Show I RIVALS MA MATCH reH NICKELS FOR HAND OF HEIRESS After T ss She F Fails s to Ratify Decision But Leaves 1 LOn On Train Seated Between Between- en Suitors II HOT S SPRINGS Ark Feb 11 lr 11 Dr James James' McGune McCune of pittsburg and and Wil wH liam llam who liV lives lives' s' s the In-the i rb bf f Philadelphia matched matthed nickels nickels' ls in In the rotunda of f the Arlington hotel to decide decide decide de de- de- de cide which the two should wed pretty and dainty Celeste Kimsey 17 years old daughter of the widow of a wealtny wealthy Philadelphia merchant only heir hell to the thc esta estate te When she came to Hot Springs with her mother Dr McCune and Will Vill came also also to to try the baths After severa several several sev sev- era eral I weeks of ef hopeless wooing the two men came to the conclusion that one or the other of them should raise the siege they were vera wise enough to 10 see that the lady would never be able able- to tomake tomake make up her he tel n ido a ic long as both re remained re S In the fieldIn field In the rotunda Arlington they matched nickels to see ice see which one should have a a. clear field took heads It Jt was decided that the best two out of three would win vin won the first toss loss l McCune ne th the second The third time the coin w was s. s pitched in the air the men men bent pv tea rb a as s tt it t fell rell It t was heads had won He ha ir l to tell tell the He lie I found McC McCun n at her side her fareWelL fare fare- well veU Womanlike Miss 1 Kimsey who had had- agreed d t tTo tO the f r corn now stow hesitated d. d isa fair she I doubt whether it Is a test said I r will go and see mamma Mrs Kimsey favors early weddings and wanted her daughter to decide right away but this the young lad lady was u unable unable un un- able to do When the train pulled out of the station station sta sta- tion yesterday morning she w was s stated Seated in a Pullman car with a suitor on either hand She had promised to decide decide- before before before be be- fore arriving at Little Rock which man she would honor with her heart and hand land and fortune But Dr G G. C. C Koch Kocho o of ot this city who knows all the details o othis of this unique matchmaking says no weIding wedding wed we-I- ding occurred in Little Rock Bock no lIcense has been issued and to alt all appearances appearance Miss Kimsey has not yet made up he her mind Probably Miss l Kimsey will wll reach rach a decision by the time the party reaches St St. Louis At any rate he added we will know In a a. few days |