Show W B rrth IAL J y v w OR y J lf ww t fc F 03 f i 1111 1 d t ur alton on As ABIE te new pd ibi ma i built allt and 4 H ih IWA mm aab BB br 9 mb B jf ar the gen lei V WM Is s of pur fk K 0 le o degreg deerea novelized irom from ICY y ot of an all H the comedy 0 of of f the sanie name the e trat H tad rad is tild lid H illustrated town broa ot of to be bear the he play a produced jense use re 11 ll by beery W sources T benent t B to to ula bi U V 1 xa 10 wen n dia f SYNOPSIS locality f eins of B mallory la is ordered to the cne 18 und and marjorie Marj orle newton iki but wreck of taxicab pro 1 inic minister on the way to 1 ans continental train Is tak ta k 1 infers r porter has hab a livel lively 1 f fo r n ails hman and ira lam f V bus business ness man tile the elopers 1 ting tim getting to the x rs 1 imp jim As wellin wellington g 0 n bound je ast ba et a divorce boards b oa r train yawl n dl tion later mrs JI mm to 1 Is also bound for or reno heno with sl 1 likewise mrs ira sammy whit ba sier r blames mrs jimmie for wan troubles classmates Claas matea of mal m bridal berth mrs UP on ft a vacation they decide B and temple removes reni ovea evidence abw g marjorie Marj orle decides to let vl aeed alone but train starts 51 IBl are 1116 lost in farewell ff lal allones lorys classmates in giving C 1 ing hazing marjorie Mar jorfe 1 is dis ra lathrop woman hating 1 f discovers an old swe sweetheart ethear y ba e a follow fellow passenger malf B aunts hunts for a preacher among 1 l gers mrs wellington hears bears i les voice later she meets 1 bomb jo mb mallory reports to mar i 1 flure to find a preacher they 1 jB pretend letend a quarrel and mallory 1 besot aut berth mrs jimmie featon agton on the train mallo mallory ry sal es an unsuccessful hunt for a 1 fk dr temple poses aa w a ibbs temple la is induced by mrs ad to smoke a clrar cigar are pter TER continued lea blady lady who was waa evidently mrs he ha 3 poke spoke up miss you terrible wo we fill all ed are the best pastor our church he ua in f ty y prepared to spring on his of t id d drag him nl to hla his la lair ar but it wab e held him back j B taking our train lord bless y r rold old soul I 1 mallory could have hugged him ham kept close watch to the rap the wedding hungry twain tho er r shook hands bands with such of hla his Es s had followed him to the sta eta eked up his valise and walked the e porter extending his ticket g the porter said and mallory pave ave throttled him for saying it guse use me bul bia yo ova va yonda you betta move right t for its gettin gedun ready to pull th h a little shriek of dismay the van n clutched his valise and set off run mallory dashed after him marjorie Marj orle after mallory they ted as they ran but the conductor bo 0 east vaund train sang eang out all adl rd and swung on he 0 parson made a sprint and sent the ultimate rail of the moving agn mallory made a frantic leap at pyeng ying coattail coat tail tall and missed As he be W marjoree Marj orle stood gazing reproach y at the train which was giving a dutiful illustration of the laws of re abing perspective they heard wild als of hll hit bit hi and hayl hay hayl hay ad d turned to see their own train in fotion botlon and the porter dancing a ilu lu step alongside CHAPTER foiled again mallory tucked marjorie Marj orle under hla his arm and marjorie Mar jorfe tucked cinder rider hers and thy they did a sort ot of Z three legged race down the platform J the porter was waa pale blue with excite ment and it was waa with the last gasp of breath in all three bodies that they scrambled rambled up the steps at 0 the only open vestibule I 1 the porter was mad enough to give J them a piece of his mind and they were meeli meek enough to take it without il t a word of explanation or resentment I 1 and the train sped aped on into the heart of nebraska along the valley of the platte when lunchtime came they ate it together but in n gloomy silence lence el they sat eat in mar loriea jortes berth throughout the appallingly monotonous afternoon in a stupor of disappointment and helpless dejection speaking little and saying baying nothing then whenever the train stopped mallory watched the tha on getting passengers J with his keenest eye he had a theory that since most people who looked like preachers were decidedly lay it might be well to take a gamblers chance and accost the least r ministerial person next so in his frantic anxiety he selected a horsey looking individual who jot got on at north platte he looked so BO much like a ranchman that mallory stole up on him and asked him to excuse him but did he be happen to be a clergyman the man