The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
A SAILORS HAPPY WEDDING
His Bride Came All the Way From
Australia
A Pretty Little Romance Which Was
Contaminated at Hotel in
This City

very pretty rom ance' was con su N m a ted
with marriage in this CITY yesterday. The
groom is well-Known in this section. Ii e
is Captain A. P. Carlson, the master of
about the best three masted schooner that
plies along the coast. The bride is not %
we'll known here, as generally occurs j..
romances she has supplied the interesting
part. This was done b. coming all the
way from Australia to this city to marry
the man who wooed and won hsr in her
faraway home in the antii odes. Her
name up till yesterday afternoon was Miss
Annie Gin bert and she is from Newcas-
tie. Australia.
Some three years ago Captain Carlson,
then a mate aboard the Governor Ames
one of the finest sailing ships on the Pa
citic ocean, found himself in the city of
Newcastle. The long voyage from Puget
Sound caused him to welcume the arrival
in that place, uhapprehensive as he was
of some of its dangers and to which he
surrendered soon after the anchor was
dropped.
Mr.. Carlson proceeded to view the place
and sse all that tire was to be seen. Dur
ing his walks he CHANGED to meet young
woman who aroused that latent sympathy
| within his breast and he realized that
he had found the only girl in this world
for him. Both say their meeting was an
accident. Most romances are. When they
separated after this first conversation
there fingered with each desire to learn
| mora OF the other and once more did an
accident help them from their dilemma.
| Several days after MI. Carlson had occas-
ion to visit private residence ON behalf
of friend and while at that place asked
il they knew lady by the name of Miss
| Annie Gin bert.
| They did. She lived there. The rest
| is easy to guess. They re iewed the ac-
! quaintance and the Granville friendship
| grew into. mutual love. and when Mate
Carlson left Newcastle he carried tine
| promise OF Miss Climbers to be his bride.
: Soon after he arrived in this country
Mate Carlson was pro NOTED to be master
| of the schooner aad given boat plying
| up and down the coast. He ana his
sfiianced corresponded regularly. 1t had
| first been agreed that he was to 20 back
! to Australia ami marry her there, but as
his duties Kept him on this side of the
| globe 1t could not be dons. AS days grew
Into weeks, and at last two long years
| slipped past. Captain Carlson decided
not moment in acting. He wrote tn
the lady in the antipodes and suggested
that instead of his going to her, she
come to him. The captain laughed last
night as he told how it had taken her
year to make up her mind to accept his
until she had her baggage aboard tho
| steamer and started for America. booked
to become Mrs. Captain Carlson. The
Alameda arrived in San Francisco ON
September 26th. Captain Carlson met
her at saugus yesterday for the first time
city and went at once to the Hollen beck
hotel. There they were married by Rev.
Will E. Knighten in the parlors. those
present being Mr.. and Mrs. James W.
Hellinan and w. ]. Barrett, who gave
here for several days and then 60 to
Newport, whsre the captains boat now
lies.