Huntsville gazette., 1886-07-03
"FRESH FISH,"
A Railway Trip in Company of Newly
Made Wife.

Made Wife.
Now, what's the use of itp When
couple get married and 60 off on bri.
dal tour, why so misbehave themselves
as to be spotted by every man,
woman and child on the train fol
''fresh fishp" How silly the thing must
appear to them when they look back
after period of six months! Are we
fools when in love, and are we idiots
when we marryP
! The couple have in mind had seat
in the middle of the car. She was
foolery of 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 sudden he grabbed her by
the paw. She grabbed back. Then he
leaned over an angle of forty-five de-
grees, and she fell towards him. Itwas
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 go
through the roof. His collar wilted and
his necktie worked around under his
ear, but if he let 60 of her paw she'd
think he was mad.
.'Darlingn' said he, in a bull-frog
whisper, doesn't it seem funnyP"
II can't realize it," she answered, as
u 6 10, 1na H.,
across his nose.
''All mineP"
Eyes, lovey."
"Never get mad?"
"Never, sweety."
The man on the seat behind them
folded up his paper, picked up his
grip, and changed to seat across the
aisle. AS he sat down a motherly-
looking woman inquired:
care they married."
~ think so, madam"
"And can nothing be done to stop
it?'' 2
II 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 hadn taken
that porus plaster off his back before
starting.
"Darling" she suddenly sighed.
"What is it, my angelo"
"Darlingr' SASS
"What is it! If any base hyena has
cared to cause you a moments unhap-
piness I'll murder him! Pint out the
animal!"
1T isn't that
s'Then what''
"I'm-rm afraid you'll be-be
mad"
.No, I won't How could I be mad
ct you? What is it, Dolly?"
"Why, I 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"
who's lookingp 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
after, and he was figuring whether he
washed his feet and cut his toe-nails,
or ONLY washed his feet, the night be-
fore.
''Henwy!'
"WFat, angelo" ...
"Are we weally marriedP"
"Yes, love"
''And you love me?'' .ts
"With all my heart"
"And you amt madp"
''No, dearest"
''Then I'm 50 happy! Henwy,
squeeze my hand.''
He suuoze. 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 resolution to the effect
that if railroad company 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 60. ''
The baggageman came in when sent
for, but, he said, he was helpless. He
knew Just how we must feel, but the
road WASH 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 out of job sew
eral months, and this was his first run. {.
Well, the long and short of the mat
ter was that eighteen or twenty of US
rode a 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
frst.-Detrot Free Press.