The Morris County chronicle., 1902-08-29
A HONEYMOON TRIP.

Passengers on certain eastern-bound
sleeper few days ago were treated to a
quaint and amusing comedy. The train
which left Cincinnati stopped at one of the
little towns along its outskirts, when the
indifferent passengers were aroused to a
sense of something important going on on
the platform A carriage was standing
there beribboned and regal in flowers and
flags. Nearly the entire population of the
village was clustered about the carriage,
and alighting from it were the principal
actors themselves.
She was young and coy and rather pretty.
He tall and narrow chested, with shiny
Prince Albert and white tie which seemed
to show strong desire to choke him. They
moved toward the train with the crowd
laughing and shouting at their heels.
Everybody in the train stuck his head
out of the window to watch, and the babel
of voices in the station grew Louder and
louder. Suddenly the young husband made
dart, a dodge, a spring, and with his bride
held firmly by the waist slipped past his
tormentors and entered the coach. There
was a cry of disappointment from the plat
form, and then pleasantfaced Traveller
with a funny little cap on his head, and
glasses, put his head out of the window.
Give me your old shoes and things" he
said, amiably. 'Tll throw them at them in
here"
eve haven't any Shoes" answered
young lady, ruefully; 'but we brought bags
upon bags of rice with us.
''Pass them in, said the traveller, and
in twinkling every passenger on the tram
stretched out expectant hands and gathered
in bags of the faky substance.
By this time the young couple were well
inside the coach The young husband turned
toward the window with leer OF triumph,
when, almost in his face, and certainly
down his collar, descended shower OF
white flakes
'This is from some of your friends out
side" said the pleasant-faced traveller.
''They asked me to give it to you" and as
the indignant groom and his bride passed
through the coach into the one ahead, each
passenger threw his share with God
bless you and your bride"
"Tell you what, boss, said the porter,
entering soon after and addressing the
genial traveller, 81 dunno as dat was sech
joke fur ter throw all dat rice in dis hyar
cyar. Hit pears like ter me it belongs in
Q6 OuuGE cydI along wiz NoU SooPAe'
The genial traveller looked thoughtful.
THAT'S so," he said 'fit is hard on you.
But then, you know, when mans on his
wedding tour he don't mind a little thing
like expenses. Why don't you go in and
wish him joy and congratulate hlm, and
maybe it'll be worth your while? Newly
married men always like to impress their
wives with their hberality, you know.
The black mans face glowed, and he
thanked the genial traveller with real SIN
cerity But it was not long after that he
returned crestfallen and glum.
''Dat man am tight paper, he sand, IN
dignantly; "dat what he am. | goes hup
ter i'm and | says, Boss | says, 1 reckon
as you am on your wedding trip an wants
ter congratulate youh. Use porter on the
back cyar, an Use got right smal* lot
rice ter clean hup arter you But don
care a bit, boss. Use married myself;
what you tink dat man say. lie guy me oe
glad hand, dat what he done. lie stuck out
his paw dat away and says: Uncle he says,
'dat's right. Clean hup nice, and tank you
fer your congratulation.
1t was not until the train reached the sta
ton at Buffalo that the genial traveller saw
the young couple again. They alighted
from the train, and the man was CARRYING
a large dress suit case, while the girl stag
gered under the weight OF heayy-lookmg
satchel. The young groom, still wearing
the Prince Albert and white tie, walked
straight up to the genial traveller, not recog-
nizing him from the evening before.
"Can you direct me to the nearest place
where | can get street car for Niagara Z?
he asked.
The traveller looked first at the groom,
then at the blushing bride. Then nus
glance came back to the groom with the
Slightest perception of a sneer.
"No, sir, he answered; ''but can show
YOU the nearest hack stand"
The young bride blushed violently and
the groom froze percepttibly,,, aa
"Thank you," he said, with cutting dlg-
nifty, eve prefer the street car,
'And they say man don't think about t,
expenses when he's on his wedding trip
mused the genial traveller. And she such
a sweet-faced child, too N. T. 1 mes