-maker, both of Ludlow, came to Covington Cov-ington on Monday and were morrled by Squire Thomas Dunn. The bride's parents par-ents objected to the marriage, and instead in-stead of returning to Ludlow to celebrate cele-brate tho event they went to the homo of John Terry of West Covington. After the daughter's departure from home the parents withdrew their objections objec-tions and- started a boy in search of the runaway couple with a letter forgiving them and requesting them to return to Ludlow. They were found In. West Covington whilo the wedding supper was in progress. prog-ress. Later they returned to Ludlow. 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