NOT ON THEIR HONEYMOON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 3

NOT ON THEIR HONEYMOON.

An , English: paper.has a ciiaal little story: that ■ "Eho.uld -really- take high rank among tales of-the ;disconcerting. ■ ,-.- '■: '.:■;.'!■-, \ There had evidently been a, wedding; fur.ther,: up.::theline,;;for the ■vacant;; compart-; riient was liberally adorned with .- confetti.Ignoring these relic.s of.. the • previous cecu.pants of"the' compartment; a lady took her seat for' tho journey..-' Presently a- staid,■ bald-headed coriiplete stranger, to : the lady. travellef— : also entered the: compartment. . Next; 'a . commercial. -traveller,, burdened with two ■ bags and. an umbrella, entered .absent-mindedly, but : presently; he noticed the confetti and retired-with profuse apologies.:; Quite a'number of would-be. passengers halted at : the' door and."witlidrew with awkward:politeness. Just as the guard: was whistling,, a burly farmer; and his .wife got in, and as the train instantly began to move, there' they, had to stay. ' "Ho, ,'oh!". said: the- agriculturist -with ; breezy'.'geniality. "Been: a wedding—eh?" "Sh, sh, John," said his wife; .'.'howd'are you?" At the next station the "bride", dismounted,' and at the next, but one the clergyman followed her example. When, he got to his-own- station (in. another, compartment) wo .understand that he suggested to'..the 1 stationmaster that, the companj should..set:.'aside special labelled • compartments.'for- newly married couples,, and that: the, stationmaster. has promised to forward the suggestion to . tho proper (juar■teiv, •.'■ ■■•■■■ '■■.■.' '.-■ .- ■■-. '•".--.■.. '