The Havre herald., 1908-09-16
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FOR A WIFE.

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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 ali women from similar
period of their lives are hanthg for
husbands. Ten most Of them this, and
they will either laugh or get angry at
you. Nevertheless the statement Ia
true. Nature often fools us. bat she
never relaxes the enforcement OF her
laws
AS I 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 living he would not have been
he would not have been bored at all.
He might have suffered under many
Eritations and annoyances, he might
even have wished for return of the
freedom of bachelorhood, but he would
not have been bored. Boredom does
not usually belong to the married
state.
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"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. It brought the girl Reming
ton was looking for and stopped with
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window, too, was raised, and the two
sat face to face within 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 a 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.
started for London. On railway train
some twenty miles west OF Paris, while
stopping at station, train pulled
past, and at a window in this train
was the girl he had discovered he
wanted
It took Remington just thirty sec
onds to gather up his belongings and
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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 boAnd
for Paris, and Remington took the next
one for the same place. His trunk
went on to London. But he cared both
ing for that. He could buy franks and
their contents, but he couldn't hay the
girl who was going to Paris. though he
could buy any one OF dozens Of other
girls. She was surely going 10 Paris.
All Americans who are approaching
Paris are going there. And YEA 10 one
she would stay awhile there. ao Rem
sngton returned to Paris and when he
got there there hunted through the registers
Of the hotels where Americans we're
accustomed to stay. At the Hotel
Neurtce he found the names "Ar.
and Mrg. Edgar .. Avery, San Fnan-
cisco, Cal, y. S. A.. and Miss Edith
Avery" The clerk told him that they
bad arrived at time that eorrespqnded
with the arrival Of the train On which
he 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 Phiipot to dine with him the
same evening, intending to talk the
matter over with him. No; phllpots
friends, the Averys of San Francisco,
bad 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 told
Remington that he had made the en-
gagement for five days ahead, the first
evening the Averys were disengaged.
Remington passed Ave weary, waiting
days and On the afternoon Of the fifth
received note from Philpot to say
that the Averys had left Paris unex-
pectedly the day before.
Remington was crushed. He found
Philpot, only to learn that the Averys
had gone eastward to Hongkong to
sail for San Francisco Immediately Oh
arrival at that port. Remington In,
quired the date Of sailing Of the steam
or they would likely take and found
he would not have time to reach il
himself. He could go westward and
reach San Francisco earlier than the
party going eastward.
He left Paris that night fer South
ampton, caught an outgoing steamer
and reached New York In six DAYS.
In two weeks from his leaving France
he was In San Francisco waiting the
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