We have it on the poet's authori that "Love Knows no means or! measure," and certainly means seem to have' been no object with one lover in the Far East. An interest. ing engagement thas been announced In' Japan "between a Britisher in Tokyo and his lady in London. Pre~ Uminaries having been conducted long ago, we learn that the last stages lof the engagement were concluded iby telephone, and the man at the Tokyo end of the wire paid Yen 200 for the conversation whet made him the happiest man in' the world. The charge is ¥. 20 for two minutes, 20] lhe must have made his meaning clear land have been batten at getting to the point tan most men when they' propose, to know exactly where he jstcod in ten short minutes. Cables fare quite often Love's media, but one lean say more on the telephone lovers This reminds me of a Shanghai swain who, during a period of ten years corresponded with a lady in Scotland and then suddenly decided {that his intentions were matrimonial Jand not platonic. So he cabled the! girl a firm offer (answer prepaid). His distress of mind was great when the found that his lady fair was as [Scotch as he had previously shown lhimselt to be for she cabled back: Thanks, writing" He could not imagine what the woman was think: Ing about not to jump at an offer such as his, but when the longed-for letter arrived the lady was still coy'—or Scoleh—for she said that, since they tad postponed the matier marriage for so long they might wait yet longer and table it over when he Jcame home again. The end of the story was that the agitated lover look the first boat to Scotland and: brought her to Shanghai, and here she stilt is and, happily is still loved.
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