AN ADAMLESS EDEN.
MATRIMONY ON EASTER ISLAND.
San Francisco, December 27. Captain Bottugkson, of the schooner Annie M. Campbell, states that . be- .• fore leaving Papeete ail envoy from the young women of Easter Island •• -• < begged the crew to return with him to ;.t' become the husbands of a. number "of Hell v- : - - spinsters, and the masters of their cattle ' • a 1 ?/-'I and sheep. He hastened ijj> set sail before * the matrimonial inducements could rob ■' > ->* him of his crew. , " ■V J/S It WaS said that the crew of the schooner i;': -Ml El Dorado, which was wrecked on Easter ;"<£* Island several months ago, have qualified tfM. /'Pi as husbands. .■ '■ ; - • - ,j- - ; >r> mmmm "JJ ■/■■■asatet | jg - ~ &§H
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15499, 5 January 1914, Page 5
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116AN ADAMLESS EDEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15499, 5 January 1914, Page 5
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