The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-06-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Obertisrr
Y. JUNE -
LEFT BEHIND.
A. scIpESr Of orR HONEYMOON.

AZ rcIDESr OF Our HONEYMOON.
MN dearest said Fred, rs we uearcd = little
wayside station. - ~batdo YOU say 10 some lunch?
| can step out here and get you anything You
fancy. liz may seem an impOlite thing for Z BRIDE
groom 10 confess. bat / begin 70 feel quite sharp
after our early dinner. Ii you don't mind my
leaving yOu for fSe minutes
/ signi6ed that an absence o. that duration
might he supported, and Fred started for the re-
freshmeut room.
We had been married Just three days, and the
glamour of the honeymoon was upon everything;
the atmosphere was rarefed beyond that breathed
by everyday n~ortals; the earth glorIhed with 4
new light. We ate not bread and beefsteak, but
some ambrosial dish untasted before, and drank
golden nectar etherealized from hotel cofee-pots.
/ watched Fred from the car window until he
disappeared in the refreShment room. What q
splendid fellow he was. Such eyes-such a mind
such teeth-such q heart-such a general CON-
b%ination Of Projections, How charming-hOw
delightful-how altogether inexpressible 1t was 70
belong 10 him forever. never separated morei-
when whiz. clangl Horrors, The train was of
again-of, with Fred still discussing boned turkey
in the eating-saIooD, and his faithful wife hope
lessly q~uiescent in the ladies' car-off, laundering
at the rate Of thirty miles an hour, separating
those whom law and Gospel both declared only
death should part.
whats the matter, mum?" asked the con-
duetor, noticing my excitement.
''There-there's a gentleman left behind" L
gasped.
'iIs there, num- was the stoical reply.
81 Bless your soul! that's nothing new"
d" But-but-he's my husband" | faltered,
b~lushing TO my fnger-tips, as 1 felt that fact was
something new.
Three ladies turned TO stare at me, and there
was an unnlistakable litter beneath the heavy
mous,ache OF a gentleman opposite.
sSorry, mum, but it can't be helped. IF gents
III - - a-.- =. -N -. -. -
can't wait for EN-"
4 bar-roomi Fred in a bar-room, wetting his
whistle, What did the odious man mean? l
tried 20 crush him with q look, but | was not
equal to it. Fred-ny Fred-in a bar-roop!
"You need't be alarmed, 5" said an old gentle
man, kindly "there will be another 'accommo-
dation at eight
Z" Ateight!' and it twas now just half past four.
! sunk hack upon the cushion in quiet despera-
ton. What was to become Of me?
With the entire abnegation peculiar TO the
early phases of the honeymoon, i had put my lit
tie velvet pOrtemOnnaie, handkerchief and Vinai-
grette in Fred's breast pocket-not that | hadn't
a pocket of my own, but there was such a de-
lightiul novelty in feeling that now 1 had a right
10 his.
Was there ever 4 con6ding bride left in such a
plight? Without a husband, and without q cent,
and-not the least misfortune to one inclined to
the feminine weakness of tears-witho even q
HONhtt-
"Ticket, num-"
The conductor was again making his rounds.
Ill haven't any ticket" l s~tammered, in be-
wilderment.
"Two-thirty, then, if you please, mum, as far
as Philadelphia
Ticket. sir
"Two-thirty, az quick as you can, mum; times
short"
'But my-Iny husband has my ticket" 1 fall
tered. "iie was left at b. station, you know"
"Beg pardon, mum, but our orders are strict.
That sort of dodge is played out on this line en-
tircly. Two-thIrty, mum, if you please. VIII
lefund at the Office when ticket IL presented"
The man suspected me, actually suspected me
-Fred's wife! o., dear, dear, how utterly lonely
and unprotected l felt, after the strong and sweet
reliance that had been mine.
'sI|I haven't any money" l said, in a faint
voice. you'll have to put me out somewhere,
l suppose, | added, with determined resignation.
ALLOW me, madam the mOustached gentle
man was up, pocket-book in hand-"le let me ar
range this matter for you until we reach Phila-
delphia. lour husband can settle with me after
wards" he said, giving me his card, with a smile.
II L hadn't been married / should have fallen
in love with that delightful man on the spot. As
it was, l only murmured some unintelligible
thanks, and slipped his card into my pocket, as a
mementO of a modern knight.
We were to have stopped all night in Philadel-
phia. As the train neared the city n new per-
I-cANI D18>@ AEOA me- " ~ ONAG - ~ ~
it were daylight | might remain in the ladies'
waiting-room; but Fred would not arrive until
nearly ten at night. I had no money to pay a
hackman, go to Il hotel, or even 10 get my supper.
a sudden thought flashed into nv mind. Aunt
Tabby lived in Philadelphia. [ had directed q
letter 10 her only a few weeks before, announcing
my approaching marriage. True, the reply was
rather discouraging, being dismally prophetic of
all sorts of evils that awaited me. and darkly sug-
gestive of the snares and pitfalls in that broad
road that leads to m%atrimony and destruction.
But Aunt Iabby took a vinegary view of every
thing. She Dever had felt the mellowiDg infu-
ence Of a honeymoon.
We arrived at the depot. My moustached
friend had left the car some time before, so I was
unprotected. An army of hackmen besieged the
door of the depot, and l Immediately became the
subject of a struggle. Oaths and whips resounded
about my ears until L was finally seized upon and
carried off by the most energetic of the party.
Having secured me in n very dirty vehicle, he
regarded nc with q triumphant grin.
IF you will get my trunk now, please, sug-
gested.
Your trunk. is it? Where's the bit of tin -
"Thc-what?' asked, in perplexity.
1.-The tin; the bit of tin, to be sure. How am
l to get it without the tin?'
Ny check, l bad forgotten that Fred had the
check also. Alas for the powerlessness of woman!
| saw my new Saratoga, filled with the daintiest
of trousseaus, bundled off with a lot of hotel bag
gage, and | couldn't raise a finger to claim it. 1t
was the last straw on the cancels back. and /
drove in tears to Aunt Tabby's, using my tissue
veil as a pocket handkerchief, and thereby uncon-
sciousIy tattooing my face with streaks of blue.
Even Aunt Tabby's monumental rightly was
overcome by my appearance, when she met me at
her immaculate doorstep.
Left you! and only married three DAYS, Paw
that hacklnan, Mary Jane, and send him off be-
fore he sees any more of this family disgrace,
Only three days The Lord have mercy on us!
TEnr | shnnlh hnYn lived To gee Rrnthnr Hnnru,S