Wichita eagle., 1890-01-09

mo- M mat SPOT from which an echo may De
heard of whisper uttered In the farthest
end of the chamber. Noticing this, MI
Wolff said to tohiscornpauions, stand s5lA ana
watch thetn,n and slipped quickly over INTO
echo corner and. there began talking In low
toue. His back was turned toward the bride
and groom. from whom he stood at least
twenty wards, as he said- III IL bet they nave
been married less than week" The effect
mon the Young couple was interesting.
They looked about them with startled, IN
dignant glances Seeing nobody near by,
they looked at each other. Then Wolff re-
sumed: 1.-The bride is very pretty, but whas
q vouno- thing to be out with that green hus-
hand of hers. Iwonsier if they viii get home
safely"
This time the groom became thoroughly
angry. and. letting go of his wifePs arm,
started up as if bent upon destroying some
one. But he could find no one todesroE,
save two unoffending young men, s11snhg
at the opposite sidecf the hall, very mncn
engaged looking at the statues, an efderly
gentleman and his wife, who were gazing up
into the face of Ethan Allen, and bAacS
haired man away over IN the corner. In
vain did the offended husband ciench nus nst
and dart Jore's shafts from hls eyes. he
succeeded only in alarming hls bride, VINO
grasped his arm tfemulously and lmpioreo
him not to hurt anybody, not even ms own
dear self At TINS instant the oruei Woan
murmured in tone which was echoed INTO
the ears of the couple like the voice OF one al
their elbow: docs your mother Emo" you
are outs' And then the trio OF conspass
having enjoyed their wicked sport, and nov
much relishing the beiligerent ATTITUDE OF 1ne
stalwart young husband, best a mrthiIi II
not dignified retreat.
While ON the subject of brides must say
that there are four spots in the capital wmch
the newly married rarely fail to visit. Ihese
are the Capitol building, the monument, the
White House and the Chinese legation The
last named place they cannot enter, but they
may drive by it and look as much as they
please at the windows out of which the pris-
oner of the castle. the ministers presty Wne,
gazes all the day long. There is a corSanual
procession of bridal couples past the doors OF
the legation and it is doubtful which enjoylt
most the Americans or the Celestials. Every
fine afternoon half dozen young secretaries
of legation may be seen parading UP ana
down the narrow strip Of yard III front OF
the castle According to the rules promai-
gated by the new and tyranmcal minister,
the young men are not to go beyend the lega-
ton gate without permission, restraint
which the aforesaid young secretaries are
quite ingenious in overcoming.
For instance one Of their number IS an en-
thusiastic amateur photographer. He mas
an American camera, which he operates with
great skill One day last week he and his
confreres saw Dupont circle, which is Irnme-
diately in front of the legation house, bios
soming with the presence of dozen or so OF
nursemaids, more or less pretty, in charge OF
an equal number of babies. The young sec
retaries longed to be out in the circle saying
nice things to the maids. So they went to
the minister and asked him if they might not
go out to the park and take a picture of the
legation house to send home to their friends
IN China The old fellow consented, and 1t Is
needless to say that for assistants IN the Work
the photographer required every young man
about the premises, and even then he was SO
long in getting good plate that the minis
ter, becoming alarmed sailed out IN person
to see what the trouble was.
He found his young men displaying greater
interest in nusemaids than IN photography,
and the queerest part of it all was that one
young secretary was paying assldnous cour'
to a comely colored girl.