Show FIVE sweethearts MURTS A bend roal conductor Conda ator who enjoyed life while Us H elivd 51 pool out globe IN I 1 was as talking to general passenger A aernt ge tit barker of the wisconsin central he lie oilier other day anil and ho lie joll told me die a samy of one of tile of ii hi i Is road who lost ills hi life in the evvi hall house fire I 1 in n milwaukee t hat is well borth or tit repetition tl th name n I 1 remember it was markham larkham Mark marchain hain vi was as a man of quiet not to pay say eliy shy demeanor and it was not known that he lie had hat a bingle single intimate female acquaintance tho the lay day after the lie fire ere mr bark barkr r a letter froin from a young woman in chicag go wanting to loarn something Bomp thing about air markham Mar kluun and which con tin tied I 1 we wa are very dear friends in ili fact we were cn gazed to lie ile married tho the next day ile lio vot ot a letter from a cirl girl in I 1 R st t ioui louis I oui who aleo also wanted inform information a tion about SIar khan and abiell up I 1 by y saving saying wo we were ery very dear f friends r in tact fact wo we were engaged to be married on the of day the ou P erin of the tai ae e sold same received rece city ed a P letter e t ter from st paul from a young woman weman who would like to know about Mark liam and which N aih also concluded we e were very dear friends in fix fact wo were encased to be married on enraged the next day ay the payi paymaster naster of the road I kot 0 t a letter from fr a woman oman in dea des modinea ne wh which ch finished with aith the now familiar expression we c were very ery dear friends in in fact we were engaged to be darriol ia aried ll 11 to cap tile climax the superintendent superintend ten dent kot got another letter from a girl gir in n indiana indianapolis pol 11 chich wound up tip in exactly tile lie same way the superintendent had thad a wreath of flom flowers ers placed on markhams coffin and then wrote each disconsolate maidon maiden a letter i to 0 the effect that it was as unfortunately too true poor Marl wae was no more butan but an her name ho lie had bad caused a wreath of flowers flow ere to bo be placed on his anne which doubtless s consoled poor gave markhams lark ams five fiancees not a little sir barker darker vouches tor for the truth of the story and of course his 1 veracity cannot be questioned what a gallant poor markiam ham would bie have ladoit r be been so no painfully pim fully ehy shy I 1 |