POSTSCRIPT
Since this story was written, I find that the Rev. Thomas Moore, Rector of All-hallows-the-Great, late Surrogate in the Diocese of Canterbury, in a useful little work on the British and foreign laws of marriage, entitled, "How to be Married,"[1] writes of marriages on board merchant vessels, that "There is no statutory provision for these. But the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, Section 282, providing for their proper registration in the Diocesan Registry of London, assume that they may take place." In a letter addressed to the author, Mr. Moore says: "I may say, that to constitute the validity of such marriages, which I take for granted would be marriages of emergency, the presence of a clergyman or minister would not be required, and is not contemplated. It would be sufficient that the captain of the ship officiated and made a record of the marriage. He ought, however, to report it to the proper authority as soon as possible at the end of the voyage. Such marriages, though legal, are rare."
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18 Round the Red Lamp Sir A. Conan Doyle
20 Light Freights W. W. Jacobs
22 The Long Road John Oxenham
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113 Lavender and Old Lace Myrtle Reed
125 The Regent Arnold Bennett
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143 Sandy Married Dorothea Conyers
150 The Gentleman Adventurer H. C. Bailey
190 The Happy Hunting Ground Mrs. Alice Perrin
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220 A Heritage of Peril A. W. Marchmont
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225 A Knight of Spain Marjorie Bowen
227 Byeways Robert Hichens
230 The Salving of a Derelict Maurice Drake
231 Cameos Marie Corelli
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260 At the Sign of the Jack o' Lantern Myrtle Reed
259 Anthony Cuthbert Richard Bagot
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262 Devoted Sparkes W. Pett Ridge
256 Two Women Max Pemberton
261 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs
264 Vengeance is Mine Andrew Balfour
268 His Island Princess W. Clark Russell
269 The Two Marys Mrs. Oliphant
270 Demeter's Daughter Eden Phillpotts
271 The Supreme Crime Dorothea Gerard
274 The Glad Heart E. Maria Albanesi
275 Secret History C. N. and A. M. Williamson
276 Mary All-alone John Oxenham
277 Darneley Place Richard Bagot
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