The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
A PHILIPPINE ROMANCE
Strange courtship of Filipino
Girl by a Marine.
els BRIDE A WILLING sToWAWAY

Juniata Castro swan 10 ship aid
Half cIreIed the Globe to Wed Her
American Lover-she lay In a
Transports Hold For weeks and
suffered FOR Food and Water.
Brave in the uniform of United
States marine, Horace Hesler Mccall,
a native Of Baltimore, stood up in the
little parlor Of GO Wisher street, in
Germantown, a suburb Of Philadelphia,
the other afternoon and swore to 'loye,
honor and cherish a Filipino girl who
travelled half way around the world to
wed him and endured hardships that
would have stifed every human emo
ton save love, says the New York
i World. She swan out to sea and went
aboard an army transport a stowaway.
She went days without food and suf-
fered torrents for the want OF water
iii the dank, dark hold Of the trans
port
Juniata Castro, belle Of the little is-
land isabella de Basilan, had won a
heart and dared death to have TINT
heart her own
A few marines from the League IS
land barracks, some everyday folks
from round about Wisher street, Ger
mantown. ana two or three relatives Of
the bridegroom were the witnesses to
the wedding ceremony, and when II
was over tile dainty little Malay de-
MED them all brides kiss and crossed
herself with a sacred oath that no man
save her husband had ever touched
his lips to hers
The big marine tells q straightfor.
: ward manly story Of his wooing in the
Philippines, of the elopement the peri
: of bringing the girl aboard ship, the
difficulties encountered and overcome
on the way to San Francisco, the strug
giles there and the supreme effort that
I finally brought his loved one to Ger
mantown, half way around the globe
for love-
q The little woman tells The story Of
her romance as follows:
Q "With the ships came the lovers, ant
with the ships the lovers went agar
and never see no more
I II see girls cry and cry and cry
s Sick some days. One time they die
e Baby die too. All very sorry. Love-
far away with ship. All bad All sad
My love, one hot day say boss MAKE
!. ship go away. He must go on ship.
% not cry. / say, You go, | go. wv
D, laugh Next day go on ship sell fruit
fe See where may hide from boss. NJ,
love leave big hole for me in ship
81 When night come / swim out to ship
G. Hold tight to rope. Get fast In hole
N Make no noise Long time in hole. Al
sr dark. all hot. No water. Rats in hair
IS Some time sleep, some time can
e sleep. Choke Make no noise. No
!. CRY out. Wake up some time, he Their
\ with bottle water | love him, IL
say. BE brave. Long time withou
water. Long time not eat Some da.
he come again. Long time away. Thel
say Frisco. Next night all dark.
crawl out hole. Can't walk. Can
stand. Can't see. Awful bad III
come to me Say must swim more. Ii
pitch me far out in water Then fel
lows lie know pick me up IN little boat
Row long time. Big place Frisco. lii
tie boat some time stop By big place
We wait Then he come. So happy
Some day | 80 for work. He mus
come away that day. / work. IL
send me money. Some day. long tims
n come here. Now we marry. / ne
work. 10 cry like girls home. Lon
r. time In ship. Long time in cars. II
give rifle up soon. No boss then Som
n day maybe we so back Then no hol
r In ship. No dirt Water and meat an
Il he. Maybe too far Not go. Happ
here. Not happy there.