The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-31
An Eventful
Wedding journey
By BARBARA PHlPPS

ing my lie ne WOulu nerve nlmSeiI 10 |
do the deed.
There is a story connected with our
wedding journey that l am going to
tell though for twenty years whenever
! have thought of it my blood has run !
cold.
] am of very sympathetic nature
and impulsive, and Gustav-as l shall
call him-was impassive. | presume
it was this difference between US
that fascinated me with him. We are
prone to admire what we cannot be-
He seemed at times to be made OF
marble. Often when thinking of him
/ thought at the same time Of the
sphinx or the pyramids.
"Why do not your people rise and
throw off your oppressors?" asked.
1--WE would be crushed" was the
calm reply.
This was all l could get out of him.
l could not discern from what he said
and did but that his people expected
| to live under foreign oppression till
| the crack of doom. Gustav's only hope
| seemed wild to me. 1t was that even
| tually all the sovereigns in the world
would be killed off.
would not consent to marry Gustav
unless he would leave his country and
go with me to America This he de
clined to do because he was needed by
the people of his country. How he
could be needed by those who were
] IN,
crat and were making no effort to
throw off the yoke l could not imagine.
However, while making my prepare
tons to depart he came to me and
said that he would go with me. Cir
cumstances had arisen which might
enable him to help his people by going
elsewhere.
This would have made me very hap
DIV had he given me those circum
stances that had brought about the
change But he did not, nor could
, cajole him to make an explanation
( Did he intend to advocate the cause o.
! his countrymen in other countries
, No. He would neither speak nor WRIT
a word on the subject Would he re
! sort to diplomacy? No. He would liv'
life of seclusion.
| might have been able to drive tn
matter from my mind had not Gusta
become more impassive, if possible
than before He treated me with u1
usual tenderness On the day of GU
| marriage he said to me, Before tn
ceremony l wish you to forgive me TO
any injury may inflict upon you b
N making you my wife," l natural
III took this as indicating a very tende
N conscience and gave the desired fo
II giveness.
IL Gustav applied for passport to
III on his wedding trip. He was delaye
in getting it, and our wedding had
II be postponed on this account VIII
h there should have been any delay l
III did not explain to me, the wedding b
II ing timed to take place an hour befol
I'M the leaving of the train on which
III were to depart On leaving the hous
! nv husband spoke few words to II
driver that l did not hear. We we
driven to the station by roundabo'
way and stopped at house in qui
street, Gustav telling me that he wis
ed to leave something there for
friend.
But when he alighted he carried not
ing in his hand The door was open'
by a man apparently Of the midd
class. Gustav stepped inside. The do
was closed. but only for second. n
husband reappeared and we proceed
on our way.
Somehow 1t struck me that WIFI
this brief visit was over Gustav c
perienced great relief. He emerg
from the house with the most scrio
look | have ever seen on mans fac
but on entering the carriage he look
at me with an expression which
could only interpret as indicating tn
there had been a great danger viii
had now passed. Taking my hand
his, he pressed it. which | took to
press the same emotion as his look.
An hour after our train left the 81
ton we had crossed the border The
= was as much change in my husDal
at .this time as there was after |
. brief visit. But one thing l noticed
:. he seemed eager to put distance
= tween us and his former home '
had intended to stop over night IN
large city. but Gustav seemed Gag
to get on. and | consented to proce
to a little town where there were IL
people and no telegraph.
The next day we passed out OF |
, country adjoining my husbands
, therland and by evening had travers
another nationality. entering Switz
land Here my husband bought
: per and scanned it eagerly. Sudder
: i saw a look of disappointment pa
= over his face Looking over his sho
der. | read that on the night follow
- our wedding an attempt had be
made to assassinate the governor
the province in which we were mi
ried He had been badly wounded.
not killed.
All was now plain to me. Gus D
probably made and certainly denver
the bomb used in the attempted
soss;natioD Indeed | finally learn