The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-12
HIS WEDDING TRIP.
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 There Is story about a wedding xin tha; has been kncckiag about the county kos some time. We have tried 10 keep is out of ,he Dsawer,~ but ie is of 10 use to siek sga.nss il aay losges. e vas 6rs, told so the Drawer editor tn October, iSss. by clergyman of strict temperance principles and high characses--in fact . total ahstAineF-w had it frvm trend oa h,s, Ssss hand, ~Ae had ,n<, returned rom the west. This friend, mind yca, saw and heard what he related and he was a persca cf undcuhted veraciu. though perhaps as an ahstAines, when travelling, not 60 total as the clergyman. Ii was, in brief. 10 this effect in the car on train from Toledo 10 Chicago was . man who sat alone. looking ahseutly out oi the window and appearing de)ecsed During the passage an accident happened ,o nessbcy. and the generous passen- gers passed round the ha, for him. The solitary man alone cf all the cariuli re. snsed to sont,,bute anything. no: even quarter Somebody remarked aua.hly upon h,t sslng,ncss. when he turned round and saia Gentlemen, II may appear strange to you thx, l give noth. lns but l haven't a cent oi money. The tact IS. l was married yesterday, and am on my wedding ,rip. and 1 hadnt money enough to bnng my wife along.'
 In December following the editor of the Drawer vas seated with two other gentlemen ia a library in New York oae of them said heard good story the other day from friend cf m,ne who has IDS; returned from Europe. t.osng down the Danube from ressh las, summer he noticed cn the steambos, melancholy. looking man who did no, appear to care much for the scenery. but leaned over the guards and vacantly regarded the river. ailing into conversation with him he as. eei'ained that the man was . PrussiAn. Remarking ,ha, the tourney did nc, seem to in,erest him. she ffessian saia No I'm rather lonesome The truth is I'm on my wedding iout and could not ai. ford 10 bring my ~,te
 ' The edI;uf ot the Drawer sad .Aa, II ~as good story. and ,has ne began 10 think ii vas true. as II was confirmed by so many independent witnesses. There upon he took from his recke. a letter which he had received that morning from fans. In Il the writer. q gentleman of culture and travel. said that q ouuous in- ciden, happened to him last summer He and his w,te were on Rhine steamer. when they noteed melancholy pAssen- ger. whom all the beauties of the scenery failed ,o rouse from his detection. He was an object of interest to them all the morning, and al length his wiie's sympa- thy was so much excited that she pro- posed to go and speak to the meieholy stranger and ind out the cause of hts sadness The husband said that would be iooi,sh thing to do. and she nigh, get into trouble. BYt the wife insisted for though Amcucan women have lit,le curiosity, they have warm hearts,. and crossed over ,o where the stranger stood and a cos,ed hin. and they engaged m conversation. In te~ moment. the lady returned. laughing "WhA, IS il = asked the husband Why. the man is south German He says that he is on hls we'd ding imp and eoudn afford ,o bring hls wife
 The editor then told the onginai true story 1s | was told him by the I. A. der gyman. n Il appeared, on unimpeaeh- able testimony. ,ha, the same strange m. cIdeni happened m ihe experience of three persons tae same year one near ehioago. one on the Rh,se, the other on the Danube. Did |, happen to any one of these veracioas people, When the editor had raised this question, the third member oi the party. ~ho had been si lent and had not interiered with the story in any gay. said 'l can tell you the real original of that story Several years ago, m a weli.known wholesa'e kouse in this city, an old bachelor bookkeeper. who had been many years with the hrm. suddenly announced tha, he was to be married Thepartners gave him a weeks holiday, and his fellow clerks raised q little purse and presented Il to pay the expenses of his wedding trip. A couple of days afssrwasd one of the members of the firm went down ,o Newpor, and there, iounging Abou, the Ocean house, and apparently enjoying himself Inn mensely, he ssw his recently married old bookkeeper but aio se. Where's your wife!' She's al home But though, you had money given you for wedding tnpr So did, but didn't understznd ,ha, i, was intended to include ner r's
 Now we are not saying that ,his is an unwise way of taking what is really one of the mosi penlous journeys in lie. . wedding tour. Bu, what could have in- dueed all these different respectable peo- pie so appropriate this particular instance . to ,heir own personal observation l. somesimes seems as if people are not