Show L STOR y pw WM vim IDA I 1 novelized from the he comedy of the same namo name by illustrated rupert arom of 0 he k play aa quakes hughes L by nomy hnry W sov do Co wright ull by bl tl IL nj n oo 00 22 SYNOPSIS harry mallory Is ordered to the philippines lie ile and Marjor loi newton decide to elope b but t wreck of 0 taxicab prevents their seeing minister on the way to the lie train transcontinental train la Is ink taking 11 na on pas 9 porter has a lively lime with wt un ta englishman and ira lathrop r 0 P a yankee business man th the e pt c r h have a an n exciting time getting to the h train little jimmie wellington bound tor for reno ileno to get flet fl et a divorce boards train in maudlin condition later mrs airs jimmie UP appears Pears abe Is also bound for itono ileno with ama object likewise afro sammy bammy whit to corna ab nb latter blames mra airs jimmie for he her r marital troubles lea classmates of mallory lory decorate bridal berth itea and mrs airs temple start on a vacation they decide to cut loose and temple removes removed evidence of df his calling marjoree Marj orle decides to let mallory proceed alone but train starts atari while they are lost in farewell faa caasan sen vers fera join aballo malloris Mal lorys a classmates classmate in giving couple wedding hazing marjoree Marj orle la Is distracted tr ira lathrop woman hating bachelor discovers an old sweetheart i annie gattle a fellow pas passenger sanger malory va vainly eniy hunts bunts for H n preacher among 07 ho he passengers mrs afro wellington hears little attl Jim jimmied jimmlee voice later she meets mrs mra whitcomb mallory reports to mar afar lorle oria hla his failure fallaro to find fand a preacher they decide to pretend A 06 quarrel and Af mallory allory tends ands a vacant berth mrs afro jimmie discovers wellington on the train mallory again makes an unsuccessful hunt for a preace preacher her dr temple tempi poses posea as a physician afro temple to Is induced br by mra airs wellington to smoke a cigar bight oi ot preacher r eacher on ft n station platform raises kt Hallo allo ryta hopes but he takes another train Ali missing saing hand baggage compels the e couple 0 to borrow from passengers jim ale n e gets a cinar in h alfi lal e eye e ss md and mrs lemmle rn le gives first aid C coolness oo 00 1 n la is then resu resumed aed still no clergyman more afore borrowing dr temple puzzled by by behavior dt df different couples marjorie Marj orle a jealousy jeal aL roused by mallorga Mall orya jargon marjorie Marj orle suggests wrecking the train ini in hopes that accident will produce ft a preach i tr r also tries to induce the conductor to hold the train so she ahe can shop marjories Marjor laa hog Is missi nw she glis pulls the cord stopping the train cow conductor actor festor restores s dog doff ind lovers quarrel lathrop wires tor for a preacher eacher to marry him and miss allas gattle va hillory llory tells lathrop of his predicament ind arranges to borrow the preacher kitty lowellyn lewellyn former sweetheart of mil lory lorys a appears and arouses marjorie Mar jorles a lea lousy preacher boards train after snarr marrying ing Lath lathrop roi ond and allas alsa gattle battlo the preacher r escapes mallory by leaping from moving train i CHAPTER continued mallory caught hla his hand as it turned tho the knob ot of the door and drow drew him back marjorie Marj orle equally determined caught his bla other elbow cleabe dont go mallory urged until youve married us the reverend charles stared at hla his captors in amazement but my dear raan man the trains moving marjorie Marj orle clung all ail the tighter and invited him to dome come on to the next stop atop but my dear lady selby salby gasped its impossible youve just got to mallory in slated release me please beverl Ne verl illow how dare youl you the th parson shrieked and with a sudden wriggle writhed out ot of hla his coat leaving it la in marjories Mar jorles hands ile he darted to the door and flung it open with mallory bot alter after him the train was kicking up a cloud of dust and getting its stride the kidnapped clergyman paused a moment aghast at the speed with which the ground was being bald out then he be climbed the brass rail and with a hasty prayer dropped overboard mallory lunged at him and seized him by hla his reversed collar but the collar alone remained in hla his clutch tho the parson was almost lost in tuo the dust he created as he struck bounded and rolled till lie he came to a stop with ills his stars and his prayers to thank for injuries to nothing worse than ills his dignity and other small clothes mallory mallary returned to the observation room and flung the collar and bib to the floor in a fury ot of despair howling lle he got away ile he got away CHAPTER the empty berth the one thing mallory was beginning to learn about marjorie Marj orle was that thai she would never take the point of 0 view he expected and never proceed along alone the lines ot of tola his logic she had grown furious