The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-11-17

Jones at once offered to supply Mrs.
Stanley with all the funds she needed.
This was no sacrifice or risk for him.
for the lady told him that the moment
she reached Honolulu she would ca
BILE back to America for money But
1t put her under an obligation to Jones.
and she was naturally grateful. The
voyage to Honolulu is long one, and
the two, being without other friends
or acquaintance on the vessel. spent
much time together.
After the first shock at their unfortu-
nate situation was over they subsidized
into encomiums upon their respective
partners. Jones tired Of this first and
was glad when his companion gave
over expatiating upon her husbands
noble qualities 1t soon seemed like
a widow extolllng the virtues OF her
first husband to Der second.
The voyage wgs favored with pleas
ant weather, aM the two, having moth
Ing to do buHidle away their time on
deck in comfortable steamer chairs,
were not lqhg In becoming reconciled
to the situation. Then came moments
when they felt a shock in realizing
thatthe frightful separation they were
enduring was losing its frightfulness.
| One day when the water was rough
Tand Mrs. Stanley was kept in her room
| by seasickness Jones walked the deck
disconsolate, thinking OF her instead of
his Evelyn On another occasion. when
Mrs. Stanley, after seeing Jones stroll
Ing along the side when the ship
was lurching, heard the cry of Man
overboard!' she paled, fearing that 1t
might be Jones.
When the vessel reached Honolulu
Jones decided that 1t would be neglect
Of defenseless woman to leave his
companion without seeing her com
fortably started on her return journey.
Since his ship spent but half day
there, TO do this he must remain over
and take another passage to Hong
kong. In any event, Mrs. Stanley de-
termined to walt the arrival of the
| next steamer from America, which
would doubtless bring her advices from
her husband and her family. In such
complicated case nothing could be
decided upon cablegrams.
When the next mail from San Fran
cisco came In II brought two letters for
Mrs. Stanley the one from her hus-
band, the other from her parents. who
had become aware of the contretemps.
The latter inclosed draft for funds
and advised her immediate return,
which was indeed what was to have
been expected The former letter con
tanned Il great shock for the bride.
Joseph Stanley wrote his newly made
wife that his father, having suspected
something was in the wind, had en-
ployed a detective to shadow him.
Stanley had avoided the detective so
far as to be married, but the detec-
tive had caught him just as he was
about to enter the dockhouse to board
the steamer. This was by way of ex-
PLANTATION. The letter went on TO say
that. being taken to his father. he had
been told that unless he consented to
an annulment Of his marriage the for
tune that would be his-a million dol
lars-would be left to cousin, Robert
Stanley. whom Joseph hated.
Since he had not been brought up to
earn his living, due regard for his
bride as well as himself compelled him
to submit. His father had held a will
he had made In his hands, ready tot
destroy 1t, waiting for his sons deci-
sion. When II was given he was re-
quired to sign an application to the
courts for an annulment OF his mar
Rage.
Jones received similar shock In a
cablegram intended to intercept his
voyage from Evelyn Smithson asking
him to await advices at Honolulu
When the advices came they revealed
a greater weakness on the part of Eve
Ign than Joseph Stanley had shown
The morning that Evelyn was to have
sailed with Jones her mother, seeing
that she was agitated, pressed her tol
tell her what was on her mind Eve
Ign weakened and confessed what she
was about to do.
OF course the confession was tanta
mount TO u UhCkuoWu. MIS-. SlulllSoll
anxious to be rid of man whom she
did not wish her daughter to marry
at least not then-refused to send word
to the steamer that Evelyn would not
sail.
Jones and Mrs. Stanley having re
ceived their letters by the same steam
er read them in the latter's private par
lor at the hotel where she stopped.
Jones finished reading his letter first
and waited for his companion to do
the same. When she did she handed
her letter to him. He read 1t and look
ed up at her Seeing something en-
couraging in her eye he went to her
andLtissed another mans wife.
Now, had Mrs Stanley not been a
married woman Jones might have mar
ried her and the two could have CON
tinued this double intended wedding
journey condensed into single one. I
But Mrs. Stanley was tied to another
man, and there was nothing for it but
to return to America and procure an
annulment of her marriage before they
could be united.
Making virtue OF necessity they