New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
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sering lambs. 1 glanced back at Him ana inter-
eepted a glance OF passionate DropFfetorzhF-,
ms ms Sas perhaps way He remarked. with an
easy, biaSe. indifferent air.
I tel my WIFE than women are out OF rlac.
eI--J4@ t9e s1uD2'es. o. Jhe ucOTs. in the huntns
Eeld ard 50 forth Three women IN the Sell
spoh lii- psSt run-iu ny opinion" She teIa-
Sraphed approval Behind zlll rhe sr9zvt--@
ciI1ll Io3fs ihert tive and If you wipe her eye
she loses her temper There vvass a dfn,nIa -
tae cheek that WAS st1diouSIy turned aV7av as
90 itc4i which The most popular events
Sot scot or CoodwC1t-both OF 'em ladies'
S~SS' III d Iodt ca n locn don't say woman
: az aef worst She can sometimes east a fy
9td thoush she makes fuss about mans
S.'-4-i 81 HSn h q Go a herself believe. rather
tnan lose Eul-' A vision Of a bride IN a boat
with a baC4 ground OF moor and mountain a
TsI--O -Shantev oa her beautiful hair and a
SISenneart salmon rod stOutIy griDDed IN two
ittle SloVed hands. rose Up before me. Perhaps
~ IL saw the picture too. for he stopped abruptly
Then She looked round
You remember that summer IN Norway-IVe
years agO--v-hsn we We're on our hOneymOOn?''
she uttered this palpable invention. with so
cam an ar that the Nice-lOOling Couple re-
sarded her with frank admiration and the
stony Spinster. as We happened 20 be entering a
tIAhei ciutehed religious emblem she wore
UPON her sncky vaJcngusird and held IL In a
Death grip until Ne were fairy out again.
our honeymoon"
We were trolling" pursued She for sea
I-out with the artificial Hinnow III the Eskdaal
any trout this hgmeut Of . honeymOOn Ave
summers old offered TO us2-'ald the canoes
A-1i N$cS were Iuli or TllScnier-''GTG
-. Sl e SFo"se' AID YOU had not Did
you consider me, ss a woman. not exactly at my
"OIsS when lent you Haine 20 bale wiUh?''
4 looked upon you in the light OF a Guardian
AHgrL replied He Of the lovely tweeds and tho
She pretended TO sigh
The glamour of the hOneymOOn-iS there Is
any glamour about honeymoOn-had not vet
Worn off,
The Guardian Angel had not unmasked to an
pear" said Re, in the light OF tOrment-
,sE,io,,.4 49,. St- --,o~,-.---7
"Sprite." amended He
We pretended not TO be listening. though every
ear in defiance of good manners. was carefully
pFiGked. lie fell into the trap. saying IN
UndeTtOne-
Wonder how they're getting over the day.
a tear bieamed on her eyelashes- yes: par
\ man feels affection for his mother-fn-Iaux
in-Iaw.
Dear mother said lie.
She looked so She sugped, so nice just a.
she said gOOdby.
Particularly nice-at that moment" said He.
Ella and Haidee and the others were so en-
chanted with the you know?
His eye said: "Lockets." His lips said: I'm
breIlas"'
With the-umbrenas-er course" She dim
Did get into an awful hat when 7 got up to
you know His tone was cautious
you got over it wonderfully weH Everybody
said So" said she
He had caught the CLASSY eye of the spluster
Lady. He frOwned and bit his lip These
things have TO be DONE he said. |ans nobody
ever does them decently. You remember, seven
years ago'-the Spinster started violently
when We were married what fearful mess
made Of returning thanks?'
But you weren't bad as Billy Bennett"
said she who could only say Erace-sFOr what
We have this day received. may etc. etc.
"Or the time hOnOred other man who hoped to
meet every again on many identical Occa-
Perhaps he was a Mormon she suggested.
in which case the invitation would not have
been out OF place" She looked at her watch.
an exquisite thing with a diamond "S'' upon the
back He bent over and looked TOO.
Eighteen minutes more before We get to
Cli0kbOrn Junction yvnera We -ban1a into = A.
cent going train He sighed and his eve
frightened. Il tipped the guard sovereign to
SSH she fntsrposed reddening and paIing
isn't that lovely" She pointed at random to
- - 81 SlSHS duOIIllIlS a oiesak ueId ana
setting forth the desirability Of purchasing Sud
sons Soap and Carter's Little Kiddfe Pills IN
/ letters six feet long. You remem5er-when we
started on our wedding trtp-ten years agOS''--
Ten years ago, BY Jove"' said he as the
Spinster Lady closed her eyes IN horror. 'sIs
might be this morning. We all in4ernaIIy-
agreed with him HoyT time does fi,-'' be ssJ5
/ hySocrltically; most extraordinary and
stopped over 10 look at that silly little watch
again and their hands got mixed There was an
tncandescent. volcanic silence and then heard
T him whisper. hungFily Take OF your glOVe!"'
oh" She hesitated and glanced at us. We
were cold. unObservant images-the counterfeit
presentTnentS OF Nice-lOOking Couple. a Spin
ster Lady and Me-mOdelled for choice. IN Port
land cement. He said again. Take or YOUR
glove" in the voice OF a master. and She Obeved
in haste. OF came the glove and with II a circle
OF shining deWdTOps and ring OF new red gold
and. as they leaped into the air and tinkled on
the floor of the railway compartment both with
a simultaneous impulse OF recovery. stopped
and. To- torrent OF rice! A three cOrnered hat
Of the new shape win comfortably accOmrO-
date half = pinc the brim OF a billycOck nearly
a tablespoonful The symbOlical grains hoped
4, and skipped upon the carpet: the detected bride
and the unmaSked bridegroom bIushed thrice
confounded Then we laughed cOnsumedly
each and all OF US Even the severe Spinstsr was
compelled To giggle- Under these Hlirthful con-
ditiOnS We arrived at CIinkhOrn Junction.
You did It remarkably we'll" said the male
half OF the Sice-lOOking Couple: but when Il
came out that you had been married for FIVE
years.
Seven said T.
Ten" suggested the Spinster
For twenty-five years" amended the Nice
looking Gentleman. my wife and T. who have
been married for precisely that length OF time
thought your manner toward each Other-par-
don ne'-a little too distant to be quite nat
uraL"
We laughed and waved as they left US and eos
into their reserved carriage The cOrnpIete ac-
count OF their marriage I read in The Daifv
Wire Of the following morning. SybiI was her
name. That is why He loves his love with
an ''S."-(The Sketch.