Show AS afa E 14 11 k L i STORY y IT cited aft loom 96 i al 3 L novelized from the comedy of the same sama name fly by illustrated rupert from 1 of I the ko play an huthes by lae ry if sti savage im by u H KL n an 0 00 o 1 2 SYNOPSIS kleut harry mallory la in ordered to thi the no ile and marjora MarJ orB orto newton decide to elope but wreck of taxicab pro pre vents their neelee seeing minister on the way to ti the train transcontinental t maln aln to IB taking 1 n g on engery borter hm has a lively i time 1 with an English englishman nian and ira lath jath rop a yankee business man inan CHAPTER 11 II continued lie ile resigned himself to the despot i and began to transfer his big bu burdens adens to the seat beat but ho be did nothing to tho the satisfaction of tho the englishman everything roust must be placed otherwise the catchall catch all hero here tho the portmanteau there tho the gladstone there the there the greatcoat there the raincoat there the porter was putting like a donkey engine end mutiny was growing in life hla heart ills his last commission was the hanging banging up of the howler bowler hat h at lie ile stood on the arm of the seat to roach reach the high hook book from here lie he paused to glare down with an altez attempt at irony Is they anything else ekset no you may got get down the magnificent patronage of this wilted the porter completely lie returned to the lower level and shuffled lied along the aisle in a trance ile he was quickly recalled by a sharp Paw taht tahl Yas sahl what time does this batty bally train start aen ten gab but its only ten now bassah Yas sah be ten a little littie later do you mean to tell me that ive got to sit alt hyah tor for halt an hour lust just waltin walt ln the porter essayed another bit ot of irony well he drafted draw Ted 1 I might tell the conducta conduct a youre ready and mob be hed start the train hut but the timetable says bays ten lie ho watched tho the effect ot of his bla satire but it fell back unheeded from the granite dome of 0 tho the englishman whose only comment was oh never mind ill wait tho the porter cast his cies up in despair and turned away once more to be recalled i oh I 1 paw tah tahl labsan Yas sahl an 1 I think well put on my slip will we you might hand me that large bag no stupid the ethah one you might open it no its in tho the ethah one ali ah it you may set it I 1 down mr wedgewood brou brought forth a soft cap and a pair of red slippers tho the porter made another effort to escape his bis thoughts as black as aa his bis face again tho the relentless recall oh I 1 think well unbutton my boots lie he was too weak to murmur yes yaa sab gab he simply fell on one knee and got to work there was a witness to his helpless rage a newcomer the american counterpart ot of the englishman in all that makes travel for the fellow travelers ira lathrop was zealous to resent anything short of perfection fec tion quick and loud of complaint apparently impossible to please in everything else he was the opposite of the englishman lie he was waa burly middle aged rough careless ln in attire careless of speech as uncouth and savage as one can well be who Is plainly a man of means it was not enough that a freeborn fre oborn afro american should be caught kneeling to an englishman hut but when he had escaped this penance and advanced hospitably to the newcomer he be must be greeted with a snarl say are you the porter of this car or that mans nurse 1 I cant tell yet yo num ba please the answer was the e ticket numba anumba som bom ha she Is boss right next to a lot of women IT ill bet you put me in tho the mens end of the car not vey well suh I 1 reckon toe the can cah Is done sold out with a growl of rage ira lathrop slammed into the seat scat his entire hand band baggage one ancient and rusty valise the porter gazed upon him with increased depression the passenger list had opened inauspiciously with two of the worst types of travelers the anglo saxon raco race has developed but their anger was not their worst trait in the porters eyes lie he was in a limited way an expert in human character when you meet a st stranger ranzer you reveal your own character in what you ask about his bis with some the first question Is who are his stople pt ople with others what has hag lie he achieved with others how much it Is he worth each gauges hla his cordiality according to his big estimate arbnot was curious on any or cf those there points ile he choked ft a democratic indifference to thorn them ills his one vital inquiry was how flow much will he tip ills inspection of his bis first two CI charges larges promised small email returns he buttoned up his cordiality and determined ter mined to waste upon them the irreducible minimum of attention it would lalio at t least a bridal couple to the balance but bridal couples in their first b loom bloom rarely fell to the lot of that porter tor for what bridal couple wants to lock itself in with a crowd of passengers for the first seventy two hours of wedded bliss tho the porter banished the hope as a vanity little ho he knew how eng eagerly orly the young castaways casta ways from thai wrecked taxicab desired to bo be a bridal couple and to catch this train hut but the englishman was waa restive again Paw tahl I 1 say paw tahl bassah Yas sah sahl what time are we due in san francisco CIS co 91 j san francisco san francisco wo we are doo than the ovenin of the foth day this bein abeln monday that ought to bring brine us in abote evenin tho vaulted felt called upon to cheok check the foreign usurper terr rl bassah Yas sah dont let that follow fellow monopolize you lie ile probably wont tip you at all the porter grow grew confidential oh I 1 know his bla kind gab can they dont tip you for what you do do but ready letter writers to the tor for what you dont do Paw tahl I 1 say paw tahl Il here billere terr the porter tried to imitate the irish bird and be in two places at once the american had a coin in hla big hand the porter caught the gleam of it and flitted flirted thither the yankee yanke 1 e growled dont forget that im on the train and when we get to frisco there may bo be something more the porter had the coin in his hand I 1 its heft was light lie ho sighed 1 I hope so eo the englishman was craning his head around owlishly to ask 1 I say partab does this train ever got get wrecked well it yet and he murmured to the yankee but I 1 has hopes the English Englishman mans 8 voice was quera ous again 1 I 1 say open a window will you the air Is ghastly abao rippling cutely ghastly the yankee growled no nce wonder we had bad atie th revolutionary war then he took from his