at him tor for what he could not help she had bad told him that she would marry him out of spite she had bad commanded him to pursue and apprehend the flying parson lie ho failed and returned crestfallen and wondering what new form her rage would take ard and lo 10 and behold when she saw him so downcast and helpless she rushed to him with caresses cuddled his broad shoulders against tier her breast and smothered him blin it was tho the sincerity of his dejection and tho the complete helplessness ho he displayed display eti that won her womans comans heart Ni mallory allory gazed at her with almost more wonderment than delight this was another flashlight on her charac most courtships court ships are conducted under a rose upha aught in which wooer and wooed wear their best clothes on their best behavior or in a star starlit tit moonlit or gujt twilight where romance suttons angles arid and wraps everything in velvet shadow then the two got get married and begin to live together in the cold gray daylight of realism with necessities and harrowing situations at every stop atop and disillusion begins its deadly work this young couple was undergoing nil all tho the inconveniences inconvenience s and temper ex postures po I 1 of marriage without its blessed compensations they promised 1 to bo be well acquainted before they wore well wed if they still wanted each cacti other after this ordeal they were pretty well assured that their viar ringe would not lot bo be it ft failure mallory rejoiced to see tuni the hurricane ol of marjories jealousy jon lousy had only whipped up tip the surface of her soul the great depths were still calm cagni rind unmoved and her love for him was waa in and of the depths soon after leaving ogden the train entered upon the groat bridge across tho great salt lake the other passengers were staring nt at tho the enormous engineering masterpiece and abid the conductor ans pointing out that in order to save bave forty antles and tho the crossing of two mountain chains the railroad hail had devoted four years of labor and millions of dollars to stretching a thirty mile bridge across this inland ocean hut but Marj orlo and mallory never noticed it they were absorbed in exploring each others souls and they had safely bridged the groat great salt halt lake which the first big bitter jealousy spreads across every matrimonial routs route they were undisturbed in their voyage for all the other passengers had thelt their doses flattened natte inid against tho the window panes of the other cars all except one couple gazing each at each through time wrinkled touched uita the magle magic ot of a tardy honeymoon por for all that anno anne and ira knew tho the great salt lake was a moon swept lagoon and the arid mountains of nevada which the train went scaling were tho the very hillsides hill sides of ar ct dia but the other passengers soon came trooping back into the observation room ira had told them nothing ol of Mallo confession in the first place he was a man who had learned to keep a secret and in the second pance chice he had forgotten that such per soni as mallory or his marjoree Marj orle existed all tho the world was summed up in tho the fearsomely happy little spinster who had bad moved up into his section the tha section which had begun its ca icer draped in satin ribbons unwittingly prophetic the communion of mallory and marjorie Mari orle under the bentson ot of reconciliation Cil lation was waa invaded by the jokes of tho the other passengers unconsciously ironic dr temple chaffed chaffee them amiably you two will have to take a back peat now weve got a new bridal couple to amuse us ua and tire mra temple wel welcomed corned wera them with youre only old married folks like us ua the mallorca Mall Mal orya lorys were used to the misunderstanding but the misplaced witticisms cismas gave them reassurance that their secret was waa safe yet a little while at their dinner table however and in the long evening that followed they were haunted by the fact that this was their last night on the train tran and no minister to be expected and now once more the malloris Mal lorys regained the star roles in the esteem of the audience for once more they quarreled at good night kissing time once more they required two sections while anno anne gittles berth was waa not even made up it 11 rynAl ned empty like a deserted nest for its occupant had hown flown south CHAPTER fresh trouble ft dally daily the following morning the daylight creeping into section number one found ira and anno anne staring at each other ira was waa tousled and anne was unkempt but her blush still gave her cheek at least an indian summer glow after a violent effort to reach the space between her shoulder blades she was waa compelled to appeal to her new master to act as her new maid oh mr lathrop she stammered ira she corrected wont you please hook book me apt up she pleaded ira beamed with a second childhood boyishness ill do my best my little its the first time I 1 ever tried it oh im