Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 181, 28 April 1891 — A ROMANCE. [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE.

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In # this qaandry a briMaxit idea ©e£ttrrsd to bim~WhLy ;aot emigrate to Bowowee ? fibre wasa chatioe s to hat*e hife desir^ a ehanee to meke a living and to establish himself to win fame i *• '* i and fortuue. A visiQft of the whole story passed before his iaental yisio». . That evening lie unfolded the plan to Faza as th«y t»f heneii in uhe garden, He drew a picture of the wondere and delights of the f jreign countries he had seen in his iravels. It was eftohantif)g. So agreo.d to fiee to this. gay tropic land and ieave far behind all tlje complecated and vexations questi*ns involing tiione} r and uieana and stubborn parents. Before tinbarkiwg- in.this enterprise Nyama wrote to a frie*d in "Ihe Foreign Office to enqujre ifit was all bona fida. The friend i*eplied that it was: o«e mgīit the sllly young people joined han ds and ran a crose the fields to a railroad st-ation and were soon dashing through the eou ntry t<> the great city of Yoka~ hama.

Arrived in Yokahama he īeft his bride at a h©tel and seeking oat a christian missionary requested him to perform the marriage eeremony. The gentlenian readiljr c«nsented and the youog people were duly wedded. Nyama hayiwg heen educated in America naturally desiredx.' t,o conform to the foreign so that his wife might be in no uncertain status when they should arrive iri Bowowee. His next care was to hunt up iheagent of the Bureau of Immigration. When he f®und that peTson he was very b»sy and not verv # polite. He told Nyama that the steainer sailed in a week; to get on board that was all; the -Tecrpiting agent had sent in all the names. " sut," said Nvania J 'how about the contraet ?"

"You will get them on the stearaer; pass o«." said the agent. .N"yama and hia bride spent the week in visiting objects of interest in a great city. They visit«d the theaters, and F#jsa saw for the first ti.ne the wonder land of the stage. Thej atso weat a christian chureh, and Nyaiua explained to the girl the tonehir» story of chnst'3 life and suffer » at the nands af the wealthy ai . *espectable Jews who pretended to be God's chosen people, and the siaaple aiid beautiful teschings ©f christianity, For though Nyam& had never 6penly joined a church, he had been almost convinced bv the many excelleut people who had taken pains to expo»nd the g«spel to the young Japaness while he waa studying abroad. He &lso jc«mmenced to teaoh Faxa some 1 English words and phrasea whieh might 1» useful in futur«w They found a thousaftd things totalk about, toud ae end of amuaemenk They builtga«dy oaēllee in Bowowee respieudent with the rose tints of youth aad lom The honeymoon ro«e r*splendent &om the I#Te eloail# to a etear a*y« At the eftdaf a we*k< they went down In a hired oagdag* to the #****• The dock vm abneady mmāaā with āmotly orowd of creatureß preBenting» a remarkable appeanneo. (To be Gouti]iued),