Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
HONEYMOON SHINE.
Sketches Of Newly-Wedded lovers Fscil
Critical World.

HONEYMOON SHINE.
Sketches Of Newly Welded lovers Facing
Critical World.
Hardly week goes by" says the
porter, "that don't see brial couple
Just starting out on their honeymoon.
l don't exactly know how 1 can tell
them, but they are as plainly marked
to my eyes as if they had the words
Bride and Groom stamped in big
letters on their foreheads There is
something about them that gives the
whole situation away, kind of cling.
Notwithstanding air that never
deceives a fellow. OF course. l have
made mistake now and then. but i,
is very seldom I do. and I've often
found out after changing my mind two
or three times that l was right after
all. though certain appearances were
against it. We generally have ttsst
which never fails, and when doubt
full party comes along We spring it on
them just to be sure, you know.
What's the test? Well, I'll tell
you. Not many weeks ago couple
got into my car and sat down very
quietly in their arm chairs as if they
had been used to it all their lives
These didn't seem to have the BRIDE
and-groom air about them at all. and.
from external appearances, they might
have been brother and sister, or
married for years: but still there was
something there that made me sus-
picious, so when saw them together
l went to the news 'company's boy and
l says: Bill. here's a doubtful party;
get out the sample copies.
$50 Bill got his tests and started
through the car. He handed books to
every body, and when he came to the
suspected party he took out of his
pile two little books and said. so near
ly every body could hear him: Very
useful books, sir; hints on house
keeping and hints to newly-married
people. Only twenty-five cents
THAT did it. The girl got as red as
a rose and the man blushed and said
weak sort of 'N-n-n-o' Then they
looked at each other and sort of snicA-
cred, and l caught him full in the eye
and smiled sweet smile. giving him
a respectful wink at the same time. 1t
was all settled in a minute, and there
was no doubt about it. Well, he took
it very good-naturedly, and asked me
afterward how in the world he had
given himself away-he couldn't i'm
agine. l made believe we could al
ways tell, and talked so nicely he gave
me dollar when got through with
him.
There are plenty of other give
Always by which can spot bride and
a groom, and they are as safe general
ly as the test. One day couple came
in the car which, by the way, was
jam full-and the moment they en-
tered it was as plain as day that they
were newly welded. passed by them
once or twice. and then went in my
closet and got the dustpan and brush.
l walked right up to where the bride
was sitting and busted up painful of
rice that lay on the floor around her in
a complete circle. Well, if the people
in that car didn't laugh, I'm another.
1.-The custom of throwing rice after
a bridal couple always makes it I'M
pleasant for the party, as lots of rice is
almost sure to stick to their clothes,
hats and in their hair. About the
funniest rice thing ever saw was that
which happened in my car just two or
three weeks ago. A couple came in,
and the test revealed to me that they
were bride and groom. They didn't
seem to take kindly to it, however, and
we couldn't get any satisfaction out of
them at all. By and by the man said to
his wife: Seems to me this umbrella |
is not rolled up very nicely
''Then he carefully unrolled it, and,
out came three or four pocket
fulsof rice all over the seats and floor.
Their friends had rolled in lot inside |!
the folds of the umbrella and, next to
the young man heard tell about, who |
when he event to sign his name in a
hotel register, dropped lot of rice on
the book when he took off his hat, it |
was the most binding thing ever
knew. "-Nswark Sunday Call.