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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937.

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Would Wed Her Sister THE CAT AND

Crippled Husband's Amazing. Story

of a Woman's Devotion

Propped up by pillows, ex-Private

J. Germaine, crippled, in his

·home at 27'Abercorn Street, Paisley, told a London' news- paper representative recently how his wife, on her death- bed, had extracted a promise from him that he would marry her sister.

She had insisted that the marriage would take place almost im- mediately after her death, which took place a fortnight

ago.

THIS marriage will be the culminating point of a tense-

ly moving story of a woman's gallant self-sacrifice and great love for her husband.

The story began in December, 1928, when Private Germaine, of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, stationed at Berwick-

THE CANARY: HONGKONG VERSION

13

Puss, perched on top of cage, is intensely interested in carryinga-

on of canaries who, safe behind wire-netting, isdainfully Ignore lilm. A Kowloon photo.

BRITISH

on-Tweed, met and fell in love INTERESTS

with 15-year-old Mary King.

A month later they were married at Berwick.

Private Germaine was 25. years old at the time and shortly afterwards he was tranferred to England.

While engaged with his regiment of ni Aldershot, be sus-

GUARDED

RESPECTING TREATY PORT LEASES

London, Mar. 15.

minuries from which he has in the House of Commons to-day,

never recovered.

He and a party of men were at- tacking a point known as Hill do when the order to retreat was given. In running down-hill he tripped und lay sturned across a gap in the rough

mourinnd.

A pursuit party tripped und fell on top of him in the darkness and his spine was dislocated.

more.

U.S. Admiral Bereaved

MRS. E. J. MARQUART

PASSES AWAY

Information has just been received In Hongkong of the death at Honkow of Mrs. Edward J. Marquart, wife of Rear-Admiral

Mrs.

maider of the Yangtze Patrol: com- Sir Charles' Cayzer (Conservative) Marquart died of pneumonia asked whether, as a result of the in the International Hospital at Han- counter-proposals submitted to the kow last week, after a brief illness.

Physicians, Japanese Government by the British

a desperate effort to Ambustion in Tokyo, a settlement save her life, rushed serum from satisfactory to the British Lease-Shanghai to Hankow by plane, but holders Committee had now been she was dead before the plane arrived. retched concerning the cancellation A blood transfusion was also with- of perpetual leases in Treaty ports out effect. It is understood that the het by British subjects,

body will be sent to the United States

burial

for

Lord Cranbourne, replying for the Itear-Admiral and Mrs. Marquart For two years he remembered nu Government, said: "Yes. An agrecht Shanghai for Hankow only a Both memory and mind were ment has now been reached on the work ago, when her husband, former- gone and the ariny authorities basis of the proposals presented by ty stationed in the Philippines, took engaged the best medical brains in the British Ambassador."

He added over comquand

of the Yan timb-he-wax-expecting shortiz-to hem | Patrol. the-country to save his lifer-

that Notes had been exchanged be

Mrs. With unremitting skill the doctors tween

Marquart Meade several visits to. the Ambassador and fought to save him and ultimately Japanese Foreign Minister giving the East, and

the Honkong during her three years th they were successful in bringing him effect to the agreement.

1218 Tast here in back from the outer darkness in

Febuary, when she passed through which he lay.

Replying to a further question by en route to Shanghal. She had a But be was only a pitiful shadow of no settlement had been regelted with

Sir Charles, Lord Cranbourne-satdost of friends throughout the East.

She was formerly Miss Marie the man he had once been. Memory regard to the Keelung incident, ini:

Scanlon, marrying Rear-Admiral aid mind were completely restored which British naval ment werd | Marquart in 1917. but the lower part of his once power-tortured, but the matter was being

ful body, foy completely helpless, {nctively discussed between the Am- Then followed a period of moving bassador in Tokyo and the Japanese about from one military hospital to Foreign Minister-Reuter. another until he finally reached Rul- ston Hospital, Paisley, to be near his wife.

