Smyrna times., 1886-07-28
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PN'@A W bHOm Wueu Luey look back
after period of six months! 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 hers. All the tom
foolery Of the cOurtship DAYS was over.
The preacher had made them one. and
her father would no longer set the dog
On him nor place tOrpedoes around the
gate. She didn't show the least dispo-
sitiOn to jump out of the car window.
but all of a sudden he grabbed her by
the paw. She grabbed back. Then he
leaned over an angle of forty-fVe de-
grees, and she fell towards him. Il
was 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 60 through the roof His
collar wilted and his necktie worked
around under his ear, but if he let go
of her paw she'd think he was mad.
Darling" said he, in a bull-frog
whisper, " doesn't it seem funny ?"
" l can't realize It, she answered. a.
she raked one of her back hair-pins
across his nose.
All mine?"
Yes, lOvey."
Never get mad ?"
Never, sweety."
The man on the seat behind them
folded up his paper, picked up his grip,
and changed to a seat across the aisle.
AS he sat down a mOtherly-lOOking
woman inquired
Are they married2"
. think so, madam"
And can nothing be done 10 stop
it?"
think not"
For two or three minutes the newly
welded were silent. She was probably
thinking of the sights in Chicago, and
he was wondering why he didn't take
a porous plaster off his back before
starting.
Darling!" she suddenly sighed.
What is it, my angelo"
Darling ~
What is it! If any base hyena has
dared to cause you a moments unhap-
piness I'll murder him Pint out the
animal :"
1t isn't that"
Then what u
"rm-I'm afraid you'll be-be
mad.
No, 1 won't. How could be mad
at you? What is it, DOlly?"
why, 1 wish you'd wipe the sweat
out of that left ear. Now you love me
just the same, don't you?"
"Of course"
And you amt madP"
why, no. There, now-who cares
who's looking? It's nobOdy's bust
ness 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,
whether it was the next Sunday after,
and he was figuring whether he washed
his feet and cut his tOe-nails, or only
washed his feet, the night before.
Henwy!''-
What, angel ?"
Are we weally married ?"
Yes, love-"
And you love me?"
with all my heart"
And you amt mad? ?"
mo, dearest"
Then I'm so happy. Henwy
squeeze my hand"
He squOze. We held an indignation
meeting and appointed committee to
see if something could not be done but
he squOze the harder.
Three or four women got together
and passed a resolution to the effect
that ifthe railroad companp could not
protect its passengers, the Legislature
should be appealed to, but that couple
had a death grip on each other and
wouldn't let go.
The baggageman came in when he
was sent for, but, he said, he was help
less. 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 poor man, had been cut Of a
job for 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 IA hundred and fifty miles with
that panorama, but such thing will
never happen again-never? We
shook hands on that and agreed we'd
walk first.-DetrOit Free Press.