The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-24
The Struggle
THEIR NEW BRIDAL.

THEIR NEW btkIbhS
Edith and John had made "A round
or visits the evening before thnlr de-
parture on their honeymoon" TO
not expect to zee any OF them again
until their return TO Arcadia Never
theloss.. when they stood on the Ar
cadia station platform waiting for
their train Edith wished that at least
Mrs Fem or Lii Blake had been
thoughtful enough TO come down TO
see them off only their children
and their mamzclle. an excellent
Fcrrols farewell. The Flowortons
were busy In the city they knew
Edith had entered into tho mood
OF a honeymoon 10 an extent which
surprised even hcrself That she
and John should find themselves
bound on long holiday trip. to 20
where they wiShed without thought
0f expense. trip that was to In
c!ude New Orleans, southern Cali
fornla, Yosemite valley. the Cana
dian rockies and loft them free 10
play AS they liked ALI this gave
Edith a sense OF ncwncss, aH though
she were really going on bridal
mdac blue and looked so young In her
happiness that she might easily have
been mistaken for young bride.
John, too, with the burden OF double
work OF his mind and with the pros
poct ofR long holiday ahead OF him,
looked almost radiant. Edith felt
SHY as she caught an amused lov.
ing smile on his lips Ne he looked
at her
We'll girl mine, 30 you think YOU
can forget for minute that i'm
an old story and pretend we'ro really
going OFF on our honeym oon?" no
asked
AN old story" she protested
why, John. were going away 10
got really acquainted with each
other And there's no pretensc about
the honeymoon. Here are our
friends TO soc us off" she said. kiss
Ing the children and mamzellc
Around the bend In tho valley
their train appeared and drew up ns
tho FerroM gave their children their
last squeeze. The station was de-
serted except for tho Ferrol party,
so Edith allowed herself the weak.
ness OF a little pretonse. Il
"Goodby Mr. Jackie -- goodhy.
Miss Virginia! SO thankful 10 YOU
for coming down TO sec us or,
Wen send you picture postal cards"
"A happy honeymoon" the chill
dren cried
IAN aboard sang ont The con
Then tho Ferrols nearly missed
their train, For az they turned to
board It small Jackie pulled out
little moccaSin from his pocket and
threw It At his parents At the same
moment Virginia uncovered small
paper OF rice and shog cred the
blushlng pair OF grown-ups with 1t.
As though IT, was prearranged
signal THAT moment there burst
from the baggage room, where they
had been hiding, n crowd of Area |
dams. headed by Ned and Ruth. the |
fenns. the Blskes and n host OF |
others, A perfect bcdlam OF cheers
lndA cries OF farewell and laughter
drew the passenger In the train 10
he windows.
The sight they caught appealed to |
.hem Immensely. There is some |
hing in the spectacle OF a couple
starting off on their honeymoon trim |
nat stIrs n kindly amused interest
n onlookers. None Of the passen- |
sers thought otherwise than that |
hey were witnessing Just such a
'ight For tho crowd ~ people on
he platform were pelting the couple
IN the steps OF the train with rice.
I'D shoes and flowers.
when tho flustcred couple finally
escaped into the car and the train
'ulled out amind chorus OF cheers
md cries and blasts OF the engine
whistle. they found themselves the
ocus OF amused inspection by nil the
'afsengers, Bravely they tried TO
ppear at their ease and to take the
whole affair as though they were
My onlookers instead OF principals.
Then, TO their dlsmay, the con-
nctor entered the car with a great