The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29

packed away in moth-bails. Oh, you
got it down, did you2 it smells like
drug store! This suit of clothes i:
awful I'll break that mans head
tomorrow for trying 10 palm it of on
mel Aren't you dressed yet? I'll
go on downstairs and please hurry up
Wonder where my overcoat is-ughE
Corbutn fell over the Cyercoat al
the foot of the stairs and had some
conversation with himself under his
breath as he examined his new suit
for any resultant damages On rails
ing his head his eyes met the clock
and he turned pale.
"Bess," ne shouted. Its a quarter
of Z! We've fifteen minutes to drive
to the Browns. You've had the
whole afternoon to dress"
angel" called his wife, sweetly,
you sit down and be quiet. Now that
I've got you dressed I'm going to fin
ish myself. That clock is half an
hour fast. I set it ahead, and the one
up here, too. for | knew Just how it
would be wnen You started getting
ready. These systematic ways of
yours are always upsettinS and con-
fusingi"
COrbuth sat down without a word.
AFTER THE WEDDING.
IhS VI StIlleU
in the carriage with a greas f1utter of
laces and chiffon and gave long
sigh.
Wasn't Cora just the loveIiest bride
you ever. saw" she demanded breath
lessly of The tall young man who
climbed in after her.
She was certainly a winner" ad-
mitted the young man. 1T made me
kind of blue, though, usherins for
Toms wedding. | tell you he's the
best ever and l hate to lose him."
Lose him." cried the mail of hon
or. Il think it's perfectly hateful for
a mans friends to act as if he had
been snatched from them eternally by
cruel fate, just because ne marries
nice girl and settles down. It's"
''Oh, | don't mean ii that way" pro-
tested the tall young man. I'm not
down on matrimony. | think | was
blue because it wasn't my wedding.
If"
Aren't you frightfully tired?" broke
in the maid of honor hurricdly. Il
standing up at that reception for
three hours straight. | can't imagine
way Aunt Matte went home without
me?'
Il hope" said the young man stiff
ly, you don't think I forced myself
on you! Cora's mother asked me to
take you safely home"
oh" said the bridesmaid, with
equal haugntiness. Il know of course
it was something like that | knew
you never would condemn yourself
to an hours ride with me unless you
simply couldn't get out of it, I'm
very sorry you should be so bored"
man, don't be SO foolish, You know
perfectly well I'm not bored"
81 suppose" said the maid Of hon.
or, Jelly, that was the real trouble
my constitutional foclishne~s, That
was why you discovered il was all a
mistake
'1!' cried the usher. "If it wasn't
you who broke off our enga cement
fair and square I'd like to have some
one point out to me what really hap
pened."
81 thought you wanted it broken
off, said the maid of honor. I'm glad
It wasn't announced and nobody knew
il. I'd hate so to put you 10 any trou-
BILE or annoyance. A il is, nobody
knew it. 7 don't suppose Cora'S moth
or realized that she was picking out
the one girl in all the world you dis
lIkeu most LOT you 10 escort nome
Isn't it funny
Perfectly killing" said the young
man. 1T makes NE feel about as
much like laughing as a funeral
would. Its a shame. too. when the
best man obviously was yedrning for
my chance"
Great guns" breathe1 the usher
you don't really care anything about
Tad Kirby, do vou7 He hasn't enough
brains to put in a peanut shell, for
all his money. He
Your temper certainly hasn't i'm
proved any" broke in the maid of
honor. you haven't a particle of
right to object to Tad's paying me at
tentions, if I choose to let him
I'm quite well aware of that" said
the Young man, 5tormily
WELL" said the maid of honor, lit
doesn't make any difference to you.
so it can't worry you much"
That's all you know about it." said
the usher. ''Why-if things hadn't
be having our wedding Just about
now
Think of it," cried the maid OF
honor, interesteily Think what
you've escaped and thank a.e, WY.
all your best friends might be signing
over you, as you just sighed over
Tom, and mourning because they had
lost you. AS ii is, YOU are safe ana
rescued and entirely free
Il am glad you can be so philosoph-
CAL" said the young man. 1t shows
you really didn't care much if you
ian consider the affair so lightly.
Not that ! expected your heart would
De broken, but | thought possibly YOU
might have a little tender feeling for
what is past-and for what might
have BEEN
There was little silence as they
oiled along. Then the maid of hon
Or spoke casually.
Neither Tom nor Cora seemed a
Dit scared at the wedding she said.
1 never saw people beam as they
lid. They really seemed happy"
When the young man spoke his
yoice was gruff. Not half" he said,
as happy as yOu and l would have
,een if things hadn't gone wrong! On, |
can't stand il any long
II. Isn't there a chance for us to
% back to the beginning and start all
'ver again?"
The maid of honor was crying into
Ter ridiculous handkerchief "a
h-thought," she gasped. I'D just d-lie |