Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-09
How [ Found Mrs. FarlOW.

How L EOunO MIS-. FaflOW.
Mr. Farlow was compact business
man, bright, shrewd and kindly. He
had seen a good deal of life in his day,
and it was not common place life,
either. One evening, as we sat costly
together, he told me how he found his
wife, for he knew loved her as we'll
almost as he did, and his tone was
trife more confidential than usual. If
/ am to repeat the story it must be in
a strictly confidential manner, out of
regard to my friend, though there is
nothing that any man could be asham-
ed Of init, except the parading of ones
secret heart to the world. But there
Is way in which the sacred heart
can be told about that makes it re-
mind US Of our own courtships and
little affairs, which, though we may
pretend to have forgotten them, are
always vivid enough if anything hap
pens to call them up.
I viii let Mr.. Farlow tell his own
story. for he can tell it better than I
could:
''You know my marriage all came
out Of a South American trip that [
made, and that is the interesting part
Of the little romance. I was only
twenty-one and in the employ of
shipping company in San Francisco.
/ had been with them about year
and half, and [ think they trusted
me good deal; in fact, they must
have done so to have sent me on the
expedition they did. A captain and
mis- crew had run away with ship
that belonged to the company, and
Ghey wanted me to catch him. He
had started with his booty toward
Cape Horn, and if he once fairly left
Che South American waters he was
pretty safe from us. [ boarded the
swiftest schooner that sailed out Of
Frisco bay, and we stretched every
inch OF canvas for the south. The
runaway had good two days start
Of US and was nearly as good a sailor
as we, but we resolved to do our best
AMI hope for luck. In any kind Of an
luck, though he can't really count on
1T At any rate it serves to keep the
courage up.
'EIn five days we sighted the islands
off Columbia and stopped to make in
squiries. The vessel we were after
had been sighted two days and half
before, and was going straight to the
Cape The news was not encourag
ing. but we set off again with two
days and a half instead Of two days to
gain. But we still hoped for luck, or
some happy thought. 1t was not luck
but happy thought that finally de-
cided me to leave the ship at Valpa-
Eaiso, and strike across the country
TO Buenos Ayres in hope Of heading
of the robbers before they cleared
the port. Sailing round the Cape I
knew to be hard work and aften slow
and with good luck I could probably
catch the vessel, or at least have
gained In the chase.
''The trip across the Andes and the
vast plains beyond was memorable
one to me. 1t took fortnight of hard
tramping and riding, but I saw some
thing I have never seen since, and
never will again. The guides that we
started with were crusty, malicious
fellows, and made me wonder every
night when I lay down to sleep on
the open ground whether [ should
not wake up to find my throat cut.
Fortunately that never happened;
bat the reason was that they had the
better part of my money before we
set out. Otherwise I think my life
would have been held cheap by life
insurance company.
NHalf way up the mountains we
found an old monastery and little
chapel. At first it seemed deserted,
but when at last we heard baby cry
we knew that there were human be-
incs about. We peered in at little
old kitchen and saw there an old wo-