Show n L ORY y ae E novelized from the comedy of the same mama illustrated arom the play as ad hugh W savoie 1 I 1 ulu by 14 IL ns 00 17 SYNOPSIS beut harry mallory la Is ordered to the philippine ile he and marjorie newton decide to elope but wreck of 0 taxicab prevents their see on the way to 10 the train transcontinental train Is taking on L porter has a lively t time irn 0 with an englishman and ira lathrop ro a yankee business busl nesa man the elo elopers er 9 hp have are an exciting time etting to 0 pt the trl train little jimmie wellington bound forren tor reno 0 to geta get a divorce boards trean train in maudlin maud lin condit condition lon later mrs airs appears she to la also bound for reno with I 1 same ame object likewise mrs mra sammy whit c comb oatt latter tier blames tire mrs jimmie for or her marital troubles classmates Claa Clasa amatea mates of mallory decorate bridal berth rev and mrs mra temple start on a vacation they decide to cut cu loose and temple removes evidence of his calling marjorie decides to let mallory proceed alone but train starts while they are lostin lost in i farewell passengers join malloris SIaU Mal orys lorys classmates ln aln giving couple wedding hazing hating marjorie Is in distracted tr ira IM woman hating bachelor discovers an old sweetheart annie Cl blattle battle attle a fellow passenger saenger pa mallory vainly hunts hums for a preacher among the passengers mrs wellington hears little jimmies voice later she meets meet U mrs whitcomb mallory reports report aito ito mar lorle his failure to find a preacher they decide ci de to pretend a quarrel arrel and mallory finds lindsa n vacant berth aurs mrs ia amle discovers wellington on the train Mal mallory lozY again images an unsuccessful hunt for a p preacher re acher dr temple ploeg a a ph physician asi cl a n mrs temple Is in induced by I 1 mrs irs wellin wellington agton to ao smoke a cigar sight bight of preacher r eacher on a station platform ra raises loesl V malloris Mal 1110 lorys ry a hopes but he takes another train missing set ng hand baggage compels the couple tomorrow to borrow from passengers jim m ale e gets a cinder in his eye and wo mrs jimmie gives first aid coolness Is then resumed still no clergyman more borrowing rowing dr temple puzzled by behavior of df allent different couples marjories jealousy aroused by mallory bayball bae ball jargon CHAPTER the train wrecker the train butcher entering the observation room found tonly only a loving couple he took toskla in ata at a glance glanc ethear their desire for solitude A large part of his business was the forcing of wares on people who did not want them his voice andnis method suggested the mosquito seeing mallory mallary and marjorie mutually absorbed in reading each others eyes and evidently evident li in need of nothing on earth aith less than something else to read the train butcher decided that his best plan ot of attack wha was to make blin himself self a nuisance it is a plan successfully adopted by organ street pianists and other blackmailers under the guise of art who have nothing so eo welcome to sell as their absence mallory and Marj marjorie orle heard the train boys hum but they tried to ignore it papers gents and ladles yest yes no parts paris fashions lady he shoved a large periodical between their very noses but marjoree Mar Alar jorte jorAe threw it on the floor with a bittar glance at tier her own borrowed plumage pluma gj wont show me any paris fashions then she gave the boy his conge by resuming her chat with mallory how long do we stop atop at ogden the train boy went right on dm auctioning his bis papers and magazines and poking them into the laps ot of his prey and they went right oil on talking to one another and pushing hla his papers and maga magazines to the floor 1 I think id better get off aff at ogden and take the next train back just what ill il I 1 do nothing thank youl this last to the but you cant leave me like this mallory urged excitedly with a side glance ot of no not to the tae train boy 1 I can and I 1 must and I 1 will marjorie insisted ill go pack my things now but marjorie listen to me will you let me alone this to the gadfly but to mallory a dejected wall 1 I 1 I just remembered I 1 anything to pack and have to give back that waist to mrs temple you cant get off at ogden without a waist ill go anyway I 1 want to get corll home e L marjorie borte it you talk that way ill throw you off the train sho she gasped lie he explained 1 I 1 talking to you I 1 was trying to stop this phonograph then he rose and laid violent hands on the annoyer shoved him to the corridor seized his bundle of papers from tits his arm and hurled burled them at his head bead they fell in a shower about the train butcher who could only feol feel a certain respect tor for the one man who had ever treated him as he knew he deserved he bent to pick up his scattered merchandise and when he had gathered his