The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13
AROUND the GLOBE
FOR A WIFE.
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globe trotter. He had no idea that he /
was going to and fro on the earth /
hunting for something, but he was. |
All men from the time they are old
enough to marry are hunting for |
wives, and all women from a similar
period of their lives are hunting for
husbands. Tell most of them this, and
they will either laugh or get angry at
you Nevertheless the statement is
true. Nature often fools us, but she
never relaxes the enforcement of her
laws.
AS was saying, lie Roy Remington
was crossing continents and oceans.
as he thought, to get rid of being
bored. Had he been obliged to work
for a living he would not have been
bored so much. Had he been married
he would not have been bored at all.
He might have suffered under many
irritations and annoyances, he might
even have wished for a return of the
freedom of bachelorhood, but he would
not have been bored Boredom does
not usually belong to the married
state.
One day Remington was crossing
1.-The plains of America somewhere
between Omaha and San Francisco
when the train stopped. The weather
was warm, and the windows were
open. A train from the opposite direc-
ton came rolling along with diminish
ing speed. 1t brought the girl Reming
ton was looking for and stopped with
her directly beside his window. Her
window too, was raised, and the two
sat face to face within a few feet of
each other Remington looked at the
girl, and the girl looked at Reming-
ton. He made the most Of the brief
time allotted him. The girl lowered
her eyes. Then there was q toot-toot
ahead, and Remington's train moved
onward.
Remington was looking for this very
girl, but he didn't know 1t till he was
on the Pacific ocean midway between
San Francisco and Hongkong.
By the time he stood again on dry
land he had made up his mind that he
must find the girl on the other side of
the globe.
He went to Paris and from Paris
started for London. On railway train
some twenty miles west of Paris, while
stopping at a station, q train pulled
past, and at a window in this train
was the girl he had discovered he
wanted.
1t took Remington just thirty sec
onds to gather up his belongings and
| In
terval it had occurred to him that the
girl might be going around the world
and he had better proceed westward
In the hope of meeting her once more
and at standstill. But he dismissed
the idea as ridiculous.
The train that had passed was bound
for Paris, and Remington took the next
went on to London. But he cared moth
ing for that. He could buy trunks and
their contents, but he couldn't buy the
girl who was going to Paris, though he
could buy any one of dozens of other
girls. She was surely going to Paris.
All Americans who are approaching
Paris are going there. And ten to one
she would stay awhile there. So Rem
ington returned to Paris and when ho
got there hunted through the registers
Of the hotels where Americans were
accustomed to stay. At the Hote
Meurice he found the names MIR
and Mrs. Edgar D. Avery, San Fran
cisco, Cal, q. S. A, and Miss Edith
, Avery" The clerk told him that they
had arrived at time that correspondent
with the arrival of the train on which
be had seen the girl he was hunting.
While he was racking his brains how
to secure an introduction he CHANGED
to meet his intimate friend Philpot
He asked Philpot to dine with him the
: same evening, intending to talk tht
matter over with him. No; Philpot:
friends, the Averys of San Francisco
had just arrived and he was engaged
to drive with them. What luck
. Would Philpot introduce him? Ger
tainly. He would make an engage
ment to take him to call. They parted
and the next morning Philpot tol(
Remington that he had made the en-
! gagement for FIVE days ahead, the frs
' evening the Averys were disengaged
$ Remington passed five weary, waitin:
n days and on the afternoon of the fiftl
: received q note from Philpot to sa.
. that the Averys had left Paris unex
: pectedly the day before.
Remington was crushed. He foun'
Philpot, only to learn that the Avery
had gone eastward to Hongkong t.
sail for San Francisco Immediately Oh
arrival at that port. Remington in
CURED the date of sailing Of the steam
er they would likely take and fount
he would not have time to reach
t himself. He could go westward ant
reach San Francisco earlier than tn
party going eastward.
He left Paris that night for South
a ampton, caught an outgoing steame
n md reached New York in six days
In two weeks from his leaving Franc
: he was in San Francisco waiting tn
arrival of the girl he was chasing
Whenever steamer arrived from tn
/ east he was at the dock watching.
q last he saw Miss Avery coming dow