Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-05-29
, sss,,ssass. VIVA had ssss her ssa

" ssnsipnsa. VINO had sses her esh,'
paaion during the two days that her
mother had been confined to her state
room with the bane of travelers-sea.
sickness.
An earnest conversation was carried
on between the two, before the girl
sent an answer to her message. Then,
as the operator performed his magic,
he smiled more broadly than ever. An.
other message was received from the
,Turbina; another answer was sent;
there was rapid interchange Of mes.
sages; and the smile on the operators
face settled into look of perfect hap
piness And the girl? She had ceased
looking toward the west. During the
rest of the voyage she looked to the
east. AS she went to breakfast she was
humming a tune, and the brilliant,
happy eyes she turned on the pale,
aristocratic lady who had left her
stateroom for the first time in three
days caused that person to compll-
ment her on her appearance. while she
consoled a sensitive conscience with
the thought that the novelty OF the
voyage was already making her daugh-
ter forget what she termed, her rldicu-
lous love affair.
AS the misty shores Of Mother Eng
land rose, cloud-like, out OF the irish
sea, hundreds of anxious eyes were
strained to catch the first sight Of land.
Happy wanderers, returning home,
wept tears OF joy at the sight. Happy
tourists, on pleasure bent, felt a shade
! of sadness steal over them at the
| sight of the foreign shore, at the
thought that in a few hours they
e,rvu1u ne IN foreign dominton-Were
now in fact-for the ship on which
they sailed was a British vessel, and
the union jack streamed from her
peak. But to two, lady and her
daughter, there came no feeling OF
sadness as they watched the indistinct
blur assume a regular outline.
The undemocratic mother watched
with swelling heart the land where
her ambitions were to be realized and
her daughter grated on the stem of d
titled aristocracy. The triumph Of her
schemes made her act with unusual
tenderness toward her child that day.
The daughter hailed, with high
spirits and girlish laughter, the land
she had thought Of in terror, and the
sea roses on her cheeks glowed their
deepest crimson; the western sunlight
in her eyes fairly burned as they
stepped across the plank.
A pompous equipage, with armorial
bearings and liveried attendants. was
in waiting; and the great lord himself
came forward to meet them. The
mothers face flushed with pleasure as
she received his courtly greeting; then
she turned in bewilderment. Her
daughter had vanished. At this juno
ture a gentleman, with lady on his
arm, stepped up and, with assurance,
exclaimed in a ringing voice: Lord
Mumblethorpe, allow me to introduce
my wife"
En- w nat! - f1lS lOTuSulp loilA ~
! staggered.
The mothers face turned gray; she
clutched his lordships arm for sup
port. The bride could not suppress
low laugh of triumph. The groom held
UP a document for the inspection Of
! all. This is what it contained:
"This certifies that Walter Raleigh
: of New York, on board the steamship
Turbina, and Elizabeth May Stetson
of Brooklyn, on board the steamship
/ Carina, were united by us In holy mat
rimony in midocean by wireless teleg
raph, June 26, 1905.
Signed: Robert T. Robinson
clergyman on board the Turbina. Fran
! els Peel Torway, clergyman on the
Carina.
: Witnesses: James Jones, operator
i on the Turbina. George H. Tompkins
operator on the Carina."