The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-06-12
ONE HONEYMOON.
lis coming! Yea. tits coming!
-GERALD MASSEY

JACK ana L nau known cacn Otner
from childhood. We had quarrelled
and made up times without number,
kissed and qunrrelled again. Final
ly, after we had reached the age when
young people decide to do something
rash rather than submit to the monot-
ony of an everyday existence, we made
up our minds to run away and be mar
ried. This decision was not ut all
necessary, for our parents would have
made no objection to our marrying in
the usual decorous fashion. 1t was
just because they cast no obstacles in
our path that we decided to give them
a shock.
Unfortunate day. We had scarcely
started on our wedding trip before
our troubles began. We were duly
united by timld little parson in the
next town, who visibly trembled at
his responsibility in assisting what was
plainly II runaway match, yet gave us
his blessing with pathetic earnestness
while his sympathetic wife offered me
kiss of encouragement.
We were naturally in a great state
of excitement. After dinner at one
of the little busting hotels IN the
,,lo,o a., tn,ly 4, tra;n 60, Nou N,.I.
arriving in time for the opera.
There was very pretty singer in
the east whom / noticed Jack admired
more than was quite considerato of
me, under the circumstances, and l
fancy perceived a smile of recogni-
tion on her lips as she looked in our
direction, for we sat very near the
stage-in fact, in the second row in
the orchestra. teased him to tell me
if he had ever seen her before, but he
proved very tantalizing, and 1 could
make nothing out of the affair still, 1
grew insanely jealous, and when We
went to our hotel 1 refused to speak to
Jack for the rest of the evening. Then
he left me to go down to the lobby for
a smoke, he said, but was sure he
had som, other design.
Next day we went to watering
place which was near fort overlook
ing a wide expanse of water. We
walked about until we were tired,
but found everything very stupid.
decid id to sit in the pavilion munch-
ing some cakes jack had bought for
me while he hunted conveyance to
take us for drive along the beach.
He was absent so long that the de-
lay became intolerable. Finally de-
cided to pay visit to the fort, which
was not far distant, and let Jack hunt
for me on his return.
L had no sooner reached the en-
trance than on the further side, charm
ingly posed against one of the great
guns, l saw-good heavens Jack
with that opera singer, and her hand
laid caressingly upon his shoulder,
while he was offering her his field
glasses for look over the bay.
Whatever put the idea into my head
/ do not know, except that had few
days before glancing over an article
on modern coast defences in popular
review, illustrated by drawing, show
ing the manner of handling and fir
ing the guns by electricity. ! fairly
flew to the quarters where judged the
operating mechanism to be. Fortu-
nateiy, the place was for moment
vacant Not even sentry interposed
to stop me. Inside was row of but
tons and chart, which 1 studied for
an instant, and then pressed the key 1
judged to control the gun whose re.
coil would give me my revenge.
Instantly there was m explosion and
great uproar. Half stunned, i ran