The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-11
WENT QUIETLY
TO HONOLULU
AND WERE WE'D
Ladies Who Followed
Their Lovers.
TWO SURPRISE PARTIES
ONE COUPLE HAS GONE TO
HOUSEKEEPING.
ONE COUPLE HAS GONE TO
HOUSEKEEPING.
The Other Young Lady, Though Mar
ried, Returned on the Australia
Yesterday Under Her
Maiden Name.

Honolulu seems to be the bourne to
which all the maria eable young women
are fastening. The arrival there Of a
steamer from this coast is the signal for
the ringing of the wedding bells, and the
vessel has not been tied up at the wharf
an hour, in some instances, before the par
son has pocketed his fee.
The Australia returned from the islands
yesterday and among the passengers was
a young lady who left San Francisco a
maid and returns a wife. Strange to say
she returns under her maiden name, and
the news of the marriage will be sur
prise to her relatives and friends.
Miss Letitia NJ. Mackay, of 729 Myrtle
street, Oakland, is a good looking young
school teacher in the Athens of the Pa
cific. She loved and was beloved by a
young man named o. H. Walker, but the
lovers position was objected to and filthy
lucre was mixed up in the matter. Mr..
Walker decided to shake the dust of Oak
land from his feet and to seek fortune
in the tropics. AT Honolulu he received
the position of bookkeeper in the large
dry goods house Of L. p. Kerr, and soon
of the Pacific.
He wrote regularly to Miss Mackay, and
she was delighted with his success She
pined for a sight of her lover, however
and determined to give him a surprise.
A leave Of absence from her school was
obtained and it did not take long to Sc
cure passage by the Alameda to Homo
lulu. On the way down she became &C
quainted with a Mrs. William McCaSlin
and cOnfided to that lady that she was
on her way to Hawaii to get married.
Mrs. McCaslin promised to assist her and
did to the extent Of being bridesmaid at
the wedding.
The Alameda arrived at Honolulu the
afternoon of October Is, and no one was
more surprised than Mr.. Walker when
his lady love walked into the store. 1t
did not take long to secure a marriage
license and a few hours later o. H. Walk
er and Letttia NJ. Mackay were made one
by the Rev. G. L. Parsons in the pres
Caslin. The ceremony was performed in
the Methodist parsonage, and the whole
affair was kept very quiet
The young couple enjoyed a fortnight'S
honeymoon, and then the bride took pas
sage on the steamer Australia for San
FRANCISCO as Miss L. NJ Mackay." She
arrived here under that name, and as
Miss Macliay she went to her home in
Oakland To-day, however. she will be
known as Mrs. o. H. Walker, nee Mackay
Another passenger on the steamer Ala
media with Miss Mackay to the islands
was a Miss Mary J. Walshe. They were
both bound to Honolulu on the same err
rand, but strange to say did not become
ACQUAINTED. Miss Walshe was on her way
to meet Lieutenant Frank Smith Brit
tain of the engineer corps, U. S. " They
mad met and loved in Texas, and the lady
travelled all the way from the Lone Star
State alone to join her lover. The we'd
ding was celebrated in ST. Andrews Ca
thedral by the Rev. Alexander Mackin-
reached port. The young couple set up
housekeeping in Honolulu and will re-
main there until Lieutenant Brittain's
regiment is ordered home.