The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-10
MURDER WILL 0UT.'


from the public gaze"
So said an experienced married ma
whose hotel on upper Broadway is on
of the best known In the country.
"And yet" he continued, how foo
ishly they 60 about 1t. They migt
just as well brand themselves the wa
they do in Central Africa, where tn
bride knocks out all her teeth direct
she is married, and otherwise as
sumes markes Of distinction whic
cannot be mistaken.
Before l went into the hotel bus
ness" he went on, II married. Al
though / was young, l looked olde
than my age, and determined
wouldn't be taken for a newly
person. My wife and l talked 1t owe
before we left the house for the train
for we were not strong-minded enoug
to be sensible and stay at home; an
we agreed upon just what we would dc
She was to avoid the traditional gray
in which all brides attire themselves
She was to Danish that trustful cling
ingness from her face; and, when
went out OF the car to have a smoke
or take a drink Of water, she was t.
refrain from following me with he
eyes; and. above all things, she was tt
keep her hands of me. 1t was de-
cided that l was to leave the car fire.
quently and 60 into the smoking-room
We had both observed that this was
the way old married folks conducted
themselves; and, to avert suspicion
these rules were carefully considered
and unanimously adopted.
so far, SO good. After the wed.
ding ceremony we were driven to the
depot, where l had engaged section
in a parlor car. We were married in
the morning. We reached the depot
half an hour before the train started
We had just got nicely settled, and
were congratulating ourselves upon
having made good beginning, when
who should come in out four Of my
most intimate bachelor friends, who
knew of my intended departure, and
called to bid us goodbye. This was
annoying, for the car was getting pref
ty well filled up. l sat in one seat
reading the morning paper and Mrs.
Smith sat in the other glancing over a
book. The young men broke in on
our meditations like private cyclone.
"'Well!' shouted one of them, with
a well-intended, but unfortunate face
tiousness. This is pretty how-do-
you-do! One would think, from look
ing at you, that you were an old-mar-
ried pair, instead of bride and groom
just starting out on your wedding trip
Il don't know how l managed to
drag them out of the car to the plat
form, but did SO; and in few min
utes the train started off. OF course,
that spoiled our plan so far as this
part Of the trip was concerned. Our
first stopping-place was New York. We
were married in Cincinnati. We went
direct to the old st. Nicholas, which
was then the fashionable hotel of the
city. There We stayed three weeks,
and during that time we pursued our
plan with immense success. Every
one was deceived. One day l found
my wife in tears.
"'Oh, GEORGE said she.
Whatn said l. What can have
happened?'
81 g-g-o-t a letter from m-m-mam-
ma
well said l, nothing serious has
happened?'
"'N-n-o!' she sobbed.
Then, calm yourself, my dear, and
tell me all about it,
She was unable to do so, but hand
ed me the letter to read. AS nearly
as l can recollect it ran as follows:
Darling Margaret:
l have Just got
letter from Cousin Frank He has
been stopping at your hotel for few
days; and he writes that he fears your
marriage is unhappy. He says he new
er saw such brute as George is; he
ill-treats you horribly in public; and
he thinks that you look the perfect
picture of misery. If this is so, come
home to your mother at once. Don't
delay for an hour. We will love you
just the same. We always suspected
that Mr.. Smith was a wretch. You
recollect what your brother said about
him, and how we all warned you; but
it is now too late ETC., ETC.
1T made me laugh in spite of the
ship which 1t revealed. The laugh
seemed to jar against my wife's tender
feelings, though; and | was obliged to
argued with her for an hour or so be-
fore she could see the humorous side
Of the affair. Finally she composed
herself, and wrote a long letter to her
mother, explaining matters.
I'VE left New York that week for
Washington, and registered at the
Riggs House. By this time we consid-
cred ourselves old married folks, and
had, in a measure, become more self
possessed in public. We were never
taken for a bride and groom, and fiat
tered ourselves that no one could have
detected the newness of our relation
ship. After we had been at the hotel
for about a fortnight we noticed the
arrival Of a large number of newly
married couples. Perhaps there were
no more than usual, but we noticed
them more than we would now. One
day, at dinner, after | had just tipped
our old waiter to procure me an extra
nice cut Of meat, leaned back in my
chair and said to my wife.
There appear to be a lot of brides
and grooms in town just now
Yes she replied; and don't they
act silly?' {
"'Of course they do I replied, with
4 knowing look at her, as | raised my
voice little louder. But it was only
@ be expected. You cant find newly
married couples who know how to be-
lave sensibly.'
Eyes, sir, that's very true inter-
,osed the waiter, with freedom which
90 frequently accompanies indul-
,enee; yes, sir, you're right--very few
lewly- married couples, sir, behave as
ensibly as you do"
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