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Show MARRIAGE W' THE ANDAMANO. Gorgeous Ceremony Jnd Pont L r4ot RequUltes. Tho day was warm. The Balor gal in an ico cream saloon eating ico cream and, lady cako. "Tho queerest niarrlago I over seen, miss," ho said, was In tho Andaman islands. But maybe jou ain't Inter-ostod Inter-ostod in marriages?" Ho laughed, as men alwayB laugh over this Jokeand the pretty waitress pormlttcd herself to emlle. "The islandors In them Islands," ho said, "Is dwarfs. Four feet, on tho average. Very fierce and ugly. "If a young islander wants a girl for his wifo'fh asks her parents for hor. They never refuse. They tako tho girl and, hldo her In tho forest. There thojilad must find her befora mornlnc, lit ho finds hor she's his. H ho don't sho, ain't. "Of course I don't need to tell you that if thojglrl wants the young feller sho sccSiito, it that ho finds her nil right '4t "And vlc&versa. "Hero fljf how tho marrlngo ceremony cere-mony is' performed. Tho lad climbs up a sltaj, young trco and tho girl climbs u'iyanothcr closo to him. Her clothes don't bother hor In cllmbln' clothes never bother an Andaman is-lander. is-lander. Well, up thoy go, and as they near thojfop their weight bonds tho slim trees over towards each other prettily.' The trees bow and bend and courtesy,' and Anally tho lad's head touches tho girl's and from below a shout goos up, for tho hcad-touchln' has donetho business. Tho ceremony is finished. Tho young folks' troubles havo begun." Chicago Chronicle. |