Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-24
But Three Days Married.
BY LUOLA LOvEJOY.

BY LTOLA LOvEJOY
My dearest" said Fred, as We
ncared Il little wayside station, "what
do you say TO some lunch? L can step
ont here and get you anything YOU
fancy. 1t may seem a dreadful thing
for a bridegroom to confess, but 1
begin to feel quite sharp after our
early dinner. Ii YOU don't mind nv
leaving YOU for five minutes"
signified that an absence of that
duration might be supported, and Fred
started for the refreshment room.
We had been married just three
days, and the glamour of the honey
moon was upon everything-thc atmos-
| phere was rarltied beyond that breath
cd by every mortal-the earth glorified
with Il new beauty-the heavens with
new light. We ate not bread and beef
steak, but some anhrosial dish un-
tasted before, and drank golden
nectar, etherialiZedfr from hot coffee pots.
L watched Fred from the car window
, until he disappeared in the refresh
ment room. What a splendid fellow
! he wasi Such eyes-such mind
such teeth-such Il heart-such a
general combination of perfections,
How charming; how delightful; how
altogether ineXpressible it was to be-
long to him forever, never TO be sepa-
rated more. when whiz. clang, Hor-
rors, The train was of again-off..
with Fred still discussing boned t1r-
key in the eating saloon, and his
faithful wife hopelessly quiescent i'll
the ladies car-off. sunderinS at the
rate of thirty miles ar hour those
whom law and Gospel both declared
! only death should part
whats the matter, mum?" asked
the conductor, noticing my excitement.
Ihere-there's a gentleman left
behind, l gasped.
- Is there mum ~ was the stoical re-
ply. ''Bless my seul, that's nothing
new y
But-but-hc's my husband ~ I
faltered, blushing to my finger-tips. as
l felt that the fact was something new.
Three ladies turned around to stare
at me. and there was an unmistakahle
litter beneath the heavy moustache of
Il gentleman opposite.
Sorry, mum, but it can't be helped.
If gents will stop at bar-rOoms to wet
their whistles We can't wait for 'em.''
:
wetting his whistle ! What did the
odious man mGn9 I tried to crush
him with look, but I wasn't equal to
it. Fred-MY Fred-in "a bar-room
You needn't be alarmed" said an
old gentleman, kindly: ''there will be
another accommodation at eight
AT eight ;" and it was now Just
half-past four. | sunk back upon the
in, or Il
was to become of me-?
With the entire abnegatjOn peculiar
to the early phases of the honeymoon.
| had put my little velvet portemonaie,
handkerchief and vinaigrette in Fred s
/ breast pOcket-nat that I hadn't a
pocket of my own, but there was such
delightful novelty in feeling that now
had right TO his.
/ Was there ever such Il cOnfitlinr
| bride left in such plight Without
husband and without cent, and
! not the least misfortune to oneinclined
| to the feminine weakness of tears
/ without even a pocket handkerchief.
I ''Ilckets, mum.
/ The conductor WAS again making his
/ rounds.
! TX haven't !. ticket, I stammered
! Two thirty. then, if YOU please,
mum. as far as Baltimore
! Ticket, sir.
I Two-thirty, as quick as YOU can.
! n,um-time's short.
, But my-my husband has my tick
: et.' L faltered He was left at the
! station, You know ',
/ beg pardon. mum, but or orders
. played ont entirely on this line Two
. thirty mum, if you please, VIII re-
! fund at the office. whol. ticket is pre-
sented."
! The man s,,spseted me, actually s,1s-
! pectc,l uE-Ercd's wife = Oh dear,
. dear How utterly lonely and unpro-
: tected I felt. after the strong trust
and sweet reliance that had been mine
Il haven't any money" ] said in q
( faint voice. You'll have TO be put orli
! somewhere, L suppose, | added, Will
despairing resignation,
Allow me, ma, lam the moustach,
gentleman MAS lip, pocket-book il
hand - let me arrange this matter fOl
yuu until We reach Baltimore. You
wards" he said, giving me his care
AZ
If l had mt been married, I sho,dt
have fallen III love with that delightful
man on the spot. As it WAS. onl,
murm,lred some rminteligihle thank
and slipped his card nta my pocket a
ii mcmento of :; wonderful knight.
"" were to have stopped III Baltl
ni,Ie. AS the train neared the city :
new perplcxity seized upon me. Wher'
could / go? If it were daylight,
might remain i'll the ladies' waiting
room. but Fred would not arrive unit
nearly ten o'clock at night, L had II,
money to pay hsckman, to go to
hotel, or even ta get my supper.
A sudden thought flashed into m,
n.in,t Aunt Tabby lived in Baltimore
l had directed a letter to her, only
few weeks before, announcing my ap
preaching marriage. True, the repl.,
was discouraging-beins dismal.
prophetic of all sorts OF evils tina
awaited me. and darkly suggestive O
the snares and pitfalls in that broat
; road that leads to matrimony and de
strlction.
!. But Aunt Tabby took vinegar,
: view of everything. She never ha,
felt the nclloWiag Of a honeymoon.
When we arrived at the depot, m.
: raoustache friend had left the car, SO
was left unprotected again.
An army of hackmen besieged tn
door of the depot, and I immediatel