Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-09
CUPID
AT SEA
By cox

Of remaining in the city of his birth
States lie decided to take Il longer
Digit He sailed for South America
md. not content with remaining on
the eastern coast. passed southwark.
through the strait and up to Chile.
There he became engaged in business.
and there was every prospect that he
would make that country his perna
nent hOule.
A man settIing in a far distant land
is not likely 70 feel at home with the
people there and naturally longs for
his old associates. After a %sojourn Of
. few years in Chile Willard thought
TINT If he had a wife-one from his
native land he would be better CON
tented. lie remembered one Leona
Andrews. ii very pretty girl. that he
had formerly been sweet on. and 1t
occurred to him to begin a correspond
ence with her with II view TO marriage.
Miss Andrews replied Il his letter.
and be wrote again. the correspond
ence growing sweeter and sweeter till
he made a proposal by letter, which
was accepted. The young lady realiz-
ed that it would be difficult as well as
inconvenient for him TO return TO
America to marry her and consented
to go TO Chile for the wedding. This
was n very satisfactory arrangement.
and Willard was happy owe the pros
pect. He bought a house. furnished 1t
ND rnoJO a1I ny-nnffaI N rta ~ aonfc
for his brides reception.
Miss Andrews wrote him of the
steamer on which she would go TO
Chile. the date of her departure and
the date OF her probable arrival. Will
lard counted the days till she should
come and his loneliness would be end
ed. He had made a number of good
friends among the Chileans. and they
had volunteered to do all in their
power to make the lady's residence
among them "A happy one.
One Monday afternoon the ship on
which Miss Andrews was coming was
announced TO arrive the next morn
ing. Willard made arrangements for
a simple noon wedding to take place
on the day of his brides arrival. to
which a few friends were invited.
When the steamer arrived Willard
was on the dock. looking up to see his
6ancee. lie saw her standing beside
a gentleman. and when she caught his
We. instead of greeting him with a
happy smile. she looked embarrassed
Running aboard. among the first TO do
so, he joined the lady, who introduced
him to the gentleman beside her:
MY husband"
The voyage had been a long one.
She had mel a fascinating man. and
the two had concluded that the most
satisfactory solution of the problem
would be for them 10 be married be-
fore their arrival in Chile. Willard
would accept the inevitable without
unnecessary prolonged torture.
Thus ends the first part of this
story. The second part is in this wise:
Willard in order to recover from the
| shock b%ethought himself of another
girl at home who might like a hus-
band even il he did bring her to a dis
all LII III ittf(o APOA ONAN
correspondence with marriage in view.
He was equally successful in this case
as the other. and 1t was not six
months after his mishap before he
was engaged again.
A great deal of sympathy had been
enlisted for him in his disappoint-
ment, and his friends were much
| pleased to hear that. after all. he was
to be made happy. He announced
that this time he would go for his
bride and bring her back with him.
A sea voyage was a poor place for con-
stancy when there was temptation at
hand. He had suffered once from this
cause. and he did not propose to take
the rub a second time.
Willard in order to get away for so
long a time was obliged to take In a
partner. This be did. And when all
was running smoothly he set sail for
the United States with the blessings of
many friends showered upon him. The
women said nothing as to his former
matrimonial experience, but the men
| shouted to him from the dock. Don't
trust her on deck without you.'' Be
ware of the captain If be is good look
ing and other such innuendoes upon
| the constancy of woman.
In due time Willard returned with
his bride. Now that he was married
i~nnuendoes would be in bad taste. and
it was agreed that they should not be
made. Bus owing to the grOom's pre-
vious Notifying episode every effort
was made by the Chileans to give him
and his bride a good sendoff. When
the ship came in Willard was seen
| standing on deck beside aChilean young
lady who had sailed for the United
| States on the same vessel that Willard
had taken when he went to be married.
He was the color of a boiled lobster.
He descended the gangway with the
Chilean lady and. on being, greeted
Homewhat wonderingly. introduced her