Show rHE CHES 1818 Copyright 1918 B By Y MARK LEE LUTHER Little Brown 1 INSTALMENTS INSTALMENT 3 The honeymooners had iad agreed t to I meet meet at the railroad station on They ar arrived arrived ar- ar rived together she she by str streetcar etcar he hein hein hein face to face fate in a taxicab and came at Jh the door o of t the waiting n room Yo dont don't mean mean to s say y youre you're traveling trav tray cling eling too he le greeted he her waggishly I wonder o d r. r lit If I w were we're re headed beaded d Uie the same way way 7 Sheila Shela rewarded the jest with a faint Sm smile S O Have you you bought the tickets shea she a asked aked ked in a lo low voice J through to Wash Wash- Hour ago right ago Bright H HIm ington 5 A Im sorry Tom she said But Bu t 1 I suppose you can get the the money back Ive I've changed my mind What he cried dumfounded Arent you going away with me Sheila SheBa S of S Of course I 1 Iam alp am sn silly y boy she re re- re assured Ar Arent nt we ve married Haven't Haven't i I my my suitcase along Isn't m trunk In the baggage baggage room room And a crate I want expressed But I dont don't want to togo togo go to Washington and Old P Point tnt and andall all th the r st as as' as S we planned At least riot not now now novt I want to g go to New Y York rk New York Dazed by this fresh ex example nip of ot her Infinite var variety et he dropped his umbrella Of ot all places I he exclaimed stooping for his property properly property prop prop- erty erly and rising 11 flustered an an and crimson Why I might as Well take you home and nd b be clone done me with it 5 ThalYs i It she hO caught him sc up just what I r m mean a ande dear r Thank you for saying it first But hurry and see about tickets Ill I'll explain on 5 the train The hc bridegroom r rallied d' d and stood his ground 5 4 No you wont won't he retorted with heat explain ln right here herel In the doorway way Before t the e parter por par porter porter S S ter He had att attendant Jl ant blac black S Bidding the man watch their combined luggage he threw an n Impatient look round the waiting room and with I Sheila SheBa less eager following marched L to a vacant corn corner r bench Now he said trot Irot put out your reasons rea rea- sons and Ill I'll show you how bow foolish I they are Sheila on her fathers father's side only t two generations removed from the Isle of o of r perpetual tu l unrest felt a sturdy Impulse se seto 3 to join battle But with her Irish Irisi L blood she had Inherited a sense sense o of e humor and Instead of losing her tem tern temper temper per she puckered her forehead in a t frown which burlesqued his own W Prisoner er at the b bar r are yOU yot or no not guilty Anyhow Ill I'll j SE that youre you're oure ha hanged ged m mOld I Old stuff said Tom Torn trifle m All the easier to get the poll returned promptly B BOh Oh Im I'm willing to listen her but It really is nonsense nonsense t tion of yours And It Isn't fair Sheila I want you all to o myse few days Any fellow would woul U place You were keen enough l trip this morning Wh What's ts t's con con coir you si since 1 e then M Ive been thinking about the j Instead of ot getting all the can out of the We wont won't really get fun ou out thing Tom until nUl your people k k But ut Im I'm not going to keep the dark Ill I'll write father tod toe t tell ll him what a. a wonder yo you art ie aie be crazy to see you Sheila dimpled jIlL p jI lL LOts Lets ts t's do dont don't t make mak him wait said S' S jm But hell he'll expect to walt wait p Then well we'll surprise him I iS- iS sl care to have him get the idea t afraid to meet him And hOe he hel helget i get the Idea that y you u are afraid If Jf he hes he's the he kind o of yuan man ma h his is is hell he'll be proud of ot you straight home bome wl with h. h me ma Its It's th thing to do You Yo know I f fAnd And you'll be pleasing me Shall I He gazed upon her lly More f 1 re than I r can say And you think I 1 ought to you In this 5 g Yes m S That That settles It he declared low accents You dont don't love E 10 a aToni Tom Toni 1 m mIts Its Ils Itsue true fue It Is Isn't t real reat y If It wars wa-s your first thought wt w t to please me You'd do dow at and let tet every y- y else go han hang real love I She knew w that thai wa was so sor or amiss In in this reasoning out t too great h haste li sti ste to puzzle It ou qu o. it How can you she r rep Pr You know I r love you I we Wa have haye married you If I did better than all the world IT 1 W go with you to fo faa a desert Island on on-on on on clams ISland But Washington Washington- And I simply loathe clam clan completed ted fl Do you he said struck revelation r I Im very fo fond foid d' d I Jo o oI of I Cant Can't we we agree agre in anY anything I And then as S h he We saw her smi smil out out Oh youve you've g got t me e so weI woI we wo I I r I dont don't know now what Im I'm saying is a nice place for a seriouS I He glowered at t their fellow pa pai pas pa i If It I had you ou alone alon Id I'd make j I things my way J She sh shook ok her head K Kissing wouldn't do a bit ot of she replied Please find out a atrain a train J S He went at Pat last still stilt protest more c cheerfully eert ny returned t toJa f that the New NewYork York train had While w we e sat here Yes I I believe ve you knew It Wh When n will there be another r Not for an an ho hour r. r jf Did you buy our ur tickets No N he answered ThereN of ii time Lets Let's' talk this over Sheila lf If you ou look at iL-c iL Please Please dont begIn she broke in with a catch batch in Call an It nonsense or r. r TOrn Tom om but dont don't wrangle with with the very first fa favor VOl Ive I've asked jj I He pivoted abruptly on his went to do doher her bidding The was l hers r j. j But t she had no nop It She sympathized with T. T was ivas as not a little sorry for beJ honeymoons of fiction never never-b this and she felt fert that even evenin In her case must be exceptional not an easy thing her father fattier of her her Already ady It ha However fa i come conic right in the end and ands andi be very kind to Tom wanted to tobe tob be kind at once buting but buting butIng ing the ticket office he had hads sj towering di dignity to the bag and so vanish vanished d. d Some Som twenty centuries minutes dragged by r ering she spied sped him on t J in the lee of t a pyramid of tl ti t was a as private t as an any spot I railway station could be and anders ander's anders ander's d ders der's ers er's wish that h he might mig have havel wis ws forthwith gratified ri B Bhe Bi he had hatched two fresh a abut but he to mention t th before re train time they were mind It was was a mind n of the g gender To be tr traveling raveling v together wi si ful s sensation and there were during g the journey when forgot toward wh what t destina sped Toe The traffic was light ain a ain a ai in the chair car nor in the they troubled by near neigh bridal supper supper had the Inti stol stolen n rendezvous and the gusto they knew not what To be continued |