Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-16
Trouble ou q Bridal Tour.
Detroit Free Presa.l

lDetr0lt FREE fresB.
Now. what's the use Of III When
couple get married and go of on bridal
tour why 90 misbehave themselves a. to
be sspotted" by every man, woman and
child on the train for fresh fish," How
SILLY the thing must appear to them when
they look back after . period of six
monthsi Are we fools when In love, and
are we idiots when we marry,
The couple / have in mind had seat
in the middle Of the car. She was his'n
and he was her'n. All the tomfoolery
OF courtship days was over. The
preacher had made them one,
and her father would no longer
set the dog on him or place torpe.
does around the gate. She didn't show
the least disposition to jump out of the
car window, but all Of sudden he
grabbed her by the paw. She grabbed
back. Then he leaned over at an angle
of As degrees, and she fell toward him.
It was a very uncomfortable position,
but they maintained it with scarcely any
change for hours. Her hat got skewed
around almost hindside before, but she
would not release her clutch for fear
he'd 90 through the roof. His collar
wiltsd and his necktie worked around
under his ear, but if he let 90 Of her
paw she'd think he was mad.
ssDarling |" said he in bullfrog whis-
per, doesn't it seem funny
II can't realize II" she answered, a.
she raked one of her back hairpins
across his nose.
"All mine r
"Yes, lovey."
''Never get mad r
''Never, sweety."
The man on the seat behind them fold
ed up the paper. picked up his grip.
and changed to seat across the aisle
As be sat down q motherly looking wo-
man inquired:
"Are they married y
II think 30, madam"
Sand can nothing be done to stop
it,"
II think not"
For two or three minutes the newly
welded were silent.
sDarlingi" she suddenly sighed.
''What Is it, my angels"
"Darlingf'
"what Is it, If any base hyena has
dared to cause you moments unhap-
piness I'll murder himi Point out the
ANIMAL"
at isn't that"
ssThen whats''
"I'm--I'm afraid you'll be--be mad"
mo, I won't. How could be mad at
your What is 1t, Dollyy'
"Why, ! wish you'd wipe the sweat
out Of that left ear. Now, you love
me Just the same, don't your
''0f course"
"An6 you amt madfS
"Why, no. There, nowl who cares
who's lookings It's nobody's business,
anyhow"
There was another interval of silence,
during which she tried to remember
whether they were engaged the week
before her father gave Henry the boot.
or whether it was the next Sunday af-
ter.
"Henwyf'
"What, angeli"
Are we WEAKLY married."
'sYes. love-
"And you love mes'
with all my heart"
"And you amt mads"
mo, dearest"
Then I'm so happy Henry, squeeze
my hand"
He squeeze. We held an indignation
meeting and appointed committee to
see if something could not be done; but
he squeeze the harder.
Three or four women got together and
passed resolution to the effect that II
q railroad company could not protect its
passengers the Legislature should be ap-
pealed to, but that couple had death
grip on each other and wouldn't let 70.
The baggageman came in when sent
| for, but he said he was helpless. He
knew Just how we must feel, but the
road wasn't to blame. The conductor
came back to the car and asked US not
to lay it up against him. He was a
poor man, had been out of job several
months and this was his first run.
Well, the long and short Of the mat
ter was that eighteen or twenty Of us
rode $50 miles with that panorama, but
such thing will never happen again
neverl We shook hands on that and
agreed that we'd walk first.