Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-11
An Awful Honeymoon Episode.


pie of this city, re urned day or two ago
from their honeymoon trp to San Francisco,
where their pew.fcund happiness was nearly
wrecked. The day after their arrival thfy
started out together, the bride wishing to do
some shopping. They were not too happy,
for an old lover Of the girl had, by mere
coincidence, gone up on the same train and,
by another coincidence, had stopped ct the
same hotel The bride, perhaps feeling q
little sorry for him, bad fooshiy e1erted
herself to be pleasant, aud the result was
that the husband, who is naturally very
jealous allowed unworthy euspioions TO en-
ter his mind.
As they walked along Market street the
ex-rlval passed them, and the husband was
i,ritated by the gracious or rlutatioo his vile
gave. He~evsr, be endeavoSed 10 cheer
up, and snen they arrived at the large dry
goods store, whsre his wife of two days in-
tended to purchase some stuff to adorn her
self With, he Poi ed out b pocket book and
handed IL 10 her aud told beE TO 60 ahead
and purchase whatever she Tiehed.
"I'i fbish my cigsr aud come light in
aud $50 what you buy" be added. and she
fashed with pleasure at his goodness,
gave bis hand 8 squeeze SO she took the
purse and walked Into he sore
He smoked for a short time and then
sought his wife in the store. She wss not
10 be found. He ss t ID to go up 10 the up
per floor on the elevator, but Gas met BY g
boy stationed there, who explained that
something had Just broken about the ma
ohinery and the car Was stuck fastup against
the roof. 30 he walked up stairs and Lunted
thoroughly but fruitlessly. AS he came down
he thought he saw his former rival ahead of
him. but the crowd was 80 great he could
not be sure. It made him feel uneasy and
be began iuquiring of the clerks 1t last he
found one who remembered selling lot Of
goods to lady who answered his wife's de.
scription and, sine had ordered them deliv-
cred at the hotel he was staying at, go there
was no doubt about her Identity. The clerk
knew nothing else about her.
Another search Of the establishment Ie-
suited In nothing Perhaps she had missed
him In the crowd and gone back to ths ho-
tel. He Jumped into cab and drove there
post-hsste, to fad that she had not returned.
By this time be began to get Wild with woT-
~ and suspicion. The presence Of that
hated ex-Iover at the store, his wife's eud.
den disappearance, all suggested horrible
ideas to him. Two hours had passed and
no trsce of her. He hurried to the police
headquarters and told bis story. a big de-
tective, to whom he talked, smiled plying
ly at him and at once accepted the eloDs-
ment theory. Officers were cert out to fnd
the detestable wretch suspected of having
wrecked the budding happiness Of two
soule.
The husband wandered frantically about
the streets until he found that he had, uu-
willingly, walked back 70 his hotel. He
was weary and mechanically took the ele-
vator up to his room. he opened The door
and there on the sofa lay his wife, who a.
he entered, exclaimed: "Oh, my dear, l
have been shut up in an elevator for bours
in that horrid store. Something broke and
the car went up to the roof and bumped 90
hard I fell down and couldn't get out, and
they couldn't gst the car down, and oh II
was dreadful. l tainted at fret and 1t was
long time before any one knew l was In 1t.
Then came to aud had to sit there hour af-
Ger hour while the men we're working Oh.
am so glad to get back to my own lovey J"
and two round arms were around his neck
in minute and a kissing match was In pro-
gress. when it was interrupted By bell boy,
who usbered in big policeman, accompa-
MED by the hated rival
The detestable man was smiling in most
exasperating manner.
This officer wanted to arrest me" he
said to the husband, "for eloping with your
WIFE" There was no necessity to finish the
sentence. The husband swore little 10
himself, gave the officer $40 gold piece and
made mumbing apology 10 th, Soung
man. who was the only ons Of the trio who
seemed to epi7y the 81 uition.-Lcs An geles