Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-03-10
MURDER WILL OUT.

the more careful the newiy-married
couples are to hide their happiness
from the public gaze"
So said an experienced married man
whose hotel on upper Broadway is one
Of the best known in the country
And yet." be continued. how fool
ishly they go about IL They might
Just as well brand themselves the way
they do in Central Africa, where the
bride knocks out all her teeth directly
she is married. and otherwise as
sumes markes of distinction which
cannot be mistaken.
Before | went into the hotel bust
ness" he went on, 4 married. Al
though | was young. | looked oldes
than my age. and determined /
wouldn't be taken for newly married
person. My wife and | talked il over
before we left the house for the train.
for We were not strong minded enough
TO be sensible and stay at home; and
We agreed upon just what We would do.
She was TO avoid the traditional gray.
in which all brides attire themselves.
She was to Danish that trustfal cling
ingness from her face: and, when |
went out of the car To have a smoke,
or take drink of water. she was to
refrain from following me with her
eyes: and. above all things. she was to
keep her hands of me Ii was de-
cided that l was TO leave the car fire.
qlently and go into the smoking-room.
We had both observed that this was
the way old married folks conducted
themselves; and, TO avert suspicion.
these rules We're carefully considered
and unanimously adopted.
So far, so good After the we'd
ding ceremony we We're driven TO the
depot. where / had engaged section
in 8 pariOr 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 filed up. / sat in one seat
reading the morning paper and Mrs
Smith sat in the other glancing over
book. The young men broke in on
our meditatisns like private cyclone.
.Well'' shouted one of them, with
a well-intended, but unfortunate face
tiousness. This is a pretty how-do-
youdo, One would think, from look
ing at you, that you were an old-uar-
ried pair, instead of bride and groom
s,se,t a
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 | found
my wife in tears.
"'Oh, George! said She
What said l. What can have
happened?'
4 gg-o-t letter from m M NAM
ma.
Well, said l. nothing serious has
happened?
N-R-o!' she sobbed
g 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:
| have just got a
letter from Cousin Frank. He has
been stopping at your hotel for a 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 tlSat you look the perfect
picture of misery. II 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 il spite of the
incidents connected with my court
ship which ii 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
herDelf, and wrote long letter TO her
mother, explaining matters.
We left New York that week for
Washington. and registered at the
Hf9gs House. By this time We consid-
cred ourselves old married folks. and
hnd, In 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 newlv-
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 il town just now
Yes she replied, and don't they
act silly?'
"tOf course they do. replied. with
a knowing look at her. as / raised nv
voice a little louder. But ii was only
to be expected. You cant find newly
married couples who know how to he
have sensibly.'
Yes, sir, that's very true inter
posed the waiter, with freedom which
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