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Show CLAIM THAT BRIDE WAS HYPNOTIZED. I I I I ly,(imtlm In tondiif'tir; I - - J t iiurtMhlp. IhiB ma)tMrto! Lv;-' j )qwt I'I'1.m by a a now ) man lo win a beautiful hitfc; Iho RiihHi'OHfnt Kiiiflanrn nf (Ha wlf'' by a nnllnu'' prartirc nf thin ni4ttr liiflui-rx-v, form the haalfl of a m"L romantic utory that U rliilm'd u havu Jimt hee n cna tctt In real life?. Hurh la thn lliiMiry hfld by th" fr.fmla of MIka MruiI Htiniif)(t f Omaha, whn r"intly marrM rh)Hi It.irfin.ii VVatkli.a, formerly of Hort.n Of Kb iHHtltlllt the n-adi-r nmu him ns lf Jii'i M. Tho atory aa tt comet from I fin V.'t Ht. la aa follow: A I'lillmnri narrt attarhfit to a train hniinil wua'svan! from Omana fur-rlbliiMl fur-rlbliiMl the firnt Bfen of this ttnuKC w Philip Watklns. love story. It waa during the flrst or last June. Mlna Mnud Bhonrnblt. tie daughter of Henry Khoiifeldt, one or Omaha's wealthiest and must renirt-ed renirt-ed cltlr.em, had started on the tnln with he Intention or visiting har sister, sis-ter, Mrs. A. 1.. Hall or Ogden, Utaa. The young woman, who was proal-nent proal-nent In Omaha society, waa a moileit. well-bred aud extremely beautirnl glrl-Peveral glrl-Peveral or the bent young men In Omaha Oma-ha had sought her bnnd In marriage, and In ea-h cane ahe had told ber rather, declaring at Ihe same tlae that ahe waa too young to tnlnlt or getting married. The other prlnrlpnl rbarartcr In tils rullmim coach, so fur as tho story Is roncerned, was l'blllp Ikiremus Wit-kins. Wit-kins. He Is tall, standing two tncbrs over six fi-i-t li: height; has an atliMlc llgtire, a smoolh-nhaven rut-e, wiry blonde bulr, drenses exquisitely ;sid coinbines a dlHtlngulnhe I appearac wllh the munuera or a French etnat. Ouo thing more, however, a dlscrtn-Icatltig dlscrtn-Icatltig person mlKht notice In Ills youth of 24. In the glance of bis eye there Is something moro rominainlini,', more pernuaillng, moro runrlm Ini; Uiun In all Ihe rest of bis exi -nisi poi-aonallly. poi-aonallly. ilere la tho secret of his mugtietlc qualities, and In Ihli the friends nf Miss 8hnnM.lt flid thai they believe Is the hypnotic posrar nf a Hvengall, lo wlilcu power Minn Siion-felitt Siion-felitt acted iho pnrt of Trilby. Bpeedlng along In Ihe luxmlrna car the young ma t Wntklna iioiii lhI pretty pret-ty Mlna Hlionfi-lilt, and bei utile Inter-rated Inter-rated In her. It did nut (alio bin long to discover that she was tiitellng alone, and It was llkewlne raiy fur him tn ahcerlalu through tlio randuc-tor randuc-tor that her Journey was to over a connlderalile distance. While Miss Hlmtifi-I.lt was dm one who would bo regarded aa dla.nctJy lmpn-SHloiiable, ahe could not blip noticing no-ticing Iho rrllnrd and elegant Hiptar-nnce Hiptar-nnce of Mr. Wutklns. The fad that be waa a stranger mailo It net dllll-cult dllll-cult for her lo Imagine him a i-ntlo-mnn and a hero. Tho glance nf his rye bad thrilled Ibis modest girl, aud a.ie wiiii,rl!d to Herself at ber weakness. 11- fate was scaled. No lens conscious nf bis p nor was Mr. Waiklna. Without further fere-m fere-m oiy he f -eapl t'J I i ",ut him- M W.-f Myj.' werni,, and V-JfafW ', "n melll-. melll-. trt"S.Xt ' " - ' i nuu voice 1 1 V ,; fear lie li v ''' i '"'r ttf I 4 ' i c ' 01 n,r Jill . ''"atltjr. her ll I vyf f il inninstlon, At I 4ffi, hiriortune. (fl'n A l7a? grsfuslly on Mlll W'J fl tofcy, top- "yjl Vuif" ' "WT'' lcs.no aklll-V-'j.v, " d au he, 1 -- Ur- ant so com- iuT n plats b 1 1 ' mistery, ' that within an hour after ahe had Bel him the girl had admitted her !u! and had conaentt-d to marry him. To her It was like a drrua; to Philip Phil-ip I). Wat kins It was n illty. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the fact that ia posed as a wealthy man, he had ry mtlo ready ranh, and, ao tar an tnown, no established renourrea. Hu ,il nothing noth-ing In risk In an Imniedlati msrrlage. Tho beautirul race or tills s,ung girl pleased blm. her rotnplets mrrondor flattered blm. and he leraj Ber. at least bo told her so, bet let thn ny other girl In the wide worn At Ocden they alighted from Hie train, ami were quickly i'!i,m1. The caremoiiy waa of the nlmplwt nature. Miss Khiitifeldt did not -t,er sister In Hint city, as she Inteaj, sought no advice rrom friends, bit blindly followed tbe will of thti tranger. There was oc cuureh we4img '"h r . , all Ihe aiienriiut cerernnnlrs whlrh uriially i.-iir!.t the remlnlne heart and which. It would have aeenmd, night have been according to the lantea or such a social favorite as .Miss Hhonfeldt. The l-pal form was sufficient to tin lie them In wedlock, and thus Mr. Wstklns waa able to avoid publicity In Ogilen. where the friends of the bride might have caused him some emhnrraunment. - The knot tied they hoarded a wont-em wont-em bound train on t.ielr way to Han Francisco, ami while en route to the Pacific rnant. Mrs. Waiklna sent a brief note to her nlntor at Ogden, telling of the strange romance, the fact or their nmrrlage and their destination. desti-nation. The next appearance nf this tall young man and hln beautirul hrldn was on June 23 at Rama Monica, near I.os Angelea. C'al. They were registered at Hotel Arcadia. Watklna readily became be-came popular among society people, and was soon a leader In golf, tennis-and tennis-and ping pong. They vlsltod other points In Call-romta, Call-romta, making only brlf r stops, and finally have disappeared ao that Henry S.tntifoldt of Omaha baa not the slightest slight-est knowleilKo ot hla daughter's wtaorn-abouta. wtaorn-abouta. Iintectlvrs have been em-ployinl em-ployinl to search ror the couple. The young bride's father recently received the following loiter: "Why do you nut answer my letters? I have not heard a word from you." He had been sending telegrams lo her every-day. Another letter rorelved on tho (allowing (allow-ing day read as follows: "Send ma 2oo. You ara lucky to get off ao easily." From his childhood young Wstklns X Maud Shonfeldt. bns been a soclnl lion. Ho Is woll educated edu-cated uud bus heun In tho bulilt or Kiiemllng mucli money lu tbe pursuit of pleasure. |