so glad anne sighed ditc itc the first time I 1 ever was hooked up by a gentleman lie he gurgled with joy and forget ting the poverty or of space tried inea reach her lips to kiss her lie almost broke her neck and bumped his head bead so hard that instead ot of saying as tic he intended my darling he be said on oh hell heill iral she gasped but he be with all the proprietorship lie he had assumed answered cheerily have to go get t used to it ducky darling I 1 could never learn not to swear lie ho proved the fact act again and again by tile the remarks he addressed to certain refractory hooks ile he apologized but she ene relt felt more ellko apologizing for herself oh ira sho she said im so astin ashamed med to have you see sea me ike this the morning well you got anything on me im not shaved you dont have to tell me that she said rubbing her smarting cheek then she bumped her dead bead and gasped aasted oh what you said this made them teel so much at home that she he attained the heights ot oi frankness and honesty by reaching in her handbag tor for a knob or of supplementary hair which she athlea to what was home grown ira instead ot of looking shocked loved her ber tor for hor her honesty ana grinned now where you have got ot something on me ine say were like a couple of sardines trying to make love in a tin can its cosy though sho she said eald find and then vanished through the cur curtains curt alua taino a and nd shyly ran rail the gauntlet ot of amused glances and over cordial good mornings till she bhe hid her blushes behind the door of the room and t turned the key if I 1 she had thought of it she filio would have said bald god bless the man that invented doors and the th other angel that invented locks lochs 11 the passengers this morning were wera all a little brisker than usual it was the last day aboard for everybody and they showed a certain extra animation like the inmates of an ocean liner when land has been sighted ashton was shaving when ira swag awag gored into tho the mens room without pausing to note whom he ha was addressing ashton sang out good morning did you rest well what ira roared oh excuse met me said ashton nastily devoting himself to a gash his rn razor 7 or had made mada in hla his cheek even in that cheek ot of his ira scrubbed out tho the basin tilled filled it and tried to dive into it slapping clappin g the cold water in double handfuls hand futa over ills his glowing face and puffing I 1 through tt it like a porpoise Bo meanwhile the heavy beavy aych eyed fosdick was slinking through the dining car regarded with amazement by dr tern tem pi pie e and hla his wife who were already up find and breakfasting the matter with the bridal couples on this train anyway said dr temple 1 I cant imagine said his hie wife we old couples are tho the only normal ones SOMO some more coffee please mother 1 he said bald but your nerves she protested its my vacation he be insisted mrs temple stared at him and shook her head 1 I wonder what mis chief be up to today youve already been smoking gambling drinking have you been swearing yet not yet the old cre gyman smiled ive bee been n saving that up for a good occasion perhaps it will rise before the days over and his wife choked on her tea at the wonderful train change that had bad come over the best man in ypsilanti by this time fosdick foidl ck had bad reached tho the stateroom from which he bo had been banished again at the nov nevada L da state line ile he knocked cautiously from within came an anxious voice chos there whom did you expect mrs drosdick popped her head out like a jill hlll in the box oh its you arthur kiss me good morning tic he glanced round stealthily and obeyed instructions 1 I guess its sate safe my darling did you steep sleep dovle she bhe dawned yawned not a wink they book ook off the portland car at granger and I 1 had fiad to sleep in one of the chairs in the observation room mrs fosdick shook her head achim at him in mournful sympathy and asked what state are we in now A dreadful state nevada just what are we in nevada im a bigamist and youve never been married at all oh these awful divorce laist sha moaned then left the general tor for the particular wont you co come me in and hook me up fosdick fosdeck looked shocked cl 1 I dont dare compromise you will you take breakfast with me in the dInIng car she pleaded do we dare we might call it luncheon she sh suggested ile he seized the chance all right ill go ahead and order and you stroll in and ill offer ocer you the seat opposite me dut but cant you hook me up he was adamant not till we get to california do you think I 1 want to compromise my own wife ahal coming and he darted oft off to the vestibule just as mrs jimmie wellington issued from rom number ton ten with hair askew eyes only half open and wal waist st only halt half shut at the back she made a quick spurt to the room found it locked stamped her toot foot swore under tier her breath and leaned against the wall ot of the car to watt wait TO HE DE CONTINUED |