The sun., 1903-08-02

DTs Dresident Sfts q The OiuS. S III I had waisss
another Ave years would have got an
increase of $50 q year. An for promotion
there was no chance Of II unless one ci th'
Old fogies At the top Of the tree was obiiginG
enough TO die.
well, / logged along contentedly unit
I fell In love with planters pretty daughter
We became engaged, but when asked tht
planter for the parental blessing he tolc
me not to be fool, and asked me what
proposed keeping a wife on: of course
l looked like an asa, but told him mean
to have her all the same. =, ,.,. .,
mo rather mora kindly. you shall have
your chance When was your age wat
la the same boat But didn't stick In tn
mud here on starvation pay. ! went 10 tne
States, made money, came back ana oouGh
this plantation, and married Mary's mother
You 20 and do the same
But have no money TO go there with,
I ventured
4'And yet you propose TO marry a wife.
he retOrted, adding: Well, here are $50
Take them as loan. Your passage wal
cost you sA2, and you'll have about 10 tt
land with, provided you don't drink too
many cocktails on the steamer. II you
can't make position for yourself and come
back for Mary within couple OF years
you need never expect her =.
Il took the money and came here ~
was rough sledging at first, and many .
time was tempted to go back TO the easy
il Improbable, life In Jamaica. But tht
thought of Mary kept me steadfast, and II
less than the two years / was able to GO
back, pretty well fixed, and demand hel
from the old man. And what do you think
same fifty-d0llar note. which had repaic
him ont Of INV Araf aarninHa
- When YOU sent that. my boy, no said
J knew you were safe to come back ioi
Mary, 30 had IL framed, and kept IT walt
ing for you.'
when came here said another mem
ber Of the club, II had an oven create
incentive. l was an overseer on a 81
Kits plantation. working for my boarc
and IS a week
II didn't wait. as you did. ! married
her and wc managed to get here by pawn
ing the few bits Of jewelry we possessed
We blufYed the immigration inspector
it was only two years ago-and andec
with just over 81 In our possession.
That same afternoon l walked intt
the first newspaper Office l saw. and got
Job az reporter al 50 a week. though knew
nothing Of the work. II was pretty tougf
work living on that small wage, but In
few weeks / was getting $40 on bette
paper. and now I'm making hva'le
salary
II know a West Indian" spoke up thire
member OF the club, "who Ia now head o
tho American organization of big Engiisi
bank. He came 10 Philadelphia for
holiday soon after leaving school, likee
the place, took position as junior clerk
and rose. very rapidly to the top OF th'
tree"
do you know" remarked an old Jamai
can. that great many West Indian wo
men come here and marry rich Ameri
cans? They are the daughters OF tn
aristocratio old planting families who hav'
lost their money through the ruin Of tn
West Indian sugar industry.
"They come here by shoals to earn
living | suppose there must be hundred
Of them in Boston, to say nothing OF Phila
delphia and New York
Some OF them become stenographers
but most Of them do the best kind Of fame!
needlework. The West Indian woman
Of the higher classes is an adept at tina
kind OF work, as you know,
Sooner or later she meet the millionair'
and marries him. Americans seem Il
find them irI esistible and that's not strange
for. OF course. we all believe here that tn
West Indian girl Of the good old planting
families is the best girl on earth