The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

trencn boat. lie was GERMAN ana III
religion a Jew. She was French and by
pretty girl as you would want to see.
| She was honest and good too. So was
| he. Their families opposed the match so
| they cut and ran off together but they
| intended to get married the minute they
| reached here.
| lived here in New York and had plenty OF
! money, but he had stayed abroad to
| study and hadn't a cent. OF course, he
| supposed his people would come to the
| front and guarantee that he wouldn't be
! a public charge, until he could get a job.
Well. the old lady turned up to see him.
| but do you supposed she'd help himt
| Not muchi None of the relatives would.
| They'd do anything for him If he'd prom
| Use not to marry the girl, but there WAS
| nothing too bad to say about her. They
wouldn't have him marry a Christian. He
must turn her adrift and they'd set him
| up and marry him to a rich American OF
his own religion.
1.-The girl was so much too good for him
that they weren't to be mentioned in the
same day. but you'd have thought she
| was the dirt in the street. 1t made ME
| wild We said the man couldn't stay
! unless the girl stayed, too, and they
| were married; and then the fellow was
madden at us than at his family-not be-
| cause we wouldn't let him stay, but be-,
! cause we thought he would stay If Lee
! could. lie said no power on earth could
! make MIN give the girl up. and he walked
! into that family in a way that warmed
| my heart He took the girl back to
! Europe ard said he would make provision
| for her there, come over here again,
| get job, send for her, marry her, and
! the family could go towel. they could
emigate. He was better than he looked,
that fellow
I cd eff
was Japanese man and German GIL.
He was a doctor. and she was as silly
over him as if he hadn't looked like a
| false face. l guess he was all right. too,
| and he had plenty OF money, but her
! family didn't banker after Jap son;
so the girl had to run away They
! thought they'd like civil ceremony in
! stead of being married by preacher,
because theie religions were kind Of mix i
up. So ! ran them up to justice of the
! peace and saw the knot tied. and they
went off as happy as clans at high
| tide.
"If I worked down here I'd die of BAT
! fed curiosity to know how the matches l
! made turned out" said the reporter
The inspector grinned.
Il guess it's, just as well we don't
| like job lot. but we do the fairest thing
I we can about them You heard about
our Scotch girl who would marry the ne
affair, and they were all agin the neg o,
| but he won out, hands down.
You see he had been working over in
Scotland for a New York company and
/ getting New York wages so he could
afford to splurge Pr o0abiy they thought
owe: there that lie was an African king
in disguise. They say the people III Fiu-
rope don't feel about negroes the way
we do over here. Well, this fine, strapDing
Scotch lassie fell in love with him, and,
when he sent for her. she ran away and
came out to marry him. He came on 10
New York FOR her. and we all lad fits
though guess ne was good respecta-
ble fellow. We labored with the girl and
tried to make her see that she was nal[-
ing mistake and that things were dir
ferent over here. Say. those Scotch do
beat anything for stubboruness!
- love him, and | will marry him
she said, and that settled it
FINALLY, one of the pastors took tha
girl UP town, and All til. odgh the negro
district. He didn't spare her anything
| in the low down line. Maybe it wasn't
| quite fair. bat it seemed as il the girl
o ooI;t TO Know what chances she was
taxing She came back to the island that
evening Soured on matrimonY, wanted to
go nome or the next boat, and We n.
l rC6pIGea ana iIt virtuous. 'rhe next
her, her jaw was set again.
love him and | would marry him
| was only hungry last night and faint
-, She never changed the tune again
me man stood on his rights of citizen
SNIP married her and walked off with
The reporter wandered out through tI,A
MfinuIhS labyrinth of pens and past tie
tnIoh8S or immigrants who were ching
SNahuled, and finally found Mrs Stuck
IN ana Miss Taylor watching the noH-
n al Slream Of puzzled, frightened for
Weddings" said Mrs stucl,I,n "o,
yes, we have scores of them tn IN
upn come off here, but the AFFAIR is ~
ffa a,.I5i here and the ceremony is per
formed at one of the mission hoIseSP on
We
Pill vi things in connection with orr
WTGGIh ana lot of pleasant things foo
n,a1riaa 1trs orlIV about one fourth Of the
i i RACES ar" compulsory The rest arc
honest love affairs or matches arra,oaI
by the families arranged
ana IH 1S, come over here to get start
t duu , tneh senG for their sweethearfs ana
i i happy meetings are worth see;n,o e'H ~
nt,, ne Iashlon i'm that class of soc,-
oi i, ~ moe ones feelings, and though tbo
SHlS biuSh fUriOusly enough nei4haS 80 ~
nor their sweethearts seem to care 80 5,,Tt
ttCohllS at them. Sometimes a Girl ~
~ MalI few hours or DAYS ana cn rI'S
Iny,, ie a. ahd nervous. and then, when The
~ 49, uoeS turn up. she almost goes viii
VIII, relief and delight. Sues "lld
SOW ,iS re are very few cases for cornnrl-
Arinan ,it,i tiaSe from Southern Europe or
49, Fi 10 ana those countries The girIs
upWh there seem to marry so eariv SIS
ny uoi nave time to get into +To, NJ
fbero we C Get only few SINGLE girls from
ruenE, once IN while an Italian or Al
hcIia1 girl will come over 70 ho VI At
Cr ~ f,.; 10y she IS ALWAYS met by RELATIVES
~ lIleh0S, and in most cases rb %
nSFtr Seen the man she Is to mar, NJ no
iiint. mas peen managed by the two fa,,r nc
RED b ~ I perhaps the girl has been ma
ar W proxy on The other side
IN $50 seems ms queer for little Italian oir,
Sbo -; mere ana meet q stranger I,,t@ ~
! Slio - 10 marry the next dav? bu rii ON
I Ioarg seems quite satisfied The A.
nenl2n girl doesn't see Inc IN ne Ar
Wien Wien she meets him here, for She n ven
iIalSeS her eyes from the eronnd lever lever
ne Is brought up to her and tails "ileh
e1 UUii Know whether it is etioUafta o.
en!EanhSe s but it is always that VA Vi
of we nave trouble about the MARRIAGES
t ~ llahy OIL these Southern girls 10 eSes
hut , ,,sU 700 young for our marriage Law"
thing through by having The co cue tnlns
{ ~ m Jersey. They can NARY q mar
carrier there than in New YorI year
~ men ever come here i'm Saarob -
! man i'll view?" pa 'icuiaF wo
s.6S Stucklin laughed.
so,S an, once IN while it happens. ver,,
storinr though. she SAID. 81 heorf
stories OF such things in earlier d. 80 a. =
We qont pay any attention to 80 =, pllt
+ quests now. When a clIstornor i HioH re
coileS around I'm afraid some Of ~ ~
t ntgh nave q good deal OF fun with bir. 'o
oSiA n Inc lillhg over seriously with bi
anu snow him around, but alNave b lain
h.. 7o .'5f reason why he can't have the --f,I
w Wee Just deported couple Of lovers
M T, WON YOU would have felt stirred
~. mere was dog in the out6f 49,
Inc man was an eX-convic+ snd ~ ~
Woihdn was an actress and the doc 80
JUST plain dog-rather the hest 6f "f