Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-11-07

have II she married Tommy Faylon."
She was departing so soon he would
have no opportunity of seeing her be-
| fore she left.
Tommy hunted up the doctor. "Pd
follow your advice" he said, "but
haven't the money. To travel costs
money"
Why not take the five hundred"
the physician suggested, land by u.s.
ing IL help gain the larger sum? Pay
where you have to, and work your pas.
sage where you can"
Soon Tommy was on the way to the
Pacific coast. Alice had left by boat
when he reached there, so he was
quick to charter passage on the next
steamer to put forth. Like a will o.
the wisp she fitted just ahead of him
wherever he went, but he continued.
In January he found her in Japan.
But before February is ended" she
told him, father says / will be on
the ocean on the way home"
I'll return with you," he informed
her.
And that is how they came to sail
from Yokohama on February some
thing or other, fact which recalled
to his mind that he was no nearer dis
covering a February 80 than he had
ever been.
The passengers on the vessel watch
ed the two lovers curiously. 1t
CHANGED there was a clergyman on
many were saying it would be splen-
did idea for him to perform the cere-
mony of marriage on board the ship.
But Tommy shook his head.
Il have no more chance of marrying
her" he said to one man, than have
Of finding a February 80"
But hope was buoyed finally. The
captain requested him to call in his
parlor. He did so. There he found
Alice, her father, the minister and four
passengers, besides the captain.
Il understand" said the captain,
that you wish this reverend gentle
man TO marry you to Miss Detwar"
1t has been said so in a joking
way, | think" stammered Tommy.
I'VE may as well have the ceremony
now, then" said Alice quickly. Were
all here, and there are witnesses
enough"
February go" groaned Tommy.
Take hold of hands," commanded
the minister, and before Tommy Fay
Ion recovered his wits he found him
Self married to the girl of his choice.
Il am unhappily happy" he said
But consolingly looking into his wife's
eyes, Il guess now i have you I'll
make the best of it. I've lost a mil
lion dollars, but / think we can trudge
along on nothing at all, If neces-
sary."
How have you lost a million?"
asked the captain. And Tommy told
him, although in the listening there
was CLINT of humor in the captains
eyes.
II must, then, be the first one to
make you acquainted with fact that
will be of interest TO you. You must
know that, in travelling eastward, from
Yokohama to San Francisco, a days
time is gained. There must be a
day apart from those we see map
ped on the calendar. Now let me tell
you, this is leap year-1904. Yester-
day was February 20, but to-day is not
March 1. When the sun shines to-
morrow morning it will usher in the
first day of the month of March. What,
then, is today"
Tommy gasped. February 30!" he
cried.
And even the minister acknowledge
ed that the hornpipe roughly executed
by the young married man was per-
MISSILE.
And the best of it was" said Tom
my, writing to the lawyer when he
received the bequest, that Alice
thought out the whole thing, and urged |
her father to take her to the other
side Of the Pacific, knowing / would |
follow her and so win the day. Hows
that for a girl?'