FARMER SAILS HOME WITH BRIDE

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 16 (Supplement)

FARMER SAILS HOME WITH BRIDE

Recovering from the shock of his wife's death a year ago, Mr Stephen Norman Mew, a 40-year-old farmer, of Moffat, Ontaria, decided that a trip to England to see his old home would be beneficial.

1 He also thought he might, with i luck, find a housekeeper who would help him to look after his home and the upbringing of his two young sons. So in November he sailed for England, and while staying with his parents at Wootton. In the Isle of Wight, ! he advertised in a local newspaper for j a housekeeper. As a result of that advertisement he ; interviewed 25 women, old and young, j to whom the adventure of starting life | afresh in the Dominion appealed.

None of them, however, made a favourable impression on Mr Mew. Then No. 26 arrived.

She was pretty brunette Miss Anne Milson, 2 7-year-old governess, of Croydon, who was staying at Ryde with her employers. Miss Milson had never been a house- ■ keeper, but she had the urge to travel. • The other day she sailed from Sout- ! hampton for Canada in the liner An- ! tonia. not as a housekeeper, but ai j Mr Mew's bride of five days.

| “As soon as I saw Miss Milson 1 I gave up all idea of a housekeeper, and j thought immediately about a wife,” ; Mr Mew said before sailing. | "The interview was really funny, ; because on my part it was love at i first sight." At this point Mrs Mew j chimed in : "And on mine, too.”

"I saw her again,” explained Mr Mew, "and on the second meeting I

“It Was Just Love at First Sight ”

felt I had to propose to her or sacrifice all possible future happiness. To my surprise and delight she said ‘Yes.’ "We were married five days ago at Ryde. I have written to my boys, who are staying with an aunt at Toronto, and told them I am bringing home a new mother.” “I Have No Regrets” Mrs Mew, holding her husband’s hand, said, "Yes, it really is a romance because, until I met Stephen, I always thought myself a confirmed man-hater. "I don’t think either of us, however, thought about the housekeeping j job after the first minute of our meeting. "It is going to be a great experience for me because I love the country. "Really I have no regrets at leaving England, because I am an orphan, and have no near relatives to worry aboait —or worry me. Half of our courtship, as a matter of fact, has been occupied by Stephen telling me the whys and wherefores of farm life, and it has been wonderful. "Of course, I shall not be lonely. What better company could one have than two lively young farmer’s sons to care for and to train?” "The differences in our ages—well, believe me, I have not thought about it.” Mr Mew went to Canada 27 years ago, and now owns a thriving 100acre farm, seven miles from the nearest town.