17,000 MILES FOR A BRIDE
A Canadian recently crossed two continents and an ocean to many a Greek girl and take her back with him to Skagway in the remote NorthWest. - The journey to Greecfe and back extended over 17,000 miles and cost nearly £IOOO. An even more trying journey was undertaken by a Russian who had emigrated to the United States. He' heard that his sweetheart in Russia was in danger from the Bolsheviks. Immediately he set sail foi China. Thence ho travelled overland, mostly on foot ,across Siberia, to his sweetheart’s home in European Russia, where he was able to rescue her. The journey occupied eight months. Long journeys to get married sometimes have unexpected endings. A girl who sailed several thousands of miles to marry her lover, changed her mind on the way. The unlucky man was one'of 150 bachelors exiled in,.a settlement where there were few white women. On learning •:>f her refusal, the other 149 bachelors petitioned the girl not to return to England, , but to choose a husband from among them. She did so, and the former fiancee acted as ‘best man’ at, the wedding.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1924, Page 4
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19117,000 MILES FOR A BRIDE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1924, Page 4
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