The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06

F~A-~AN~ AANNeiAof coy thN ANCN AcAAN
Sun.
Well said the first bride, ut was
simply dreadful. Actually. it amounts to
almost persecution. Where in ever they
found all the rice they deluged over me
/ don't know. They must have cornered
the market There was rice in my bag.
there was rice in my umbrella, and there
was rice in every gather or ruffle of my
gown. / should have been padded with it
if my gown hadn't fitted so well there was
not chance for even a grain of sand in
side.
THE first thing we did as soon as We
could get into our travelling clothes after
the ceremony was 10 drive down TO the
station in a carriage with big sign on
it. We are married, and an old pair of
shoes tied underneath. OF course We
didn't know that Jack looked The car
riage all over before we got in. but they
must have been ready, and hung it on af-
ter we started.
ssThen, when we got into the train Jack
had to help me off with my hat to get the
rice out of that. and everywhere we
went we left trail of rice. When we got
to the hotel really cried a little. 1t
wasn't that / minded so very much, but
getting married is such hard work, and
you get all tired out, anyway. A ven is
ei6ugh to wear out a saint-getting it
fixed becomingly, to say nothing about the
gown and having to go through the cere-
mony and trying not to cry and get your
EYES red SO / couldn't help boo-hoO'ng
just a little.
IN never get married again in all the
worlaytI said.
Well, l should hope not, said Jack,
cooHy."
.tYou were not clever enough" said
Bride No. 2 Now, l have had two or
three sisters married. so l knew oil the
tricks. and there was not soul who saw
us in the train when we went off, and you
can just believe they were angry. But
they never circumvented US.
'.They knew the train We were going to
take, and So as soon as we stepped into
the carriages, all the others started to get
there and give us a good send-off, but that
was where we had made different arrange
ments. !, Instead of going TO the city sta
tion, we had given directions to the driver
TO take US to little suburban station,
where the train stopped before it reached
the city.
THAT would have been all right, and
they would have thought we had not TAX
en- the train if the boys had not suspected
sofi8e trick. and two or three of them were
ready with their bicycles to follow us.
They followed until they found what We
were going to do and then tore down TO
the city to tell the crowd there that we
would be on the train. But they didn't
see as after all.
Il had travelling rug that l pulled up
around me- made a pillow of 1t, and laid
my head down near the window as if l
was asleep, and Dick pulled his hat down
over his eyes and held a newspaper up
close tn front of his face and they went
through all the cars and didn't find US
il was the greatest joke, and they never
have forgiven themselves"
That was clever" said Bride No g.
and il is evident that all your friends
were accustomed to weddings, but when /
was married we might have. been caught
as weIl as not and had grand reception
If our friends had not all been stupid
You know when / married l went
TO live in a smaller city about four miles
from the one where ] had been living be-
fore. We did not tell a soul where We
were going TO spend the honeymoon, but
five Of the wedding party got into one car
riage to follow us when We started off We
had arranged for that. Of course. We
drove directly to the railroad station and
naturally lnSy lnOusnl NneV were on the
right track, and We were going to take
the train but that was where they were
mistaken
we had our own house furnished and
put in order, and when we reached the sta
ton we left the closed carriage. took a
buggy and drove ont there Ia the other
carriage they were not prepared for that.
and they did not know where We were I'M
I'll they saw us driving of, and / waved
my hand to them out of the window.
'.You will never guess how quickly we
drove that four miles. l think il was in
twenty minutes. Then we tore into the
house, put every light OUT, ana sat down
70 walt for them. But they didn't conne:
they never came at all.
Why didn't YOU follow us?' l asked la
ter
Five in a carriage? they asked in ag-
But you could have taken the next
train out ! said.
And, do you know, they had never
thought of that, and there was another
one going ont in ten minutes Wasn't that
stupid?"
@weiI, 1 had the greatest experience of
ALL said Bride No, 4. the Brooklyn bride.
who was the youngest OF the quartet.
You would never guess what my ushers
did!"
"oh, what?" cried the other three brides
with one voice.
know what a lively crowd they are They
are not much more than boys and there
was just one set Of us younger people, aud
we had been brought up together since
we were Children. and married IN the cir
Gle. SO 1 knew they would play me some
trick TO let people know that l was a
bride.
Eve were going t. hotel IN New York
after the ceremony. and We managed so
well and had man -nired 10 keep a car
riage across the street after we started
long enough TO Jet us get ahead Of any
body who tried 70 follow. And we did.
We succeeded admirably We didn't see
them or hear 4 sound OF them after we
starte-
I'VE went 10 a quiet hotel On one OF the
side streets, because we knew they would
be desperate ana try hard TO find us But
we came 60 the conclusion we had escaned
them, when what do YOU think happen
cde'
"whatc" cried the brides altogether
again
The next morning as we We're at break
| last az those boys came marching into
me dining roosa wearing their dress suits.