The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-24
MILE TRIP
TO SEE HUSBAND
Wife Then Has but One Hour
to Say GOOdby.
DELAYED BY MANY MISHAPS

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American Continent and the Atlantic
to See Man Who Is just About to
Leave London For the Battlefield.
Her Long Journey an Exciting One.
The story OF how a young Canadian
bride raced $1,000 miles. from Tokyo TO
London. across the Pacific. the Ameri-
can continent and the Atlantic. TO see
her soldier bridegroom for a few days
and OF the curious string OF mishaps
that delayed her arrival so that she
saw him for an hour only is interesting
and thrilling.
The husband was adviser TO u large
timber concern In Canada. The honey.
moon was hardly over when he was
called away on a long Job In England,
where Ii was impossible to take his
bride. After he had left she decided 10
accompany friends on a trip to Japan
She had beer In the island empire
some time without hearing from her
husband when she received a cable
message stating that he had enlisted
on his arrival In England in a Cana
dian regiment. which had gone TO the
western front with one OF the first
drafts.
Leaves Tokyo For London.
Making up her mind to see him Inn
mediately, the bride left Tokyo the
next day for the first leg OF her world
circling journey. Arriving In Van
couver. she sent two cable messages,
one engaging accommodations on the
steamship Philadelphia at New York,
the other informing her husband at the
front of her step. Then b sped on
across the country In Americas fastest
trains.
When the husband received his wife's
message he calculated that the liner
would reach Liverpool on, Saturday,
and succeeded In getting leave from
the trenches for Saturday. Sunday and
Monday.
Meanwhile the Philadelphia, her
Prov pointed eastward, was swiftly
putting America far behind her, and
the bride was happy. Three days out
from New York, however. things began
TO happen. Tantalizing delays began
eating into the Philadelphia's schedule
sailing time. First the liner had to
stop TO pick up a German passenger
who had tried to commit suicide by
drowning. Her husband In the Brit
ish uniform. the bride could not quite
pardon the captain for this delay, ane
she began to be restless.
Than ne fha yaSSal uaG anDrnap1iux
the submarine war zone, she picked vi
IS o s" calls from the Hesperian. ant
spent more valuable time looking owe
the sea for survivors. Next the ship
boilers went wrong just as h hat
entered the danger zon and she stop
ped dead and drifted. III easy prey TO
any submarine. And finally, as a ell
max. the Philadelphia reached Liver
pool. after all her mishaps, on SatuI
day night. too late for the passenger
to land.
The bride spent a sleepless night, o
the verge of nervous breakdown. SUI
day morning brought a telegram frol
her husband In London saying that B
was forced 10 leave for the front
0sDQ AiO(h that aAACA iloOh.
ed to see him even If she had to t
the rest OF the way. the girl finally pc
suaded the immigration officials to r
lease her. AS the ship glided alon
side the docks and before 1t had con
to a stop she leaped from the rail, al
her luggage was thrown after her.
One Train Cancelled, Second Late.
s
A moment later she was tearing In
taxicab through the streets of Live
pool to the railroad station, only
find the boat train had been cancele
After a tedious wait the girl brit
caught an IL O'Clock train for Lond0
1t arrived In the metropolis TWEEN
minutes late.
There the traveller met her husbal
and saw him for exactly. n hot
After she had seen him aboard q tro'
train for France the girl went to . :
~ and cried.
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