Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

claimed the distinction of having failed to dis
the newly married couple before the end OF the
first leg of the voyage matter how cunning their sub
terfuges. He had come to be known infallibe
bridal detector and had grown to pride himself on his
ability recognize the distinguishing earmarks of the
iustweds. 1t only very trip that he fell
mapping, and deceived.
Among score of Enthusiastically newly wed couples
this trip he suspected, but not OF.
If this their bridal tour, they sophisticated
enough either mislead the passengers completely,
least to cause them doubt And among the doubt
the courier. The uncertainty sharpened his
curiosity. He ingratiated himself with both husband
and wife, yet closer acquaintance only deepened the
mystery.
On the evening of the last day before landing he placed
himself this couple dinner for final observation
Should he not succeed in becoming convinced beyond
peradventure that night he might be reduced to the
huliatng necessity of acknowledging that the old man
of the tours the conductor of the honeymoon
ers, had met his Waterloo
With the tact of diplomat he escorted loquacious
matron to dinner that evening thus obviang the
sty of doing any talking himself, the time
lieving himself of than casual attention from the
couple under observation and leaving him free to study
them practically unnoticed Possibly the couple had
suspected the surveillance for there convcting
developments in of the meal Rather they were
strangely quiet at table, except and again an indf
ferent remark answered in like spirit. However, they
less cordial than usual, with apparent
dertone of bitterness, keeny accentuated at times
Toward the close this attitude became more manifest
Dspeasure with the other seemed to be the keynote
of their relations for the moment If this were newly
evident that storm brewing. Still, while the
courier doubted he was also suspicious
Just before retiring from the table, however, and after
murmured exchange of sharp repartee they created
little that attracted the attention OF all In their
neighborhood. The persistent; the man
positive very.
"And tell you will have it. I'm entitled to what
ask for! shrled the wife, unmaskng her batteries and
bringing them out into the open for free play cts
much it yours anyway. Every other wife has
than have; in proportion, at least. For the last
ten years you We been old Sk1nlnt and stngy
old tghtwad there!' and she concluded her wely
TRADE she stamped her little foot peevshy in such close
proximity MIR. Courer's that only his alertneSs
averted a painfully awakening calamity. While he
politely directed his attention elsewhere, could
avoid hearing the husbands biting rejoinder.
MONEY! he snapped with the harsh, snarling tone
of a grouchy old bear Money money! That's all you
eternally nagged me for money-more money. You'd
keep half dozen men bankrupt spend all the money
l rake and scrape together you and for you If
you aren't satisfied with what you have, you'd better
business! and he from his chair with surly growl
and stalked stoldy from the saoon leaving his mani
testify bitter half to follow, not, as she liked.
H'Ml So! Well, then, that was the end of that
IL chapter the whole book if you like Surely there
wasn't much left to guess about after that The story
OUT just like pages of print, with nothing remain
ing to read between the lines 1t would be a stupid
person indeed who would not understand the
exact matrimonial status of this particular couple
And Mr.. Courier, being anything but stupid person,
understood.
However, it was not until two days later, when the
party still the island of Bermuda, that he really
and truly understood He then learned that this couple
ship sailed His chagrln at being overwhelmingly
deceived aayed only by the hilarious delight of the
bride in haunting him about how neatly he had been
duped.