pocket an envelope addressed to ira lathrop co and from the envelope retook betook he took a contract and studied it grimly the envelope bore a chinese stamp the porter as he struggled with an obstinate window wondered what sort of passenger fate would send him next CHAPTER ill III in darkest chicago the castaways casta ways from the wrecked taxicab hurried along the doleful street both of them knew their chicago but this martof it was not their chicago i they hailed a pedestrian to ask where the nearest street car line might be and whither it might run ile ho answered indistinctly from a discreet distance na as he be hastened away perhaps he thought their question merely it a footpads introduction to a sandbagging sand bagging episode in chicago at night one never knows As near as I 1 can make out what lie he said marjorie the lieutenant pondered aloud we walk straight ahead till we come to ump street and there we find a farara car that will take us io to avenue I 1 never heard of any such streets did you never she panted as she jog trotted alongside his military pace lets take the first car wo we meet and perhaps the conductor can put ua tie olt oc at the street where the minister lives perhaps there was not much I 1 confidence in that perhaps when they reached the street barred treet street they found two tracks but nothing occupying them as far as they could peer either way A small shopkeeper in a tiny shop proved to be a delicatessen merchant so busily selling foreign horrors to aliens that mat they learned nothing from him at length in the faraway far tar away they made out n headlight and heard the grind and squeal of a car lieutenant mallory allory Nf waited for it watch in hand hancl lie he boosted marjorse a elbow aboard and bombarded the conductor with questions hut but the conductor had bad no more heard of their street than they had of his their agitation did not disturb his stole stoic calm calin but he be invited them to come along tp to the next crossing where they could find another car and more learned conductors or what promised better perhaps a cab ile he threw marjorie Marj orlo into a panic by ordering her to jettison but the lieutenant bought hta his soul for a small price and overlooked the tact that he did bat ot ring up their fares the young couple squeezed into a seat and talked anxiously in sharp whispers it be terrible harry it if just as aa we got to the mint ministers wo we should find papa there ahead of us waiting to forbid the bands or whatever it Is it be just terrible yes it would honey but it seem probable there are thousands of ministers in chicago ile he cout coul never find oura act la is i j doubt doolit it if we find him ourselves her clutch tightened till lie he would have winced it if lio lie had not been a soldier what do you mean I harry larry well la in the first place honey look what time almo it Is hardly more than time to get the train to say bay nothing bothin 8 of hunting bunting for that prea preacher aher an and d standing up through n 6 long rigmarole why harry mallory are you getting ready to jilt rue me indeed im not not for worlds honey but ive got to get that train I 1 17 you waltz wait over one train just one one tiny little train my own own honey love you know its impossible you must remember that ive already waited over three trains traina while you tried to make up your mind s and you must remember darling r that its no easy matter tor for a girl to decide icide to sneak away from home and bo be married secretly and go all the way out to that hideous manila with no trousseau I 1 and no wedding pres pre enta and no anything 1 I 1 I know it asni and I 1 waited patiently while you got up the courage dut but now there are no more trains I 1 shudder to think of this train being late were not due in san francisco till thursday evening and my transport sails at sunrise friday morning oh ob lord what it if I 1 should miss alsa that trans transport I 1 what it if I 1 should dl 1 what if wo we should miss the minister T it begins to look a great deal like it it but harry you desert desea me now abandon me to my fate well it exactly like abandonment seeing that you could go homo to your father and mother in a taxicab she stared at him in horror so you dont wani want me for your wifel youve changed your mindl mind I 1 youre tired ot of me alie already ady only an hour together and Y youre 0 ure sick of your bargain youre acx anxious lous to get rudof rid of me you oh ob honey I 1 want you more than anything else on earth but im a soldier dearle dearie a mere lieutenant in the regular army and im the slave ot of the government ive gone through west point and they wont let me re sign respectably and it if I 1 did wed starve they accept my resignation but auf be willing to court martial roo me and a me from the service in disgrace then you want to marry me and I 1 have any way of supporting you it you did I 1 only know one trade and soldiering dont call it a trade beloved its the noblest profession in all the world and youre the noblest soldier that ever was aas and in a year or two f bo be the biggest general in the army 4 lie he could not afford to shatter such a devout illusion or quench the light of faith in those beloved and ana loving eyes lie ile tacitly admitted his ability Z the tha porter to be promoted commander ln in chiat in a year or two lie ile allowed that glittering possibility to remain used it as a basis for argument then dearest you must help me to do my duty she clasped his upper arm as it if it were ah altar and she an about to be sacrificed to saw save the army and she murmured with utter bero heroism ism 1 I will do what you tike like with methe squeezed her ber hand band between hla his biceps and his bla ribs and accepted the tha offering in a look drenched with gratitude then he said matter ot of factly well see how much time we have bavo when we get to v Y banever bat ever the name nam a of that street Is tho the car jolted and waited on its way like an old drifting rocking chair the motorman motormen was in no hurry the passengers seemed mohave to have no occasion for haste somebody got on or got oft at almost every corner and paused for conversation while the car waited patiently mallory looked nt at his watch and Marj orlea hopes dropped like a wrecked aeroplane for or he grimly asked now long it would take them to reach the railroad station good gb lord the train starts in twenty minutest minutes during this tense journey the girl perfected her soul with graceful martyrdom ill iligo go to the train with you harry and then you can send bend rile me home in a taxicab TO 70 BE CONTINUED |