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Show I . I THIS ROMANCE CULM3NATED AT ; 1 "BOUNTIFUL. MOT f ARM3NGTON Information concerning a romantic wedding which whr solemnized July IS at Hountiful leaked out Wednesday, Miss Lola Kotiso and Ilonnnn Wortheu woro married at that timo by an elder oi the Mormon church. The celebration of tho marriage in littlo, out-of-the-way Bountiful Avns not becauso parental objection ob-jection was anticipated or encountered, nor yet becauso it was thus p''nt but becauso Mr. Wortheu had just boon notified of his appointment to lake charge of the posloflico at Smelter, formerly for-merly MfGill, iNTev. Thero wasn't enough time left bofore ho must bo off to Nevada to permit tho making of a formal announcement, so it was decidod that a trip to Farmington would be tho easiest way to sottlo the matter. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, Mrs. Wortheu, nee Rouse, always al-ways declared that fiho didn't go much on frills and fancy doings, bo that when the plan was discussed there were not any ideas to be overcome particularly. Vet, with all the apnarent hastiness which marked the performance of (he ecrbmony, it represented tho culmination culmina-tion of a courtship extending Ihrough two or three .years. Both Miss Pouso and Mr. Wortlien were employees of the Salt Lako postoffico. Mr. Worthon has tho reputation of boing one of tho best distributors who has worked in tho local lo-cal postofiico. Miss Bouse has boon a clerk in the inquiry division. Miss House graduated from the Salt Lake high school in 1901. Soon afterwards after-wards she successfully passed a civil servico e.vamiuat ion and secured a position posi-tion in tho posloliico. There she mot Mr. Wortlien. He wns handsome, young and athletic. Their work brought the two in contact daily. A warm friendship friend-ship sprang up, and it did not terminate when Mr. Wortlien left the pdstofliro a year ago last February. Mr. Wortlien loiued hifl falhcr in l.ho contracting business bus-iness in Salt Lake City. Miss .House remained re-mained in tho postofiico. But when tho opportunity camo to go lo Smelter to lake charge of the postoilico, AJ r. Wortlien decided that lie would make doubly suro of his prize, and as there wero not any objection!, it was decided that a trip to Funning! 011 would bo both romantic und satisfactory. Unfortunatolv, Saturdav. July IK, v,-as selected as the dav. Hut the young folks did no! know that the Davis county coun-ty clerk's oflice closed at noon on Saturday. Satur-day. Hence, when they arrived at the door and Mr. Wortlien boldly knocked, there was no response. If. was learned, however, that, the- clerk could be lo caled at Bountiful. He was reached 011 the telephone, and fortunately it developed devel-oped that he hud a blank certificate at, home. So it was decided that the two should go to Bountiful. The next, Lagoon La-goon train carried them back to that station. But meanwhile the clerk was called suddenly awav. The two young folks waited patiently. It was early in the evening when they arrived at the 1 clerk's home, where thi'V wero cordially I invited inside to await his return, lu due time, which in this case was nearlv 10 o'clock, the clerk returned, and so tho ceremony was performed. The shrill whistle of the last train from Lagoon caused the newly wedded pair to hurry to tho station, whence thev came to' the city. Less than two weeks , later Mr. Wortlien left for Smelter. 1 M'rs. Wortlien wenf home that night and kept her secret. But finally, when her husband wrote lo her, tfHina how nice j conditions wero at Smeller and asking ' her lo join him, it became necessary to explain to mamma and a few friends. t So the story was out. Mrs. Wortheu will join her husband at Smelter within j the next month. |
