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For the preservation Of that secrecy. which
should ettend every properly conducted elope.
was on the rear versnda. Toward this light
the arriving party moved, into sight, first the
They sat down and chatted for n whilc-they
seemed perfectly content TO spend the night
official suggested TO Viii to bring his sistor into
the Office with Cartwright and the ceremony
could be performed as soon as, the lamps were
lit The widow seemed scarcely to satisfy the
conditions of the elopomont scheme; whatever
private opinion ono may hold as to the preten'
widow could not occupy tho position, and this
widow might DO seen eyery day on the beach
woman in sight. and II the Treasury Of tho
United States were to be enriched by n So mar
rage Zee. she was an essential feature of the
.HCre Viii internoscd the objection that his
sister was not TO shod The arm band of Grape,
which is the nearest approach TO widows weeds
found practicable in the heart Of thetorrid zone,
hut wn$ present as q witness. Where, then,
Snro enough, she was found sitting in the
darkest corner OF the yerandN., cross.loggcd,
SamoNnS girl Knows how to be. sho was rcSdy
for anything; she was roady for tho order for
thG sole'gnihstion Of matrimony; it was AL one
office At the summons roadiusted tho catch Of
her, lav9iava and the set of her chcmisette,
II She showed, herself little concerned, not so
NNIlNTlKUI III IIN nNIl-tilSlt uTUlntT anu
sister. They urged haste; they begged that tho
reremnny might be performed, at once lost tho
R Sss0 ana o. rack rae sihF er down ISwn f HoiUre q Ihs deed 'R Mas
done. Tho words Of the marriage form were re-
cited in English and in Samoan. the fee was
paid, the certificate was made out In due form,
and another mixed marriage had been messed
up. Cartwright now could control the. girls
patch OF unclearcd Jungle on the mountain side
and might be n planter OF cacao or any other
of those wealth.produClng vegetables which
every newcomer on the beach Is confident will
work The financial regeneration OF Samoa md
incidentally make his fortune. That delusion
invariably enduring to the last penny of tho
confident investors available resources. the
residual aud permanent population of the white
settlement is reduced to the necessity Of doing
the utmost confidence is always placed.
When the marriage had been accomplished
parents and outraged villagers to interfere with
Its permanencc, II not its sanctity, Viii and his
sister were eager to tell Of the risks they had
ment. They described their hnesse in getting a
horse. and cart which were not their own and
only a dozen vehicles in Apin this point was not
SO important as IL might seem. They told OF
their ride out to the girls village and their pur
suit of devious paths and the alleys of banana
patches in order that they might approach the
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mover later than the inception of the %idedand
bringing 1T down to the very moment OF nara
ton without the omission of a single detail
Cutting OF the unessentiels, the, story wat
that when the cart stopped at the house OF the
lhluoT ~ bOOl W 10 TOUDeu, lIb girl "dllltItI
out to the edge of the village and thoro waited
When the journey toward Apia was resumed
the cart was halted Just long enough for the
girl to be taken aboard and dumped into thu
dark bottom OF the cart among the feet OF Vii
and his sister, who concealed the prize under
covering OF sacks. Thence on 1t was a question
Of the utmost speed to distance the enrage1 vii
layers, who. by a polite fiction. were supposed
to be coming along hot foot in pursuit. Thir
story was told under the most solemn pledges o
secrecy, both as to the details of the hasty elopc
ment and as to the marriage of which it wal
the preface.
When the wedding party returned to Apia
Cartwright found that every one of the leading
citizens knew all about his wedding and wa
prepared to drink on the strength of it II,
further found his recently acquired father-ln
law calmly cRmped on the veranda Of the hous,
that looked out upon the wreck OF the Adler
The father-ln.law freely blessed tho pair, men
toned incidently his forgiveness: and asked TO
a key OF beef of the large size. feeling 80 con
fdent that his son.in.law would supply hi
needs that he had brought down two Of hi
young men to carry IL back.
AS a matter OF fact Cartwright was the onl,
one among all concerned who did not know tina
the girl could have been taken at any time IL
the broad daylight and that the success of tn
e%lopement was due entirely to the asSistanc
rendered by her family and village.