The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
A QUEER BRIDAL TOUR.
Mrs. Smith In Male Attire Beats Her
 Way With Husband.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 MT. and Mrs. James Smith have re- turned to Chicago after having been away on a trip since last May.
 This is not the story of a millionaire and his wife going to the Pacific coast. In fact, the couple left Chicago with but a few cents in change, a small hand valise containing a marriage cer- tificate and few articles of feminine wearing apparel.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith did not have personal mention in the Chicago papers when they departed on their journey. They did not purchase tick cts or ride in Pullman cars. The man. ner of their leaving was unheralded
 One dark night they crept down to the railroad yards and watched their chances. They found freight train with it's nose pointed westward.
 "All right" whispered Mr. Smith as the engineer gave two short, sharp blasts following the signal to go ahead from the conductor perched on top of the train.
 MT. Smith got under the moving train and settled himself snugly on the rods. He reached out and Mrs. Smith was swung under, and she, too, was soon securely perched there, with her husbands strong right arm hold ing her as in wise.
 That was the way they started from Chicago. And that was the way they came back.
 After they had ridden to the end of division they found that Mrs. Smiths skirts were a very grave draw ho oolx fo hat eort Of travel
 "I1l dress up as boy" said the pluclky little woman.
 "All right" said the husband.
 They obtained some overalls, boys size, a blue jumper, an old cap and some cast off boys shoes. The tawny hair was clipped close to Mrs. Smith s shapely head and she stepped out a veritable boy.
 For the next four months Mrs. Smith was known as the kid She passed everywhere for boy of seventeen. She acquired a boyish swing in walking and could keep up with most of the people who were beating their way westward. MT. Smith kept close watch upon his wife and saw that she was not imposed upon.
 Once on their westward journey the man WdS Cdll6u upOn u CASi u- ciating agony on account of his wife, but he bore it bravely without mur- mur. He bears the marks of the tor ture on his arm to this day and is lia- ble to bear them to the grave.
 They were riding under a freight train and the woman became faint She would have fallen had the man not caught her in time. In catching her he was thrown in such position that his arm came in contact with the car wheel and it ground and burned his arm frightfully and tore his cloth ing, but he hung grimly on until the train finally stopped and he was able to extricate himself from the terrible dilemma.
 They finally decided to return to Chicago, their former home. They proceeded, as in their outward jour ney, to hop trains, but were delayed many times.
 Mrs. Smith is 19 years of age. She Is tanned as brown as any country boy. her hair is bobbed off, and she looks for all the world like wiry lad. Skirts seem awkward to her. In fact. she acts more like boy now than a woman and it remained for an Illinois town marshal to arrest her on the charge of impersonating woman. As they neared Chicago MT. Smith ad- vised his wife to put on her skirts again. Reluctantly she complied.