The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-11
What Came Of
Throwing Rice

A boyish looking fellow and girlish
looking maiden sat in the same seat
waving adieus to party of young
people outside. AS the train started
a shower of rice came In at the open
window, and shouts of merriment,
mingled with adieus, died away In the
| distance. The young man looked
| sheepIsh; the girl blushed crimson.
The train was an express, which was
not scheduled to stop for two hours.
and that hundred miles from the
starting point; consequently the con-
ductsT did not hurry to take up the
tickets. The young couple said little
to each other. and what was said came
mostly from the young man, who was
trying to pacify the girl about the rice
| throwing. Nothing more noticeable
than this occurred till the young man
was heard TO exelaim:
by jininyw
He was plunging his hands into his
| pockets, one after another. and when
he got through them all began over
again
"Whatever in the world is it?' said
the girl.
"Pocketbook gone, with all he mon
| ey and the tickets
/ The voices in this part of the young
couples dialogue were not suppressed;
| indeed they could be heard by the
whole car.
Il believe it was Bill Slocum did IT,
| said the swain "He was monkeyng
around me In the depot. He must
have done it for joke"
HIM. Joke! He did it for spite.
He was jealous
Jealous Of whom?"
The girl made no reply to this. In
deed, the passengers sitting near need
ed no reply to judge of the situation.
The couple began to talk over their
loss in lower tones, and the more they
talked the less they liked it. To be
left on train speeding far away with
out cent to pay their fares was a
very uninviting condition. The young
man looked rueful, and the girl began
to cry Presently the door of the car
VttIEQ anu Tx NOludGlOA etAli
began to take up tickets As be ap'
| preached the young couple the young
man went through his pockets again,
though this time he was doing It to
give the conductor some premonl-
ton OF what was to come Tie girl
sobbed aloud When the official stood
In front of the couple and reached out
for the tickets the young man told him
his story and begged him to pass them
through, but the heartless conductor
said that they must get off at the first
stop and went on punching tickets.
All this was too much for a beneyo-
lent looking gentleman sitting near
who arose, took his hat In his hand
and walked through the car taking up
a collection All the world loves q
lover, and a bride and bridegroom
placed in such situation just starting
on their wedding trip appealed to the
sympathies Of every one in the car
When the benevolent gentleman had
visited all he went to the girl and
poured lot OF bills and coin into heI
lap. She looked up at their benefactoi
with happy smile that should have
repaid him amply for what he bad
done. But he wanted something more
"A kiss from the bride, please"
The girl cDiored UP to the roots Of
her hair, and the benevolent gentleman
bent and. taking her pretty young face
in his two hands, raised it and i'm
printed a kiss, whereupon there was
a spontaneous burst Of laughter, accom-
panied by ciapping OF hands, from the
other donors.
ANY bride and groom under sucl
circumstances would be embarrassed
and thu passengers did not think hare
of this youthful couple that they die
not respond to the friendly spirit b!
which they had been relieved from al
unpleasant position. Their fare wa
paid, and there could be no reason 70
further worry, and vet there SCENE,
something unsettled The youth wa
whispering to the girl, apparently en-
deavoring to obtain her consent Il
something he had proposed Seyera
hours passed, during which the trait
kept up its monotonous ciatter. and tn
young couple seemed still uneasy. A
! last the girl was observed to put he
hand into that OF the young man AM
say something softly. In a few min
ates he arose and, going to the gen
tleman collector. said something {
him which seemed to surprise hin
greatly.
You don't mean It'll Why didn't yol
say so?"
The young man said something more
4 the gentleman rose and asked:
as there clergyman present.
There was no response.
.sThis young gentleman and lady ar
very conscientious. They have accept
ed help under the assumption that the
are a bride and groom They are nc
4 married"
There was d moments silence, an
then some ons shouted:
Then they'd better be right of"
\ That's the saint The lady has cor
3 sented to WHIST she never dreamed G
:. when she entered the cara wedding.
One of the passengers went from ca
to car for clergyman and ne Las
found one and brought him to the seen
| af thn caYnndv