Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-22
a SECOND HONEYMOON.
Religion had Ref Them Apart. but Love
Itroa~ht Them Together

Religion HAD Ref Them Apart. but Love
Brolsht Them Together.
Frank p. Rollins OF Mountain Grove
and M.a Luolla Rollins, his wife, sparIscd
all over tho station from o'clock until
the Frcsco train pnlled out. 10 bought
her popcorn and candy and lemonade, and
then BIO would tako her hand and squeeze
i,, md they would both emilio swcctly Ht
each other until Mr. Rollins could contain
himself no longer, but Just had TO rush od
and buy somo moro fruit or something rs
relief 70 bis fcelipgh. And all Of this
after lvn years Of uiatrimonyl
" WIS not hard for curioua person 70
worm himself into tho confidence OF the
happy couple--thoy wer0 both only too
eager 10 tell anybody nll about II. Ho
was q staiwnrt, handsome young farmer
IA jeans. Luclia was clothed IN q moro
sophisticated manner, having had tho ben-
clt Of some ok months u city experience.
"Wo'yo got pretty nino farm down 10
Wright county" said Rollins and ZEN
DO siaht nicer now wore going bock 70
IT, Won't II. Luz"
"Yes, FRANK, 10 viii
"And wo'yo becn Fotdng along protty
well over since ws wore married In 1889
10 TO last winter, when Lu sho Joined tho
Baptist church ~ our folks being Mgtho-
dlsts, yon know, ri5hougb ] ain't pro.
fcseur inyaelf Vol, you know how Oil
folka IL. There was LUIS ma and M
ma aud the rest Of tho women, ami guess
herd moro about infnnt baptism and
'mcrs!1n and falling from grace in GbOnt
six weeks than would puzzle n Philndul-
ply lawyer La she argued ono way, and
tho other folks they argued the other, and
couldn't chip into tho play without
turning tho whole pack q 'em onto mo
Just got 70 every time they'd get % talliiDR
I'D sneak cut In the harm, whore had n
jinmyiobn hid out, and 10y round thoro
Till ia eco tho candles blown out,
"Wcll. one day | came homo from Hart
willie and found uoto from Iu, saying
pho couldnt stand IL no more, and TINT
she'd up and quit, and That mono OF us
needn't never expect to sou hido nor hhlr
OF her again was pretty noar crn7y.
and lit Into both tho old woman and
sister Dosha, who'd hcon making her
share u tho trouble TOO, and 1 got that
house no trimmed up that / amt hcort a
ohirp about faith or works from that day
twrll now Tho women wcro pReorCd
anyhow, and forry too, Tor Lu was
mighty popular with 'om outside II church
AAAtsHNNANf aAANA AaN'tA NV WV " AlAAtAA tHAif
l tnckcd her 70 Memphis, and there lost
hcr That WA IN April. Vol. I'yo been
70 Louiviiie On i1lso recent, and lyp
been 60 Yiatsburg and Littlo Rock. Last
weck u n0igibur met up with Lu right un
tho street h3Ic and talked with hur, and
sbo said sho'd oomr bAe. n ia come after
hor. We'll maybe l didn't como a-run.
ming didn't !, Luz Aud wbht's mora,
stranger, che Inns the consent of the whole
family 10 believe what sho dumb plcascs
from now ON. You soC shn DOM Riyo Us
the worst scare any ono Of the family over
got
But how did you got along In tho
mcautlmci' tho wife was asked.
II had protty bard timc, bat ! d a-staid
awAy iii died before I'd a.Riyon in,"
MIS-. Rollins replied. II had about 500
that ia savcd up, and / cnmo direct from
Memphis hero Ihon I went aud SAW
clergyman, whosn name 1 knew, md no
got me work with ono Of tho families in
tho church / tell you IL was hard work;
though, and wps lonesome Tor Frank all
the time But itB hll over now, and I'm
Eoln home to stay"
You bet your Ito you arc honey"
said Frank, "or n you hnyo 10 run again
wen Juet run away together. ST. Louis
Globe, Democrat.