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Show ' Canadian Travels 17,000 Miles to Marry Woman A Canadian recently crossed two i continents nnd an ocean to marry a ' Oreek girl and take her hack with I i him to Skagway In the remote North- west. The Journey to Greece and back extended over 17,000 miles and cost j neurly 1,000. f An even more trying Journey win andertnken by n Russian who hud emigrated emi-grated to the United State. Me heard that hl iwecthonrt In Itusula woi la danger from the Bolsheviks. Immediately Immedi-ately he set sail for China. Thence he traveled overland, mostly on foot, across Siberia, to his sweetheart's home in F.uropenn Russia, where he was able to rescue her. The journey occupied el'ht months. Long Journeys to get married sometimes some-times have unexpected endings. A girl sailed several thousands of miles to mnrry 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 of her refusal the other 1-19 bachelors petitioned the girl not to return to England, hut to choose a husband from nniong them. She did so, and the former fiance acted as best man at the wedding. London Tit-r,Its. |