bis stock together put tits his head bead in and sang out a sincere excuse me r dut but mallory did not hear bear him he be was excitedly trying to calm the excited girl who having eloped with him was preparing now to elope back bacic without him darling you cant desert me now no n pleaded piea ded and add leave me to go on alone well why clont you do some thing 7 abe aa in anual desperation pe ration lon it t f were vere a inan ban and i had the cirl I 1 loved on a train id get bar married it if I 1 had bad to wreck the she caught her fb breath reath paused a second in intense thought and then with sudden TAd lanco lance cried warry marry dearl dear I 1 yes lovell 1 I aeve an idea an yes pet rather bather dubiously from him but with absolute exult exultation atlon from her lets wreck the train t 1 dont follow you sweetheart dont you tou see bee she began excitedly ly when there are train wrecks a lot of people got get killed and things A minister always turns up to administer the last something or other well well well stupid dont you beet see we wreck a train a minister comes we nab him biro he marries us and there I 1 wo we arol Every things lovelys love lyl ile he gave her one of those looks with which aman a man usually greets greats what a woman calls an inspiration ile he did not honor iber her invention with analysis lie he simply put forward an objection to it and manlike man like chose the hateful of all objections its a lovely idea but the wreck would delay us for hours and hours our and id miss my transport harry mallory it af you mention that odious transport to me again I 1 linow ill have hydrophobia aa im going hame 11 dut but darling he pleaded you cant desert me now mow and leave roe me to go on alone she had her answer glib if you realty loved me oh I 1 know he cut in youve said that before dut but id be court marti martl aled id lose my career a career to a man who truly loves its just as much as tt it Is to anybody else and more mora she could hardly thirdly controvert this gracefully so she sank back with grim resignation well ive proposed my plan and you dont like it now suppose you propose something the silence was oppressive they sat like stoughton bottles there the conductor found them some timo later he gave them a car careless elees took look selected a chabi chair at the end of the ifie car and began to sort his tickets spreading them outon out on another chair making notes with the pencil he took from atop his bis ear and shoved back from time to time ages seemed to pass and mallory had not even a suggestion fly this time ilme marjories Mar jorles temper bad aad evaporated and when he said eald it we could only stop at some town for half an hour she said maybe the conductor would hold the train for us 1 I hardly think he would he looks like an awfully nice man you tou ask him oh the use marjorie Marj orle was getting tired of depending on this charming young man with the very bad luck she decided to assume command herself she took recourse matu naturally rally to the original feminine methods ill take care of him she said with resolution A woman can get a man to do almost anything it if she flirts a little with him MarJor Mar jorl lal now dont you mind anything I 1 do remember its all for love of you even it if I 1 have to kiss him marjoree Marj orle I 1 wont permit you have no right to boss me yet you subside she gave him the merest touch but be tell fell backward into a chair utterly aghast at the shameless siren into which desperation had altered the timid little thing ething he thought he had bad chosen to love he was being rapidly initiated into the complex and versatile and fearfully wonderful thing a woman really Is and ho he was saying to him himself selfo what have I 1 married forgetting for the moment that he had not married her yet and that therein lay the whole trouble CHAPTER A delilah and the conductor like the best beat of w women omen and the worst of men marjorie Marj orle was perfectly willing to do evil that good might come of it she advanced on the innocent conductor as the lady from must have sidled up to barnson coq coquetting betting with one arch hand other and snipping nipping the shears with the the stu ened petted mallory saw mar alar borle in a startling imitation of herself av at her sweetest only now it was brazen mimicry yet how likel like she bhe went forward as the shyest shiest young thing in the world pursed her lips into an ecstatic simper and began on the unsuspecting official we the country perfectly yes but im getting used to it the conductor growled without looking dpn up his curt indifference jolted blotted mur mar corlea borle a trine tribe but she rallied her forces and came back with how long jo do we stop at ogden five minutes very bluntly marjorie Marj orle poured maple syrup on ner her tone as she purred this train at of yours Is an awfully last fast train it sort of said the conductor with just a trice trace