replied by asking mallory if he happened to be a flea bitten maverick and embellished his question with a copious flow of the words ministers use but with i a secular arrangement arra ng ement of them in fact he split one word la in two to insert a double barrelled curse all that mallory could do was to admit that he be was a flea bitten what he be said and inck back away after that thal if IL a vicar in full uniform hae had marched djan the stale aisle heading a procession salou ot of ellair boys bots mallory would have suspected him he vowed in hla his haste that marjorie Marj orle might die an old maid before he be would bould approach anybody else on that sub elect eject nebraska would have been a nice long state for a honeymoon but its four our hundred odd miles were a dreary length for the couple so BO near and yet so eo far the railroad clinging to the meandering platte made the way tar far louger longer and mallory and marjorie Marj orle left like paramus and thisbe wandering along an eternal wall through which they could see but not reach one another they dined together as dolefully as it they had been married for forty years then the slow twilight soaked them in its melancholy the porter lighted up tile the car and the angels sighed up the stars but nothing light ed up tip their hopes weve got to quarrel again my beloved mallory groaned to marjorie Marj orle somehow they were too dreary even aven to ring nag one another with an outburst for the benefit ot of tile the eager eyed passengers Ben gers A little excitement be stirred them as they realized that they were confronted with another night night and a morrow without change of gear what a pity that we left our things in the taxicab Alar marjoree Marj lorto orle sighed and this time she said we left them instead of you left them it was very gracious of her but mallory did not acknowledge the courtesy instead he gave a start and a gasp good lord marjorie Marj orle wo we never paid the second taxicab taxicabs I 1 great heavens how shall we ever pay him lies hes been waiting there twenty tour four hours how much do you suppose we owe him about abear a year of my pay I 1 guess you must send him a telegram of apology and ask him to read his bis meter ile he was such a nice man the kindest eyes for a chauffeur but how can I 1 telegraph wm him I 1 dont know his bla name or his number or his bis company or anything its too bail bad hell go through life hating us and thinking we cheated him well he know our names either and then they forgot him temporarily for the more immediate need of clothes all the passengers knew that they had left behind what baggage they had not sent ahead and much sympathy had been expressed but most people would rather give you their sympathy than lend you their clothes mallory did not mind the men but marjorie dreaded the women she was afraid of all of them but mrs airs temple she threw herself on the little ladys mercy and was asked to help herself she borrowed a nightgown of extraordinary simplicity a shirt waist of an ancient mode and a number of other things it there had been anyone there to see seb she would have made a most anachronistic chroni bride mallory canvassed the men and obtained a shockingly shockIng Ir purple shirt from wedgewood who meant to put him at his ease but somehow failed when he said in answer to malloris Mal lorys thanks god bless my soul old bid top dont you think of thanking mf me I 1 ought to thank you you see the idiot who makes my shirts made that by mistake and id be no end grateful if jolly well take the loathsome thing off my hands I 1 mean to say I 1 shoud nt dream of being seen in it myself you quite understand dont you ashton asleton contributed amarion a maroon atrocity in hosiery with equal tact if they fit you keep em I 1 got stung on that batch of kocir that pair was originally lavende out lut they washed like that keep em I 1 be found dead in em the mysterious fosdick who lived a lonely life in the observation car and slept in the other sleeper lent Af mallory allory a pair of pyjamas pajamas evidently intended for or a bridegroom of romantic disposition mallory blushed as aa he accepted them and when ho he found himself in them he whisked out th the light elight he was waa so ashamed of himself once more the whole car gaped at the unheard of behavior of its newly wedded pair the poor porter had been hungry tor for a bridal couple but as he went about gathering up the castoff cast off footwear of hla his large family and found mallorca Mall Mal lorys orya shoes at number three and marjories tiny boots at number five he shook his head bead and groaned