The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-02-06
avoiding "TRIP JOKE


most influential citizens today took unto
himself wife Returning ON a pro
tracted wedding trip, the Young people
found themselves In Philadeiph and
there was that about thom which advcr.
tised recent plunge into tho SCI Of matri.
mony. OF this fact tho bride ana groom
were alike ignorant The bridal suit OF
rooms in tho finest hotel in the Quaker
City was theirs, aud upon . beautiful
spring morning they starte forth IN
search Of amusement, the bri, in dainty
raiment and the groom RESP adent in a
fashionable coat and silk bat. 1n a patron
izing way they wero willing t. be enter
tanned by anything Philadeit ia had to
offer They did not expect nueh, being
| Washington born and bred
Issuing forth from the hotel, the couple
observed mettlesome pair Of black cobs
harnessed to a glittering now surrey, tho
driver of which was experiencing difficulty
in holding the horses in check beside the
curb. The whole establishment was SO
fine, the blue eyes of the groom and tho
brown eyes Of the bride We're snultane-
ously attracted. Imagine the surprise Of
the owners of the eyes when tho quaint
looking driver called out
You're just the ones I'm waiting Tor
| Step right in, ana / II give you a drive he
hind the best span in the City Of Brotherly
Love-.
Tho real estate man, approving the
horses and having in mind a visit tn-eAi
rard college and Fairmount pr an
the suggestion aRes s. back scat, while Off
j ilii'' T'norses at a startling gait.
The streets were covered in short order,
and the genial driver pointed out the
| sights with great friendliness. The intel
ligence of the man surprised the occupants
Of the rear seat, and they were forced to
the conclusion that Philadelphia had .
i5ss ;iISsEssS;is .iEsEs- system
Arriving at the park, their surprise was
changed to indignation when tho mysteri
GUS driver consulted his watch and, noting
the hour, remarkedi .
Sorry | can drive you back TO tho ho-
tel Really haven the time. Must meet
man, You know. But guide will show
you about the park, and when you are
ready to return take the green line Of cars.
They deliver you close to the hotol Nell
good day to you. So saying he pr0eaes
TO gather up his lines preparatcr ~ part
ing when the irate e. al ealleo out
mold on there Nice way you have OF
doing business IN Philadelphia You
brought as out here, and you mast tske
us back. You don't play any tricks on
me, sir. +"
dCan't oblIge you today, my young
friend" returned the driver
"Do pay the man and lot him 20. We
Ron i, .Sst sceue interrupted tho t-'Ne, Z
and the young husoaGd, being galiaSt,
swallowed his anger and, turning to the
owner of the horses, demanded TO know
what he owed him.
ooh, that's all right. You don't owe
me anything, answered the mysterious
Jehu. "When you return from ynul honey
moon, give the arst good boxing couple
yo, see az fire drive as gave you, and
our accounts win DO squared, Good luck,
you know to christen o carriage with a
BRIDE With hat remark be was Off
laughing and waving hts bat II farewell
There was nothing to do BUS to mako
tho bese u q aughabla situation, and the
couple returned To tho hutel ~ tho groon
line, enjoying tho joke on themselves and
attributing 1t to the tlnery Of their gar
ments.
And now for tho sequel to the story.
About two weeks ago a good looking
man, accompanied by a charming young
woman, entered the Office of this same real
SnNotS bAChSA. AiS eSSHbAS41lft1A was ~
search Of house, having come to WASH
ington from Ohio to accept a positd
der the government It was pr
the real estate man tbet "a Mr..
mot, mot long ing, been : % Two daughters,
After onTice and fa.2 2ii.,fs iMYi-s.afg
through empty houses, tho dealer and his
interesting customers became pretty we'll
acquainted. Speaking Of weddiBg trips.
the former related how be- hasl sraT
Philadelphia, and
was narrated No
into the narrative when b
exclaimed
Na"Whv, I have heard father tell
many time. Ee used to Use ii FN
phia SON IL DE- possible yor afs haIt
the brio x couple be invited into esilistsn
Ing ais uaW surrey Father Usa 70 say
that the bride was 80 pretty anu tbo groom
SO dashing he oouldn't resist ths eempta-
tion to give them a ride aftef his famous
pair of cobs. You SEQ, ho was gaiiing for
friend, and, observing y0u come out OF
this hotel IA apparent uncertainty which
way to go OF whore, no concluded to play
a Joke OF you. My father was great jok
er always
A goo1 laugh follosged and the r.
was the new bridal eoupla
drove with tho old
day Washington
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