The evening times., 1897-12-25
HIS BRIDE WENT HOME.
Joseph BarIetrs Sweetheart Came
to Him From Eng land.

l DOSNRss As0bA Stt . ." CCte(aA% >es~s-~
| to Him From England.
New Ycik, Dec. 2b.-when pusfrsi "a
the point Of living in tn, land of the Stars
| aud Stripes without his sweetheart or go
| ing back tn England ami marrying her n
der the paternal folds OF the Union jack. Jo-
seph Barrett decided to give up the 'ou1;Ty
OF his adoption and stick to his sweethe 1T.
Joseph Barrett was the son of prts-
porous stE tioner In the Cathedral to WI OF
Chichester, Eng. lie fell in love with
a fair young maid named Marion House
man, the attractive daughter of a clergy
man OF tn, Church OF England, who liv ri in
/ the same town. The Rev. Mr.. Hous .di an
was opposed to the enga cement.
Josepn Ranett talked The situation os er
with his sweetheart and said tie would
enigrate To America. The girl entered
into the idea with enthusasm. Let Joseph
go to America, get into business and ind
some way Of supporting her, and she would
Join HIN the very minute be cent for
her.
So Joseph came here eorly last fall.
He had relatives in West Ninety third
street, END they welcomed him cordially.
They finally landed him with another
relative, Carl Kaerth, who runs sofia
water manufacturing business in Plain-
field, n. j. Joseph took to the manu-
facture OF s,da water readily, and was
soon earning more money than he ever
earned In England, aud quite enough in
his opinion To enable him TO Inaiatain a
wife.
So Joseph wrote to Marion. Chiche: ter
is only a few miles from Southa ,uptUii,
and when Marion received her sweet
hearts letter She took French 'eay. cf
home. HeI rev erend father did not know
anything abort 1t until she was halfway
across the Atlantic on the American liner
st. Louis. Then lie went to see old Mr..
Barrett. The clergyman said lie lid Lot
want his daughter So far away from him
in his old age, and that If Joseph would
come back to England and marry her in
Chichester they wouid-Teceive his pa
ternal blessing.
It was a stormy voyage for Marion.
The st. Louis encountered not him; hut
head winds and high seas all the way.
The runaway English girl was dread
fully seasick, and the more hanle,i-.d
passengers, who did all they could 10
alleviate her surferings, were soon in pos
session Of her romantic story. In addi-
tion to Icing seasick Marion was lofn.-
sick. She told girl with whom she
made friends aboard ship that ,f she
once got back TO her dear mot her. moth
ing, nothing would ever. ever take ler
away again.
Meanwhile the Rev. Mr.. Houseman had
cableG to friend in Quebec and implored
him to peet the st. Louis and persuade tie
runaway daughter to return home and lie
married.
When Marion reached here on the st.
Louis. Dec. IL, her sweetheart was de-
tained II. Plainfield and was not at .he lock
to meet her. He sent cousin, but. as ne
has since discovered, meeting svre .h.art
In anew country after atempestods 'oydge.
Is one Of the things that a man must attend
to himself If he wants to make SUCCESS
q It.
The Quebec man was on the pier when
the fearful Marion came down the gang
plank, and he was not slow TO take ad
vantage OF the situation. He told Mari III
that she HI 1. broken her mothers heart
by ruLhing away as she did, and promised
her that II she would return to Chichester
aud pers de Joseph Barrett 10 follow / er
on an early steamer there would be a .gar-
rage in the cathedral and Joe's IA her
WOulu take Hiui lptO pdTtncTsHip-
The plausible Quebec friend won Mlrion
out and Gut. She declared that She
would go back on the steamship.
Barrett was summoned in hot ha ste
from PlaiEfield. He was not 1T al
pleased with the new turn his cour.slip
had taken, He opened up alluring pros
poets for the future, and pleaded with
Marion TO reconsider her determination.
But she was homesick and hear ..;rck.
Barrett tnoS her to the Manhattan Hotel,
aud, under the influence of two bright,
sunshiny ds Us, tried to convince her 1lat
America is pretty good place to live n.
But the Quebec man put in his oar at
every opportunity, and Miss Houseman was
not to be persuaded. She sailed away
home again on tn" return trip of She st.
Louis, leaving the sorrowful Joseph waving
his adieC on the pier.
Ill come as soon as i cam We're is
parting words. True to his word, he ,.as
booked passa &C on the st. Louis wien she
sails from this port the first week in
January.