of thaw what followed made him hold bold his breath for the outrageous little abusay huss was actually saying the company must nave a great deal of confluence in you to entrust trust the lives and welfare of so BO many people to your presence of mind and courage well ot of course I 1 cant say as to that even mallory could see that the mans reserve was melting fast as marjorie Marj orle went on with relentless treacle talk about soldiers and firemen and lire life savers t I 1 think it takes a braver man than sool so any ol ot those moss to toi bi a conductor really well it to Is A kind of et a job the conductor cond actor swelled tola his chest a mile little at that and marjoree Marj orle felt that he was already hora here she hammered the weak spot ip tola his armor responsible I 1 should say eay it t la is mr mallory allory AI to Is a soldier Bol dior but soldiers cra are such euch ferocious destructive people while conductors save cavo lives and it I 1 were only a man I 1 think it would bo be my greatest ambition to be ba a conductor especially on an overland everland express the conductor told the truth when he confessed well I 1 never heard it put just that way thence then he with a little more pride hoping to increase the impression he felt he helas ana making the main thing or of course la is to got get my train through on timet time I 1 this was a facer he was going to get hla his train through on time just to oblige marjorie Marj orle she stammered 1 I dont suppose the train by an any accident would be delayed in leaving ogden ogdene not it if I 1 can help it the hero averred to reassure her bar 1 I wish it would marjorie murmured the conductor looked at it herin surprise why it to you bho turned tier her eyes on him at full candle power and smiled oh I 1 just wanted to io do a little shopping there while the train excuse mel you see marjorie Marj orle fluttered by rat a sad mistake my baggage on the train and I 1 any auy any I 1 really need to buy some some things very badly its awfully embarrassing to tobe be without thea the A 1 I can imagine the conductor mumbled why dont you andybur and your husband drop off and take the next I train my huab mr mallory has to b be in san francisco by tomorrow night I 1 he just has tol to I 1 so have 1 I 11 I 1 but to oblige rne me to save mo me from distress dont you think you could like a sweet little child she twisted one of the bra brass s bu buttons aton a on 0 n his coat sleeve and wheedled dont you think you might hold the train just a little tiny halt half hour he was sorry but he see eee how he could then she took his bis breath away again by asking out ot of a clear sky are you married he was as awkward as it she had proposed to him she ans answered for him oh but ol of couran you axe are tho the women let a big handsome noble brave giant like lik you escape long he mopped r bis Is brow in agony as she went ont on im sure youre a very chivalrous mai im sure you would give your ufa lire to rescue a maiden in distress well herze hersa 3 your chance wont you please hold bold the train she actually had bad tier her cheek almost against his shoulder though she had to polso poise to reach him mal lorys dismay was changing to a bolling boiling rage find nd the conductor was a pitiable combination ot of saint anthony and tantalus 1 I id love to oblige you he mumbled but it would be as much as my lobs jobs worth how much Is in that marjorie Marj orle asked and added reassuringly it you lost your job im sure my father would get you a better one maybe said the conductor but I 1 got this one then his rolling eyes caught sight eight of the supposed husband gesticulating wildly and evidently clearing tor for action he warned marjorie Marj orle say your husband Is motion lug at you dont mind him marjorie Marj orle urged just listen to me I 1 implore you 1 I 11 seeing that he was still resisting she played her last card and crying oh you cant resist my prayers so cruelly she threw her arms around his neck sobbing do you want to break ray my heart mallory rushed into the scene and the conductor tearing marjories Mar jorles arms anna loose retreated gasping gas ping nol no I 1 and I 1 dont want your husband to break my head mallory dragged marjorie Marj orle away but she shook her little flat fist it at the conductor crying do you refuse do you iare dare refuse ive gotto got to the conductor A ly IT insisted marjorie Marj orle blazed with fury and the siren became a scylla then ill sea that my tattler father gots you discharged it if you dare to speak to me again ill order my husband to throw you orr off this train to think of being refused a simple little favor by a mere conductor I 1 of a stupid old emigrant of all things thing sIll 11 then she hurled herself into a chair and pounded her beelby on the floor in a tantrum that paralyzed mallory even the conductor tapped him on the shoulder and said you yen have my sym pathy TO DE BE CONTINUED |