Interrupted Bridal Journey
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Kent Hamilton
- Maryanne's
- Interrupted
- Bridal
- Journey
- Part
- 1Maryanne
- had
- been
- raised
- by
- her
- aunt,
- somewhat
- reclusively.
- Without
- any
- male
- suitors
- even
- knowing
- about
- her,
- let
- alone
- showing
- any
- interest,
- she
- decides
- to
- offer
- herself
- as
- a
- mail-order
- bride.Thomas
- is
- a
- successful
- businessman
- on
- the
- other
- side
- of
- the
- country,
- who
- up
- to
- now
- has
- had
- no
- inclination
- to
- get
- married.
- He
- now
- feels
- the
- need,
- however,
- and
- contacts
- a
- mail-order
- bridal
- agency.
- Upon
- receiving
- details
- of
- Maryanne
- from
- the
- agency,
- he
- writes
- to
- her
- and
- makes
- an
- offer
- of
- marriage.Maryanne
- finds
- Thomas's
- letters
- dull
- and
- devoid
- of
- any
- spark,
- but
- at
- the
- urging
- of
- her
- aunt,
- decides
- to
- accept
- his
- offer
- anyway.She
- boards
- the
- train
- to
- travel
- to
- San
- Francisco
- to
- join
- him,
- on
- which
- she
- meets
- a
- couple
- who
- happen
- to
- know
- Thomas.
- She
- extracts
- from
- them,
- more
- by
- omission
- than
- anything
- else,
- the
- fact
- that
- Thomas
- really
- is
- rather
- staid.Into
- the
- mix
- is
- thrown
- a
- soldier,
- Peter,
- who
- arrives
- in
- Maryanne's
- compartment
- abruptly
- during
- a
- Shawnee
- ambush.
- They
- are
- immediately
- attracted
- to
- each
- other,
- and
- after
- a
- whirlwind
- romance
- aboard
- the
- train,
- with
- Peter
- showing
- her
- various
- things
- outside
- her
- experience,
- including
- taking
- her
- onto
- the
- roof
- of
- a
- car,
- which
- then
- goes
- through
- a
- tunnel,
- he
- proposes
- to
- her,
- and
- she
- accepts,
- all
- the
- while
- understanding
- that
- Peter
- will
- not
- be
- able
- to
- provide
- for
- her
- nearly
- as
- well
- as
- Thomas
- would
- have
- been
- able.
- But
- she
- thinks
- that
- love
- will
- find
- a
- way.She
- and
- Thomas
- get
- married
- and
- set
- up
- home
- in
- Omaha,
- and
- seem
- blissfully
- happy.
- Maryanne
- falls
- pregnant,
- and
- she
- feels
- that
- things
- cannot
- get
- any
- better.Maryanne
- Resumes
- Her
- Journey
- Part
- 2However,
- will
- love
- really
- find
- a
- way?
- Will
- Peter
- carry
- on
- his
- loving
- ways
- once
- a
- baby
- arrives?
- Will
- Thomas
- take
- all
- of
- this
- lying
- down?"After
- Peter
- sweeps
- Maryanne
- off
- her
- feet,
- she
- scraps
- her
- plans
- to
- meet
- Thomas,
- her
- arranged
- husband,
- in
- San
- Francisco,
- marries
- Peter
- instead,
- and
- sets
- up
- home
- in
- Omaha.The
- marriage
- is
- idyllic,
- and
- when
- she
- falls
- pregnant
- after
- a
- while,
- she
- feels
- her
- happiness
- is
- complete.
- After
- being
- initially
- indifferent
- to
- Albert's
- arrival,
- Peter
- warms
- to
- him,
- and
- Maryanne
- assumes
- that
- life
- couldn't
- get
- better.However,
- fate
- has
- a
- few
- lessons
- in
- store
- for
- her.
- When
- two
- tragedies
- strike,
- in
- relatively
- quick
- succession,
- Maryanne
- has
- cause
- to
- re-evaluate
- her
- life
- completely,
- and
- finally
- wonder
- whether
- she
- should
- resume
- her
- interrupted
- journey
- to
- San
- Francisco.Will
- Thomas
- take
- her
- back?
- Does
- she
- deserve
- happiness
- after
- disappointing
- him
- so
- much?As
- her
- aunt
- points
- out
- to
- her
- when
- they
- meet
- again
- -
- you
- cannot
- make
- your
- children's
- mistakes
- for
- them,
- you
- have
- to
- let
- them
- make
- them themselves.