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House of Com- Replying in the period of hopelessness and despair she was ing (Conservative) concerning Chin-

mons. to-day to Captain A, C, Mure-' with him eager to help, always cheerese mortgage debts, Lord Cranbourne ful, seeking only his happiness.

said he was expecting n-report on the Ultimately the doctors announced matter from the British Ambassador. ble case was a hopeless one. Private -Reuter. Germaine with less than two years' actual service with His Majesty's Forces, seemed doomed to spend the remainder of his days in the bare existence of hospitals.

But his wife mude up her mind he was entitled to and would have the normal. home-life of his fellow men,

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But Mary Germaine had made up her mind, and so the young couple set up house together at Canal Street, Mr. McNutt was appointed to suc-. Paisley, and Private Germaine was cred Mr. Frank Murphy, who be-] discharged from the army with a dis- came Democratic Governor: of May ability pension of 328 6d per week. Michigan in the lost gubernatorial July

It was a hard struggle, but they managed to keep going.

elections there.

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would marry right away:

With their little family children, life was difficult for them, There were arrears of rent, and ultimately they were evicted from their home,

"Despite it all, she never lost hope sald. Mr. Germalne. "We took this room here at 27 Aberdeen Street, and Mary carried on the struggle, never complaining. We were everything to cach other.

July... September "I refused at rst. Patiently pointed out how difßcult it would be

May for anyone to take her place. I sald July I would not be fair to Barbara, She October was twenty-two, ten years my junior, young and full of life.

"She turned then to Barbara who said she was willing to take Mary's place.

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"Even then I did everything to dis- "Nessle, our oldest kiddie, want to suade her. It was no good. She in- dlay with her grannie at Berwick,sisted that we should both promise or TT. Then my wife had a baby which died.clse she would not go into hospital. Demand Hardly a year, hud passed when, "Ultimately I gave my promise but T. Shanghal within two days, we lost our two wee in my mind was the thought that IT.T. Singapore

TT. Japan boys, one a year and some months would persuade her

to release me TT. Indin and the other only ten months old," from li

"Satisfied in mind, she went into

TT. USA. A month ago, Fate, seeming refuet-the-infirmary.

T.T. Manila ant to ever allow this family, to bet "Every day she grew weaker and

TT. Batavia free from trouble, took another hand wenker. I knew the end was in sight: TT Bangkok in the game, Mary Germaine fell ill. "It was arranged that I should visit TT, France T.T. Saigon FIRST THOUGHT FOR HUSBAND her in hospital. Fortunately I was TT. Germany

"When she took ill," said Germaine, chjoying one of my good spells and .T. Switzerland

could be wheeled up to the infirmary TT. Austraila "her first thoughts were for me.

in my bath-chair. She knew she was unable to carry on alone, and she sent for her sister stretcher and carried to her bedside, "Once there I I was placed in a Barbara, who came from Berwick-on- talked Tweed.

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KAMINSKY DISCHARGED

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away to her and then 4 m/s. L/C London". the subject of my promise, 4 m/s. D/P do.

doctor told me she could not live, but we pointed out the difficulties that 4-m/3. L/C USA:

as her complaint was a poinful one to she would feceive treatment there to She make things easier for her.

"At first she refused to go. She wanted to know what would become of me.

the way.

pleaded with her 4 m/s. France release, me from

my

30 d/s. India promise. listened to all

had to say but US. Cross rate in London nothing would move her. held me to my promise, Nothing I "Firmly, despite her weakness, she could say would alter her mind.

Shortly after that visit she died.

* Moscow, ↑ Mar. 15. Morrow M. Kaminsky, Commissar foi

"I am marrying Barbara in two Health, has been relieved of his post

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"Then this idea struck her. She days time. Neither of us wishes to and will be succeeded by M. Pati and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hodgkong. said that if anything happened to her break, the proraleg we made to Mary" Sergulev-Reuter