times haa bas autta changed for the bussi it this Is a bridal couple gilme divorcees CHAPTER matrimony to and fro and the next morning they were wera in wyoming well toward the center of that sta state te they had left behind the tame levels and the truly rural towns and they were among foothills and mountains passing cities of wildly picturesque repute like cheyenne and laramie Lar amle dowle bowie and medicine dow bow and bitter creek whose very names imply literature and war whoops cow boy yelps barking revolvers another redskin biting the dust cattle stampedes town humorous humo roua lynch ings and bronchus bron chos in epileptic frenzy but the talk of this train was concerned with none of these wonders which the novelists and the have bavo perhaps a trifle fished the talk of this train was concerned with tho the eighth wonder of the world a semidetached semi detached bridal couple mrs eager enough to voice the sentiment of the whole populace when she ehe looked up frami hr bar novel in the observation room and nudging mrs mra temple drawled by the way my dear has baa that thai bridal couple made up its ita second nights quarrel yet the Mallory Bt mrs airs temple flushed as aa she answered mercifully oh yes they were very friendly again this morning mrs airs Whit whitcombe whitcombs combs countenance wae cynical my aly dear love ive been married twice und and I 1 ought to know something about honeymoons but thle this honey hon cylest lest honeymoon she ehe cast up her eyes and her hands in despair the women were so BO concerned about mr and mrs alra mallory that the hardly noticed tho the uncomfortable plight ot of the Welling tons or tho the curious behavior beli avio of the lady from alif th stateroom who seemed to bo be afraid ol 01 something and never spoke to anybody tho the strange behavior of anns gattle and ira anthrop even escaped much comment though they were for ever being stumbled on when anybody went out to the observation platform when they were dislodged from there they sat playing ri ti heckers eckers and talking very little but making eyes at one nn other and sighing like furnaces they had evidently concocted some secret of their own for ira looking at his watch murmured sentimentally to anne aline only a few hours more and anne turned geranium chloi and dropped a handful of checkers 1 I dont know how I 1 can face it ira growled like a lovesick lion aw what do you care kut but I 1 was never married before ira fra anoe ame protested and on a train too why all ali the bridal couples take tc the railroads 1 I should think it would be the last place go said bald anne a sensible woman annet annel look at the Mallor kt how miserable they are 1 I thought they were happy said bald ira whose great alj juo it aps pay little heed to what was none of hla his business oil oh ira cried anoe anne 1 I hope we shant begin to quarrel as soon as we wa are married As it if anybody could quarrel with you anne be wd said do you think ill be so BO monotonous as that she retorted her spunk delighted him beyond words ile he whispered anne youre so gol darned sweet if 1 I dont get a chance kiss ill bust why ira were on the train da darn the train who ever heard of a fellow proposing and getting engaged to a girl and not even kissing her 1 ifft but our engagement la Is so ao short well im not going to marry you until I 1 get a kiss perhaps innocent old anne anna really believed this bloodcurdling blood curdling threat it brought her instantly to terms though she blushed but always looking come out on the observation platform oh ira again 1 I dare dara you 1 I take you but seeing that mrs whitcomb was trying to overhear she whispered lets pretend its the scenery so ira rose pushed the checkers aside and said eald in an unusually positive tone ah miss gattle wont you have a look at the landscape oh thank you mr lathrop said anne 1 I just love scenery they wandered forth like the sleeping beauty and her princely awakener and never drea dreamed nied what gigg linga and hudgings and wise head went on back of them mrs airs wellington laughed loudest of all at the lovers whose heads had bad grown gray while their hearts waro still so green it was shortly after this that the Welling tons themselves came into prominence in the train life As the train approached green river and its copper basined stream the engineer began to set the air brakes for the stop jimmie wellington half awake in the smoking room wanted to know what the name of the station was everybody is always eager to oblige a drunken man so BO ashton and fosdick tried to got get a window open to look out TO BE CONTINUED |